To: | Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (uspto-tm@bms.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88509700 - BMY - N/A |
Sent: | August 22, 2019 08:44:16 AM |
Sent As: | ecom118@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. 88509700
Mark: BMY
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Applicant: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
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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 22, 2019
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).
IDENTIFICATION OF GOODS AND SERVICES
THIS PARTIAL REQUIREMENT APPLIES TO CLASS 5 AND THE WORDING SPECIFIED BELOW IN CLASS 16 ONLY
Applicant may adopt the following wording, if accurate: “printed matter, namely, promotional magazines, informational journals, brochures, pamphlets, newsletters and stationery relating to pharmaceuticals and the treatment and prevention of diseases”
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.
The remaining wording in International Class 16 and all of the wording in International Classes 42 and 44 is acceptable as filed.
Applicant may adopt the following amended identification, if accurate:
International Class 5:
Pharmaceutical preparations for human use, namely, analgesics, anti-cancer preparations, anti-epileptic pharmaceutical preparations
International Class 16:
Printed matter, namely, promotional magazines, informational journals, brochures, pamphlets, newsletters and stationery relating to pharmaceuticals and the treatment and prevention of diseases
International Class 42:
Pharmaceutical research and development services
International Class 44:
Medical services
FAILURE TO RESPOND – PARTIAL ABANDONMENT ADVISORY
See 37 C.F.R. §2.65(a)-(a)(1); TMEP §718.02(a).
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.
How to respond. Click to file a response to this nonfinal Office action
/Katherine DuBray/
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 118
katherine.dubray@uspto.gov
(571) 272-4815
RESPONSE GUIDANCE