To: | General Electric Company (cindy.zelson@ge.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 90275274 - GE - 6776375 |
Sent: | February 18, 2021 01:40:21 PM |
Sent As: | ecom128@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. 90275274
Mark: GE
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Applicant: General Electric Company
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Reference/Docket No. 6776375
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PRIORITY ACTION
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: February 18, 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.
Applicant must address issue shown below. On February 17th, 2021, the examining attorney and Marina Dostal discussed the issue below. Applicant must timely respond to this issue. See 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §2.62(a); TMEP §708.05.
REQUIREMENT – MARK DESCRIPTION
The following description is suggested, if accurate: “The mark consists of a shaded circular design with a border made up of two concentric circles with four curved lines extending from the inner circular border toward the center of the design and the stylized letters “GE” centered inside of the shaded circle design.”
CONCLUSION
The USPTO does not accept emails as responses to Office actions; however, emails can be used for informal communications and are included in the application record. See 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(c), 2.191; TMEP §§304.01-.02, 709.04-.05.
How to respond. Click to file a response to this nonfinal Office action.
/Jillian Renee Burch/
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 128
571-272-3384
jillian.burch@uspto.gov
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