To: | Whisper.ai Inc. (jgard@btlaw.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88752849 - WHISPER - 76745-312425 |
Sent: | April 02, 2020 05:04:43 PM |
Sent As: | ecom115@uspto.gov |
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United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Office Action (Official Letter) About Applicant’s Trademark Application
U.S. Application Serial No. 88752849
Mark: WHISPER
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Correspondence Address:
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Applicant: Whisper.ai Inc.
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Reference/Docket No. 76745-312425
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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: April 02, 2020
Please call or email the assigned trademark examining attorney to resolve the issues in this Office action. Although the USPTO does not accept emails as responses to Office actions, communication by phone or email is permissible to agree to proposed amendments to the application that will immediately place the application in condition for publication, registration, or suspension. See 37 C.F.R. §2.62(c); TMEP §707.
SEARCH OF USPTO DATABASE OF MARKS
IDENTIFICATION OF GOODS
THIS PARTIAL REFUSAL APPLIES TO CLASS 9 ONLY
Applicant may substitute the following wording, if accurate:
Class 9: hearing aid systems comprised of computer hardware and downloadable artificial intelligence computer software for use in hearing aids to cancel noise, none of the forgoing to include earplugs for noise reduction
Class 10: hearing aids; hearing aids using artificial intelligence, none of the forgoing to include earplugs for noise reduction
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.
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.
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.
How to respond. Click to file a response to this nonfinal Office action.
/Maureen Reed/
Examining Attorney
Law Office 115
571-272-0851
maureen.reed@uspto.gov
RESPONSE GUIDANCE