To: | BLACK MAMBA ROD LIFT LLC (docket@iplaw.pro) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88742764 - BLACK MAMBA - JMTN-29137TM |
Sent: | March 23, 2020 03:27:36 PM |
Sent As: | ecom117@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. 88742764
Mark: BLACK MAMBA
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Correspondence Address:
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Applicant: BLACK MAMBA ROD LIFT LLC
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Reference/Docket No. JMTN-29137TM
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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: March 23, 2020
The referenced application has been reviewed by the assigned trademark examining attorney. Applicant must respond timely and completely to the issues below. 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(a), 2.65(a); TMEP §§711, 718.03.
The filing date of pending U.S. Application Serial No. 88590377 MAMBA precedes applicant’s filing date. See attached referenced application. If the mark in the referenced application registers, applicant’s mark may be refused registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d) because of a likelihood of confusion between the two marks. See 15 U.S.C. §1052(d); 37 C.F.R. §2.83; TMEP §§1208 et seq. Therefore, upon receipt of applicant’s response to this Office action, action on this application may be suspended pending final disposition of the earlier-filed referenced application.
In response to this Office action, applicant may present arguments in support of registration by addressing the issue of the potential conflict between applicant’s mark and the mark in the referenced application. Applicant’s election not to submit arguments at this time in no way limits applicant’s right to address this issue later if a refusal under Section 2(d) issues.
Applicant must also respond to the requirement(s) set forth below.
IDENTIFICATION
Applicant may substitute the following wording, if accurate:
International Class 7: Oilfield machine equipment, namely, plastic stabilizers overmolded onto sucker rods used in subterranean wells, polymeric centralizers overmolded onto sucker rods used in subterranean wells, polymeric centralizers for sucker rods used in subterranean wells, molded plastic stabilizer centralizers for sucker rods; Oilfield equipment, namely, polymeric centralizers for sucker rods used in subterranean wells
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.
RESPONSE GUIDELINES
For this application to proceed, applicant must explicitly address each refusal and/or requirement in this Office action. For a refusal, applicant may provide written arguments and evidence against the refusal, and may have other response options if specified above. For a requirement, applicant should set forth the changes or statements. Please see “Responding to Office Actions” and the informational video “Response to Office Action” for more information and tips on responding.
How to respond. Click to file a response to this nonfinal Office action.
Biftu, Beniam
/Ben Biftu/
Trademark Examining Attorney
United States Patent & Trademark Office
Law Office 117
571-272-1525
bbiftu@uspto.gov
RESPONSE GUIDANCE