Examiners Amendment

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

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

EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT

Issue date:  April 01, 2020

USPTO database searched; no conflicting marks found.  The trademark examining attorney searched the USPTO database of registered and pending marks and found no conflicting marks that would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d).  15 U.S.C. §1052(d); TMEP §704.02.

Application has been amended as shown below.  The trademark examining attorney is amending the application as follows.  No prior approval or authorization from applicant or applicant’s attorney is required.  TMEP §707.02.

AMENDED DESCRIPTION OF THE MARK

The following amendment, see underlined, to the description of the mark is made to the record to note where in the mark the colors are represented and to delete extraneous wording:

            The mark consists of the stylized letters "CIBC" in white appearing below a stylized, three-dimensional diamond design in white and gray with a partial white outline, all on a red background.

See 37 C.F.R. §2.37; TMEP §§808 et seq.

Alain Lapter, Esq.

/Alain Lapter/

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 105

email: alain.lapter@uspto.gov

phone: 571-272-3162

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

USPTO OFFICIAL NOTICE

Office Action (Official Letter) has issued

on April 01, 2020 for

U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88744667

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. 

Alain Lapter, Esq.

/Alain Lapter/

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 105

email: alain.lapter@uspto.gov

phone: 571-272-3162

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.”