To: | The Procter & Gamble Company (pgtrademarks.im@pg.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88778582 - ARC - 526205/US-2 |
Sent: | March 18, 2020 11:26:26 AM |
Sent As: | ecom101@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. 88778582
Mark: ARC
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Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
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Reference/Docket No. 526205/US-2
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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 18, 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.
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Summary of Issues:
Requirement for Information:
Factual information about the goods must clearly indicate how they operate, their salient features, and their prospective customers and channels of trade.
In addition, applicant must answer the following questions:
(1) Explain whether the wording “ARC” in the mark has any meaning or significance in the trade or industry in which applicant’s goods are manufactured or provided, any meaning or significance as applied to applicant’s goods, or if such wording is a term of art within applicant’s industry.
(2) Respond to the following question:
Are applicant’s goods used in connection with lighting systems for dental purposes featuring plasma arc lighting?
See 37 C.F.R. §2.61(b); TMEP §814.
Failure to comply with a request for information is grounds for refusing registration. In re Harley, 119 USPQ2d 1755, 1757-58 (TTAB 2016); TMEP §814. Merely stating that information about the goods and services is available on applicant’s website is an insufficient response and will not make the relevant information of record. See In re Planalytics, Inc., 70 USPQ2d 1453, 1457-58 (TTAB 2004).
How to respond. Click to file a response to this nonfinal Office action.
/Justine D. Parker/
Justine D. Parker
Examining Attorney
Law Office 101
571-272-2488
justine.parker@uspto.gov
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