Examiners Amendment

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

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

 

 

 

EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT

 

 

Issue date:  July 12, 2019

 

 

USPTO database searched; no conflicting marks found.  The trademark examining attorney searched the USPTO database of registered and pending marks and found no conflicting marks that would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d).  15 U.S.C. §1052(d); TMEP §704.02.

 

Application has been amended as shown below.  As agreed to by Caroline Mankey, attorney of record, on July 12, 2019, the examining attorney has amended the application as shown below.  Please notify the examining attorney immediately of any objections.  TMEP §707.  Otherwise, no response is required.  Id.  In addition, applicant is advised that amendments to the services are permitted only if they clarify or limit them; amendments that add to or broaden the scope of the services are not permitted.  37 C.F.R. §2.71(a).

 

Identification of Services

 

The identification of services is amended to read as follows: 

 

“Providing business support staff services for design management of doors, frames, and hardware in the nature of Builders Hardware, Deadbolts, Door Closers, Electronic and electrified Hardware, Exit Devices, Hinges, Keys and Cylinders, Lites and Louvers, Locksets, Sliding Door Hardware, Threshold and Weatherstrip, Wood, plastic and metal doors, and Wood, plastic and metal frames; business management services, namely, inviting and managing bid submittals on building and construction projects; procurement management services, namely, purchasing Residential and commercial doors, frames, hardware and accessories for others; value engineering, namely, cost analysis for clients” in International Class 35;

 

“Building supply services, namely, providing expertise and guidance as an independent advisor to contractors in the nature of consulting in the field of providing Door, Frame and Hardware product requirements and specifications for repair and installation; consulting in the field of commercial construction and management of commercial construction projects for others” in International Class 37; and

 

“technical support for design management of doors, frames, and hardware in the nature of Builders Hardware, Deadbolts, Door Closers, Electronic and Electrified Hardware, Exit Devices, Hinges, Keys and Cylinders, Lites and Louvers, Locksets, Sliding Door Hardware, Threshold and Weatherstrip, Wood, plastic and metal doors, and Wood, plastic and metal frames, namely, technical administration of electronic architectural models by extracting building information modeling (BIM) objects for design and engineering; Shop drawing services in the nature of drafting engineering drawings for others; in-house detailing in the nature of drafting; Building supply services, namely, providing expertise and guidance as an independent advisor to contractors in the nature of consulting in the field of designing Door, Frame and Hardware product requirements and specifications; technical support for design management of doors, frames, and hardware in the nature of Builders Hardware, Deadbolts, Door Closers, Electronic and Electrified Hardware, Exit Devices, Hinges, Keys and Cylinders, Lites and Louvers, Locksets, Sliding Door Hardware, Threshold and Weatherstrip, Wood, plastic and metal doors, and Wood, plastic and metal frames, namely, drawing of machining sheets and order sheets for installation of doors and frames, Proper hardware type and option selection” in International Class 42.

 

See TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.01(e).

 

If applicant has questions regarding this Examiner’s Amendment, please telephone or e-mail the assigned trademark examining attorney. All relevant e-mail communications will be placed in the official application record.

 

 

 

 

/Derek van den Abeelen/

Examining Attorney

Law Office 126

(571) 270-3997

derek.vandenabeelen@uspto.gov

 

 

 

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

 

USPTO OFFICIAL NOTICE

 

Office Action (Official Letter) has issued

on July 12, 2019 for

U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88975145

 

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. 

 

/Derek van den Abeelen/

Examining Attorney

Law Office 126

(571) 270-3997

derek.vandenabeelen@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.”