To: | Yang, Shijun (harrison@trademarkpandora.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 90061239 - YLSCI - FXP2021 |
Sent: | June 30, 2021 03:29:42 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. 90061239
Mark: YLSCI
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Applicant: Yang, Shijun
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Reference/Docket No. FXP2021
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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: June 30, 2021
This Office action is in response to applicant’s communication filed on May 26, 2021.
In a previous Office action dated May 21, 2021, the applicant was required to satisfy the following requirements: provide a verified statement, appoint a U.S. licensed attorney, provide additional representative specimens for goods or delete goods from identification, pay a fee for loss of TEAS Plus status. Based on applicant’s response, the trademark examining attorney notes that all the foregoing requirements have been satisfied. See TMEP §713.02.
However, based on information and/or documentation in applicant’s response, the trademark examining attorney now issues the new requirement set forth below.
ADDITIONAL ATTORNEY INFORMATION REQUIRED – ORIGINAL REPRESENTATION UNCLEAR
Attorney bar credentials required. The application record originally indicated that applicant was represented by Feng Lin. However, Harrison Oldham is now the attorney of record. Only attorneys who are active members in good standing of the bar of a highest court of a U.S. state (including the District of Columbia or any U.S. commonwealth or territory) may practice before the USPTO in trademark matters. 37 C.F.R. §§2.17(a), 11.14; TMEP §§602.01-.03. As applicant was unable to confirm that Feng Lin was properly appointed and provide evidence of such attorney’s good standing as a member of the bar of a highest court of a U.S. state, applicant must provide documentation showing Harrison Oldham’s active bar membership in good standing in the designated bar, such as a certificate of good standing or a letter from the bar. 37 C.F.R. §§2.17(b)(3), 2.61(b).
Failure to comply with this requirement is grounds for refusing registration. In re Harley, 119 USPQ2d 1755, 1757-58 (TTAB 2016); TMEP §814. Merely stating that the attorney’s bar information is available on a state bar’s website is an insufficient response and will not make the relevant information of record. See In re Planalytics, Inc., 70 USPQ2d 1453, 1457-58 (TTAB 2004).
To provide attorney bar credentials or to change bar information. Open the correct TEAS response form and enter the serial number, answer “yes” to wizard question #3, and on the “Additional Statement(s)” page in the “Miscellaneous Statement” field (1) explain the documentation provided and (2) click the button below the text box to attach evidence. To change attorney bar information, go to the “Attorney Information” page of the form and update the bar information section. Bar information provided in any other area of the form will be viewable by the public in USPTO records.
How to respond. Click to file a response to this nonfinal Office action.
/Jean H. Im/
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 101
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
571-272-9303
jean.im@uspto.gov
RESPONSE GUIDANCE