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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Adding to the list of idiotic office actions, now we need to teach EAs grammar, especially PTO grammar regarding commas versus semicolons.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">I filed several applications with the following specs: Resort hotel, all-inclusive hotel, hotel and motel accommodation services.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Now the PTO and the Nice classification system have become picky in the last few years, and determined that “hotel services” could encompass services outside Class 43, such as
concierge services, etc. so you must specify that they are hotel <i>accommodation</i> services. Fine. We did that.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">But just got a refusal that says “resort hotel” services are indefinite, and I need to amend the ID to “Resort hotel accommodation services, all-inclusive hotel, hotel and motel
accommodation services..”<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Please explain to me how “accommodation services” modifies all-inclusive hotel, hotel and motel, but not resort hotel?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">SMDH!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,114,206)">Susan L. Crane<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(81,83,74)">Group Vice President, Legal<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(81,83,74)">Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(81,83,74)">22 Sylvan Way<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(81,83,74)">Parsippany, NJ 07054<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(81,83,74)">O</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(81,83,74)"> (973) 753-6455<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:Susan.Crane@wyndham.com" target="_blank">Susan.Crane@wyndham.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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