Examiners Amendment

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

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

EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT

Issue date:  October 13, 2020

Application has been amended as shown below.  As agreed to by Benjamin Imhoff on Monday October 12, 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 are permitted only if they clarify or limit them; amendments that add to or broaden the scope of the goods are not permitted.  37 C.F.R. §2.71(a).

IDENTIFICATION OF GOODS

The identification of goods is amended to read as follows (amendments in bold):

 International Class 12:  Cargo carriers for vehicles; roof cargo bags, boxes and baskets being cargo storage bins especially adapted to fit on vehicles, namely, cars, SUVs, and trucks; roof racks for vehicles; vehicle roof rack accessories, namely, cross bars, cargo carriers, trunk bags, boxes, baskets being cargo storage bins, ski carriers, snowboard carriers, kayak carriers, canoe carriers, foam block canoe carriers, SUP carriers, and bike carriers, all especially adapted to fit on vehicles; luggage cargo nets for vehicles; towing apparatus for vehicles, namely, hitch pins and hitch stabilizer brackets; storage racks for vehicles for bikes, kayaks, and SUPs; wheeled dollies for SUPs, boats, canoes, and trailers; truck bed mounted bike racks, utility racks being truck bed storage organizers, cargo bars, and tie rings being hardware made of non-precious metal, all especially adapted for mounting in a truck bed; non-skid devices for vehicles tires, namely, traction pads and traction mats; hitch mounted cargo carriers, namely cargo baskets being cargo storage bins, cargo carriers, bike racks, truck bed extenders, all especially adapted to fit on a vehicle hitch receiver; ball hitches, hitch adapters, and steps for attachment to vehicles, all especially adapted to fit on a vehicle hitch receiver; rear mounted carriers, namely, bike carriers especially adapted to fit on a vehicle hitch receiver; rear mounted carriers, namely , bike carriers especially adapted to secure to a vehicle; headache racks especially adapted to secure to a vehicle; seats for kayaks, fitted covers for vehicles and parts of vehicles, namely for personal water craft and hitch mounted cargo baskets

Class 7 remains unchanged.

See TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.01(e).

/Marcya N. Betts/

Marcya N. Betts

Examining Attorney

Law Office 106

(571) 272-4913

Marcya.Betts@uspto.gov

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

USPTO OFFICIAL NOTICE

Office Action (Official Letter) has issued

on October 13, 2020 for

U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88718368

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. 

/Marcya N. Betts/

Marcya N. Betts

Examining Attorney

Law Office 106

(571) 272-4913

Marcya.Betts@uspto.gov

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