To: | Bon Secours Mercy Health, Inc. (trademarks@fbtlaw.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88618886 - CERTIFI - 0716800 |
Sent: | December 18, 2019 02:40:17 PM |
Sent As: | ecom112@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. 88618886
Mark: CERTIFI
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Applicant: Bon Secours Mercy Health, Inc.
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Reference/Docket No. 0716800
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PRIORITY ACTION
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: 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.
Applicant must address issues shown below. On December 18, 2019, the examining attorney and Monica L. Dias discussed the issues below. Applicant must timely respond to these issues. See 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §2.62(a); TMEP §708.05.
**Please Note: Suggested Acceptable Descriptions appear in Bold/Italicized font. Unacceptable descriptions appear Underlined/Bold.
Applicant may adopt the following identification, if accurate:
International Class 05: Non-prescription medicines and supplements for treating or prevention of{specify diseases or conditions to be treated}; vitamins; vitamin supplements; vitamin and mineral supplements; medicines for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases; antiallergic medicines; medicinal preparations for the prevention or treatment of seasonal allergies, pain, inflammation and insomnia
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.
Telephone or E-mail Response Suggested
How to respond. Click to file a response to this nonfinal Office action.
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.
/Jay K. Flowers/
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 112
571.272.8202
jay.flowers@uspto.gov
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