To: | General Electric Company (catherine.mennenga@ge.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 90307191 - GE9X - N/A |
Sent: | March 24, 2021 03:37:33 PM |
Sent As: | ecom115@uspto.gov |
Attachments: | Attachment - 1 Attachment - 2 |
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Office Action (Official Letter) About Applicant’s Trademark Application
U.S. Application Serial No. 90307191
Mark: GE9X
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Applicant: General Electric Company
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Reference/Docket No. N/A
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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: March 24, 2021
The assigned trademark examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application. Applicant must respond timely and completely to the issue below. 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(a), 2.65(a); TMEP §§711, 718.03.
OFFICE SEARCH
A search of the USPTO database of registered and pending marks revealed no conflicting marks that would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d). 15 U.S.C. §1052(d); TMEP §704.02.
DUPLICATE APPLICATION
Applicant can file a request to expressly abandon the application. See 37 C.F.R. §2.68(a). This will end the application process; and the applied-for mark will not register. The request must be properly signed by applicant’s attorney, if applicant is represented by an authorized attorney, or by the individual applicant, all joint applicants, or someone authorized to sign on behalf of a juristic applicant (e.g., a corporate officer or general partner). See 37 C.F.R. §2.193(e)(2); TMEP §§611.03(b), 718.01. Once filed, the request may not be withdrawn. 37 C.F.R. §2.68(a).
RESPONSE GUIDELINES
Please call or email the assigned trademark examining attorney with questions about this Office action. Although an examining attorney cannot provide legal advice, the examining attorney can provide additional explanation about the issues in this Office action. See TMEP §§705.02, 709.06.
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.
/Betty Chang/
Examining Attorney
Law Office 115
571-272-6517
betty.chang@uspto.gov
RESPONSE GUIDANCE