To: | Kite Pharma, Inc. (ipdocketmwe@mwe.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88688558 - AXI-CEL - 106063-1103 |
Sent: | December 12, 2019 01:24:23 PM |
Sent As: | ecom110@uspto.gov |
Attachments: | Attachment - 1 Attachment - 2 |
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Office Action (Official Letter) About Applicant’s Trademark Application
U.S. Application Serial No. 88688558
Mark: AXI-CEL
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Correspondence Address: 444 W. LAKE STREET, SUITE 4000
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Applicant: Kite Pharma, Inc.
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Reference/Docket No. 106063-1103
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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 12, 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.
NO CONFLICTING MARKS FOUND
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).
DUPLICATE APPLICATION
Applicant can expressly abandon the application (i.e., withdraw a pending application and end the application process) using the TEAS Request for Express Abandonment (Withdrawal) of Application form. This form must be properly signed by the applicant or, if represented by an authorized attorney, by the applicant’s attorney. See 37 C.F.R. §§2.68(a), 2.193(e)(2); TMEP §§611.03(b), 718.01. Once filed, a request for abandonment may not be withdrawn. 37 C.F.R. §2.68(a).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.
/Tarah Hardy Ludlow/
Examining Attorney
Law Office 110
(571) 272-9361
tarah.hardy@uspto.gov
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