To: | SUN PHARMA ADVANCED RESEARCH COMPANY LTD ETC. (general.ip.mailbox@sunpharma.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88444385 - SPTM-037US |
Sent: | August 20, 2019 02:06:10 PM |
Sent As: | ecom102@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. 88444385
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Applicant: SUN PHARMA ADVANCED RESEARCH COMPANY LTD ETC.
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Reference/Docket No. SPTM-037US
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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: August 20, 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.
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Search Results
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).
Identification Of Services Unacceptable-Indefinite Wording-Amendment Required
The wording “printed matters and publications consisting of information about pharmaceutical, cosmetic, dietary, scientific, surgical and medical products and information about scientific and technological research and development” in the identification of goods is indefinite and must be clarified because the common commercial or generic name or type of the goods must be further specified. See 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6); TMEP §1402.01. Applicant must amend this wording to further specify the common commercial or generic name or type of the goods. See TMEP §1402.01. For example, the wording “printed matters and publications, namely newsletters featuring information about pharmaceutical, cosmetic, dietary, scientific, surgical and medical products and information about scientific and technological research and development” is acceptable in International Class 16.
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.
Ferraiuolo, Dominic
/DominicJFerraiuolo/
Examining Attorney, U.S.P.T.O.
Law Office 102
tel: 571-272-9156
fax: 571-273-9102
email: dominic.ferraiuolo@uspto.gov
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