To: | Columbus Industries, Inc. (jfoster@ohiopatent.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88630202 - CI - COLIK 852 |
Sent: | January 06, 2020 03:19:57 PM |
Sent As: | ecom102@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. 88630202
Mark: CI
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Correspondence Address:
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Applicant: Columbus Industries, Inc.
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Reference/Docket No. COLIK 852
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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: January 06, 2020
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.
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).
THIS PARTIAL REQUIREMENT APPLIES ONLY TO THE GOODS SPECIFIED THEREIN
IDENTIFICATION OF GOODS
Applicant may adopt the following identification, if accurate:
Class 11:
Particulate air filters for heat, ventilation, and air conditioning systems for household, commercial, and industrial use, namely, self-sealing cubes, pocket filters, V-cell filters, rigid box filters, panel filters, pleated air filters and mini-pleated air filters; Air filters for industrial installations made of expanded metal; Air filters for industrial installations made of activated carbon for odor and molecular filtration; Air filters for industrial installations made of aluminum for filtration of grease from air; Water filters made of polymers and activated carbon; Non-woven polyester filtration medium in the nature of air filters for air and paint filtration; Air filtering installations in the nature of paint overspray filters made of paper; Air filtering installations in the nature of paint overspray filters made of polyester; Activated carbon filtration medium in the nature of air filters for industrial installations; Expanded metal filtration media in the nature of air filtering installations
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.
FAILURE TO RESPOND
If applicant does not respond to this Office action within the six-month period for response, the following goods and/or services in International Class(es) 11 will be deleted from the application: Particulate air filters for household, commercial, and industrial use, including self-sealing cubes, pocket filters, V-cell filters, rigid box filters, panel filters, pleated air filters and mini-pleated air filters; filters made of expanded metal; filters made of activated carbon for odor and molecular filtration; filters made of aluminum for filtration of grease from air; non-woven polyester filtration medium for air and paint filtration; paint overspray filters made of paper; paint overspray filters made of polyester; activated carbon filtration medium; expanded metal filtration media. The application will then proceed with the following goods and/or services in International Class(es) 11 only: Water filters made of polymers and activated carbon. See 37 C.F.R. §2.65(a)-(a)(1); TMEP §718.02(a).
ASSISTANCE
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.
/Coleman, Cimmerian/
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 102
571-272-9146
cimmerian.coleman@uspto.gov
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