To: | American National Insurance Company (trademark@boulwarevaloir.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88838891 - AMERICAN NATIONAL - ANICO-ANBW |
Sent: | January 03, 2022 01:46:30 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. 88838891
Mark: AMERICAN NATIONAL
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American National Insurance Company
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Reference/Docket No. ANICO-ANBW
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EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT
Issue date: January 03, 2022
Application has been amended as shown below. As agreed to by Margaret Boulware on January 3, 2022, the examining attorney has amended the application as shown below. Please notify the examining attorney immediately of any objections. TMEP §707. Otherwise, a response is not required. Id. In addition, applicant is advised that amendments to the goods and/or services are permitted only if they clarify or limit them. Amendments that add to or broaden the scope of the goods and/or services are not permitted. 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a).
Identification
The identification of services has been amended to delete Class 37. See TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.01(e).
Section 2(f)
The Section 2(f) claim has been amended to the following:
The wording “AMERICAN NATIONAL” in the mark has become distinctive of the services as evidenced by the ownership of active U.S. Registration Nos. 4326897, 4762626 and 5194818 on the Principal Register for the same mark for sufficiently similar services.
TMEP §1212.04(e); see 15 U.S.C. §1052(f); 37 C.F.R. §2.41(a)(1).
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Trademark Examining Attorney
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katherine.chang@uspto.gov