To: | Carole Fabrics Corporation (teri.pierson@hunterdouglas.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88643227 - CAROLE - N/A |
Sent: | January 09, 2020 11:58:30 AM |
Sent As: | ecom101@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. 88643227
Mark: CAROLE
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Applicant: Carole Fabrics Corporation
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Reference/Docket No. N/A
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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 09, 2020
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.
SEARCH RESULTS
The Office records have been searched and there are no similar registered or pending marks that would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. §1052(d). TMEP §704.02.
However, applicant must comply with the following procedural requirements.
IDENTIFICATION/CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS
Applicant has identified the following in International Class 20: “Draperies; interior window blinds; interior window shades; side panels; valances; cornices; swags; pillows”
And the following in International Class 24: “Fabrics for the manufacture of draperies; interior window blinds; interior window shades; side panels; valances; cornices; swags; pillows”
Applicant may substitute the following wording, if accurate:
International Class 6:
Cornices of metal
International Class 19:
Non-metal cornices
International Class 20:
Interior window blinds; interior window shades; pillows
International Class 24:
Fabrics for the manufacture of draperies; drapery side panels; fabric valances; swags being window treatments; draperies
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.
MULTI-CLASS APPLICATIONS
The application identifies goods in more than one international class; therefore, applicant must satisfy all the requirements below for each international class based on Trademark Act Section 1(b):
(1) List the goods and/or services by their international class number in consecutive numerical order, starting with the lowest numbered class.
(2) Submit a filing fee for each international class not covered by the fee(s) already paid (view the USPTO’s current fee schedule). The application identifies goods that are classified in at least 4 classes; however, applicant submitted a fee(s) sufficient for only 2 classes. Applicant must either submit the filing fees for the classes not covered by the submitted fees or restrict the application to the number of classes covered by the fees already paid.
See 15 U.S.C. §§1051(b), 1112, 1126(e); 37 C.F.R. §§2.32(a)(6)-(7), 2.34(a)(2)-(3), 2.86(a); TMEP §§1403.01, 1403.02(c).
See an overview of the requirements for a Section 1(b) multiple-class application and how to satisfy the requirements online using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) form.
How to respond. Click to file a response to this nonfinal Office action.
If the applicant has any questions or needs assistance in responding to this Office Action, please contact the assigned examining attorney.
/Katherine Weigle/
Examining Attorney
Law Office 101
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
(571) 270-1506
katherine.weigle@uspto.gov
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