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`Subject:
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`Attachments:
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`Zuffa, LLC (TRADEMARKS2-LASVEGAS@LRLAW.COM)
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`U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 77636476 - 69144-06007
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`2/24/2010 5:29:04 PM
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`ECOM101@USPTO.GOV
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) SERIAL NO:(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) MARK: (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`JENNIFER K. CRAFT(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`LEWIS AND ROCA LLP(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`LAS VEGAS, NV 89169-5996(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) APPLICANT:(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`(cid:160) Zuffa, LLC(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO :(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`69144-06007(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(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)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`TRADEMARKS2-LASVEGAS@LRLAW.COM
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`NON-FINAL OFFICE ACTION
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`(cid:160)T
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`O AVOID ABANDONMENT, THE OFFICE MUST RECEIVE A PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS OFFICE ACTION WITHIN 6 MONTHS
`OF THE ISSUE/MAILING DATE.
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`(cid:160)I
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`SSUE/MAILING DATE: 2/24/2010
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`The statement of use has been reviewed by the assigned trademark examining attorney.(cid:160) Applicant must respond timely and completely to the
`issue(s) below.(cid:160) 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(a), 2.65(a); TMEP §§711, 718.03.
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`(cid:160)1
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`.(cid:160) Refusal – Does Not Function as a Trademark:
`Registration is refused because the applied-for mark, as used on the specimen of record, does not function as a trademark to identify and
`distinguish applicant’s goods from those of others and to indicate the source of applicant’s goods.
`(cid:160) Trademark Act Sections 1, 2 and 45, 15
`U.S.C. §§1051-1052, 1127; see In re Remington Prods., Inc., 3 USPQ2d 1714 (TTAB 1987); TMEP §§904.07(b); 1202 et seq.
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`(cid:160)T
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`he applied-for mark, as shown on the specimen, does not function as a trademark.(cid:160) Specifically, as used on the specimen of record, the octagon
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`shape appears to be part of the lid and is not likely to be regarded as a source-indicator for the applied-for goods.(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`The specimen of record, along with any other relevant evidence of record, is reviewed to determine whether an applied-for mark is being used as
`a trademark.(cid:160) In re Bose Corp., 546 F.2d 893, 192 USPQ 213 (C.C.P.A. 1976); In re Volvo Cars of N. Am., Inc., 46 USPQ2d 1455 (TTAB
`1998).(cid:160) Not every word, design, symbol or slogan used in the sale or advertising of goods and/or services functions as a mark, even though it
`may have been adopted with the intent to do so.(cid:160) A designation cannot be registered unless purchasers would be likely to regard it as a source-
`indicator for the goods.(cid:160) In re Manco, Inc., 24 USPQ2d 1938 (TTAB 1992); TMEP §1202.
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`(cid:160)A
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`pplicant may respond to this refusal by submitting the following:
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`(1)(cid:160) A substitute specimen showing the mark in use in commerce for the goods specified in the statement of use; and
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`(2)(cid:160) The following statement, verified with an affidavit or signed declaration under 37 C.F.R. §2.20:(cid:160) “ The substitute specimen was
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`*77636476*
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`RESPOND TO THIS ACTION:
`http://www.uspto.gov/teas/eTEASpageD.htm
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`(cid:160)G
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`ENERAL TRADEMARK INFORMATION:
`http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm
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`77/636476
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`3993 HOWARD HUGHES PKWY STE 600
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`(cid:160)
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`in use in commerce prior to the expiration of the time allowed applicant for filing a statement of use.” (cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.59(b)(2);
`TMEP §904.05; see 37 C.F.R. §2.193(e)(1).(cid:160) If submitting a substitute specimen requires an amendment to the dates of use, applicant
`must also verify the amended dates.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.71(c); TMEP §904.05.
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`(cid:160)E
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`xamples of specimens for goods are tags, labels, instruction manuals, containers, photographs that show the mark on the goods or packaging, or
`displays associated with the goods at their point of sale.(cid:160) See TMEP §§904.03 et seq.
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`(cid:160)A
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`pplicant may not withdraw the statement of use.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.88(g); TMEP §1109.17.
