NOTE TO THE FILE
SERIAL NUMBER: 88224452
DATE: 03/11/2019
NAME: gswift
NOTE:
From: Swift, Gilbert M.
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2019 8:22 AM
To: trademarks-ch@btlaw.com; jgray@btlaw.com
Cc: Swift, Gilbert M. <Gilbert.Swift@USPTO.GOV>
Subject: RE: Trademark Application Serial No. 88224452—IMOD
RE: Trademark Application Serial No. 88224452—IMOD
Dear Jeffrey R. Gray, Esq.:
I am the Trademark examining attorney assigned to the above-captioned application. I can approve it for publication immediately if you authorize me to enter an Examiner Amendment that resolves the issues described below. To provide authorization, you simply need to give it in a reply to this email.
Alternatively, if you require more time to resolve the issues presented, please let me know, and I will issue a Priority Action or combination Priority Action / Examiner’s Amendment instead. In any event, I hope you will let me know which course of action you prefer.
Requirement: Identification of Goods and Services
THIS PARTIAL REQUIREMENT APPLIES ONLY TO THE GOODS AND SERVICES SPECIFIED THEREIN
The goods and services are:
Class 010: “Medical apparatus and instruments; medical apparatus and instruments for use in supplying gases; medical oxygen supply equipment; oxygen monitors, oxygen conservers and oxygen concentrators for medical use; apparatus for monitoring oxygen saturation in the blood; parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods; regulators, valves and actuators for medical gas supply equipment and gas cylinders; oxygen masks and nasal cannulas”; and
Class 042: “Research, design and development services relating to medical apparatus and instruments; technical support services relating to medical apparatus and instruments.”
The above bolded wording in the identification of goods needs clarification because it does not identify the goods with enough specificity and it is too broad because it may identify goods in multiple International Classes. See TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.03.
For example, the wording “medical oxygen supply equipment” in the identification of goods is indefinite and needs clarification to specify the equipment by common commercial name, e.g. “oxygen masks for medical use” in Class 010 or “medical apparatus and instruments for use in surgery,” in Class 010. TMEP §1402.01.
For example, the wording “regulators, valves and actuators for medical gas supply equipment and gas cylinders” in the identification of goods is indefinite and needs clarification to specify the equipment by common commercial name, e.g. “oxygen regulators” in Class 009 or “medical apparatus and instruments for use in surgery,” in Class 010. TMEP §1402.01.
If accurate, applicant may adopt the following formulation for drafting an acceptable identification. The suggested language has been bolded for applicant’s convenience.
Class 006: Metal cylinders for compressed gas, sold empty
Class 009: Medical apparatus and instruments, namely, nuclear medical research imaging apparatus
Class 010: Medical apparatus and instruments, namely [please specify in Class 010 by common commercial name, e.g. medical radiation apparatus, medical imaging apparatus]; medical apparatus and instruments for use in supplying gases namely [please specify in Class 010 by common commercial name]; medical apparatus and instruments for use in surgery, namely, medical oxygen supply equipment; oxygen monitors, oxygen conservers and oxygen concentrators for medical use; monitors for oxygen saturation in the blood; structural parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods; medical apparatus and instruments for use in surgery, namely, regulators, valves and actuators for medical gas supply equipment and gas cylinders; oxygen masks and nasal cannulas for medical purposes
Class 020: Non-metal cylinders for compressed gas, sold empty
Class 037: Technical support services, namely, technical advice related to the installation of medical apparatus and instruments
Class 042: Product research, design and development services relating to medical apparatus and instruments; technical support services, namely, troubleshooting in the nature of diagnosing problems with medical apparatus and instruments
See TMEP §1402.01.
Advisories
For assistance with identifying and classifying goods and services in trademark applications, please see the USPTO’s online searchable U.S. Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual. See TMEP §1402.04.
Multiclass Advisories
(1) List the goods and/or services by their international class number in consecutive numerical order, starting with the lowest numbered class.
(2) Submit a filing fee for each international class not covered by the fees already paid (view the USPTO’s current fee schedule). The application identifies goods and services that are classified in at least six classes; however, applicant submitted fees sufficient for only two classes. Applicant must either submit the filing fees for the classes not covered by the submitted fees or restrict the application to the number of classes covered by the fees already paid.
See 15 U.S.C. §§1051(b), 1112, 1126(e); 37 C.F.R. §§2.32(a)(6)-(7), 2.34(a)(2)-(3), 2.86(a); TMEP §§1403.01, 1403.02(c).
See an overview of the requirements for a Sections 1(b) and 44 multiple-class application and how to satisfy the requirements online using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) form.
Requirement: Explanation of the Mark’s Significance
Please let me know how you wish to proceed. I thank you in advance for your prompt response.
Gilbert M. Swift | Trademark Examining Attorney | Law Office 109 | United States Patent and Trademark Office | Gilbert.Swift@USPTO.gov | Tel: 1+ 571.272.9028