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OMB No. 0651-0009 (Exp 02/28/2021)

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Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. PTO Form 1478 (Rev 09/2006)

OMB No. 0651-0009 (Exp 02/28/2021)

Trademark/Service Mark Application, Principal Register

Serial Number: 88401627

Filing Date: 04/25/2019

To the Commissioner for Trademarks:

MARK: ION (stylized and/or with design, see mark)

The literal element of the mark consists of ION.
The applicant is not claiming color as a feature of the mark. The mark consists of lower case stylized letters "i", "o" and "n". The letter "i" has a square dot on top and the lower half of the letter curves up to the right. The letter "o" has an opening on the bottom lower left side allowing the curvature of the letter "i" to enter inside the letter "o" stopping in the middle of the letter "o" followed by a stylized "n" letter.
The applicant, Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., a corporation of Delaware, having an address of
      1020 Kifer Road
      Sunnyvale, California 94086
      United States

requests registration of the trademark/service mark identified above in the United States Patent and Trademark Office on the Principal Register established by the Act of July 5, 1946 (15 U.S.C. Section 1051 et seq.), as amended, for the following:

       International Class 009:  System control and user interface software for use with a teleoperated medical system for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.
Intent to Use: The applicant has a bona fide intention, and is entitled, to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with the identified goods/services.

       International Class 010:  Teleoperated medical system comprised of master control unit and patient slave manipulating unit; component medical instruments, namely, catheters and biopsy needle assemblies, for use therewith; component video equipment, namely, displays, image processors, illuminators, and endoscopic video camera instruments, for use therewith; component accessories, namely, adaptors to connect component medical instruments to manipulators, electrical and optical cables and component parts thereof, medical instrument and endoscope insertion guides and seals, and connectors for endotracheal tubes and respiration devices, for use therewith; and system control and user interface software embedded therein and for use with the teleoperated medical system for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.
Intent to Use: The applicant has a bona fide intention, and is entitled, to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with the identified goods/services.

       International Class 037:  Installation, maintenance, and repair services for computer-assisted teleoperated medical systems and components thereof.
Intent to Use: The applicant has a bona fide intention, and is entitled, to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with the identified goods/services.

       International Class 041:  Education and training of medical personnel on the operation and use of teleoperated medical systems and components thereof.
Intent to Use: The applicant has a bona fide intention, and is entitled, to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with the identified goods/services.



The applicant's current Attorney Information:
      Michelle D. Kahn of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP      Four Embarcadero Center, 17th Floor
      San Francisco, California 94111
      United States
      mkahn@sheppardmullin.com (authorized)
The attorney docket/reference number is 038T-.

The applicant's current Correspondence Information:

Michelle D. Kahn

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Four Embarcadero Center, 17th Floor

San Francisco, California 94111

mkahn@sheppardmullin.com;pmarquez@sheppardmullin.com; sftmdocket@sheppardmullin.com (authorized) E-mail Authorization: I authorize the USPTO to send e-mail correspondence concerning the application to the applicant, the applicant's attorney, or the applicant's domestic representative at the e-mail address provided in this application. I understand that a valid e-mail address must be maintained and that the applicant or the applicant's attorney must file the relevant subsequent application-related submissions via the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS). Failure to do so will result in the loss of TEAS Reduced Fee status and a requirement to submit an additional processing fee of $125 per international class of goods/services.

A fee payment in the amount of $1100 has been submitted with the application, representing payment for 4 class(es).

Declaration

	Basis: If the applicant is filing the application based on use in commerce under 15 U.S.C. § 1051(a): The signatory believes that the applicant is the owner of the trademark/service mark sought to be registered; The mark is in use in commerce on or in connection with the goods/services in the application; The specimen(s) shows the mark as used on or in connection with the goods/services in the application; and To the best of the signatory's knowledge and belief, the facts recited in the application are accurate. And/Or If the applicant is filing the application based on an intent to use the mark in commerce under 15 U.S.C. § 1051(b), § 1126(d), and/or § 1126(e): The signatory believes that the applicant is entitled to use the mark in commerce; The applicant has a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with the goods/services in the application; and To the best of the signatory's knowledge and belief, the facts recited in the application are accurate.
	To the best of the signatory's knowledge and belief, no other persons, except, if applicable, concurrent users, have the right to use the mark in commerce, either in the identical form or in such near resemblance as to be likely, when used on or in connection with the goods/services of such other persons, to cause confusion or mistake, or to deceive.
	To the best of the signatory's knowledge, information, and belief, formed after an inquiry reasonable under the circumstances, the allegations and other factual contentions made above have evidentiary support.
	The signatory being warned that willful false statements and the like are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under 18 U.S.C. § 1001, and that such willful false statements and the like may jeopardize the validity of the application or submission or any registration resulting therefrom, declares that all statements made of his/her own knowledge are true and all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true.

Declaration Signature

Signature: /MDK/   Date: 04/25/2019
Signatory's Name: Michelle D. Kahn
Signatory's Position: Attorney of record, CA Bar Member
Payment Sale Number: 88401627
Payment Accounting Date: 04/25/2019

Serial Number: 88401627
Internet Transmission Date: Thu Apr 25 10:21:09 EDT 2019
TEAS Stamp: USPTO/BAS-XX.XXX.XXX.XXX-201904251021093
26664-88401627-62020eb6594aad539e5859010
1fe68eed31ab61b4c3afcd8449b2711647d5092-
DA-11201-20190425091452179813