Suspension Letter

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

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

 

 

 

SUSPENSION NOTICE

No Response Required

 

 

Issue date:  January 31, 2021

 

INTRODUCTION

 

This Suspension Notice is in response to the applicant’s Response to Office Action filed on January 29, 2021.

 

In the initial Office action of August 27, 2020, the examining attorney issued a Section 2(d) likelihood of confusion refusal and required the applicant to submit a substitute specimen.  The applicant also was advised of prior-filed and pending applications that may be the subject of another Section 2(d) refusal should those applications register.

 

As an initial matter, the requirement that the applicant submit a substitute specimen is WITHDRAWN.  Additionally, the applicant argued against the refusal, which the examining attorneys find unpersuasive.  Accordingly, the Section 2(d) refusal is MAINTAINED AND CONTINUED, and the application is SUSPENDED for the reason specified below.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.67; TMEP §§716 et seq. 

 

The pending applications below have earlier filing dates than applicant’s application.  If the marks in the applications below register, the USPTO may refuse registration of applicant’s mark under Section 2(d) because of a likelihood of confusion with the registered marks.  15 U.S.C. §1052(d); see 37 C.F.R. §2.83; TMEP §1208.02(c).  Action on this application is suspended until the prior-filed applications below either register or abandon.  37 C.F.R. §2.83(c).  Information relevant to the applications below was sent previously.

 

            - U.S. Application Serial Nos. 87103004, 88806316, and 88806331

 

Suspension process.  The USPTO will periodically check this application to determine if it should remain suspended.  See TMEP §716.04. 

 

No response required.  Applicant may file a response, but is not required to do so. 

 

/Kevin G. Crennan/

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 113

(571) 272-7949

kevin.crennan@uspto.gov

 

 

 

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

 

USPTO OFFICIAL NOTICE

 

Office Action (Official Letter) has issued

on January 31, 2021 for

U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88933468

 

Your trademark application has been reviewed by a trademark examining attorney.  As part of that review, the assigned attorney has issued an official letter.  Please follow the steps below.

 

(1)  Read the official letter.  No response is necessary.

 

(2)  Direct questions about the contents of the Office action to the assigned attorney below. 

 

/Kevin G. Crennan/

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 113

(571) 272-7949

kevin.crennan@uspto.gov

 

Direct questions about navigating USPTO electronic forms, the USPTO website, the application process, the status of your application, and/or whether there are outstanding deadlines or documents related to your file to the Trademark Assistance Center (TAC).

 

 

 

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, if needed, 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 use public information available in trademark registrations to mail and email trademark-related offers and notices – most of which require fees.  All official USPTO correspondence will only be emailed from the domain “@uspto.gov.”