To: | YES Pharmaceutical Development Services ETC. (chris@blackslate.com) |
Subject: | U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 86131975 - YES - N/A |
Sent: | 3/14/2014 2:05:45 PM |
Sent As: | ECOM119@USPTO.GOV |
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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)
OFFICE ACTION (OFFICIAL LETTER) ABOUT APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION
U.S. APPLICATION SERIAL NO. 86131975
MARK: YES
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CLICK HERE TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER: http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/teas/response_forms.jsp
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APPLICANT: YES Pharmaceutical Development Services ETC.
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: CORRESPONDENT E-MAIL ADDRESS: |
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OFFICE ACTION
TO AVOID ABANDONMENT OF APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION, THE USPTO MUST RECEIVE APPLICANT’S COMPLETE RESPONSE TO THIS LETTER WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THE ISSUE/MAILING DATE BELOW.
ISSUE/MAILING DATE: 3/14/2014
The referenced application has been reviewed by the assigned trademark examining attorney. Applicant must respond timely and completely to the issue(s) below. 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(a), 2.65(a); TMEP §§711, 718.03.
SEARCH OF OFFICE’S DATABASE OF MARKS
The trademark examining attorney has searched the Office’s database of registered and pending marks and has found no conflicting marks that would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d). TMEP §704.02; see 15 U.S.C. §1052(d).
TRANSLATION OF FOREIGN REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE REQUIRED
IDENTIFICATION OF SERVICES – CLASS 44
The identification of services is indefinite and must be clarified because the applicant must indicate whether the independent review of clinical trials is for business purposes, in which case it would be classified in Class 35, or is for the purpose of ensuring the protection of the rights and welfare of human subjects of research in which case it would be classified in Class 45. See TMEP §1402.01. Applicant may adopt the following identification, if accurate:
Business consulting and management in the field of clinical trials, namely, clinical data and regulatory submission management on behalf of medical, biopharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to assist them with clinical research, clinical trials and applications for drug approval; regulatory submission management, namely, assisting others in preparing and filing applications for new drugs with governmental regulatory bodies; Providing independent review of clinical trials involving human subjects, namely, reviewing research protocols and related information for business purposes, in Class 35;
Providing independent review of clinical trials involving human subjects, namely, reviewing research protocols and related information to ensure the protection of the rights and welfare of human subjects of research, in Class 45.
For assistance with identifying and classifying goods and/or services in trademark applications, please see the online searchable Manual of Acceptable Identifications of Goods and Services at http://tess2.gov.uspto.report/netahtml/tidm.html. See TMEP §1402.04.
/Jill I. Prater/
Jill Prater
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 119
571-272-8257
TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER: Go to http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/teas/response_forms.jsp. Please wait 48-72 hours from the issue/mailing date before using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), to allow for necessary system updates of the application. For technical assistance with online forms, e-mail TEAS@uspto.gov. For questions about the Office action itself, please contact the assigned trademark examining attorney. E-mail communications will not be accepted as responses to Office actions; therefore, do not respond to this Office action by e-mail.
All informal e-mail communications relevant to this application will be placed in the official application record.
WHO MUST SIGN THE RESPONSE: It must be personally signed by an individual applicant or someone with legal authority to bind an applicant (i.e., a corporate officer, a general partner, all joint applicants). If an applicant is represented by an attorney, the attorney must sign the response.
PERIODICALLY CHECK THE STATUS OF THE APPLICATION: To ensure that applicant does not miss crucial deadlines or official notices, check the status of the application every three to four months using the Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) system at http://tsdr.gov.uspto.report/. Please keep a copy of the TSDR status screen. If the status shows no change for more than six months, contact the Trademark Assistance Center by e-mail at TrademarkAssistanceCenter@uspto.gov or call 1-800-786-9199. For more information on checking status, see http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/process/status/.
TO UPDATE CORRESPONDENCE/E-MAIL ADDRESS: Use the TEAS form at http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/teas/correspondence.jsp.