Suspension Inquiry

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

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

 

 

 

SUSPENSION INQUIRY

Response Required

 

The USPTO must receive applicant’s response to this inquiry 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:  January 11, 2022

 

The trademark examining attorney is issuing this inquiry letter to determine whether the application should continue to be suspended. 

 

Status required regarding foreign registration/renewal.  The application was previously suspended until applicant provided a copy of a foreign registration from applicant’s country of origin or proof that the registration was renewed.  TMEP §§716.02(b), 716.05.

 

How to respond.  Applicant’s response to this inquiry should include one of the following: 

 

(1) A statement that the foreign application or registration renewal is still pending, the foreign application has abandoned, or the foreign registration was not renewed.

 

If the foreign application abandoned or foreign registration did not renew, applicant may amend or limit the filing basis to rely on a Section 1 basis, if appropriate; however, applicant will still retain the priority filing date, if applicable.

 

(2) A copy of the foreign registration or renewal document, including an English translation if the copy is not in English. 

 

TMEP §§716.05, 1003.04(c), 1004.01(a); see 37 C.F.R. §2.34(a)(3)(ii)-(iii). 

 

Click to file a response to this suspension inquiry.

 

Once the reason for suspension has been resolved, the examining attorney will remove this application from suspension and resume examination. 

 

 

 

Hines, Regina

/Regina C. Hines/

Law Office 114

571-272-9451

Regina.Hines@uspto.gov

 

 

 

RESPONSE GUIDANCE

• Missing the response deadline to this letter will cause the application to abandon.  The response must be received by the USPTO before midnight Eastern Time of the last day of the response period.  TEAS 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 January 11, 2022 for

U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88889280

 

A USPTO examining attorney has reviewed your trademark application and issued an Office action.  You must respond to this Office action in order to avoid your application abandoning.  Follow the steps below.

 

(1)  Read the Office action HERE.  This email is NOT the Office action.

 

(2)  Respond to the Office action by the deadline using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS).  Your response must be received by the USPTO on or before 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time of the last day of the response period.  Otherwise, your application will be abandoned.  See the Office action itself regarding how to respond.

 

(3)  Direct general questions about using USPTO electronic forms, the USPTO website, the application process, the status of your application, and whether there are outstanding deadlines to the Trademark Assistance Center (TAC).

 

After reading the Office action, address any question(s) regarding the specific content to the USPTO examining attorney identified in the Office action.

 

 

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 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 may mail or email you trademark-related offers and notices – most of which require fees.  The USPTO will only email official USPTO correspondence from the domain “@uspto.gov.”

 

·         Hiring a U.S.-licensed attorney.  If you do not have an attorney and are not required to have one under the trademark rules, we encourage you to hire a U.S.-licensed attorney specializing in trademark law to help guide you through the registration process.  The USPTO examining attorney identified above is not your attorney and cannot give you legal advice, but rather works for and represents the USPTO in trademark matters.