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`Panasonic Corporation of North America (ptodocket@arelaw.com)
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`U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 86553334 - GREEN TOWER - 55210/840
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`10/30/2015 5:05:10 PM
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`ECOM118@USPTO.GOV
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)
`OFFICE ACTION (OFFICIAL LETTER) ABOUT APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION
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`U.S. APPLICATION SERIAL NO. (cid:160) 86553334
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`ARK: GREEN TOWER
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`CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:
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`(cid:160)(cid:160) (cid:160) (cid:160) HOLLY PEKOWSKY,
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`(cid:160)(cid:160) (cid:160) (cid:160) Amster Rothstein & Ebenstein Llp
`(cid:160) (cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) 90 Park Ave
`(cid:160) (cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160) (cid:160) (cid:160) New York, NY 10016-1301
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`APPLICANT: Panasonic Corporation of North America
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`(cid:160) 55210/840
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`NO:(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) ptodocket@arelaw.com
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`OFFICE ACTION
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`STRICT DEADLINE TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER
`TO AVOID ABANDONMENT OF APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION, THE USPTO MUST RECEIVE APPLICANT’S
`COMPLETE RESPONSE TO THIS LETTER WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THE ISSUE/MAILING DATE BELOW.
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`SSUE/MAILING DATE: 10/30/2015
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`THIS IS A FINAL ACTION.
`This letter is written in response to the applicant’s communication dated September 29, 2015, in which the applicant 1) argued against the
`2(e)(1) descriptiveness refusal; and 2) amended the identification of services.
`The amended identification of services in 037 and 038 are unacceptable for the reasons set forth below.
`The examining attorney has considered the applicant’s arguments, but has found them unpersuasive. (cid:160) For the reasons set forth below, the refusal
`under Trademark Act Section 2(e)(1) is now made FINAL. See 15 U.S.C. §1052(e)(1); 37 C.F.R. §2.63(b).
`MERELY DESCRIPTIVE FINAL REFUSAL
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`(cid:160)R
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`egistration was refused under Trademark Act Section 2(e)(1), 15 U.S.C. Section 1052(e)(1), because the subject matter for which registration is
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`sought is merely descriptive of the identified services.(cid:160) The refusal under Trademark Act Section 2(e)(1) is now made FINAL for the reasons set
`forth below.(cid:160) See 15 U.S.C. §1052(e)(1); 37 C.F.R. §2.63(b).
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`(cid:160)T
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`he applicant applied to register the mark GREEN TOWER for “installation of energy generating, storage control systems for cellular
`communication and Wi-Fi sites; remote management, monitoring and onsite servicing of cellular connections and Wi-Fi sites; and retrofitting of
`legacy cellular communication and Wi-Fi sites with modern, energy-efficient technologies,” “remote management of cellular connections and
`Wi-Fi sites,” and “computer services, namely, remote management, monitoring, and onsite servicing of cellular connections and Wi-Fi sites and
`two-way land mobile radio
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`(cid:160)T
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`he examining attorney refused registration of the applicant’s proposed mark because, viewed in its entirety, the proposed mark merely
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`describes the subject of the applicant’s services and is, therefore, merely descriptive of the services. (cid:160)(cid:160)
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`The applicant argued the mark does not describe applicant’s services with any degree of particularity, and the wording has other meanings.
`“That a term may have other meanings in different contexts is not controlling.” (cid:160) In re Franklin Cnty. Historical Soc’y , 104 USPQ2d 1085, 1087
`(TTAB 2012) (citing In re Bright-Crest, Ltd., 204 USPQ 591, 593 (TTAB 1979)); TMEP §1209.03(e). Descriptiveness is considered in relation
`to the relevant goods and/or services.(cid:160) DuoProSS Meditech Corp. v. Inviro Med. Devices, Ltd., 695 F.3d 1247, 1254, 103 USPQ2d 1753, 1757
`(Fed. Cir. 2012).(cid:160) “Whether consumers could guess what the product [or service] is from consideration of the mark alone is not the test.” (cid:160) In re
`Am. Greetings Corp., 226 USPQ 365, 366 (TTAB 1985).(cid:160) The question is not whether someone presented only with the mark could guess what
`the goods and/or services are, but “whether someone who knows what the goods and[/or] services are will understand the mark to convey
`information about them.” (cid:160) DuoProSS Meditech Corp. v. Inviro Med. Devices, Ltd., 695 F.3d 1247, 1254, 103 USPQ2d 1753, 1757 (Fed. Cir.
