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`SOLUTO LTD (docketing@mwzb.com)
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`U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 85459170 - SOLUTO - FJW-0001-T
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`3/11/2013 5:28:25 AM
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`ECOM103@USPTO.GOV
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)
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`OFFICE ACTION (OFFICIAL LETTER) ABOUT APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION
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`(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) U.S. APPLICATION SERIAL NO. 85459170
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) MARK: SOLUTO
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`*85459170*
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:
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`(cid:160)(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160) JEFFREY A. SMITH
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`CLICK HERE TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER:
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`(cid:160)(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160) MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C.
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`http://teasroa.uspto.gov/rsi/rsi
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`(cid:160)(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`2200 CLARENDON BLVD STE 1400
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`(cid:160)(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) ARLINGTON, VA 22201-3360
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) APPLICANT: SOLUTO LTD
`(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)
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`(cid:160) (cid:160) FJW-0001-T
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`(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)
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`(cid:160) (cid:160) docketing@mwzb.com
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`SUSPENSION INQUIRY:(cid:160) RESPONSE REQUIRED
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`STRICT DEADLINE TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER
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`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: 3/11/2013
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`(cid:160)(cid:160) (cid:160) x(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`(cid:160) FOREIGN REGISTRATION:(cid:160) The trademark examining attorney previously suspended action on this application pending receipt of a
`true copy, a photocopy, a certification, or a certified copy of a foreign registration from applicant’s country of origin or proof of renewal of
`the foreign registration.(cid:160) Applicant must specify the status of the relevant foreign application or registration renewal.(cid:160) TMEP §§716.02(b),
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`716.05, 1003.04(c); see 15 U.S.C. §1126(e); 37 C.F.R. §2.34(a)(3)(ii)-(iii).(cid:160) Applicant may respond by stating that the foreign application or
`renewal is still pending or by submitting a true copy, a photocopy, a certification, or a certified copy of the foreign registration or renewal
`document.(cid:160) TMEP §§716.05, 1003.04(c), 1004.01(a).(cid:160) If the foreign registration or renewal document is not in English, applicant must
`provide an English translation.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.34(a)(3)(ii)-(iii); TMEP §1004.01(b).
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`EFUSAL(S)/REQUIREMENT(S) CONTINUED AND MAINTAINED: (cid:160) The following refusal(s)/requirement(s) is/are continued and
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`IDENTIFICATION OF GOODS/SERVICES
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`ENERAL GUIDELINES
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`n the identification of goods, applicant must use the common commercial or generic names for the goods, be as complete and specific as
`possible, and avoid the use of indefinite words and phrases.(cid:160) If applicant uses indefinite words such as “accessories,” “components,” “devices,
`” “equipment,” “materials,” “parts,” “systems” or “products,” such words must be followed by “namely,” followed by a list of the specific
`goods identified by their common commercial or generic names.(cid:160) See TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.03(a).
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`n the identification of services, applicant must use the common commercial or generic names for the services, be as complete and specific as
`possible, and avoid the use of indefinite words and phrases.(cid:160) TMEP §1402.03(a).(cid:160) If applicant uses indefinite words and phrases such as
`“services in connection with,” “such as,” “including,” “and like services,”
`(cid:160) “concepts,” or “not limited to,” such wording must be followed
`by “namely,” and a list of the specific services identified by their common commercial or generic names. (cid:160) See id.
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`pplicant may amend the identification to list only those items that are within the scope of the goods set forth in the application or within the
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`scope of a previously accepted amendment to the identification.(cid:160) See 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); TMEP §§1402.06 et seq., 1402.07.(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`UNACCEPTABLE IDENTIFICATION
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`LEASE NOTE: Recommended changes and suggestions to applicant’s identification have been highlighted in bold.(cid:160) If the recommended
`changes and suggestions contain brackets, applicant must remove any brackets from the identification and incorporate the bracketed information
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`into the amended description.(cid:160)(cid:160)
`Class 009(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Applicant filed the following identification:
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`“Apparatus and instruments for conveying, distributing, transforming, storing, regulating or controlling electric current; apparatus for
`recording, transmission or reproduction of sound or images; blank magnetic data carriers, blank magnetic recordable discs, blank optical
`recordable discs; calculating machines, data processing equipment and computers; computer software; computer hardware; computer
`software, namely downloadable computer software and software recorded on computer-readable media, for analyzing, maintaining,
`improving and optimizing computer operating systems and processes, including PC booting processes, web browsers, application
`processes and service behavior of computers; computer software, namely downloadable computer software and software recorded on
`computer-readable media, for analyzing and identifying resource obstacles in a user's PC booting process, web browsers, application
`processes and computer service behavior, and for analyzing and identifying additional parameters that retard or prevent the user's desired
`actions, and for reconfiguring certain applications to improve the speed of the boot and the behavior, performance and stability of
`particular software and hardware; computer software, namely downloadable computer software and software recorded on computer-
`readable media, for facilitating the monitoring, administration and management of personal computers and networks and for facilitating
`the provision of technical support services in connection therewith; interactive knowledge-management database for gathering and
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`analyzing technical data and statistical information to provide insights about PC software and hardware behavior and problems, and to
`provide remedies to alleviate PC usage inefficiency either in downloadable format from a website or on computer-readable media ”
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`ome of the wording in the identification of goods and/or services above is indefinite and must be clarified because the exact nature of the goods
`and/or services is unclear.(cid:160) See TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.03.
