To: | Deluxe Gain Holdings Limited (bcipdocketing@bclplaw.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Registration No. 88080529 - SMALL WONDER - 1089537.3 |
Sent: | 09/24/19 08:21:46 AM |
Sent As: | ecomitu@uspto.gov |
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United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
U.S. Application Serial No. 88080529
Mark: SMALL WONDER
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Correspondence Address: BRYAN CAVE LEIGHTON PAISNER LLP |
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Applicant: Deluxe Gain Holdings Limited
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Reference/Docket No. 1089537.3
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The USPTO must receive applicant’s response to this notice within 30 days of the issue date below or the request to divide the application will be denied. Respond using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS). A link to the appropriate TEAS response form appears at the end of this notice.
Issue date: September 24, 2019
The request to divide the above-identified application filed on September 10, 2019, is incomplete and cannot be processed until $275 in fees are submitted. Applicant has thirty (30) days from the issuance date of this letter to submit the required fees. If the necessary fees are not submitted within the specified time period, the request to divide will not be processed.
In the present case, applicant is requesting to divide some, but not all, of the goods and/or services and/or collective membership organization within a single class. The total fees due for the request to divide and for dividing within classes are $375, calculated as follows:
PLUS
When the request to divide was filed, applicant paid $100 in divisional fee(s) and $0 in new child application fee. Applicant must submit the remaining balance of $275 ($375 minus $100) for dividing within Class 28.
The USPTO proposes to change federal trademark rules to require applicants and registrants to (1) file submissions concerning applications and registrations online using the USPTO’s Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and (2) provide and maintain an accurate email address for receiving correspondence from the USPTO. See the Mandatory Electronic Filing Rules webpage for more information.
TEAS PLUS OR TEAS REDUCED FEE (TEAS RF) APPLICANTS – TO MAINTAIN LOWER FEE, ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET, INCLUDING SUBMITTING DOCUMENTS ONLINE: Applicants who filed their application online using the lower-fee TEAS Plus or TEAS RF application form must (1) file certain documents online using TEAS, including responses to Office actions (see TMEP §§819.02(b), 820.02(b) for a complete list of these documents); (2) maintain a valid e-mail correspondence address; and (3) agree to receive correspondence from the USPTO by e-mail throughout the prosecution of the application. See 37 C.F.R. §§2.22(b), 2.23(b); TMEP §§819, 820. TEAS Plus or TEAS RF applicants who do not meet these requirements must submit an additional processing fee of $125 per class of goods and/or services. 37 C.F.R. §§2.6(a)(1)(v), 2.22(c), 2.23(c); TMEP §§819.04, 820.04. However, in certain situations, TEAS Plus or TEAS RF applicants may respond to an Office action by authorizing an examiner’s amendment by telephone or e-mail without incurring this additional fee.
How to respond. Click to file a Response to Intent-to-Use (ITU)/Divisional Unit Office action.
Direct questions about this notice to the assigned Intent-to-use staff member below.
/Douglas, Sly/
Paralegal Specialist
ITU/Divisional Unit
Phone: 571-272-9497
Email: sly.douglas@uspto.gov
RESPONSE GUIDANCE
· Missing the response deadline to this letter will cause the request to divide the application to be denied. The response must be received by the USPTO before midnight Eastern Time of the last day of the response period. TEAS maintenance or unforeseen circumstances could affect an applicant’s ability to timely respond.
· Responses signed by an unauthorized party are not accepted or processed and can cause the request to divide the application to be denied. If applicant does not have an attorney, the response must be signed by the individual applicant, all joint applicants, or someone with legal authority to bind a juristic applicant. If applicant has an attorney, the response must be signed by the attorney.