`2012) (quoting In re Tower Tech, Inc., 64 USPQ2d 1314, 1316-17 (TTAB 2002)); In re Franklin Cnty. Historical Soc’y , 104 USPQ2d 1085,
`1087 (TTAB 2012).
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`(cid:160)I
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`n this case, evidence from Mobileenterprise.edgl.com shows that consumers in the field of cellular communications would understand the
`wording “GREEN TOWER” to refers to energy efficient cellular towers. Specifically, the article’s title is “Panasonic Developing Green Cell
`Towers, Wi-Fi Sites.” Additionally, attached evidence from Insidetowers.com shows the headline “Panasonic Develops Green Cell Towers.”
`Both articles refer to energy efficient cell towers using solar technology.
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`(cid:160)C
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`onsumers, in encountering “GREEN TOWER” used in connection to applicant’s services will directly and immediately understand the
`services to be for the purpose of energy efficient cell towers.
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`(cid:160)S
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`ee attached EPA website information showing the term “green” is a term of art used to refer to “energy efficiency and renewable energy.” (cid:160)
`The proposed mark “GREEN TOWER” merely corresponds to wording that is not arbitrary, but bears a logical relationship to the services
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`provided by the applicant.(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`For the purpose of a Section 2(e)(1) analysis, a term need not describe all of the purposes, functions, characteristics or features of the services to
`be merely descriptive.(cid:160) In re Dial-a-Mattress Operating Corp., 240 F.3d 1341, 1346, 57 U.S.P.Q.2d 1807 (Fed. Cir. 2001).(cid:160) It is enough if the
`term describes only one significant function, attribute or property.(cid:160) In re Oppedahl & Larson LLP, 373 F.3d 1171, 1173, 71 USPQ2d 1370, 1371
`(Fed. Cir. 2004) (“[A] mark may be merely descriptive even if it does not describe the ‘full scope and extent’ of the applicant’s goods or
`services.”) (quoting In re Dial-A-Mattress Operating Corp., 240 F.3d 1341, 1346, 57 USPQ2d 1807, 1812 (Fed. Cir. 2001)).
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`(cid:160)A
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`pplicant argues there is no evidence of others using the term “GREEN TOWER.” The fact that an applicant may be the first or only user of a
`merely descriptive designation does not necessarily render a word or term incongruous or distinctive; as in this case, the evidence shows that
`“GREEN TOWER” is merely descriptive.(cid:160) See In re Phoseon Tech., Inc., 103 USPQ2d 1822, 1826 (TTAB 2012); In re Sun Microsystems, Inc.,
`59 USPQ2d 1084, 1087 (TTAB 2001); TMEP §1209.03(c).
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`(cid:160)G
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`enerally, if the individual components of a mark retain their descriptive meaning in relation to the services, the combination results in a
`composite mark that is itself descriptive and not registrable.(cid:160)
`In re Phoseon Tech., Inc., 103 USPQ2d 1822, 1823 (TTAB 2012); TMEP
`§1209.03(d); see, e.g., In re Cannon Safe, Inc., 116 USPQ2d 1348, 1351 (TTAB 2015) (holding SMART SERIES merely descriptive of metal
`gun safes, because “each component term retains its merely descriptive significance in relation to the goods, resulting in a mark that is also
`merely descriptive”); In re King Koil Licensing Co., 79 USPQ2d 1048, 1052 (TTAB 2006) (holding THE BREATHABLE MATTRESS merely
`descriptive of beds, mattresses, box springs, and pillows where the evidence showed that the term “BREATHABLE” retained its ordinary
`dictionary meaning when combined with the term “MATTRESS” and the resulting combination was used in the relevant industry in a
`descriptive sense); In re Associated Theatre Clubs Co., 9 USPQ2d 1660, 1663 (TTAB 1988) (holding GROUP SALES BOX OFFICE merely
`descriptive of theater ticket sales services, because such wording “is nothing more than a combination of the two common descriptive terms
`most applicable to applicant’s
`services which in combination achieve no different status but remain a common descriptive compound
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`expression”). (cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Only where the combination of descriptive terms creates a unitary mark with a unique, incongruous, or otherwise nondescriptive meaning in
`relation to the services is the combined mark registrable.(cid:160) See In re Colonial Stores, Inc., 394 F.2d 549, 551, 157 USPQ 382, 384 (C.C.P.A.