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`(cid:160)T
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`o submit a verified substitute specimen online via the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), applicant should do the following:(cid:160)
`(1) answer “yes” to the TEAS response form wizard question to “submit a new or substitute specimen;” (2) attach a jpg or pdf file of the
`substitute specimen; (3) select the statement that “The substitute specimen(s) was in use in commerce at least as early as the filing date of the
`application.”; and (4) sign personally or enter personally his/her electronic signature and date after the declaration at the end of the TEAS
`response form.(cid:160) See 37 C.F.R. §§2.59(a), 2.193(a), (c)-(d), (e)(1); TMEP §§611.01(c), 804.01(b).(cid:160) Please note that these steps appear on different
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`pages of the TEAS response form.(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`If applicant experiences difficulty in submitting the required substitute specimen, supporting statement and/or declaration, please e-mail
`TEAS@uspto.gov for technical assistance regarding the TEAS response form.
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`(cid:160)2
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`.(cid:160) Requirement – Mark Differs on Drawing and Specimen:
`The mark on the specimen disagrees with the mark on the drawing.(cid:160) In this case, the specimen displays the mark as a three-dimensional cooler
`with a circular opening on top of an octagonal shaped lid, while the drawing shows the mark as a two-dimensional octagon.
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`(cid:160)A
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` statement of use must include a specimen showing the applied-for mark in use in commerce for each class of goods and/or services specified
`in the statement of use.(cid:160) Trademark Act Sections 1 and 45, 15 U.S.C. §§1051, 1127; 37 C.F.R. §§2.56(a), 2.88(b)(2); TMEP §§904, 1109.09(b).(cid:160)
`The mark on the drawing must be a substantially exact representation of the mark as used on the specimen.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.51(b); TMEP
`§807.12(a); see 37 C.F.R. §2.72(b)(1).
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`(cid:160)T
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`he drawing of the mark can be amended only if the amendment does not materially alter the mark as originally filed.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.72(a)(2),
`(b)(2); see TMEP §§807.12(a), 807.14 et seq.(cid:160) However, amending the mark in the drawing to conform to the mark on the specimen would be a
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`material alteration in this case because the mark on the specimen creates a different commercial impression from the mark on the drawing.(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Therefore, applicant must submit the following:
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`(1)(cid:160) A substitute specimen showing use in commerce of the mark on the drawing.(cid:160) See 37 C.F.R. §2.59(b)(1); TMEP §904.05.; and
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`(2)(cid:160) The following statement, verified with an affidavit or signed declaration under 37 C.F.R. §2.20: “The substitute specimen was in
`use in commerce prior to the expiration of the deadline for filing the statement of use.” (cid:160) See 37 C.F.R. §§2.59(b)(2), 2.193(e)(1);
`TMEP §904.05.(cid:160) If submitting a specimen requires an amendment to the dates of use, applicant must also verify the amended dates.(cid:160) 37
`C.F.R. §2.71(c); TMEP §904.05.
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`(cid:160)E
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`xamples of specimens for goods are tags, labels, instruction manuals, containers, photographs that show the mark on the actual goods or
`packaging, or displays associated with the actual goods at their point of sale.(cid:160) See TMEP §§904.03 et seq.(cid:160) Examples of specimens for services
`are signs, photographs, brochures, website printouts or advertisements that show the mark used in the actual sale or advertising of the services.(cid:160)
`See TMEP §§1301.04 et seq.
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`(cid:160)P
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`ending receipt of a proper response, registration is refused because the specimen does not show the applied-for mark in use in commerce as a
`trademark and/or service mark.(cid:160) Trademark Act Sections 1 and 45, 15 U.S.C. §§1051, 1127; 37 C.F.R. §§2.56(a), 2.88(b)(2); TMEP §§904,
`904.07(a).
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`(cid:160)A
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`pplicant may not withdraw the statement of use.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.88(g); TMEP §1109.17.
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`(cid:160)T
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`o submit a verified substitute specimen online via the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), applicant should do the following:(cid:160)
`(1) answer “yes” to the TEAS response form wizard question to “submit a new or substitute specimen;” (2) attach a jpg or pdf file of the
`substitute specimen; (3) select the statement that “The substitute specimen(s) was in use in commerce at least as early as the filing date of the
`application.”; and (4) sign personally or enter personally his/her electronic signature and date after the declaration at the end of the TEAS
`response form.(cid:160) See 37 C.F.R. §§2.59(a), 2.193(a), (c)-(d), (e)(1); TMEP §§611.01(c), 804.01(b).(cid:160) Please note that these steps appear on different
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`pages of the TEAS response form.(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`If applicant experiences difficulty in submitting the required substitute specimen, supporting statement and/or declaration, please e-mail
`TEAS@uspto.gov for technical assistance regarding the TEAS response form.
