Examiners Amendment

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

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

EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT

Issue date:  March 19, 2020

This is further to applicant’s response of March 10, 2020, which offers an acceptable substitute specimen.

Application has been amended as shown below.  No prior authorization from the applicant or the applicant’s qualified practitioner is needed to issue an examiner’s amendment in this situation. TMEP §707.02.  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).

Correction to the Mark Description:  Pursuant to TMEP Section 707.02, Examining attorneys have the discretion to amend applications by examiner’s amendment without prior approval by the applicant or the applicant’s qualified practitioner (sometimes referred to as a "no-call" examiner’s amendment) in the following situations:  addition of a description of the mark where an Office action or regular examiner’s amendment is otherwise unnecessary and one of the following conditions applies:

(a) The record already contains an informal indication of what the mark comprises ( see TMEP §808.03(b));

The mark consists of the term “BUFF” in stylized cursive lettering.

The present application will proceed to publication in the Official Gazette.

STATUS CHECK

To check the status of your application, please use http://tarr.uspto.gov .  If additional information regarding the status of an application or registration is required, callers may telephone the Trademark Assistance Center (TAC) at (800) 786-9199 and request a status check.  TAC is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, Monday through Friday, except on holidays.

/Giselle Agosto-Hincapie/

Examining Attorney Advisor

Trademarks Law Office 102

giselle.agosto@uspto.gov (Informal inquires only)

571-272-5868

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

USPTO OFFICIAL NOTICE

Office Action (Official Letter) has issued

on March 19, 2020 for

U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88717750

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. 

/Giselle Agosto-Hincapie/

Examining Attorney Advisor

Trademarks Law Office 102

giselle.agosto@uspto.gov (Informal inquires only)

571-272-5868

Direct questions about navigating USPTO electronic forms, the USPTO website, the application process, the status of your application, and/or whether there are outstanding deadlines or documents related to your file to the Trademark Assistance Center (TAC).

GENERAL GUIDANCE

·       Check the status of your application periodically in the Trademark Status & Document Retrieval (TSDR) database to avoid missing critical deadlines.

·       Update your correspondence email address, if needed, to ensure you receive important USPTO notices about your application.

·       Beware of misleading notices sent by private companies about your application.  Private companies not associated with the USPTO use public information available in trademark registrations to mail and email trademark-related offers and notices – most of which require fees.  All official USPTO correspondence will only be emailed from the domain “@uspto.gov.”