`1968); In re Positec Grp. Ltd., 108 USPQ2d 1161, 1162-63 (TTAB 2013).
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`n this case, both the individual components and the composite result are descriptive of applicant’s services and do not create a unique,
`incongruous, or nondescriptive meaning in relation to the services.
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`MARK IS NOT SUGGESTIVE
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`he applicant argued that its proposed mark is suggestive and not merely descriptive.(cid:160) A term is suggestive if some imagination, thought or
`perception is required to determine the nature of the services from the term.(cid:160) A suggestive term differs from a descriptive term, which
`immediately tells something about the services.(cid:160)
`In re Aid Laboratories, Inc., 223 USPQ 357 (TTAB 1984).(cid:160)
`In the immediate case, no
`imagination whatsoever is required to realize the subject matter of the applicant’s services. The subject of applicant’s services are “green
`towers,” being energy-efficient cell towers using renewable energy.
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`(cid:160)T
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`he Trademark Trial and Appeal Board has held that materials obtained through computerized text searching are competent evidence to show the
`descriptive use of terms under Trademark Act Section 2(e)(1), 15 U.S.C. Section 1052(e)(1). (cid:160) In re National Data Corp., 222 USPQ 515, 517 n.3
`(TTAB 1984).
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`(cid:160)I
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`n this case, no imagination is necessary to understand the descriptiveness of applicant’s mark GREEN TOWER used in connection to the
`services listed. Previously submitted evidence from Go Green refers to using renewable energy for cell towers in order to turn them into “
`green towers.” Attached evidence from Mobile Enterprise and Inside Towers specifically show the term “green” used descriptively for cell
`“towers” when referring to applicant’s services provided under the mark “GREEN TOWER.” Furthermore, see attached evidence from
`ETTelecom.com showing telecom towers referred to as “green towers.”
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`(cid:160)A
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`pplicant argues that any doubt regarding the mark’s descriptiveness should be resolved on applicant’s behalf.(cid:160) E.g., In re Merrill Lynch,
`Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., 828 F.2d 1567, 1571 4 USPQ2d 1141, 1144 (Fed. Cir. 1987); In re Grand Forest Holdings, Inc., 78 USPQ2d
`1152, 1156 (TTAB 2006).(cid:160) However, in the present case, the evidence of record leaves no doubt that the mark is merely descriptive of
`applicant’s services featuring energy-efficient technologies.
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`(cid:160)C
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`ONCLUSION
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`he applicant has not shown that the mark “GREEN TOWER” is anything but merely descriptive of the services of the applicant.(cid:160) The mark
`immediately conveys the exact subject of the services and does nothing else.(cid:160) Therefore, the mark is refused registration on the Principal
`Register under Section 2(e)(1).(cid:160) The refusal to register the mark under Section 2(e)(1) is continued and made FINAL.
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`DENTIFICATION OF SERVICES INDEFINITE
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`he wording “remote management, monitoring and onsite servicing of cellular connections and Wi-Fi sites” and “remote management of
`cellular connections and Wi-Fi sites” used to describe the services is indefinite and must be clarified.(cid:160) See TMEP §1402.01. Applicant must
`amend the wording to ensure the services are in the respective classes listed. For example, for
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`37
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`pplicant may adopt the following identification, if accurate:
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`(cid:160)“
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`Installation of energy generating, storage control systems for cellular communication and Wi-Fi sites; onsite servicing of cellular connections
`and Wi-Fi sites featuring remote management and monitoring; and retrofitting of legacy cellular communication and Wi-Fi sites with modern,
`energy-efficient technologies.”
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`(cid:160)0
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`38
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`Remote management of cellular connections and Wi-Fi sites” is not considered a telecommunication service in 038. International Class 038
`telecommunication services are mainly services allowing at least one person to communicate with another by a sensory means
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`42
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`he identification of services in 042 is acceptable.
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`Where possible, the examining attorney has provided guidelines to assist the applicant in amending the existing identification of goods and
`services.
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`or assistance with identifying and classifying goods and services in trademark applications, please see the USPTO’s online searchable U.S.
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`Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual at http://tess2.uspto.gov/netahtml/tidm.html. (cid:160) See TMEP §1402.04.
