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`U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 88066308 - PPHATCO - N/A
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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.   88066308
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`MARK: PPHATCO
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`CORRESPONDENT
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`APPLICANT: Leger,
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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.   A RESPONSE
`TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE TRADEMARK ELECTRONIC APPLICATION SYSTEM (TEAS) MUST BE RECEIVED BEFORE
`MIDNIGHT EASTERN TIME OF THE LAST DAY OF THE RESPONSE PERIOD.
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`ISSUE/MAILING DATE: 11/29/2018
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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:  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
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`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.  See 37 C.F.R. §§2.22(b), 2.23(b);
`TMEP §§819, 820.  TEAS Plus or TEAS RF applicants who do not meet these requirements must submit an additional processing fee of $125
`per class of goods and/or services.  37 C.F.R. §§2.6(a)(1)(v), 2.22(c), 2.23(c); TMEP §§819.04, 820.04.  However, in certain situations, TEAS
`Plus or TEAS RF applicants may respond to an Office action by authorizing an examiner’s amendment by telephone or e-mail without incurring
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`this additional fee.   
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`The referenced application has been reviewed by the assigned trademark examining attorney.  Applicant must respond timely and completely to
`the issue(s) below.  15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(a), 2.65(a); TMEP §§711, 718.03.
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`Search Results
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`The trademark examining attorney has searched the Office’s database of registered and pending marks and has found no conflicting marks that
`would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d).  TMEP §704.02; see 15 U.S.C. §1052(d).
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`SUMMARY OF ISSUES:
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`Section 2(b) Refusal – Mark Contains Simulation of the Flag of the United States
`Identification of Goods Indefinite
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`Section 2(b) Refusal – Mark Contains Simulation of the Flag of the United States
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`Registration is refused because the applied-for mark includes a simulation of the flag of the United States.  Trademark Act Section 2(b), 15
`U.S.C. §1052(b); see TMEP §1204.  Trademark Act Section 2(b) bars registration of marks that include simulations of the flag, coat of arms, or
`other insignia of the United States, any state or municipality of the United States, or any foreign nation.  TMEP §§1204, 1204.01(a).
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` simulation refers to “something that gives the appearance or effect or has the characteristics of an original item.”   In re Family Emergency
`Room LLC, 121 USPQ2d 1886, 1887 (TTAB 2017) (quoting In re Advance Indus. Sec., Inc., 194 USPQ 344, 346 (TTAB 1977)); TMEP §1204. 
`Whether the relevant matter in the mark is a simulation is determined by a visual comparison of the mark and the actual flag, coat of arms, or
`other insignia in question.  See In re Family Emergency Room LLC, 121 USPQ2d at 1887 (citing In re Advance Indus. Sec., Inc., 194 USPQ at
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`346); TMEP §1204.  
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`When comparing the mark and the actual flag, coat of arms, or other insignia, the focus is on the relevant purchasers’ general recollection of the
`flag, coat of arms, or other insignia, “without a careful analysis and side-by-side comparison.”   In re Family Emergency Room LLC, 121
`USPQ2d at 1888 (quoting In re Advance Indus. Sec., Inc., 194 USPQ at 346).  The public should be considered to retain only a general or overall,
`rather than specific, recollection of the various elements or characteristics of design marks.  See In re Advance Indus. Sec., Inc., 194 USPQ at
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`346.  
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`The following factors are considered when determining whether a design in a mark would be perceived as a flag, coat of arms, or other insignia
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`of the United States, any state or municipality of the United States, or any foreign nation:  
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`(1)              
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`The colors, if any, that appear in the design;
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`The presentation of the mark, such as any stylization of the design and its relationship to other elements in the mark;
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`The presence of any words or other designs on the drawing; and
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`(4)       
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`The use of the mark on the specimen(s), if one is provided, or in the record.  
`TMEP §1204.01(a) (citing In re Family Emergency Room LLC, 121 USPQ2d at 1888).  
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`The attached evidence from https://www.britannica.com/topic/flag-of-the-United-States-of-America shows an actual flag from the United States. 
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`The applied-for mark includes the following matter:  a flag of the United States.  
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`The public would perceive the design in the mark as the flag of the United States because the flag clearly appears prominently in the drawing and
`applicant refers to flag as the “American flag” in the mark description.
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`Therefore, registration is refused because the applied-for mark includes a simulation of the flag of the United States.  Trademark Act Section 2(b)
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`Trademark Act Section 2(b) is an absolute bar to registration on the Principal and Supplemental Registers.  Trademark Act Sections 2(b) and
`23(a), (c), 15 U.S.C. §§1052(b), 1091(a), (c); see TMEP §§1204, 1204.04(a).
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`Identification of Goods Indefinite
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`The identification of goods is indefinite and must be clarified for the reasons set forth below.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6); TMEP §1402.01.  
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`The wording “clothing” is unacceptable as indefinite. Applicant must specify the articles of clothing (e.g. clothing, namely, ________ {specify
`clothing, e.g. shirts, pants, etc.}).
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`Suggested Identifications
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`Applicant’s goods and/or services may be clarified or limited, but may not be expanded beyond those originally itemized in the application or as
`acceptably amended.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); TMEP §1402.06.  Applicant may clarify or limit the identification by inserting qualifying language
`or deleting items to result in a more specific identification; however, applicant may not substitute different goods and/or services or add goods
`and/or services not found or encompassed by those in the original application or as acceptably amended.  See TMEP §1402.06(a)-(b).  The scope
`of the goods and/or services sets the outer limit for any changes to the identification and is generally determined by the ordinary meaning of the
`wording in the identification.  TMEP §§1402.06(b), 1402.07(a)-(b).  Any acceptable changes to the goods and/or services will further limit scope,
`and once goods and/or services are deleted, they are not permitted to be reinserted.  TMEP §1402.07(e).
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`For assistance with identifying and classifying goods and services in trademark applications, please see the USPTO’s online searchable U.S.
`Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual.  See TMEP §1402.04.
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`Applicant may adopt the following identification, if acceptable:
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`Class 25
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`Clothing, namely, ________ {specify clothing, e.g. shirts, pants}, headwear
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`Assistance
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`If applicant has questions regarding this Office action, please telephone or e-mail the assigned trademark examining attorney.
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`/Daniel Stringer/
`Trademark Examining Attorney
`Law Office 103
`571.272.8975
`daniel.stringer@uspto.gov
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`TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER:   Go to http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/teas/response_forms.jsp.   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. 
`For technical assistance with online forms, e-mail TEAS@uspto.gov.  For questions about the Office action itself, please contact the assigned
`trademark examining attorney.  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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`WHO MUST SIGN THE RESPONSE:  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).  If an applicant is represented by an attorney, the attorney must sign the
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`response.  
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`PERIODICALLY CHECK THE STATUS OF THE APPLICATION:   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/.   Please keep a copy of the TSDR status screen.   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.   For more information on checking
`status, see http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/process/status/.
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`TO UPDATE CORRESPONDENCE/E-MAIL ADDRESS:  Use the TEAS form at http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/teas/correspondence.jsp.
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