## Correspondence-to-Action Brief **Matter:** U.S. trademark application for **NORTHSTAR GRID** Application Serial No.: **98/765,432** Applicant: **Meridian Field Systems, Inc.** **Communication Type:** **Office Action — Trademark Application** **Explicit Date:** * September 18, 2026 — date of the Office Action. * December 18, 2026 — stated response due date. **Explicit Deadline:** * **December 18, 2026 — Response Due Date.** The correspondence expressly identifies this date as the response due date. **Required Action:** * Address the issue concerning clarification of the identification of goods in **International Class 9**. * Address the outstanding disclaimer requirement concerning the wording **“GRID.”** * Address the request for additional information regarding the applicant’s **correspondence address**. * Provide any information or documentation necessary to support the response, as stated in the correspondence. **Requested Documents:** * **No specific document is expressly identified by name as required or requested.** * The correspondence states that the applicant should provide “any information or documentation necessary to support the response.” * The correspondence also states that **no separate filing document is enclosed**. **Status:** * An **Office Action has been issued** concerning the application. * Three issues are identified as outstanding/requested in the correspondence. * A response due date of **December 18, 2026** is expressly stated. * The correspondence does **not** state that a response has been filed or that any issue has been resolved. **Unresolved Items:** * The correspondence does not specify the precise clarification required for the Class 9 identification of goods. * The correspondence does not provide the specific scope or wording of the disclaimer requirement concerning “GRID.” * The correspondence does not specify exactly what additional correspondence-address information must be provided. * No specific supporting documents are identified. * The correspondence does not state whether any response preparation or filing activity has already occurred. **Evidence References:** * **Matter identity:** Supplied trademark correspondence, opening matter description: application Serial No. 98/765,432; mark NORTHSTAR GRID; applicant Meridian Field Systems, Inc. * **Communication type:** Supplied correspondence, Subject: “Office Action — Trademark Application.” * **Date:** Supplied correspondence, “Date: September 18, 2026.” * **Issues / required actions:** Supplied correspondence, section stating that the examining attorney raised issues 1–3. * **Deadline:** Supplied correspondence, “Response Due Date: December 18, 2026.” * **Supporting information/documentation:** Supplied correspondence, paragraph beginning “To respond, the applicant should address each issue...” * **No enclosed filing document:** Supplied correspondence, statement “No separate filing document is enclosed with this notice.” **Uncertainty / Conflict Flags:** * **Incomplete specification:** The correspondence identifies the categories of issues but does not provide the detailed substantive requirements needed to determine the exact response content. * **Document uncertainty:** No particular supporting document is expressly required by name; “any information or documentation necessary” is general and does not establish a specific document list. * **No source conflict identified:** Only one correspondence source was supplied, and no competing source statements are present. * **No inferred deadline or action:** The brief does not add any deadline, filing step, or professional obligation beyond what the correspondence explicitly states.