Examiners Amendment

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

Office Action (Official Letter) About Applicant’s Trademark Application

 

 

 

EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT

 

 

Issue date:  December 13, 2019

 

 

USPTO database searched; no conflicting marks found.  The trademark examining attorney searched the USPTO database of registered and pending marks and found no conflicting marks that would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d).  15 U.S.C. §1052(d); TMEP §704.02.

 

Application has been amended as shown below.  As agreed to by Ryan Ricks on December 13, 2019, the examining attorney has amended the application as shown below.  Please notify the examining attorney immediately of any objections.  TMEP §707.  Otherwise, no response is required.  Id.  In addition, applicant is advised that amendments to the goods and/or services are permitted only if they clarify or limit them; amendments that add to or broaden the scope of the goods and/or services are not permitted.  37 C.F.R. §2.71(a).

 

SUMMARY OF ISSUES

• Amended §2(f) Claim
• Amended Mark Description

 

AMENDED §2(f) CLAIM

 

Applicant has amended its §2(f) claim as to the whole mark to limit it to a §2(f) claim in part as to the wording “OPEN HOTEL”. TMEP §1212.02(d)

 

 

 

AMENDED MARK DESCRIPTION

 

The following description of the mark replaces the current description of record:

 

The mark consists of a stylized key outlined inside a shaded square, all centered between the word “OPEN” and the word “HOTEL” in stylized font.                

 

See 37 C.F.R. §§2.37, 2.72; TMEP §§808 et seq.

 

 

If applicant has questions regarding this Examiner’s Amendment or the changes referenced above, please telephone or e-mail the assigned examining attorney.

 

 

 

/Peter Dang/

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 121

(571) 270-1998

peter.dang@uspto.gov

 

 

 

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

 

USPTO OFFICIAL NOTICE

 

Office Action (Official Letter) has issued

on December 13, 2019 for

U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88613529

 

Your trademark application has been reviewed by a trademark examining attorney.  As part of that review, the assigned attorney has issued an official letter.  Please follow the steps below.

 

(1)  Read the official letter.  No response is necessary.

 

(2)  Direct questions about the contents of the Office action to the assigned attorney below. 

 

/Peter Dang/

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 121

(571) 270-1998

peter.dang@uspto.gov

 

 

Direct questions about navigating USPTO electronic forms, the USPTO website, the application process, the status of your application, and/or whether there are outstanding deadlines or documents related to your file to the Trademark Assistance Center (TAC).

 

 

 

GENERAL GUIDANCE

·       Check the status of your application periodically in the Trademark Status & Document Retrieval (TSDR) database to avoid missing critical deadlines.

 

·       Update your correspondence email address, if needed, to ensure you receive important USPTO notices about your application.

 

·       Beware of misleading notices sent by private companies about your application.  Private companies not associated with the USPTO use public information available in trademark registrations to mail and email trademark-related offers and notices – most of which require fees.  All official USPTO correspondence will only be emailed from the domain “@uspto.gov.”