To: | General Electric Company (cindy.zelson@ge.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 90402367 - GE - N/A |
Sent: | March 24, 2021 05:42:09 PM |
Sent As: | ecom115@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. 90402367
Mark: GE
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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.
IDENTIFICATION OF GOODS
Applicant may substitute the following wording, if accurate:
Class 6: Smart automated metal exterior window blinds and shades;
Class 9: Smart home electronic control interfaces, namely, electronic displays, keypads, touch screens, security control panels, voice activated controllers and remote controls; Recorded and downloadable computer programs for controlling electronic devices; Electrical sensors, namely, temperature, humidity, air quality and water quality sensors for environmental use; Electrical sensors, namely, smoke, carbon monoxide, water leak, glass break and motion sensors; Photovoltaic inverters; Energy Storage Inverters
Class 19: Smart automated non-metal exterior window blinds and shades;
Class 20: Smart automated indoor window blinds and shades;
Class 21: Smart Home Control Interfaces, namely, electronic displays, keypads, touch screens, security control panels, voice controls
and remote controls; Computer Programs for controlling electronic devices; Smart automated window blinds and shades; Electrical sensors, namely, temperature, humidity, air quality and water quality
sensors for environmental use; Electrical sensors, namely, smoke, carbon monoxide, water leak, glass break and motion sensors; Photovoltaic inverters; Energy Storage Inverters
Class 42: Providing temporary use of online, non-downloadable computer programs for controlling electronic devices
(Suggested additions are underscored; suggested deletion is stricken.)
For assistance with identifying and classifying goods and services in trademark applications, please see the USPTO’s online searchable U.S. Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual. See TMEP §1402.04.
(1) List the goods and/or services by their international class number in consecutive numerical order, starting with the lowest numbered class.
(2) Submit a filing fee for each international class not covered by the fee already paid (view the USPTO’s current fee schedule). A filing fee for one class has been paid in this application. Applicant must either submit the filing fees for the classes not covered by the submitted fees or restrict the application to the number of classes covered by the fees already paid.
See 37 C.F.R. §2.86(a); TMEP §§1403.01, 1403.02(c).
For an overview of the requirements for a multiple-class application and how to satisfy the requirements online using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) form, see the Multiple-class Application webpage.
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 issue 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