Examiners Amendment

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

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

 

 

 

EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT

 

 

Issue date:  December 17, 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 Thomas Brooke on December 17, 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).

 

Classification of Goods

 

The application is amended to classify the goods “Paper carton sealing tape” in International Class 16.  TMEP §1401.03(b); see 37 C.F.R. §2.85.  The goods will thus be listed in each class as follows:

 

Class 16: Paper envelopes for packaging; paper protective packaging void fill; paper padded envelopes; paper cold chain packaging solutions; Paper blocking and bracing; Paper labels; Paper fragile wraps; Paper carton sealing tape

 

Class 17: water-activated carton sealing tape

 

Amendment to the Mark Description

 

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

 

            The mark consists of A blue hexagon with an inner white hexagon surrounding a drawing of an anthropomorphic blue recycling bin. The longer front side, or face, is light blue with dark blue eyes and mouth. The side is dark blue and includes a light blue recycling symbol. The bin is full of brown paper cardboard, tubes and flattened boxes. There are two light blue stripes behind the bin. The bin is on green grass above the word “CURBY” in dark blue on a white background which is above a green inverted triangle featuring the dark blue letters “IPG” in a circle.

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

 

 

Disclaimer

 

The following disclaimer statement is added to the record:

 

            No claim is made to the exclusive right to use THE RECYCLING SYMBOL apart from the mark as shown.

 

See 15 U.S.C. §1056(a); TMEP §§1213, 1213.08(a)(i).

 

 

/Rio Toplak/

Examining Attorney

Law Office 127

(571) 272-6572

Rio.Toplak@uspto.gov

 

 

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

 

USPTO OFFICIAL NOTICE

 

Office Action (Official Letter) has issued

on December 17, 2019 for

U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88618098

 

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. 

 

/Rio Toplak/

Examining Attorney

Law Office 127

(571) 272-6572

Rio.Toplak@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.”