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  76/534971

 

SEARCH OF THE RECORDS

The Office records have been searched and no similar registered or pending mark has been found that would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. §1052(d).  TMEP §704.02.

 

DISCLAIMER

Applicant must disclaim the descriptive wording “MEMORY TRAINING” apart from the mark as shown because it merely describes the subject matter and/or purpose of the therapy.  Trademark Act Section 6, 15 U.S.C. §1056; TMEP §§1213 and 1213.03(a).

 

The computerized printing format for the Office’s Trademark Official Gazette requires a standardized format for a disclaimer.  TMEP §1213.08(a)(i).  The following is the standard format used by the Office:

 

No claim is made to the exclusive right to use “MEMORY TRAINING” apart from the mark as shown.

 

See In re Owatonna Tool Co., 231 USPQ 493 (Comm’r Pats. 1983).

 

IDENTIFICATION OF GOODS AND/OR SERVICES

The recitation of goods and/or services is unacceptable because the precise nature of the good and/or services is not clear from the present wording.  Clarify the type of therapy using common commercial names, e.g. occupational therapy. 

 

The applicant may wish to consult the on-line identification manual on the PTO homepage for a searchable database of acceptable identifications for goods and/or services.  The manual is available at:  http://www.gov.uspto.report/web/offices/tac/doc/gsmanual.

 

Please note that, while the identification of goods and/or services may be amended to clarify or limit the goods and/or services, adding to the goods and/or services or broadening the scope of the goods and/or services is not permitted.  37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); TMEP §1402.06.  Therefore, applicant may not amend the identification to include goods and/or services that are not within the scope of the goods and/or services set forth in the present identification.

 

The applicant may adopt the following recitation, if accurate: 

 

International Class 44:  [CLARIFY the type of therapy services using common commercial names, e.g. occupational therapy] in the nature of information recall enhancement therapy for Alzheimer’s or other memory-impaired patients.

 

TMEP section 1402.01.

 

If the applicant has any questions or needs assistance in responding to this Office action, please telephone the assigned examining attorney.

 

 

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Tonja M. Gaskins

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 112

(703) 308-9112, ext. 198

ecom112@uspto.gov

 

 

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.