To: | CasperLabs, LLC (docketing@hansantos.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88603814 - CASPER - CSP.TM0016US |
Sent: | December 06, 2019 03:06:42 PM |
Sent As: | ecom101@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. 88603814
Mark: CASPER
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Applicant: CasperLabs, LLC
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Reference/Docket No. CSP.TM0016US
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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: December 06, 2019
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.
SEARCH RESULTS
The Office records have been searched and there are no similar registered or pending marks that would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. §1052(d). TMEP §704.02.
However, applicant must comply with the following procedural requirements.
IDENTIFICATION/CLASSIFICATION OF SERVICES
Please note that the current identifications in International Classes 9 and 42 are acceptable. However, services currently misclassified may be added to International Class 42, as shown below.
The applicant has identified the following in International Class 36: “Financial services, namely, providing a decentralized and open source cryptocurrency on a global computer network utilizing a blockchain, coordinating efforts of a decentralized data scientist network, enabling a decentralized data marketplace, and use in staking protocols on blockchain”
Applicant may substitute the following wording, if accurate:
International Class 36:
Financial services, namely, providing a decentralized and open source cryptocurrency on a global computer network utilizing blockchain technology; Financial services, namely, providing a decentralized and open source cryptocurrency on a global computer network utilizing blockchain technology for use in staking protocols on blockchains; Enabling a decentralized data marketplace, namely, cryptocurrency exchange services and financial brokerage services for cryptocurrency trading
International Class 42:
Technological consulting in the field of cryptocurrency; Design and development of computer software for decentralized computing using blockchain technology; Providing on-line non-downloadable computer software for use as a cryptocurrency wallet; Cryptocurrency services, namely, providing on-line non-downloadable computer software for use as a cryptocurrency wallet comprising a digital currency or digital token, incorporating cryptographic protocols, used to operate and build applications and blockchains on a decentralized computer platform and as a method of payment for goods and services; Data mining, namely, coordinating efforts of a decentralized data scientist network; Providing online non-downloadable computer software for coordinating the data gathering and analyzing efforts of a decentralized data scientist network and for enabling a decentralized data marketplace
For assistance with identifying and classifying goods and services in trademark applications, please see the USPTO’s online searchable U.S. Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual. See TMEP §1402.04.
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If the applicant has any questions or needs assistance in responding to this Office Action, please contact the assigned examining attorney.
/Katherine Weigle/
Examining Attorney
Law Office 101
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
(571) 270-1506
katherine.weigle@uspto.gov
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