To: | Duke University (emailboxtm@oliveandolive.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88610747 - THE LODGE AT DUKE MEDICAL CENTER - N/A |
Sent: | December 18, 2019 02:06:40 PM |
Sent As: | ecom122@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. 88610747
Mark: THE LODGE AT DUKE MEDICAL CENTER
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Applicant: Duke University
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EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT
Issue date: December 18, 2019
USPTO database searched; no conflicting marks found. The trademark examining attorney searched the USPTO database of registered and pending marks and found no conflicting marks that would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d). 15 U.S.C. §1052(d); TMEP §704.02.
Application has been amended as shown below. As agreed to by Vedia Jones-Richardson on December 17, 2019, the examining attorney has amended the application as shown below.
The following disclaimer statement is added to the record:
No claim is made to the exclusive right to use “LODGE” and “MEDICAL CENTER” apart from the mark as shown.
See 15 U.S.C. §1056(a); TMEP §§1213, 1213.08(a)(i).
Please notify the examining attorney immediately of any objections. TMEP §707. Otherwise, no response is required. Id. In addition, applicant is advised that amendments to the goods and/or services are permitted only if they clarify or limit them; amendments that add to or broaden the scope of the goods and/or services are not permitted. 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a).
/Holland, Jami/
Trademark Examining Attorney
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Law Office 122
(571) 272-7806