Examiners Amendment

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

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

 

 

 

EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT

 

 

Issue date:  January 19, 2021

 

 

USPTO database searched; no conflicting marks found.  The trademark examining attorney searched the USPTO database of registered and pending marks and found no conflicting marks that would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d).  15 U.S.C. §1052(d); TMEP §704.02.

 

Application has been amended as shown below.  As agreed to by Mike Fedrick, Esq. on January 19, 2021, the examining attorney has amended the application as shown below.  Please notify the examining attorney immediately of any objections.  TMEP §707.  Otherwise, no response is required.  Id.  In addition, applicant is advised that amendments to the goods and/or services are permitted only if they clarify or limit them; amendments that add to or broaden the scope of the goods and/or services are not permitted.  37 C.F.R. §2.71(a).

 

Amended Identification of Services

 

The identification of services is amended to read as follows (bold indicates modified language):

 

International Class 035: Promoting the exchange of information between industrial and commercial enterprises, civil organizations and educational institutions in China and the United States; promoting the interests of those concerned with bilateral interactions between China and the United States by promoting cooperation and communication between industrial and commercial enterprises, civil organizations and educational institutions in China and the United States.

 

See TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.01(e).

 

Disclaimer Statement

 

The following disclaimer statement is added to the record:

 

No claim is made to the exclusive right to use “SINO-AMERICAN ALLIANCE ASSOCIATION” and the non-Latin characters that transliterate to “ZHONG MEI TONG XIN CU JIN LIAN HE HUI” apart from the mark as shown.

 

See 15 U.S.C. §1056(a); TMEP §§1213, 1213.03(c), 1213.08(a)(i).

 

Amended Mark Description

 

The following description of the mark replaces the current description of record:

 

            The mark consists of an orange heart surrounded by four linear forms, the first linear form being a first orange line to the left of the heart which extends upwardly and then to the right at a right angle, with a second orange line above and parallel to the horizontal portion of the first orange line; the second linear form being a first yellow line to the left of the upwardly extending portion of the first orange line of the first linear form, the first yellow line extending to the right above the heart and then downwardly at a right angle, with a second yellow line located parallel and to the right of the downwardly extending portion of the first yellow line; the third linear form being a third orange line to the right of the heart which extends downwardly and then to the left at a right angle, with a fourth orange line below and parallel to the horizontal portion of the third orange line; and the fourth linear form being a third yellow line located below the heart, to the left of the downwardly extending portion of the third orange line, and below the upwardly extending portion of the first yellow line, the third yellow line extending to the left the heart and then upwardly at a right angle, with a fourth yellow line located parallel and to the left of the upwardly extending portion of the third yellow line. The foregoing is contained within an inner yellow circle. Extending below and around the lower end of the inner yellow circle are the words "SINO-AMERICAN ALLIANCE ASSOCIATION" in red letters, and extending above and around the upper end of the inner yellow circle are red-colored Chinese characters.  All of the foregoing is contained within an outer, double-lined yellow circle with a white background.

 

See 37 C.F.R. §§2.37, 2.72; TMEP §§808 et seq.

 

Transliteration Statement

 

The following transliteration/translation statement is added to the record:

 

The non-Latin characters in the mark transliterate to “ZHONG MEI TONG XIN CU JIN LIAN HE HUI” and this means “SINO-AMERICAN ALLIANCE ASSOCIATION” in English.

 

37 C.F.R. §§2.32(a)(10), 2.61(b); TMEP §§809, 809.03.

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John Sullivan

/John Sullivan/

Examining Attorney

Law Office 114

(571) 272-9519

john.sullivan@uspto.gov

 

 

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

 

USPTO OFFICIAL NOTICE

 

Office Action (Official Letter) has issued

on January 19, 2021 for

U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 90169633

 

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. 

 

John Sullivan

/John Sullivan/

Examining Attorney

Law Office 114

(571) 272-9519

john.sullivan@uspto.gov

 

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.”