To: | U.S. WIRE & CABLE CORPORATION (efiling@grr.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88624735 - FLEXON - 0834/025 |
Sent: | December 23, 2019 10:47:30 AM |
Sent As: | ecom123@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. 88624735
Mark: FLEXON
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Correspondence Address: GOTTLIEB, RACKMAN & REISMAN, P.C.
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Applicant: U.S. WIRE & CABLE CORPORATION
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Reference/Docket No. 0834/025
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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: December 23, 2019
SEARCH OF OFFICE’S DATABASE OF MARKS
The trademark examining attorney has searched the Office’s database of registered and pending marks and has found no conflicting marks that would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d). TMEP §704.02; see 15 U.S.C. §1052(d).
IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS REQUIREMENT
Applicant may substitute the following wording, if accurate:
IC 017: Garden Hoses; Watering hoses; Lawn hoses; Irrigation hoses; watering hose kits consisting of {specify type of hoses, e.g., watering} hoses, {specify type of hose fittings, e.g., non-metal} hose fittings, connectors in the nature of {applicant must clarify what type of connectors are being described, e.g., connecting hoses for vehicle radiators}, and {applicant must clarify the type of nozzles being described, e.g., hose, plastic spray} nozzles
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.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MARK INQUIRY
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.
Radcliff, Brent
/Brent M. Radcliff/
Examining Attorney
Trademark Law Office 123
(571) 270-0855
brent.radcliff@uspto.gov
RESPONSE GUIDANCE