To: | Skyvision Aviation Corp. (jipgtrademarks@gmail.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88750878 - SKYVISION - 7036.203.001 |
Sent: | March 28, 2020 03:54:15 PM |
Sent As: | ecom116@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. 88750878
Mark: SKYVISION
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Correspondence Address:
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Applicant: Skyvision Aviation Corp.
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Reference/Docket No. 7036.203.001
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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 28, 2020
The referenced application has been reviewed by the assigned trademark examining attorney. Applicant must respond timely and completely to the issue(s) below. 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(a), 2.65(a); TMEP §§711, 718.03.
Summary of Issues that the Applicant Must Address
1) Amended Identification of Goods and Services is Required
2) Requirements for a Multiple-Class Application
3) Earlier-Filed Pending Application
AMENDED IDENTIFICATION OF GOODS AND SERVICES IS REQUIRED
A. International Class 7
B. International Class 9
The wording “levelling instruments” in the identification of goods is indefinite and must be clarified because the exact nature of these goods remains unknown. See 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6); TMEP §1402.01. Applicant must amend the identification to specify the common commercial or generic name of the goods. See TMEP §1402.01. If the goods have no common commercial or generic name, applicant must describe the product, its main purpose, and its intended uses. See id. For instance, the applicant may identify these goods as “levelling instruments, namely, {please specify the common commercial names of the goods, i.e., level indicators, plumb levels, surveyors’ levels}.”
The wording “navigational instruments” in the identification of goods is indefinite and must be clarified because the exact nature of these goods remains unknown. See 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6); TMEP §1402.01. Applicant must amend the identification to specify the common commercial or generic name of the goods. See TMEP §1402.01. If the goods have no common commercial or generic name, applicant must describe the product, its main purpose, and its intended uses. See id. For instance, the applicant may identify these goods as “electric navigational instruments,” “navigational instruments for vehicles,” “navigational buoys,” “GPS navigation device,” and/or “satellite-aided navigation systems.”
The wording “satellite navigational apparatus” in the identification of goods is indefinite and must be clarified because the exact nature of these goods remains unknown. See 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6); TMEP §1402.01. Applicant must amend the identification to specify the common commercial or generic name of the goods. See TMEP §1402.01. If the goods have no common commercial or generic name, applicant must describe the product, its main purpose, and its intended uses. See id. For instance, the applicant may identify these goods as “satellite navigational apparatus, namely, global positioning system (GPS).”
C. International Class 12
The wording “air vehicles” in the identification of goods is indefinite and must be clarified because the common commercial names of these goods must be provided. See 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6); TMEP §1402.01. Applicant must amend the identification to specify the common commercial or generic name of the goods. See TMEP §1402.01. If the goods have no common commercial or generic name, applicant must describe the product, its main purpose, and its intended uses. See id. For instance, the applicant may identify these goods as “air vehicles, namely, {please specify the common commercial names of these goods, i.e., aeroplanes, airplanes, propeller airplanes, hot air balloons).”
D. International Class 39
E. International Class 43
The applicant may adopt the following amended identification of goods and services, if accurate:
International Class 7: Aeronautical engines; Aeroplane engines; Injectors for engines; Jet engines, other than for land vehicles; propulsion mechanisms, other than for land vehicles, namely, {please specify the common commercial names of the goods, i.e., electric motors, engines}; Turbines, other than for land vehicles.
International Class 9: Altimeters; Anemometers; Azimuth instruments; Barometers; Camcorders; Directional compasses; Distance measuring apparatus; Distance recording apparatus; Height measuring instruments; Levelling instruments, namely, {please specify the common commercial names of the goods, i.e., level indicators, plumb levels, surveyors’ levels}; Electric navigational instruments; Telemeters; Satellite navigational apparatus, namely, global positioning system (GPS); Inclinometers; Temperature indicators; Theodolites; Thermal imaging cameras; Viewfinders, photographic.
International Class 12: Aerial conveyors; Aeronautical apparatus, machines and appliances, namely, {please specify the common commercial names of these goods, i.e., aeroplanes, airplanes, propeller airplanes, structural parts for airplanes); Aeroplanes; Air vehicles, namely, {please specify the common commercial names of these goods, i.e., aeroplanes, airplanes, propeller airplanes, hot air balloons); Helicopters; Safety belts for vehicle seats; Fitted seat covers for vehicles.
International Class 39: Air transport; Aircraft rental; Rental of aircraft engines; Booking of seats for travel; Chauffeur services; Escorting of travellers; Freighting; Rental of navigational systems; Passenger transport; Arranging of passenger transportation services for others via an online application; Piloting; Transport services for sightseeing tours; Transport of travellers; Arranging of transportation for travel tours; Travel ticket reservation service.
International Class 43: Boarding house bookings; Café services; Cafeteria services; Reservation of hotel rooms for travellers.
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.
REQUIREMENTS FOR A MULTIPLE-CLASS APPLICATION
(1) List the goods and/or services by their international class number in consecutive numerical order, starting with the lowest numbered class.
(2) Submit a filing fee for each international class not covered by the fee(s) already paid (view the USPTO’s current fee schedule). The application identifies goods and/or services that may be classified in 6 classes; however, applicant submitted a fee(s) sufficient for only 5 class(es). Applicant must either submit the filing fees for the classes not covered by the submitted fees or restrict the application to the number of classes covered by the fees already paid.
See 37 C.F.R. §2.86(a); TMEP §§1403.01, 1403.02(c).
For an overview of the requirements for a Section 1(b) multiple-class application and how to satisfy the requirements online using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) form, see the Multiple-class Application webpage.
EARLIER-FILED PENDING 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.
ASSISTANCE
The USPTO does not accept emails as responses to Office actions; however, emails can be used for informal communications and are included in the application record. See 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(c), 2.191; TMEP §§304.01-.02, 709.04-.05.
RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION
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/Tina L Snapp/
Examining Attorney
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571-272-9224
Informal Email Tina.Snapp@uspto.gov
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