UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

 

 

 

OFFICE ACTION

 

TO AVOID ABANDONMENT, WE MUST RECEIVE A PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS OFFICE ACTION WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF OUR MAILING OR E-MAILING DATE. 

 

 

Serial Number  76/510613

 

The assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the following.

 

The examining attorney has searched the Office records and has found no similar registered mark which bars registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. Section 1052(d).  TMEP section 1105.01.

 

The applicant must provide a  response resolving the following informalities.

 

INFORMALITIES

1.   IDENTIFICATION OF GOODS -UNACCEPTABLE:

The  identification of goods is indefinite because the applicant does not clearly specify the goods that it is providing; the wording “systems” is  indefinite.  The identification of goods must be specific. The applicant must amend the identification to specify the common commercial name of the goods or to indicate their nature.  The identification must be all‑inclusive. The applicant should amend the identification to replace this wording with "namely." The applicant may amend the identification to substitute the following wording, if accurate: “Medical devices, namely, premounted stent systems comprising of [specify the contents of the system],” in International Class 010.  37 C.F.R. Section 2.71(a); TMEP sections 804 and  804.08(c).[1]

 

Please note that, while an application may be amended to clarify or limit the identification, additions to the identification are not permitted.  37 C.F.R. Section 2.71(a); TMEP section 804.09.  Therefore, the applicant may not amend to include any goods that are not within the scope of goods set forth  in the present identification.

 

2.   SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MARK:

The applicant must indicate whether NOA  has any significance in the relevant trade, any geographical significance or any meaning in a foreign language.  37 C.F.R. Section 2.61(b).  If the mark has no significance, the statement may be in the following form:

 

            The wording “NOA” has no meaning other than trademark significance.

 

3.   CLAIMED APPLICATION WILL NOT BE PRINTED:

The applicant's claim of ownership of Application Serial Nos. 76/139,078 and 76/025,684 will not be printed on any registration, which may issue from this application.  If the claimed pending application matures into a registration before this application, the applicant may then claim ownership by registration number.  37 C.F.R. Section 2.36; TMEP section 812.

 

 

 

 

 

Darryl M. Spruill

Trademark Attorney

Law Office 112

(703) 308-9112, Ext. 203

darryl.spruill@uspto.gov

/Darryl M. Spruill/

 

 

How to respond to this Office Action:

 

To respond formally using the Office’s Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), visit http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/index.html and follow the instructions.

 

To respond formally via E-mail, visit http://www.gov.uspto.report/web/trademarks/tmelecresp.htm and follow the instructions.

 

To respond formally via regular mail, your response should be sent to the mailing Return Address listed above and include the serial number, law office and examining attorney’s name on the upper right corner of each page of your response.

 

To check the status of your application at any time, visit the Office’s Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) system at http://tarr.gov.uspto.report/

 

For general and other useful information about trademarks, you are encouraged to visit the Office’s web site at http://www.gov.uspto.report/main/trademarks.htm

 

FOR INQUIRIES OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OFFICE ACTION, PLEASE CONTACT THE ASSIGNED EXAMINING ATTORNEY.