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`Freeman Formula, LLC (mswyers@thetrademarkcompany.com)
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`U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 86448151 - PROJECT 42 - N/A - Request for Reconsideration
`Denied - Return to TTAB
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`5/26/2016 1:17:25 PM
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`ECOM101@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. 86448151
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`ARK: PROJECT 42
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`CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) MATTHEW H SWYERS ESQ.
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`THE TRADEMARK COMPANY
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`344 MAPLE AVE W # 151
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`VIENNA, VA 22180-5612
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`*86448151*
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`ENERAL TRADEMARK INFORMATION:
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`http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/index.jsp (cid:160)(cid:160)
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`VIEW YOUR APPLICATION FILE
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`APPLICANT: Freeman Formula, LLC
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`CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO :(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`CORRESPONDENT E-MAIL ADDRESS:(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) mswyers@thetrademarkcompany.com
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`(cid:160) N/A(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION DENIED
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`SSUE/MAILING DATE: 5/26/2016
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`The trademark examining attorney has carefully reviewed applicant’s request for reconsideration and is denying the request for the reasons
`stated below.(cid:160) See 37 C.F.R. §2.63(b)(3); TMEP §§715.03(a)(ii)(B), 715.04(a).(cid:160) The following requirement(s) and/or refusal(s) made final in the
`Office action dated November 20, 2016 are maintained and continue to be final:(cid:160) Sections 1 and 45 Refusal because mark differs in drawing and
`specimen. (cid:160)(cid:160) See TMEP §§715.03(a)(ii)(B), 715.04(a).(cid:160) The final refusal is maintained because the specimen does not show the applied-for
`mark in the drawing in use in commerce in International Class(es) 41.(cid:160) Trademark Act Sections 1 and 45, 15 U.S.C. §§1051, 1127; 37 C.F.R.
`§§2.34(a)(1)(iv), 2.56(a); TMEP §§904, 904.07(a), 1301.04(g)(i).(cid:160) Specifically, the original and substitute specimens display the mark as
`PROJECT 42 without any stylized font and/or any stippling and PROJECT and 42 are side by side.(cid:160) Also, the substitute specimen shows the
`number 42 in a stylized manner and with stippling, but there is no term “project” above it or anywhere near the stylized 42. (cid:160) In contrast, the
`drawing displays the mark as the term PROJECT above the number 42 in a stylized font and with stippling on top of the word and number.
`(cid:160)(cid:160) None of the specimens show the mark as it appears in the drawing.(cid:160) See TMEP §§715.03(a)(ii)(B), 715.04(a).
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`n the present case, applicant’s request has not resolved all the outstanding issue(s), nor does it raise a new issue or provide any new or
`compelling evidence with regard to the outstanding issue(s) in the final Office action.(cid:160) In addition, applicant’s analysis and arguments are not
`persuasive nor do they shed new light on the issues.(cid:160) Accordingly, the request is denied.
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`If applicant has already filed a timely notice of appeal with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, the Board will be notified to resume the
`appeal.(cid:160) See TMEP §715.04(a).
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`f no appeal has been filed and time remains in the six-month response period to the final Office action, applicant has the remainder of the
`response period to (1) comply with and/or overcome any outstanding final requirement(s) and/or refusal(s), and/or (2) file a notice of appeal to
`the Board.(cid:160) TMEP §715.03(a)(ii)(B); see 37 C.F.R. §2.63(b)(1)-(3).(cid:160) The filing of a request for reconsideration does not stay or extend the time
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`for filing an appeal.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.63(b)(3); see TMEP §§715.03, 715.03(a)(ii)(B), (c).(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`/Laurie Mayes/
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`Trademark Examining Attorney
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`Law Office 101
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`(571) 272-5874; FAX (571) 273-9101
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`laurie.mayes@uspto.gov (NOT for responses)
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`To:
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`Subject:
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`Sent As:
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`Attachments:
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`Freeman Formula, LLC (mswyers@thetrademarkcompany.com)
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`U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 86448151 - PROJECT 42 - N/A - Request for Reconsideration
`Denied - Return to TTAB
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`5/26/2016 1:17:27 PM
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`ECOM101@USPTO.GOV
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)
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`IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING YOUR
`U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION
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`USPTO OFFICE ACTION (OFFICIAL LETTER) HAS ISSUED
`ON 5/26/2016 FOR U.S. APPLICATION SERIAL NO. 86448151
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`Please follow the instructions below:
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`1)(cid:160) TO READ THE LETTER:(cid:160) Click on this link or go to http://tsdr.uspto.gov, enter the U.S. application serial number, and click on
`“Documents.”
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`he Office action may not be immediately viewable, to allow for necessary system updates of the application, but will be available within 24
`hours of this e-mail notification.
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`2)(cid:160) TIMELY RESPONSE IS REQUIRED:(cid:160) Please carefully review the Office action to determine (1) how to respond, and (2) the applicable
`response time period.(cid:160) Your response deadline will be calculated from 5/26/2016 (or sooner if specified in the Office action).(cid:160) For information
`regarding response time periods, see http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/process/status/responsetime.jsp.
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`o NOT hit “Reply” to this e-mail notification, or otherwise e-mail your response because the USPTO does NOT accept e-mails as
`responses to Office actions.(cid:160)
`Instead, the USPTO recommends that you respond online using the Trademark Electronic Application System
`(TEAS) response form located at http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/teas/response_forms.jsp.
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`3)(cid:160) QUESTIONS:(cid:160) For questions about the contents of the Office action itself, please contact the assigned trademark examining attorney.(cid:160) For
`technical assistance in accessing or viewing the Office action in the Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) system, please e-mail
`TSDR@uspto.gov.
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`WARNING
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`ailure to file the required response by the applicable response deadline will result in the ABANDONMENT of your application.(cid:160) For
`more information regarding abandonment, see http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/basics/abandon.jsp.
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`PRIVATE COMPANY SOLICITATIONS REGARDING YOUR APPLICATION:(cid:160) Private companies not associated with the USPTO are
`using information provided in trademark applications to mail or e-mail trademark-related solicitations.(cid:160) These companies often use names that
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`closely resemble the USPTO and their solicitations may look like an official government document.(cid:160) Many solicitations require that you pay
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`“fees.” (cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Please carefully review all correspondence you receive regarding this application to make sure that you are responding to an official document
`from the USPTO rather than a private company solicitation.(cid:160) All official USPTO correspondence will be mailed only from the “United States
`Patent and Trademark Office” in Alexandria, VA; or sent by e-mail from the domain “@uspto.gov.” (cid:160) For more information on how to handle
`private company solicitations, see http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/solicitation_warnings.jsp.
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