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`(cid:160)A
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`n applicant may only amend an identification to clarify or limit the services, but not to add to or broaden the scope of the services.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R.
`§2.71(a); see TMEP §§1402.06 et seq., 1402.07.
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`(cid:160)R
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`ESPONSE TO A FINAL ACTION
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`(cid:160)A
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`pplicant must respond within six months of the date of issuance of this final Office action or the application will be abandoned.(cid:160) 15 U.S.C.
`§1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §2.65(a).(cid:160) Applicant may respond by providing one or both of the following:
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`(1)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`(2)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`A response that fully satisfies all outstanding requirements and/or resolves all outstanding refusals.
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`An appeal to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, with the appeal fee of $100 per class.
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`(cid:160)3
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`7 C.F.R. §2.63(b)(1)-(2); TMEP §714.04; see 37 C.F.R. §2.6(a)(18); TBMP ch. 1200.
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`(cid:160)I
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`n certain rare circumstances, an applicant may respond by filing a petition to the Director pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §2.63(b)(2) to review
`procedural issues.(cid:160) TMEP §714.04; see 37 C.F.R. §2.146(b); TBMP §1201.05; TMEP §1704 (explaining petitionable matters).(cid:160) The petition fee
`is $100.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.6(a)(15).
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`TEAS PLUS OR TEAS REDUCED FEE (TEAS RF) APPLICANTS – TO MAINTAIN LOWER FEE, ADDITIONAL
`REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET, INCLUDING SUBMITTING DOCUMENTS ONLINE:(cid:160) Applicants who filed their application
`online using the lower-fee TEAS Plus or TEAS RF application form must (1) file certain documents online using TEAS, including responses to
`Office actions (see TMEP §§819.02(b), 820.02(b) for a complete list of these documents); (2) maintain a valid e-mail correspondence address;
`and (3) agree to receive correspondence from the USPTO by e-mail throughout the prosecution of the application.(cid:160) See 37 C.F.R. §§2.22(b),
`2.23(b); TMEP §§819, 820.(cid:160) TEAS Plus or TEAS RF applicants who do not meet these requirements must submit an additional processing fee of
`$50 per international class of goods and/or services.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §§2.6(a)(1)(v), 2.22(c), 2.23(c); TMEP §§819.04, 820.04.(cid:160) However, in certain
`situations, TEAS Plus or TEAS RF applicants may respond to an Office action by authorizing an examiner’s amendment by telephone without
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`incurring this additional fee.(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Gretta Yao
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`Attorney
`United States Patent & Trademark Office
`Law Office 118
`571.272.9313
`Gretta.Yao@uspto.gov
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`O RESPOND TO THIS LETTER: (cid:160) Go to http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/teas/response_forms.jsp. (cid:160) Please wait 48-72 hours from the
`issue/mailing date before using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), to allow for necessary system updates of the application.(cid:160)
`For technical assistance with online forms, e-mail TEAS@uspto.gov.(cid:160) For questions about the Office action itself, please contact the assigned
`trademark examining attorney.(cid:160) E-mail communications will not be accepted as responses to Office actions; therefore, do not respond to
`this Office action by e-mail.
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`(cid:160)A
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`ll informal e-mail communications relevant to this application will be placed in the official application record.
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`(cid:160)W
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`HO MUST SIGN THE RESPONSE:(cid:160) It must be personally signed by an individual applicant or someone with legal authority to bind an
`applicant (i.e., a corporate officer, a general partner, all joint applicants).(cid:160) If an applicant is represented by an attorney, the attorney must sign the
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`response.(cid:160)(cid:160)
`PERIODICALLY CHECK THE STATUS OF THE APPLICATION: (cid:160) To ensure that applicant does not miss crucial deadlines or official
`notices, check the status of the application every three to four months using the Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) system at
`http://tsdr.uspto.gov/. (cid:160) Please keep a copy of the TSDR status screen. (cid:160) If the status shows no change for more than six months, contact the
`Trademark Assistance Center by e-mail at TrademarkAssistanceCenter@uspto.gov or call 1-800-786-9199. (cid:160) For more information on checking
`status, see http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/process/status/.
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`O UPDATE CORRESPONDENCE/E-MAIL ADDRESS:(cid:160) Use the TEAS form at http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/teas/correspondence.jsp.
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