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`he following substitute identification with amended wording is suggested, if appropriate:
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`“Apparatus and instruments for conveying, distributing, transforming, storing, regulating or controlling electric current; apparatus for
`recording, transmission or reproduction of sound or images; blank magnetic data carriers, blank magnetic recordable discs, blank optical
`recordable discs; calculating machines, data processing equipment and computers; COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR {SPECIFY THE
`FUNCTION OF THE PROGRAMS, E.G., USE IN DATABASE MANAGEMENT, USE AS A SPREADSHEET, WORD
`PROCESSING, ETC. AND, IF SOFTWARE IS CONTENT- OR FIELD-SPECIFIC, THE CONTENT OR FIELD OF USE};
`computer hardware; computer software, namely downloadable computer software and software recorded on computer-readable media, for
`analyzing, maintaining, improving and optimizing computer operating systems and processes, including PC booting processes, web
`browsers, application processes and service behavior of computers; computer software, namely downloadable computer software and
`software recorded on computer-readable media, for analyzing and identifying resource obstacles in a user's PC booting process, web
`browsers, application processes and computer service behavior, and for analyzing and identifying additional parameters that retard or
`prevent the user's desired actions, and for reconfiguring certain applications to improve the speed of the boot and the behavior,
`performance and stability of particular software and hardware; computer software, namely downloadable computer software and software
`recorded on computer-readable media, for facilitating the monitoring, administration and management of personal computers and
`networks and for facilitating the provision of technical support services in connection therewith; interactive knowledge-management
`database for gathering and analyzing technical data and statistical information to provide insights about PC software and hardware
`behavior and problems, and to provide remedies to alleviate PC usage inefficiency either in downloadable format from a website or on
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`computer-readable media ” in Class 009(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Note:
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`1.(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) Applicant is encouraged to reference the Manual of Acceptable Identifications of Goods and Services for common commercial names
`within this class.
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`lass 035(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Identification acceptable as filed.
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`lass 042(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Applicant filed the following identification:
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`“Scientific and technological services, namely research and design in the field of computer operating systems and processes; scientific
`and technological services, namely, industrial analysis and research services in the field of computer hardware, software and operating
`systems and processes; design and development of computer hardware and software; design and development of computer hardware and
`software for others; development, design, installation, updating, maintenance and repair relating to computer software for computer
`operating systems and processes including PC booting processes, web browser and application processes; technical support services,
`namely troubleshooting of problems relating to computer software for computer operating systems and processes including PC booting
`processes, web browser and application processes and computer hardware problems relating thereto; computer technology support
`services, namely, help desk services relating to computer software for computer operating systems and processes including PC booting
`processes, web browser and application processes and computer hardware problems relating thereto; computer software and hardware
`consulting services relating to computer operating systems and processes including PC booting, web browser and application processes;
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`computer consultation relating to computer software for operating systems and processes including PC booting processes, web browser
`and application processes, and computer hardware relating thereto; providing on-line non-downloadable software for analyzing,
`maintaining, improving and optimizing computer operating systems and processes, including PC booting processes, web browsers,
`application processes and service behavior of computers; providing on-line non-downloadable software for analyzing and identifying
`resource obstacles in a user's PC booting process, web browsers, application processes and computer service behavior, and for analyzing
`and identifying additional parameters that retard or prevent the user's desired actions, and for reconfiguring certain applications to
`improve the speed of the boot and the behavior, performance and stability of particular software and hardware; providing on-line non-
`downloadable interactive knowledge-management database for gathering and analyzing technical data and statistical information to
`provide insights about PC software and hardware behavior and problems, and to provide remedies to alleviate PC usage inefficiency;
`providing on-line non-downloadable computer software, applications, computer software support platforms, application programming
`interface (API) software and websites for facilitating the monitoring, administration and management of personal computers and
`networks; providing on-line non-downloadable computer software, applications, computer software support platforms, application
`programming interface (API) software and websites for facilitating the provision of technical support services for personal computers and
`networks, including the provision of technical support services by others ”
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`ome of the wording in the identification of goods and/or services above is indefinite and must be clarified because the exact nature of the goods
`and/or services is unclear.(cid:160) See TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.03.
