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United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

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

 

 

 

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:  September 20, 2020

 

This Office action is supplemental to and supersedes the previous Office action issued on April 26, 2020 in connection with this application.  The assigned trademark examining attorney inadvertently omitted a requirement relevant to the mark in the subject application.  See TMEP §§706, 711.02.  Specifically, an identification of goods requirement.

 

The trademark examining attorney apologizes for any inconvenience caused by the delay in raising this issue(s). 

 

The following refusal(s) and/or requirement(s) have been satisfied and/or withdrawn: Prior Pending Application Filed – Application Not Entitled to Register and Translation Required.  See TMEP §713.02.

 

The following is a SUMMARY OF ISSUES that applicant must address:

 

            •  NEW ISSUE:  Amendment to Identification of Goods and/or Services Required

            •  Partial Abandonment  

 

 

Applicant must respond to all issues raised in this Office action and the previous April 26, 2020 Office action, within six (6) months of the date of issuance of this Office action.  37 C.F.R. §2.62(a); see TMEP §711.02.  If applicant does not respond within this time limit, the application will be abandoned.  37 C.F.R. §2.65(a).

 

Amendment to Identification of Goods and/or Services Required

 

Applicant must clarify the following indicated language for reasons stated below. See 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6); TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.03. 

 

The wording “Mobile phone software applications, downloadable namely, software for playing music, software for games, software for online shopping, software for travel guide, software for communication, software for photograph and software for image processing and transmission” is indefinite and must be clarified because the specific function of all the software is unclear.   

Applicant may substitute the following wording, if accurate:

Class 9:

 

Downloadable computer application software,  namely, software for playing music, software for playing games, software for enabling online shopping, software for accessing a travel guide, software for enabling communication, software for editing a photograph and software for image processing and transmission; Tablet computers; Smart glasses; Smart watches; Electric navigational instruments; Global positioning system (GPS) apparatus; Smartphones; Mobile phones; Cell phone covers; Cell phone cases; Protective films adapted for mobile phone screens; Wearable smart phones; Stands adapted for mobile phones; Cabinets for loudspeakers; Wireless speakers; Headphones; Wireless earphones; Earphones for cellular telephones; Wireless headsets for smart phones; Selfie sticks for use with smartphones; USB cables; USB cables for cellphones; Power adapters; Batteries, electric; Battery chargers; Wireless chargers; Battery chargers for mobile phones; Virtual reality glasses; Virtual reality headsets; Artificial intelligent speakers in the nature of wireless audio speakers; touch screens for mobile phones; mobile power banks in the nature of rechargeable batteries; Smartwatch bands; Chipsets for use with wireless communication apparatuses, consumer electronic devices, smart phones, and wearable mobile computers; Integrated circuits, namely, system basis chips and systems on a chip (SOC); Multiprocessor chips

 

Applicant may amend the identification to clarify or limit the goods and/or services, but not to broaden or expand the goods and/or services beyond those in the original application or as acceptably amended.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); TMEP §1402.06.  Generally, any deleted goods and/or services may not later be reinserted.  See TMEP §1402.07(e).

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.

Partial Abandonment Advisory

 

If applicant does not respond to this Office action within the six-month period for response, the following goods and/or services in International Class(es) 9 will be deleted from the application:

 

Mobile phone software applications, downloadable namely, software for games, software for online shopping, software for travel guide, software for communication, software for photograph

 

The application will then proceed with the following goods and/or services in International Class(es) 9 only: 

 

Mobile phone software applications, downloadable namely,  namely, software for playing music, software for image processing and transmission; Tablet computers; Smart glasses; Smart watches; Electric navigational instruments; Global positioning system (GPS) apparatus; Smartphones; Mobile phones; Cell phone covers; Cell phone cases; Protective films adapted for mobile phone screens; Wearable smart phones; Stands adapted for mobile phones; Cabinets for loudspeakers; Wireless speakers; Headphones; Wireless earphones; Earphones for cellular telephones; Wireless headsets for smart phones; Selfie sticks for use with smartphones; USB cables; USB cables for cellphones; Power adapters; Batteries, electric; Battery chargers; Wireless chargers; Battery chargers for mobile phones; Virtual reality glasses; Virtual reality headsets; Artificial intelligent speakers in the nature of wireless audio speakers; touch screens for mobile phones; mobile power banks in the nature of rechargeable batteries; Smartwatch bands; Chipsets for use with wireless communication apparatuses, consumer electronic devices, smart phones, and wearable mobile computers; Integrated circuits, namely, system basis chips and systems on a chip (SOC); Multiprocessor chips

 

See 37 C.F.R. §2.65(a)-(a)(1); TMEP §718.02(a).

 

 

Response Guidelines

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How to respond.  Click to file a response to this nonfinal Office action.    

 

Please call or email the assigned trademark examining attorney with questions about this Office action.  Although an examining attorney cannot provide legal advice, the examining attorney can provide additional explanation about the refusal(s) and/or requirement(s) in this Office action.  See TMEP §§705.02, 709.06. 

 

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. 

 

 

/Grace Duffin/

Grace Duffin, Esq.

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 120

571-270-7069

Grace.Duffin@uspto.gov

 

 

 

 

RESPONSE GUIDANCE

• Missing the response deadline to this letter will cause the application to abandon.  A response or notice of appeal must be received by the USPTO before midnight Eastern Time of the last day of the response period.  TEAS and ESTTA maintenance or unforeseen circumstances could affect an applicant’s ability to timely respond.  

 

• Responses signed by an unauthorized party are not accepted and can cause the application to abandon.  If applicant does not have an attorney, the response must be signed by the individual applicant, all joint applicants, or someone with legal authority to bind a juristic applicant.  If applicant has an attorney, the response must be signed by the attorney.

 

• If needed, find contact information for the supervisor of the office or unit listed in the signature block.

 

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

 

USPTO OFFICIAL NOTICE

 

Office Action (Official Letter) has issued

on September 20, 2020 for

U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88776853

 

Your trademark application has been reviewed by a trademark examining attorney.  As part of that review, the assigned attorney has issued an official letter that you must respond to by the specified deadline or your application will be abandoned.  Please follow the steps below.

 

(1)  Read the official letter.

 

(2)  Direct questions about the contents of the Office action to the assigned attorney below. 

 

 

/Grace Duffin/

Grace Duffin, Esq.

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 120

571-270-7069

Grace.Duffin@uspto.gov

 

 

 

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).

 

(3)  Respond within 6 months (or earlier, if required in the Office action) from September 20, 2020, using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS).  The response must be received by the USPTO before midnight Eastern Time of the last day of the response period.  See the Office action for more information about how to respond

 

 

 

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.”