<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Per TMEP 718.03</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"> "an applicant must respond completely to each issue raised in the examining attorney’s Office action to avoid abandonment.  Generally, a response is incomplete if it:  (1) does not address one or more of the requirements or refusals made in the Office action . . . "<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><a href="https://tmep.uspto.gov/RDMS/TMEP/current#/result/TMEP-700d1e2962.html?q=office%20action%20complete&ccb=on&ncb=off&icb=off&fcb=off&ver=current&syn=and&results=compact&sort=relevance&cnt=10&index=3">https://tmep.uspto.gov/RDMS/TMEP/current#/result/TMEP-700d1e2962.html?q=office%20action%20complete&ccb=on&ncb=off&icb=off&fcb=off&ver=current&syn=and&results=compact&sort=relevance&cnt=10&index=3</a><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></span></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="2">Sincerely,</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div><div style="font-size:small"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2">Ed Timberlake  </font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"><i><a href="https://www.nclawspecialists.gov/for-the-public/find-a-board-certified-specialist/results/detail/?id=29473" target="_blank">Board Certified Specialist in Trademark Law</a></i></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><a href="http://timberlakelaw.com/" target="_blank"><b>Timberlake Law</b></a></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">Chapel Hill, NC<br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><a href="https://clarity.fm/edtimberlake" target="_blank">Schedule a call on Clarity</a><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><a href="mailto:ed@timberlakelaw.com" target="_blank">ed@timberlakelaw.com</a><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">919.960.1950<br></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><img width="96" height="96" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zUm0zjuSoSf91b85RXakFjrbAqMcNkJek2_S8VO9eHNz9mDAX5u3RBN0aEhVODltVLqRN-NYsDzt7A"><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 11:18 AM Orvis PC via E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">We received an office action with multiple 2(d) cites and goods/services rejections. One of the 2(d) citations is in its grace period and is about to be cancelled for failure to file Section 8/9. Is it proper to file a simple response requesting suspension in light of the imminent abandonment, where that response does not address the other 2(d) citations or the goods/services rejections? <div><br></div><div>TMEP 716.02(e) suggests not, but I swear I have done this before. </div><div><a href="https://tmep.uspto.gov/RDMS/TMEP/current#/current/TMEP-700d1e2495.html" target="_blank">https://tmep.uspto.gov/RDMS/TMEP/current#/current/TMEP-700d1e2495.html</a><br></div></div>
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