To: | Power Home Solar LLC (chiipdocket@michaelbest.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88577492 - POWERHOME - 213780-9008 |
Sent: | November 12, 2019 03:01:51 PM |
Sent As: | ecom101@uspto.gov |
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United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Office Action (Official Letter) About Applicant’s Trademark Application
U.S. Application Serial No. 88577492
Mark: POWERHOME
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Applicant: Power Home Solar LLC
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Reference/Docket No. 213780-9008
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The USPTO must receive applicant’s response to this letter within six months of the issue date below or the application will be abandoned. Respond using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS). A link to the appropriate TEAS response form appears at the end of this Office action.
Issue date: November 12, 2019
TEAS PLUS OR TEAS REDUCED FEE (TEAS RF) APPLICANTS – TO MAINTAIN LOWER FEE, ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET, INCLUDING SUBMITTING DOCUMENTS ONLINE: Applicants who filed their application online using the lower-fee TEAS Plus or TEAS RF application form must (1) file certain documents online using TEAS, including responses to Office actions (see TMEP §§819.02(b), 820.02(b) for a complete list of these documents); (2) maintain a valid e-mail correspondence address; and (3) agree to receive correspondence from the USPTO by e-mail throughout the prosecution of the application. See 37 C.F.R. §§2.22(b), 2.23(b); TMEP §§819, 820. TEAS Plus or TEAS RF applicants who do not meet these requirements must submit an additional processing fee of $125 per class of goods and/or services. 37 C.F.R. §§2.6(a)(1)(v), 2.22(c), 2.23(c); TMEP §§819.04, 820.04. However, in certain situations, TEAS Plus or TEAS RF applicants may respond to an Office action by authorizing an examiner’s amendment by telephone or e-mail without incurring this additional fee.
SEARCH RESULTS-PRIOR PENDING APPLICATION
In response to this Office action, applicant may present arguments in support of registration by addressing the issue of the potential conflict between applicant’s mark and the mark in the referenced application. Applicant’s election not to submit arguments at this time in no way limits applicant’s right to address this issue later if a refusal under Section 2(d) issues.
***Please note that the noted prior pending application is suspended pending the disposition of applicant’s Application Serial No. 88292684.
IDENTIFICATION/CLASSIFICATION OF SERVICES
Please note that the identifications in Classes 35 and 36 are acceptable and made of record.
The applicant has identified the following in International Class 37: “Installation of solar energy systems for residential and commercial use; Consulting services in the field of technical planning and technical project management of installations for generating, distributing and supplying electricity from solar energy systems. Installation of energy systems for residential and commercial use; Consulting services in the field of technical planning and technical project management of installations for generating, distributing and supplying electricity from energy systems.”
And the following in International Class 42: “Design and engineering of solar energy systems; Consulting services in the field of design, technology planning and technology project management of installations for generating, distributing and supplying electricity from solar energy systems. Design and engineering of energy systems; Consulting services in the field of design, technology planning and technology project management of installations for generating, distributing and supplying electricity from energy systems”
Applicant may substitute the following wording, if accurate:
International Class 37:
Installation of solar energy systems for residential and commercial use; Consulting services in the field of technical planning and technical project management of the installation of solar installations for generating, distributing and supplying electricity from solar energy systems; Installation of energy systems for residential and commercial use; Consulting services in the field of technical planning and technical project management of the installation of solar installations for generating, distributing and supplying electricity from energy systems.
International Class 42:
Design and engineering of solar energy systems; Consulting services in the field of design and technology planning in the nature of engineering technology project management of installations for generating, distributing and supplying electricity from solar energy systems; Design and engineering of energy systems; Consulting services in the field of design and technology planning in the nature of engineering technology project management of installations for generating, distributing and supplying electricity from energy systems
For assistance with identifying and classifying goods and services in trademark applications, please see the USPTO’s online searchable U.S. Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual. See TMEP §1402.04.
How to respond. Click to file a response to this nonfinal Office action
If the applicant has any questions or needs assistance in responding to this Office Action, please contact the assigned examining attorney.
/Katherine Weigle/
Examining Attorney
Law Office 101
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
(571) 270-1506
katherine.weigle@uspto.gov
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