To: | Quaker Chemical Corporation (trademarks@morganlewis.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 90532699 - QH EXOMAX - 049531.0009 |
Sent: | September 13, 2021 07:14:09 AM |
Sent As: | ecom101@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. 90532699
Mark: QH EXOMAX
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Applicant: Quaker Chemical Corporation
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Reference/Docket No. 049531.0009
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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: September 13, 2021
The referenced application has been reviewed by the assigned trademark examining attorney. Applicant must respond timely and completely to the issue(s) below. 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(a), 2.65(a); TMEP §§711, 718.03.
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Identification and Classification of Goods
The applicant must specify the type of industrial solvents (i.e., being processing compositions for use in the electronics industry in Class 1, solvents for varnishes in Class 1, aromatic solvents for industrial use in Class 1, etc.). The applicant must clarify the nature of the detergents (i.e., for use in manufacturing processes in Class 1, detergents for use in the manufacture of synthetic detergents in Class 1, etc.), type of metal finishing preparations (i.e., metal plating chemical compositions, etc.), type of manufacturing (i.e., for general industrial manufacturing, for use in the manufacture of paints, etc.), type of cleaning preparations (i.e., chemical cleaning preparations for use in manufacturing of cleaning detergents, etc.), and the type of metal cleaners and properly classify them (i.e., powder cleaners for metals in Class 3, etc.). See 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6); TMEP §1402.01. Applicant may adopt the following identification, if accurate:
Class 1: aromatic industrial solvents; detergents for use in manufacturing processes; metal finishing preparations being metal plating chemical compositions; metal tempering preparations; metal annealing preparations; finishing chemical preparations for use in manufacturing of steel, iron and non-ferrous metals; chemical preparations for use in the general industrial manufacturing processes; chemical cleaning preparations for use in manufacturing of cleaning detergents; [SPECIFY TYPE AND PROPERLY CLASSIFY “metal cleaners”]
Class 3: Cleaning compounds for metal surfaces and fibers; metal cleaners, namely, powder cleaners for metals
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.
Multiple Class Application Requirements
(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(s) already paid (view the USPTO’s current fee schedule). The applicant has already paid for two classes and if the applicant proceeds with two classes, then no additional fees are required. A fee would only be required if the applicant amended the ID to include any additional classes beyond two classes (and the amended language must be within the scope of the original ID language).
See 37 C.F.R. §2.86(a); TMEP §§1403.01, 1403.02(c).
For an overview of the requirements for a Section 1(b) multiple-class application and how to satisfy the requirements online using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) form, see the Multiple-class Application webpage.
How to respond. Click to file a response to this nonfinal Office action.
/Laurie Mayes/
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 101
(571) 272-5874; FAX (571) 273-9101
laurie.mayes@uspto.gov (NOT for responses)
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