To: | John Butters (regan@lowegrahamjones.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88955898 - NFA NEARFIELDATOMICS - JOHB-2-0002 |
Sent: | September 18, 2020 09:30:41 PM |
Sent As: | ecom102@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. 88955898
Mark: NFA NEARFIELDATOMICS
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Correspondence Address:
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Applicant: John Butters
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Reference/Docket No. JOHB-2-0002
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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: September 18, 2020
The referenced application has been reviewed by the assigned trademark examining attorney. Applicant must respond timely and completely to the issue(s) below. 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(a), 2.65(a); TMEP §§711, 718.03.
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DISCLAIMER
The term “ATOMICS” is defined as “of, relating to, or concerned with atoms.” See the attached evidence from www.Merriam-Webster.com. The term “NEAR FIELD” refers to a physics term and means a part of an electromagnetic field. See the attached evidence from www.Wikipedia.org. Thus, the wording merely describes the field of the applicant’s services.
Applicant may respond to this issue by submitting a disclaimer in the following format:
No claim is made to the exclusive right to use “NEARFIELD ATOMICS” apart from the mark as shown.
For an overview of disclaimers and instructions on how to provide one using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), see the Disclaimer webpage.
RESPONDING TO THIS OFFICE ACTION
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.
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