To: | RINNAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA (IPServicesNYC@troutman.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88629933 - RINNAI - 255838000002 |
Sent: | December 29, 2019 03:56:10 PM |
Sent As: | ecom116@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. 88629933
Mark: RINNAI
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Applicant: RINNAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Reference/Docket No. 255838000002
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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 29, 2019
The referenced application has been reviewed by the assigned trademark examining attorney. Applicant must respond timely and completely to the issue(s) below. 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(a), 2.65(a); TMEP §§711, 718.03.
Summary of Issues that the Applicant Must Address
1) Amended Identification of Goods in International Class 11 is Required
2) Significance of the Wording in the Mark is Required
AMENDED IDENTIFICATION OF GOODS IN INTERNATIONAL CLASS 11 IS REQUIRED
The applicant may adopt the following amended identification of goods in International Class 11, if accurate:
International Class 11: Oil and gas appliances, namely, gas cookers, oil cookers, gas water heaters, oil water heaters, gas room heaters, and oil room heaters for industrial, commercial, and domestic use, and their parts and accessories in the nature of {specify the common commercial names of these goods and ensure they are correctly classified in International Class 11}; water heaters; gas space heaters; hot water heating installations; condensing boilers; gas heating units for hot water heaters.
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 WORDING IN THE MARK IS REQUIRED
(1) Explain whether the wording in the mark “RINNAI” has any meaning or significance in the trade or industry in which applicant’s goods are manufactured, any meaning or significance as applied to applicant’s goods, or if such wording is a term of art within applicant’s industry.
(2) Explain whether the wording in the mark “RINNAI” identifies a geographic place.
(3) Explain whether the wording in the mark “RINNAI” has an English translation.
See 37 C.F.R. §2.61(b); TMEP §814.
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.
ASSISTANCE
SEARCH RESULTS
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).
RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION
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.
/Tina L Snapp/
Examining Attorney
Law Office 116
571-272-9224
Informal Email Tina.Snapp@uspto.gov
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