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`(cid:160)
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`(cid:160)3
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`.(cid:160) Advisory – TEAS Plus Applicants:
`TEAS PLUS APPLICANTS MUST SUBMIT DOCUMENTS ELECTRONICALLY OR SUBMIT FEE:(cid:160) Applicants who filed their application
`online using the reduced-fee TEAS Plus application must continue to submit certain documents online using TEAS, including responses to
`Office actions.(cid:160) For a complete list of these documents, see TMEP §819.02(b).(cid:160) In addition, such applicants must accept correspondence from the
`Office via e-mail throughout the examination process and must maintain a valid e-mail address.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.23(a)(2); TMEP §§819, 819.02(a).(cid:160)
`TEAS Plus applicants who do not meet these requirements must submit an additional fee of $50 per international class of goods and/or services.(cid:160)
`37 C.F.R. §2.6(a)(1)(iv); TMEP §819.04.(cid:160) Responding by telephone to authorize an examiner’s amendment will not incur this additional fee.
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`(cid:160)I
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`f applicant has questions about its application or needs assistance in responding to this Office action, please telephone the assigned trademark
`examining attorney directly at the number below.
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`/Colleen Dombrow/
`Trademark Attorney
`Law Office 101
`Direct Dial: (571) 272-8262
`Facsimile: (571) 273-9101
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)
`RESPOND TO THIS ACTION:(cid:160)Applicant should file a response to this Office action(cid:160)online using the form at
`http://www.uspto.gov/teas/eTEASpageD.htm, waiting 48-72 hours if applicant received notification of the Office action via e-mail.(cid:160)(cid:160)For
`technical assistance with the form, please e-mail TEAS@uspto.gov.(cid:160) For(cid:160)questions about the Office action itself, please contact the assigned
`examining attorney.(cid:160)(cid:160) Do not respond to this Office action by e-mail;(cid:160)the USPTO does not accept e-mailed responses .
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`(cid:160)I
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`f responding by paper mail, please include the following information: the application serial number, the mark, the filing date and the name,
`title/position, telephone number and e-mail address of the person signing the response.(cid:160) Please use the following address: Commissioner for
`Trademarks, P.O. Box 1451, Alexandria, VA 22313-1451.
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`(cid:160)S
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`TATUS CHECK: Check the status of the application at least once every six months from the initial filing date using the USPTO Trademark
`Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) online system at http://tarr.uspto.gov.(cid:160) When conducting an online status check, print and
`maintain a copy of the complete TARR screen.(cid:160) If the status of your application has not changed for more than six months, please contact the
`assigned examining attorney.
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`(cid:160)
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Zuffa, LLC (TRADEMARKS2-LASVEGAS@LRLAW.COM)
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`U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 77636476 - 69144-06007
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`2/24/2010 5:29:08 PM
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`ECOM101@USPTO.GOV
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`To:
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`Subject:
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`Sent:
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`Sent As:
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`Attachments:
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`IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING YOUR TRADEMARK APPLICATION
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`(cid:160)Y
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`our trademark application (Serial No. 77636476) has been reviewed.(cid:160)(cid:160) The examining attorney assigned by the
`United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) has written a letter (an “Office action”) on 2/24/2010
`to which you must respond (unless the Office letter specifically states that no response is required).(cid:160) Please follow
`these steps:
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`(cid:160)1
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`link
`Read
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`this
`on
`clicking
`by
`letter
`Office
`the
`http://tmportal.uspto.gov/external/portal/tow?DDA=Y&serial_number=77636476&doc_type=OOA&mail_date=20100224 OR go to (cid:160)
`http://tmportal.uspto.gov/external/portal/tow and enter your serial number to access the Office letter.(cid:160) If you have difficulty accessing the
`Office letter, contact TDR@uspto.gov. (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`PLEASE NOTE: The(cid:160)Office letter may not be(cid:160)immediately available but will be(cid:160)viewable within(cid:160)24 hours of this e-mail notification.
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`(cid:160)2
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`. Contact the examining attorney who reviewed your application if you have any questions about the content of the Office letter (contact
`information appears at the end thereof).
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`(cid:160)3
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`. Respond within 6 months, calculated from 2/24/2010 (or sooner if specified in the Office letter), using the Trademark Electronic Application
`System (TEAS) Response to Office Action form. If you have difficulty using TEAS, contact TEAS@uspto.gov.(cid:160)(cid:160)
`ALERT:
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`Failure to file any required response by the applicable deadline will result in the ABANDONMENT (loss) of your application.
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`(cid:160)D
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`o NOT hit “Reply” to this e-mail notification, or otherwise attempt to e-mail your response, as the USPTO does NOT accept e-mailed
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`responses.(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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