Response to Office Action

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OMB No. 0651-0050 (Exp 09/30/2020)

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Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. PTO Form 1957 (Rev 10/2011)

OMB No. 0651-0050 (Exp 09/30/2020)

Response to Office Action

To the Commissioner for Trademarks:

Application serial no. 90046914 EXKIVITY(Standard Characters, see http://uspto.report/TM/90046914/mark.png) has been amended as follows:

ARGUMENT(S)
In response to the substantive refusal(s), please note the following:

Applicant hereby clarifies that the wording "EXKIVITY" in the mark has no meaning or significance in the trade or industry in which applicant's goods and/or services are manufactured or provided. The wording also has no meaning or significance as applied to applicant's goods and/or services, nor is the wording is a term of art within applicant's industry. Furthermore, the wording "EXKIVITY" in the mark does not identify a geographic place.
Correspondence Information (current):
      KARL M. ZIELAZNICKI, ESQ.
      PRIMARY EMAIL FOR CORRESPONDENCE: IPServicesNYC@troutman.com
      SECONDARY EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) (COURTESY COPIES): Karl.Zielaznicki@troutman.com; Eliza.Cen@troutman.com; Diana.Rodriguez@troutman.com

The docket/reference number is 256532000041.
Correspondence Information (proposed):
      Karl M. Zielaznicki, Esq.
      PRIMARY EMAIL FOR CORRESPONDENCE: IPServicesNYC@troutman.com
      SECONDARY EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) (COURTESY COPIES): Karl.Zielaznicki@troutman.com; Eliza.Cen@troutman.com

The docket/reference number is 256532000041.

Requirement for Email and Electronic Filing: I understand that a valid email address must be maintained by the owner/holder and the owner's/holder's attorney, if appointed, and that all official trademark correspondence must be submitted via the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS).

SIGNATURE(S)
Response Signature
Signature: /kmz/     Date: 11/09/2020
Signatory's Name: Karl M. Zielaznicki, Esq.
Signatory's Position: Attorney of record, New York bar member

Signatory's Phone Number: 2127046125

The signatory has confirmed that he/she is a U.S.-licensed attorney who is an active member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a U.S. state (including the District of Columbia and any U.S. Commonwealth or territory); and he/she is currently the owner's/holder's attorney or an associate thereof; and to the best of his/her knowledge, if prior to his/her appointment another U.S.-licensed attorney not currently associated with his/her company/firm previously represented the owner/holder in this matter: the owner/holder has revoked their power of attorney by a signed revocation or substitute power of attorney with the USPTO; the USPTO has granted that attorney's withdrawal request; the owner/holder has filed a power of attorney appointing him/her in this matter; or the owner's/holder's appointed U.S.-licensed attorney has filed a power of attorney appointing him/her as an associate attorney in this matter.

Mailing Address:    KARL M. ZIELAZNICKI, ESQ.
   TROUTMAN PEPPER HAMILTON SANDERS LLP
   C/O IP SERVICES NYC
   875 THIRD AVENUE
   NEW YORK, New York 10022
Mailing Address:    Karl M. Zielaznicki, Esq.
   TROUTMAN PEPPER HAMILTON SANDERS LLP
   C/O IP SERVICES NYC
   875 THIRD AVENUE
   NEW YORK, New York 10022
        
Serial Number: 90046914
Internet Transmission Date: Mon Nov 09 15:30:05 ET 2020
TEAS Stamp: USPTO/ROA-XXX.XX.XX.XX-20201109153005697
146-90046914-75053753d8fdd9d6b56caeb413f
7ccfbaafb473c0511458411c255ad612ac7374-N
/A-N/A-20201109152933422850