To: | Coding Institute, LLC (ip@wyrick.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88292923 - THE CODING INSTITUTE - 027220.081 |
Sent: | November 22, 2019 02:22:48 PM |
Sent As: | ecom111@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. 88292923
Mark: THE CODING INSTITUTE
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Correspondence Address: WYRICK ROBBINS YATES & PONTON LLP 4101 LAKE BOONE TRAIL, SUITE 300
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Applicant: Coding Institute, LLC
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Reference/Docket No. 027220.081
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NONFINAL OFFICE ACTION
The USPTO must receive applicant’s response to this letter within six months of the issue date below or the application will be abandoned. Respond using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS). A link to the appropriate TEAS response form appears at the end of this Office action.
Issue date: November 22, 2019
TEAS PLUS OR TEAS REDUCED FEE (TEAS RF) APPLICANTS – TO MAINTAIN LOWER FEE, ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET, INCLUDING SUBMITTING DOCUMENTS ONLINE: Applicants who filed their application online using the lower-fee TEAS Plus or TEAS RF application form must (1) file certain documents online using TEAS, including responses to Office actions (see TMEP §§819.02(b), 820.02(b) for a complete list of these documents); (2) maintain a valid e-mail correspondence address; and (3) agree to receive correspondence from the USPTO by e-mail throughout the prosecution of the application. See 37 C.F.R. §§2.22(b), 2.23(b); TMEP §§819, 820. TEAS Plus or TEAS RF applicants who do not meet these requirements must submit an additional processing fee of $125 per class of goods and/or services. 37 C.F.R. §§2.6(a)(1)(v), 2.22(c), 2.23(c); TMEP §§819.04, 820.04. However, in certain situations, TEAS Plus or TEAS RF applicants may respond to an Office action by authorizing an examiner’s amendment by telephone or e-mail without incurring this additional fee.
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.
Note: The examining attorney mistakenly accepted an incorrect identification of services. The examining attorney apologizes for any confusion this may have caused.
Identification of Services
Business management consultancy and advisory services, namely, administration of patient billing; Business administration, namely, financial
record-keeping for regulatory compliance with reimbursement requirements; Administration, billing and reconciliation of accounts on behalf of others; Medical billing; Providing reimbursement
benchmarking information and other market intelligence to healthcare organizations; Business consulting in the field of financial record-keeping for regulatory compliance with reimbursement
requirements; Providing an online website featuring information pertaining to the field of medical practice management for others; Medical chart records coding services for
others in the nature of assignment of diagnostic and procedural codes for purposes of reimbursement from insurance; Business auditing; Business administration of patient
reimbursement programs; Financial record-keeping of patients’ medical chart records for regulatory compliance with reimbursement requirements,
namely, review and analysis of the medical chart records coding of others to confirm compliance with reimbursement requirements; Business administration services in the
field of healthcare; administration, namely, providing Computer data entry services for healthcare compliance reporting, in class
35.
Note: The goods and services in classes 16 and 44 are acceptable as written.
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.
Effective January 1, 2019, a new version of the Nice Agreement Eleventh Edition changed the classification of certain goods and services. See Nice Classification, 11th ed., version 2019 (Nice 11-2019). Applications filed on or after January 1, 2019 must comply with this new version. See 37 C.F.R. §2.85(e)(1); TMEP §1401.09. Applications filed prior to January 1, 2019 must comply with the edition/version of the Nice Agreement in effect as of the application filing date; however, applicants of such applications can choose to comply with the new version. See 37 C.F.R. §2.85(e)(1)-(2); TMEP §1401.09. If applicant chooses to comply with the new version, the entire identification must comply with this version. See 37 C.F.R. §2.85(e)(2); TMEP §1401.09. The USPTO’s online U.S. Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual provides classification information for the new version as well as information for previous editions/versions in notes to specific entries. See TMEP §1402.04.
Telephone for Clarification Recommended
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/Inga Ervin/
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 111
United States Patent & Trademark Office
571-272-9379
571-273-9379(fax)
Inga.Ervin@uspto.gov
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