To: | SmithKline Beecham Limited (trademarks@gsk.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 90286994 - GSK - 83129080 |
Sent: | August 30, 2021 11:34:59 AM |
Sent As: | ecom104@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. 90286994
Mark: GSK
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Applicant: SmithKline Beecham Limited
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Reference/Docket No. 83129080
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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: August 30, 2021
Applicant’s communication May 13, 2021 is acknowledged. The requirements the applicant clarify the identification and mark description have been satisfied. The submitted documents regarding the foreign registration appear to be a online printout, and not the foreign certificate. As such, this non-final action is being sent to address this issue. Further, the requirement for information about use of the applied for motion as a mark is maintained and continued as if incorporated herein.
FOREIGN REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE REQUIRED
An acceptable “copy” is a document that has been issued to applicant by, or certified by, the intellectual property office in applicant’s country of origin. TMEP §1004.01. If applicant’s country of origin does not issue registrations or certificates of extension of protection, applicant may submit a copy of the international registration that shows that protection of the international registration has been extended to applicant’s country of origin. TMEP §1016.
Therefore, to perfect the Section 44(e) basis, applicant must submit an acceptable true copy, photocopy, certification, or certified copy of a foreign registration issued to applicant by, or certified by, the intellectual property office in applicant’s country of origin. See 15 U.S.C. §1126(e); 37 C.F.R. §2.34(a)(3)(ii); TMEP §1004.01. If the foreign certificate of registration is not written in English, applicant must also provide an English translation. 37 C.F.R. §2.34(a)(3)(ii); TMEP §1004.01(a)-(b). The translation should be signed by the translator. TMEP §1004.01(b).
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/Keri-Marie Cantone/
Examing Attorney, Law Office 104
(571) 272-6069
Keri.Cantone@uspto.gov
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