Examiners Amendment

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

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

 

 

 

EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT

 

 

Issue date:  July 29, 2019

 

 

APPLICATION HAS BEEN AMENDED:  As agreed to by applicant's attorney David S. Jacobson on July 29, 2019, the examining attorney has amended the application as shown below. 

 

The identification of goods in International Classes 20 and 24 are amended to read as follows: 

 

CLASS 20:     Pet Crates, Beds for household pets, Cat Scratching Pads, Cat scratching posts, Pet crate pads in the nature of cushions; Mats intended as beds for household pets

 

CLASS 24:     Reusable housebreaking pads of fabric for pets

 

See TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.01(e).  The identification of goods may be clarified or limited, but not added to or broadened.  37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); see TMEP §§1402.06 et seq.

 

Please advise the undersigned examining attorney immediately if there is an objection to the amendment.  Otherwise, no response is necessary.  TMEP §707.

 

 

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT: After this Examiner’s Amendment is issued, the mark will be approved for publication in the USPTO’s Trademark Official Gazette, a weekly online publication. Although rare, withdrawal of approval prior to publication can occur after the USPTO conducts its final review of this application. Unless withdrawal occurs, applicant will next receive a “Notice of Publication” specifying the date on which the mark will be published in the Trademark Official Gazette.  The USPTO publishes applicant’s mark in the Trademark Official Gazette to provide third parties who believe they may be damaged by the registration of applicant’s mark an opportunity to oppose registration of the mark within thirty (30) days from the publication date. 

 

If no party files an opposition, the USPTO will next issue a “Notice of Allowance” approximately eight (8) weeks after the date the mark was published.  Applicant will then have six (6) months from the date the Notice of Allowance was issued to file either a “Statement of Use” or a request for an “Extension of Time to file a Statement of Use” (“extension request”).  Forms for Statements of Use and extension requests are available online at Intent to Use (ITU) Forms. A registration certificate will not issue until the applicant files a Statement of Use and it is approved by the USPTO.

 

An applicant can check on the status of a trademark application, and view all documents and notices pertaining to it, at http://tsdr.uspto.gov.

 

 

 

 

/Kristin Carlson/

Trademark Examiner, LO 105

571-272-2240

kristin.carlson@uspto.gov

800-786-9199 (Trademark Assistance Center)

 

 

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

 

USPTO OFFICIAL NOTICE

 

Office Action (Official Letter) has issued

on July 29, 2019 for

U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88137965

 

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. 

 

/Kristin Carlson/

Trademark Examiner, LO 105

571-272-2240

kristin.carlson@uspto.gov

800-786-9199 (Trademark Assistance Center)

 

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.”