Examiners Amendment

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

Office Action (Official Letter) About Applicant’s Trademark Application

 

 

 

EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT

 

 

Issue date:  February 26, 2020

 

 

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 Myron Greenspan, Esq. on February 26, 2020, 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).

 

The identification of goods in International Classes 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 21 are amended to read as follows: “Tool chests of metal, empty; tools chests of metal sold empty; metal tool boxes, tool boxes of metal; tool boxes of metal, empty; tools chests of metal sold empty; tool accessory boxes made of metal sold empty and parts and fittings therefor; jobsite storage, namely, metal storage sheds; metal clamps; metal storage, namely, general purpose metal storage units, general purpose metal storage containers, general purpose metal storage bins, metal storage boxes for general use; metal locks, namely, door locks, pad locks, metal locks for doors, windows, desks, metal multi-point locking system in a wood door; safes, namely, electronic safes, metal safes, gun safes, metal fire resistant safes, non-metal safes, safe deposit boxes in International Class 6;

 

Machine tools, namely, clamps for use in the precision clamping of work pieces; generators, namely, DC generators, electrostatic generators, current generators, electricity generators, solar-powered electricity generators, gas-operated power generators, AC generators, wind-powered electricity generators, emergency power generators, high-voltage generators, portable electric power generators, electric power generators for indoor use, electric power generators using geothermal power, electric power generators using waste heat, electric generators and related equipment, namely, automatic standby electric generator sets; motorized locks, namely, door locks, door pad locks; tarps, namely, fitted tarps for power machinery, welders, namely, electric arc welders, shovels, namely, mechanical shovel, power shovel; power lawn and garden tools, namely, wood chippers; pressure washers, namely, high pressure washers, multi-purpose high pressure washers in International Class 7;

 

striking tools, namely, axes, sledgehammers; Hand tools, namely, screwdrivers, pliers, household knives, pruners, shovels; rakes, namely, hand-operated lawn rakes, sand trap rakes, golf course rakes; hoes, namely, hand-operated hoes, weeding hoes; knives, namely, utility knives, working knives; gardening tools, namely, trowels, weeding forks, spades; compressors, namely, hand-operated automotive repair tools, namely, ring compressors, valve spring compressors; hand operated lawn trimmers and edgers; hand-operated garden tillers and lawn and garden tools, namely, cultivators in International Class 8;

 

Measuring rulers; tape rulers; graduated rulers for measuring; safety vests, namely, reflective safety vests; fall protection equipment, namely, bars, anchors, harnesses, lines, lanyards, carabiners and anchorage connectors; a modular impact cushioning system consisting of soft-fall bags and fall-arrest bags; safety equipment, namely, a lifeline system for horizontal or vertical movement to which a worker is attached for protection against fall hazards, composed of line tension indicator, turnbuckle, bars, anchors, harnesses, lanyards, cables, anchorage connectors, carabiners, lifelines, stanchions, or shock absorber; protective clothing, namely, disposable garment for protection against spontaneous flash in industrial and manufacturing environments; traffic safety supplies, namely, safety traffic cones; laser measuring and leveling devices, namely, line lasers, laser level indicators, cross line lasers and beam line lasers; electric locks, namely, door locks, pad locks, digital door locks, biometric fingerprint door locks; docks, namely, electronic docking stations, computer docking stations; phone cases, namely, cases for mobile phones, mobile phone straps, cell phone covers, carrying cases, holders, protective cases and stands featuring power supply connectors, adaptors, speakers and battery charging devices, specially adapted for use with handheld digital electronic devices, namely, cell phones, MP3 players, personal digital assistants; adaptors, namely, electrical adapters, computer card adapter, computer network adapters, flash card adapters, plug adaptors, electric adapter cables, power adapters, wireless adapters for computers in International Class 9;

 

Respiratory masks for artificial respiration; emergency response kits comprised of defibrillators with bandages, dressing and disinfectants; hearing protectors without the ability to reproduce or transmit sound in International Class 10;

 

Flashlights and outdoor portable lighting products, namely, headlamps in International Class 11;

 

Tool bucket organizer, namely, an organizer specially adapted for affixation to a bucket for holding tools and other apparatus; work gloves; gardening gloves; light duty utility gloves; gloves for household purposes; and non-electric portable coolers and insulated containers for food or beverages in International Class 21.

 

Please call or email the assigned trademark examining attorney with questions about this amendment. 

 

 

 

 

/Mark T. Mullen/

Trademark Attorney

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Law Office 111

(571) 272-9201

mark.mullen@uspto.gov (informal inquiries only)

 

 

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

 

USPTO OFFICIAL NOTICE

 

Office Action (Official Letter) has issued

on February 26, 2020 for

U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88683404

 

Your trademark application has been reviewed by a trademark examining attorney.  As part of that review, the assigned attorney has issued an official letter.  Please follow the steps below.

 

(1)  Read the official letter.  No response is necessary.

 

(2)  Direct questions about the contents of the Office action to the assigned attorney below. 

 

/Mark T. Mullen/

Trademark Attorney

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Law Office 111

(571) 272-9201

mark.mullen@uspto.gov (informal inquirie

 

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