UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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SERIAL NO: 76/522583
APPLICANT: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education an ETC.
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: TRAVIS L. BACHMAN DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEPARTMENT SUITE 1500, 50 SOUTH SIXTH STREET MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55402-1498 |
RETURN ADDRESS: Commissioner for Trademarks 2900 Crystal Drive Arlington, VA 22202-3514 ecom112@uspto.gov
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MARK: MAYO
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: 21,997
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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PRIORITY ACTION
OFFICE SEARCH: 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. Section 1052(d). TMEP section 704.02.
FOR INQUIRIES OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OFFICE ACTION, PLEASE CONTACT THE ASSIGNED EXAMINING ATTORNEY.
Serial Number 76/522583
The following issues were discussed in communication with T. Bachman on October 27, 2003.
The identification of goods is unacceptable as indefinite because it is overbroad and may be in several international classes. The applicant may adopt the following identification, if accurate: Medical devices, namely (specify common commercial names—for example, catheters in Class 10). TMEP §1402.01.
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.
Combined Applications
If the applicant prosecutes this application as a combined, or multiple‑class, application, the applicant must comply with each of the following.
(1) The applicant must list the goods/services by international class with the classes listed in ascending numerical order. TMEP §1403.01.
(2) The applicant must submit a filing fee for each international class of goods/services not covered by the fee already paid. 37 C.F.R. §§2.6(a)(1) and 2.86(a); TMEP §§810.01 and 1403.01. Effective January 1, 2003, the fee for filing a trademark application is $335 for each class. This applies to classes added to pending applications as well as to new applications filed on or after that date.
Claim of Ownership
The applicant will claim ownership of Reg. Nos. 2171372, 2719318, 1670238 and others.
If the applicant has any questions or needs assistance in responding to this Office action, please telephone the assigned examining attorney.
/Irene Williams/
Irene Williams
Law Office 112
(703) 308-9112 x122
email: Ecom112@uspto.gov
fax:(703) 746-8112
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