To: | DENSO CORPORATION (troymailroom@hdp.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88714708 - DENSO - 4041T-200010 |
Sent: | December 23, 2019 03:02:03 PM |
Sent As: | ecom111@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. 88714708
Mark: DENSO
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Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
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Reference/Docket No. 4041T-200010
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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 23, 2019
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 OF OFFICE’S DATABASE OF MARKS
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).
INFORMALITY
Applicant must also respond to the requirement(s) set forth below.
IDENTIFICATION OF SERVICES
Applicant may substitute the following wording, if accurate:
“burglar alarm installation and repair; repair information in the field of burglar alarms, vehicles, engines, transmissions for vehicles, security apparatus for vehicles, navigation apparatus, electric machines, current generators, alternators, starters, diesel fuel injection pump, electronic motors, measuring machines, air conditioning apparatus, freezing equipment, heating equipment, photographic apparatus, dashboard camera, computer hardware, telephone apparatus, industrial robots and automatic data captures; vehicle maintenance; current generators maintenance and repair; electronic motors maintenance and repair; maintenance and repair of measuring machines” in International Class 37.
“updating of computer software for others; duplication of computer programs; installation of computer software; maintenance of computer software; physics research; research and development of new products for others in the fields of arts, crafts, sports, pollution control, mobile communications, electricity, automotive technology, ceramics, automotive parts, industrial machinery, vehicles, engines, motors, air conditioning apparatus, computers, navigation apparatus, remote controls, other electric and electronic apparatus, industrial robots and automatic data capture; quality evaluation services for the automobile industry by testing the vehicle roadworthiness of vehicles; technical consultation by providing project studies in the fields of pollution control, mobile communications, electricity, automotive technology, ceramics, automotive parts, industrial machinery, vehicles, engines, motors, air conditioning apparatus, computers, navigation apparatus, remote controls, other electric and electronic apparatus, industrial robots and automatic data capture” in International Class 42.
ID MANUAL IS AVAILABLE ONLINE
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.
CERTIFICATE OF FOREIGN REGISTRATION REQUIRED
A copy of a foreign registration must consist of a document issued to an applicant by, or certified by, the intellectual property office in the applicant’s country of origin. TMEP §1004.01. If an applicant’s country of origin does not issue registrations or Madrid Protocol certificates of extension of protection, the applicant may submit a copy of the Madrid Protocol international registration that shows that protection of the international registration has been extended to the applicant’s country of origin. TMEP §1016.
Therefore, applicant must provide a copy of the foreign registration from applicant’s country of origin. If the foreign registration is not written in English, applicant must also provide an English translation. 37 C.F.R. §2.34(a)(3)(ii); TMEP §1004.01(a)-(b). The translation should be signed by the translator. TMEP §1004.01(b).
Please call or email the assigned trademark examining attorney with questions about this Office action. Although the trademark examining attorney cannot provide legal advice or statements about applicant’s rights, the trademark examining attorney can provide applicant with additional explanation about the refusal(s) and/or requirement(s) in this Office action. See TMEP §§705.02, 709.06. Although the USPTO does not accept emails as responses to Office actions, emails can be used for informal communications and will be included in the application record. See 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(c), 2.191; TMEP §§304.01-.02, 709.04-.05.
/Zachary Bello/
Attorney Advisor
Law Office 111
USPTO
571-272-9376
zack.bello@uspto.gov
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