To: | JEOL Ltd. (IP@foster.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 90052441 - SYNCHRONY - 50979-62002 |
Sent: | June 04, 2021 04:56:15 PM |
Sent As: | ecom103@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. 90052441
Mark: SYNCHRONY
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Applicant: JEOL Ltd.
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Reference/Docket No. 50979-62002
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FINAL 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) and/or Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA). A link to the appropriate TEAS response form and/or to ESTTA for an appeal appears at the end of this Office action.
Issue date: June 04, 2021
This Office action is in response to applicant’s communication filed on May 10, 2021. In a previous Office action(s) dated November 10, 2021, the trademark examining attorney required applicant to amend the identification of goods. Based on applicant’s response, the trademark examining attorney maintains and now makes FINAL the refusal(s) and/or requirement(s) in the summary of issues below. See 37 C.F.R. §2.63(b); TMEP §714.04.
SUMMARY OF ISSUES MADE FINAL that applicant must address:
IDENTIFICATION OF GOODS
An in depth knowledge of the relevant field should not be necessary for understanding a description of the goods and/or services. TMEP §1402.01. “[T]echnical, high-sounding verbiage” should be avoided. Cal. Spray-Chem. Corp. v. Osmose Wood Pres. Co. of Am., 102 USPQ at 322.
Applicant may adopt the following identification of goods, if accurate:
Electron microscopes; accessories for electron microscopes, namely laser systems for use in the medical, scientific, research, treatment, and diagnosis fields, comprised of probe laser ports for photocathodes, pump laser ports for specimens; calibration and stabilization devices for lasers used with electron microscopes, namely, laser alignments and diagnostic tools; lenses for microscopes, namely, CO lenses; downloadable software, namely data acquisition, timing control, and automation software for electron microscopes, scan control software for electron microscopes; high speed electrostatic beam blanking system for electron microscopes, namely, a system for ___ [further clarify the function of the goods], comprised of ____ [specify the same]
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.
PARTIAL ABANDONMENT ADVISORY
In such case, the application will proceed for the following goods only: Electron microscopes; accessories for electron microscopes, namely laser systems for use in the medical, scientific, research, treatment, and diagnosis fields, comprised of probe laser ports for photocathodes, pump laser ports for specimens; calibration and stabilization devices for lasers used with electron microscopes, namely, laser alignments and diagnostic tools; lenses for microscopes, namely, CO lenses; downloadable software, namely data acquisition, timing control, and automation software for electron microscopes, scan control software for electron microscopes.
Applicant may respond to this final Office action by providing one or both of the following:
(1) A request for reconsideration that fully resolves all outstanding requirements and refusals; and/or
(2) An appeal to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board with the required filing fees.
TMEP §715.01; see 37 C.F.R. §2.63(b)(1)-(2).
How to respond. Click to file a request for reconsideration of this final Office action that fully resolves all outstanding requirements and refusals and/or click to file a timely appeal to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) with the required filing fee(s).
/Laura Golden/
/Laura Golden/
Examining Attorney
Law Office 103
(571) 272-3928
laura.golden@uspto.gov
RESPONSE GUIDANCE