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`FORM PTO-1523 (5-90) g_
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`ADDRESS:
`Commissioner for Trademarks
`2900 Crystal Drive
`Arlington, VA 22202-3513
`www.uspto.gov
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`Ifno fees are enclosed, the address should include the
`words "Box Responses - No Fee."
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`Please provide in all correspondence:
`1. Filing Date, serial number, mark and
`Applicant's name.
`2. Mailing date of this Office action,
`3. Examining Attomey‘s name and
`Law Office number.
`4. Your telephone number and ZIP code.
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`A PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS OFFICE ACTION MUST BE RECEIVED WITHIN 6
`MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THIS ACTION IN ORDER TO AVOID ABANDONMENT.
`For your convenience and to ensure proper handling ofyour response, a label has been enclosed.
`Please attach it to the upper right corner ofyour response. Ifthe label is not enclosed, print or type
`the Trademark Law Office No., Serial No., andMark in the upper right corner ofyour response.
`RE: Serial Number: 76/230149
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`The assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the
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`SEARCH OF OFFICE RECORDS
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`ffice records and has found no similar registered or
`pending mark which would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. Section
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`lO52(d). TMEP section 1105.01.
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`INFORMALITY
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`The applicant must address the following informality.
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`I Recitation ofServices
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`The recitation of services is unacceptable as indefinite. The applicant may adopt the following
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`recitation, if accurate:
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`76/230149
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`Business management and consultation services, namely, market research and analysis,
`commercial and industrial ‘management assistance, business information; business strategic
`planning, presentation of business strategy in the field of information technology, and
`compilation and systemization of business information into computer databases; provision
`of an online computerized database in the field of business information; and database
`management, in International Class 35;
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`Product research and development; technical consultation and research in the field of
`[indicate specific field, e.g., computer design, network architecture]; technological planning
`services in the field of [indicate specific field, e.g., computer design, network architecture];
`licensing of intellectual property; design of computerized systems for placing/receiving
`orders; and Web site design, in lntemational Class 42
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`TMEP section 1301.05.
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`Please note that, while an application may be amended to clarify or limit the identification,
`additions, to the identification are not permitted. 37 CFR. Section 2.71(a); TMEP section 804.09.
`Therefore, the applicant may not amend to include any services that are not within the scope of the
`I services recited in the present identification.
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`This is not an exhaustive list of identifications of goods or recitations of services. Please check the
`Office’s website for additional acceptable identifications of goods and recitations of services at the
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`http ://www. uspto . gov/web/offices/tac/doc/gsmanual/
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`It is the applicant's duty and prerogative to identify the goods and services. TMEP Section 804.06.
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`Applicant’s Response
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`No set form is required for response to this Office action. The applicant must respond to each
`point raised.
`If the applicant has any questions or needs assistance in responding to this Office
`action, please telephone the assigned examining attorney.
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`PLEASE NOTE: All of the issues raised can be resolved by telephone. The applicant may
`telephone the examining attorney,
`instead of submitting a written response,
`to expedite the
`application.
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`Additional information is available on-line at the Patent and Trademark Office site on the global
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`computer network. The site is located at WWW.USPTO.GOV.
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`ael D. Tinyk
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`Trademark Examining Attorney
`Law Office 101
`U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
`703-308-9101 Ext. 215
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