From:jon.gelchinsky@finnegan.com (jon.gelchinsky@finnegan.com)
To:ECom105 (EX:/O=USPTO/OU=USPTO/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=ECOM10551C2E22751C2E22751C2E2273FE7B88045043B)
Subject:Serial Number: 76/383955
Received:7/29/03 4:28:30 PM
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Attorney Docket: 09010.0004-00000

IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

Applicant: Cytyc Corporation
Serial Number: 76/383955
Filing Date: March 19, 2002
Mark: CYTYC

Examining Atty: Charles L. Jenkins, Esq.
Law Office: 105

COMMISSIONER FOR TRADEMARKS
2900 Crystal Drive
Arlington, Virginia 22202-3513
ATTN: BOX RESPONSES NO FEE / ecom105@uspto.gov

RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION

Applicant submits the following amendment and remarks in response to the Office Action dated April 25, 2003.

AMENDMENT

Please delete the identification of goods in its entirety and substitute with the following:

Computer hardware and software for use in the detection and diagnosis of cancer and other diseases; microscopes for use in the detection and diagnosis of cancer and other diseases in Class 9.

Medical testing kits comprising catheters, slides, stains, collection vials, and cervical sampling devices and solutions for use in the detection and diagnosis of cancer and other diseases in Class 10.

REMARKS

In response to the Examiner's Final refusal to register the mark under Section 2(d), Applicant has amended its description of goods in Class 9 to delete the goods "electronic imaging and image processing apparatus for use in the field of cytology, including molecular diagnostics and parts and attachments therefor." Applicant has also corrected a typographical error in the Class 10 description of goods. Accordingly, Applicant respectfully requests that the application be approved for publication.

Respectfully submitted,

CYTYC CORPORATION

By: /jonathan m. gelchinsky/
Jonathan M. Gelchinsky
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP
1300 I St. NW
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: (202) 408-4000
Fax: (202) 408-4400

Attorneys for Applicant

Dated: July 29, 2003

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Jonathan M. Gelchinsky
/jonathan m. gelchinsky/
July 29, 2003