To: | The Travelers Indemnity Company (trademarks@travelers.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88917930 - N/A |
Sent: | October 16, 2020 07:23:59 AM |
Sent As: | ecom125@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. 88917930
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Applicant: The Travelers Indemnity Company
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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: October 16, 2020
This Office action is supplemental to and supersedes the previous Office action issued on August 21, 2020, in connection with this application. Based on information in applicant’s response, the trademark examining attorney now issues the following new requirement: identification of services is indefinite. See TMEP §§706, 711.02.
In a previous Office action dated August 21, 2020, the trademark examining attorney informed the applicant that applicant that following requirement needed to be satisfied: amend the identification of Class 042 services.
Based on applicant’s response, the trademark examining attorney notes that applicant has provided a definite identification for the services provided in Class 042. However, an amendment to the identification of services in Class 036 was omitted from the August 21, 2020, Office action. The trademark examining attorney apologizes for any inconvenience caused by the delay in raising this error.
The following is a SUMMARY OF ISSUES that applicant must address:
· IDENTIFICATION OF SERVICES
· MULTIPLE CLASS APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
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.
If applicant adopts any of the suggested amendments to the identification of services, then applicant must amend the classification to add the proper international class noted above, i.e., International Class 037. See C.F.R. §§2.32(a)(7), 2.85; TMEP §§805, 1401. See below for discussion of multiple-class application requirements.
Applicant may amend the identification to clarify or limit the services, but not to broaden or expand the 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 services may not later be reinserted. See TMEP §1402.07(e).
If applicant adds one or more international classes to the application, applicant must comply with the multiple-class requirements specified in this Office action.
MULTIPLE-CLASS APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
(1) List the goods and/or services by their international class number in consecutive numerical order, starting with the lowest numbered class.
(2) Submit a filing fee for each international class not covered by the fee(s) already paid (view the USPTO’s current fee schedule). The application identifies goods and services that are classified in at least 4 classes; however, applicant submitted a fee sufficient for only 3 classes. Applicant must either submit the filing fees for the classes not covered by the submitted fees or restrict the application to the number of classes covered by the fees already paid.
See 37 C.F.R. §2.86(a); TMEP §§1403.01, 1403.02(c).
For an overview of the requirements for a Section 1(b) multiple-class application and how to satisfy the requirements online using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) form, see the Multiple-class Application webpage.
Applicant must respond to all issues raised in this Office action and the previous August 21, 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).
For this application to proceed, applicant must explicitly address each refusal and requirement in this Office action. For a refusal, applicant may provide written arguments and evidence against the refusal, and may have other response options if specified above. For a requirement, applicant should set forth the changes or statements. Please see “Responding to Office Actions” and the informational video “Response to Office Action” for more information and tips on responding.
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 and requirement 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.
How to respond. Click to file a response to this nonfinal Office action.
Lucy Ellen Browne
Examining Attorney
Law Office 125
571-270-0961
lucy.browne@uspto.gov
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