UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
SERIAL NO: 76/515124
APPLICANT: NMT Medical, Inc.
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: TRADEMARK ADMINISTRATOR TESTA, HURWITZ & THIBEAULT, LLP HIGH STREET TOWER 125 HIGH STREET BOSTON, MA 02110 |
RETURN ADDRESS: Commissioner for Trademarks 2900 Crystal Drive Arlington, VA 22202-3514 ecom114@uspto.gov
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MARK: BRINGING CLOSURE TO CARDIAC SOURCES OF S ETC.
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: NMT-606
CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS:
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Please provide in all correspondence:
1. Filing date, serial number, mark and applicant's name. 2. Date of this Office Action. 3. Examining Attorney's name and Law Office number. 4. Your telephone number and e-mail address.
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Serial Number 76/515124
The assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the following.
The identification of goods is unacceptable as indefinite. The applicant must amend the identification to specify the common commercial name of the goods. If there is no common commercial name, the applicant must describe the product and its intended uses. TMEP §1402.01.
In the identification, the applicant must use the common commercial names for the goods, be as complete and specific as possible and avoid the use of indefinite words and phrases. If the applicant chooses to use indefinite terms, such as “accessories,” “components,” “devices,” “equipment,” “materials,” “parts,” “systems” and “products,” then those words must be followed by the word “namely” and the goods listed by their common commercial names. TMEP §§1402.01 and 1402.03(a).
The applicant may adopt the following identification of goods, if accurate:
International Class 10; medical devices, namely, ________ for the repair and closure of intracardiac defects.
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. §2.71(a); TMEP §1402.06. Therefore, the applicant may not amend to include any goods that are not within the scope of goods set forth in the present identification.
The examining attorney has searched the Office records and has found no similar registered or pending mark which would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. §1052(d). TMEP §704.02.
/Matthew C. Kline/
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 114
(703) 308-9114 x 148
e-mail: ecom114@uspto.gov
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