To: | AgEYE Technologies, Inc. (dmeier@nkpatentlaw.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88581702 - SMART SPECTRUM - 917/3 TM |
Sent: | November 26, 2019 07:27:38 AM |
Sent As: | ecom108@uspto.gov |
Attachments: | Attachment - 1 Attachment - 2 Attachment - 3 Attachment - 4 Attachment - 5 |
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Office Action (Official Letter) About Applicant’s Trademark Application
U.S. Application Serial No. 88581702
Mark: SMART SPECTRUM
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Correspondence Address: 5540 CENTERVIEW DRIVE, SUITE 204 #30254
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Applicant: AgEYE Technologies, Inc.
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Reference/Docket No. 917/3 TM
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NONFINAL OFFICE ACTION
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 26, 2019
The trademark examining attorney has searched the USPTO’s database of registered and pending marks and has found no similar registered marks that would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d). TMEP §704.02; see 15 U.S.C. §1052(d). However, a mark in a prior-filed pending application may present a bar to registration of applicant’s mark.
PRIOR PENDING APPLICATION ADVISORY
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.
Applicant should note the following grounds for refusal.
SECTION 2(e)(1) REFUSAL - MERELY DESCRIPTIVE
The attached definitions from the Collins dictionary establishes that the term “SMART” means a device which is able to do many of the things a computer does such as connect to the internet and use software and the term “SPECTRUM” means a range of light waves within particular frequencies. Applicant has specified in the identification of services submitted with the application that their services are focused on working with such capable devices in the indoor farming facilities. Finally, the attached evidence from Applicant’s website establishes that their services are for autonomously adjusting the spectrum of light
Only where the combination of descriptive terms creates a unitary mark with a unique, incongruous, or otherwise nondescriptive meaning in relation to the goods and/or services is the combined mark registrable. See In re Colonial Stores, Inc., 394 F.2d 549, 551, 157 USPQ 382, 384 (C.C.P.A. 1968); In re Positec Grp. Ltd., 108 USPQ2d 1161, 1162-63 (TTAB 2013).
In this case, both the individual components and the composite result are descriptive of applicant’s goods and/or services and do not create a unique, incongruous, or nondescriptive meaning in relation to the goods and/or services. Specifically, the individual components describe that Applicant’s services focus on smart devices and light spectrums and the composite result describes that Applicant’s services are for calibrating and providing light spectrums through use of smart devices.
As a result, the applied-for mark must be refused under Trademark Act Section 2(e)(1).
SUPPLEMENTAL REGISTER ADVISORY
If applicant files an acceptable allegation of use and also amends to the Supplemental Register, the application effective filing date will be the date applicant met the minimum filing requirements under 37 C.F.R. §2.76(c) for an amendment to allege use. TMEP §§816.02, 1102.03; see 37 C.F.R. §2.75(b). In addition, the undersigned trademark examining attorney will conduct a new search of the USPTO records for conflicting marks based on the later application filing date. TMEP §§206.01, 1102.03.
Applicant should note the following related requirement.
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
(1) Fact sheets, instruction manuals, brochures, advertisements and pertinent screenshots of applicant’s website as it relates to the goods and/or services in the application, including any materials using the terms in the applied-for mark. Merely stating that information about the goods and/or services is available on applicant’s website is insufficient to make the information of record.;
(2) If these materials are unavailable, applicant should submit similar documentation for goods and services of the same type, explaining how its own product or services will differ. If the goods and/or services feature new technology and information regarding competing goods and/or services is not available, applicant must provide a detailed factual description of the goods and/or services. Factual information about the goods must make clear how they operate, salient features, and prospective customers and channels of trade. For services, the factual information must make clear what the services are and how they are rendered, salient features, and prospective customers and channels of trade. Conclusory statements will not satisfy this requirement.; and
(3) Applicant must respond to the following questions:
1. Do Applicant’s services feature smart devices?
2. Do Applicant’s services feature interconnected devices?
3. Do Applicant’s services feature devices which connect to the internet?
4. Do Applicant’s services feature calibrating or adjusting light spectrums?
See 37 C.F.R. §2.61(b); TMEP §§814, 1402.01(e).
Failure to comply with a request for information is grounds for refusing registration. In re Harley, 119 USPQ2d 1755, 1757-58 (TTAB 2016); TMEP §814.
Applicant should note the following additional requirement.
IDENTIFICATION OF SERVICES AMENDMENT REQUIRED
Class 42: data automation and collection services using proprietary artificial intelligence software to evaluate, analyze, and collect services data using Internet of Things (IOT) connected devices in indoor-farming facilities to monitor growing conditions; providing temporary use of non-downloadable cloud-based artificial intelligence software for connecting, operating, and managing networked lighting apparatus in the internet of things (iot) for indoor farming facilities to monitor growing conditions
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.
RESPONSE GUIDELINES
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.
How to respond. Click to file a response to this nonfinal Office action.
Riso, Mark
/Mark Riso/
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 108
(571)272-0167
Mark.Riso@uspto.gov
RESPONSE GUIDANCE