To: | Menicon Co., Ltd. (BoxIP@hoganlovells.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88633346 - MENI - 142281.00714 |
Sent: | December 20, 2019 08:38:01 AM |
Sent As: | ecom117@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. 88633346
Mark: MENI
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Applicant: Menicon Co., Ltd.
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Reference/Docket No. 142281.00714
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EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT
Issue date: December 20, 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 Tim Lyden on December 20, 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).
IDENTIFICATION OF GOODS – CLASS 9
The identification of goods for International Class 9 is amended to read as follows:
Contact lenses; accessories for contact lenses, namely, cases for distributing contact lenses, cases for disinfecting contact lenses, tweezers specially adapted for use with contact lenses; blanks for contact lenses; containers for contact lenses; cases for contact lenses; covers for contact lenses; receptacles for contact lenses; carrying cases adapted for contact lenses; fitted cases for contact lenses; boxes for contact lenses; storage cases of contact lenses; holders for contact lenses; insertion and removal devices for contact lenses
See TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.01(e).
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
The following statement is added to the record:
Applicant has had a bona fide and effective industrial or commercial establishment in the European Union as of the date of issuance of the foreign registration.
TMEP §1002.04
/William D Jackson/
Attorney Advisor - Trademarks
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Law Office 117
(571) 272-3064
William.Jackson@uspto.gov