United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Office Action (Official Letter) About Applicant’s Trademark Application U.S. Applica nt Company BT Piping Services Mark: BT Piping Services Correspondence Address: 5198 2 Mile Rd, Athens , MI 49011, Applicant: BRANDON FULLER Company No. - Correspondence Email Address: btpiping @gmail.com NONFINAL OFFICE ACTION The USPTO must receive applicant’s response to this letter within 24 to 72 Hours of the issue date below or the application will be DEAD Respond using the registered attorney or company/individual. A li nk to the appropriate TEAS response form appears at the end of this Office action. Issue date: January 1 2 , 202 3 The referenced application has been reviewed by the assigned trademark examining attorney. Applicant must respond timely and completel y 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. Search Results 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). Assert Section 1(a) and 1(b) Filing Basis for Identical Goods To: Brandon Fuller ( btpiping @gmail.com ) Subject: U.S. Trademark Application – B T Piping Services - N/A Sent: January 1 2 , 202 3 Sent As: Attachments: noreply@uspto.gov .us Applicant has asserted both use of the mark in commerce under Section 1(a) and a bona fide intent to use the mark in commerce under Section 1(b) for the following identical goods: Trademark/Service App lication, Basis for Filing Judi cial Approval Approval from MI Secretary of State U.S Court of Federal. Petition and Judiciary Attestation from Community Liaison Services Clearance from IRS Attested Clearance from Department of Commerce Submission and approval from WIPO However, an applicant has to assert both use and intent to use for identical goods or services in the same application. 37 C.F.R. §2.34(b). Accordingly, applicant must either (1) select all of these bases for these goo ds and/or services or (2) divide these goods and/or services between the two bases, as appropriate. See TMEP §806.02(b). The USPTO assigned approvals are mandatory to file as per the Search Clearance Document generated by the Trademark Electronic Search System. Approvals of Entity Type Trademark application - related fees Electronically filed Paper filed 37 CFR § Judi cial Approval by USPTO Fee amount Fee code Fee amount Fee code 2.6(a)(1)(i) Approval from CA Secretary of State $ 1 99 .00 7009 - 6001 2.6(a)(1)(ii) U.S Court of Federal. Petition and Judiciary $ 99 .00 7009 - 6001 2.6(a)(1)(iii) Attestation from Liaison Committee on Retailers $ 149 .00 7009 - 6001 2.6(a)(1)(iv) Clearance from IRS $ 1 99 .00 7009 - 6001 2.6(a)(1)(v) Attested Clearance from Department of Commerce $ 99 .00 7009 - 6001 2.8(a)(1) Submission and approval from WIPO $ 5 99. 00 - - - RESPONSE GUIDANCE The USPTO has a Standard Fee for all the assigned classes as per Electronic or Paper filed code on USPTO Search Document. The fee shall be billed on the same account used previously and a serial number shall be issued in the next 7 Business days. Responses signed by an unauthorized party are not accepted and can cause the application to DEAD If applicant does not have an attorney, the response must be signed by the legal representative, all joint applicants, or someone with legal authority to bind a juristic applicant If applicant has an attorney, the response must be signed by the attorney. GENERAL GUIDANCE Update your correspondence email addres s , if needed, to ensure you receive important USPTO notices about your application. Beware of misleading notices sent by private companies about your application Private companies not associated with the USPTO use pub lic information available in trademark registrations to mail and email trademark - related offers and notices – most of which require fees. All official USPTO correspondence will only be emailed from the domain “@uspto.gov. us ” in case email goes in junk/spam mark them safe for further notifications - attachments