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United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

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

IMPORTANT NOTICE:  APPLICATION IS ABANDONED

Applicant’s Response Is Incomplete

Issue date:  March 15, 2022

The application is abandoned because applicant’s response to the final Office action dated March 2, 2021 is not complete for the reason(s) stated below.  See 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §2.65(a); TMEP §§718.02, 718.03. 

In this case, applicant did not (1) raise a new issue, (2) resolve all outstanding issue(s) in the final Office action, (3) provide any new or compelling evidence with regard to the outstanding issue(s), or (4) present analysis and arguments that were persuasive or shed new light on the outstanding issue(s).  Additionally, applicant did not timely file a notice of appeal and no time remains in the response period. 

Applicant may file a Petition to the Director Under Trademark Rule 2.146 within two months of the issue date of this notice to request that the abandonment determination be reversed and the application be returned to active status.  TMEP §§715.03(a)(ii)(D), 718.03(b), 1705.04, 1713.01-.02.  However, the Director will grant the petition in rare cases if (1) the USPTO committed a clear procedural error or abuse of discretion, or (2) applicant can show substantial compliance with the response requirements.  TMEP §§715.03(a)(ii)(D), 718.03(b), 1713.01-02.  

/Bridgett G. Smith/

Trademark Examining Attorney

USPTO Law Office 115

(571) 272-9482 (P)/(571) 273-9482(F)

bridgett.smith@uspto.gov

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

USPTO OFFICIAL NOTICE

Office Action (Official Letter) has issued

on March 15, 2022 for

U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88905618

A USPTO examining attorney has reviewed your trademark application and issued an Office action.  You may be required to respond to this Office action.  Follow the steps below.

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

(2)  Respond to the Office action, if a response is required.  Respond 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 trademark-related scams.  Protect yourself from people and companies that may try to take financial advantage of you.  Private companies may call you and pretend to be the USPTO or may send you communications that resemble official USPTO documents to trick you.  We will never request your credit card number or social security number over the phone.  And all official USPTO correspondence will only be emailed from the domain “@uspto.gov.”  Verify the correspondence originated from us by using your Serial Number in our database, TSDR, to confirm that it appears under the “Documents” tab, or contact the Trademark Assistance Center.

·       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 is not your attorney and cannot give you legal advice, but rather works for and represents the USPTO in trademark matters.