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`he following substitute identification with amended wording is suggested, if appropriate:
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`“Scientific and technological services, namely research and design in the field of computer operating systems and processes; scientific
`and technological services, namely, industrial analysis and research services in the field of computer hardware, software and operating
`systems and processes; design and development of computer hardware and software; design and development of computer hardware and
`software for others; development, design, installation, updating, maintenance and repair OF computer software for computer operating
`systems and processes including PC booting processes, web browser and application processes; technical support services, namely
`troubleshooting OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE PROBLEMS FOR computer operating systems and processes including PC booting
`processes, web browser and application processes; computer technology support services, namely, help desk services relating to computer
`software for computer operating systems and processes including PC booting processes, web browser and application processes and
`computer hardware problems relating thereto; CONSULTANCY IN THE FIELD OF DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF
`COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE relating to computer operating systems and processes including PC booting, web
`browser and application processes; computer consultation IN THE FIELD OF computer software for operating systems and processes
`including PC booting processes, web browser and application processes; providing on-line non-downloadable software for analyzing,
`maintaining, improving and optimizing computer operating systems and processes, including PC booting processes, web browsers,
`application processes and service behavior of computers; providing on-line non-downloadable software for analyzing and identifying
`resource obstacles in a user's PC booting process, web browsers, application processes and computer service behavior, and for analyzing
`and identifying additional parameters that retard or prevent the user's desired actions, and for reconfiguring certain applications to
`improve the speed of the boot and the behavior, performance and stability of particular software and hardware; providing on-line non-
`downloadable interactive knowledge-management database SOFTWARE for gathering and analyzing technical data and statistical
`information to provide insights about PC software and hardware behavior and problems, and to provide remedies to alleviate PC usage
`inefficiency; providing on-line non-downloadable computer software, SOFTWARE applications, computer software support platforms,
`application programming interface (API) software and websites SOFTWARE for facilitating the monitoring, administration and
`management of personal computers and networks; providing on-line non-downloadable computer software, SOFTWARE applications,
`computer software support platforms, application programming interface (API) software and websites SOFTWARE for facilitating the
`provision of technical support services for personal computers and networks, AND the provision of technical support services by others ”
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`in Class 042(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`“Technical support services, namely, troubleshooting in the nature of the repair of computer hardware” in class 037
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`“Computer consultation in the field of installation, maintenance and repair of computer hardware” in class 037
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`Note:
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`1.(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) Applicant is encouraged to reference the Manual of Acceptable Identifications of Goods and Services for common commercial names
`within this class.
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`DENTIFICATION MANUAL AND SCOPE ADVISORIES
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`or assistance with identifying and classifying goods and/or services in trademark applications, please see the USPTO’s online searchable U.S.
`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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`n applicant may amend an identification of goods and services only to clarify or limit the goods and services; adding to or broadening the
`scope of the goods and/or services is not permitted.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); see TMEP §§1402.06 et seq., 1402.07 et seq.
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`IGNIFICANCE INQUIRY
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`pplicant must explain whether “SOLUTO” has any meaning or significance in the industry in which the goods and/or services are
`manufactured/provided, or if such wording is a “term of art” within applicant’s industry.
`(cid:160) Applicant must also explain whether this wording
`identifies a geographic place.(cid:160) See 37 C.F.R. §2.61(b); TMEP §814.
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`f “SOLUTO” has a meaning in a foreign language applicant must provide a translation.
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`ailure to respond to this request for information can be grounds for refusing registration.(cid:160) See In re DTI P’ship LLP , 67 USPQ2d 1699, 1701
`(TTAB 2003); TMEP §814.
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`ESPONSE
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`f applicant has questions regarding this Office action, please telephone or e-mail the assigned trademark examining attorney.(cid:160) All relevant e-
`mail communications will be placed in the official application record; however, an e-mail communication will not be accepted as a response to
`this Office action and will not extend the deadline for filing a proper response.(cid:160) See 37 C.F.R. §2.191; TMEP §§304.01-.02, 709.04-.05.(cid:160) Further,
`although the trademark examining attorney may provide additional explanation pertaining to the refusal(s) and/or requirement(s) in this Office
`action, the trademark examining attorney may not provide legal advice or statements about applicant’s rights. (cid:160) See TMEP §§705.02, 709.06.
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`/Paul Moreno/
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`United States Patent and Trademark Office
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`Attorney
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`Law Office 103
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`571-275-2651
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`paul.moreno@uspto.gov
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`O RESPOND TO THIS LETTER: (cid:160) Go to http://teasroa.uspto.gov/rsi/rsi.(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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`All informal e-mail communications relevant to this application will be placed in the official application record.
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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)
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`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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`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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`SOLUTO LTD (docketing@mwzb.com)
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`U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 85459170 - SOLUTO - FJW-0001-T
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`3/11/2013 5:28:26 AM
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`ECOM103@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
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`ON 3/11/2013 FOR U.S. APPLICATION SERIAL NO. 85459170
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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 3/11/2013 (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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`(cid:160) (
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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
`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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