To: | Bank of America Corporation (nytrademarks@kilpatricktownsend.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88628096 - BANK OF AMERICA INTELLIGENT - N/A |
Sent: | January 09, 2020 04:02:32 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. 88628096
Mark: BANK OF AMERICA INTELLIGENT
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Correspondence Address: KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP |
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Applicant: Bank of America Corporation
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Reference/Docket No. N/A
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EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT
Issue date: January 09, 2020
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 Bradi Lynn Smith, Esq. on January 9, 2020, the examining attorney has amended the application as shown below. 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).
Section 2(f) Acquired Distinctiveness Based on Prior Registrations
The following claim of acquired distinctiveness under Trademark Act Section 2(f) is added to the record:
The word “BANK OF AMERICA” in the mark has become distinctive of the goods and/or services as evidenced by the ownership of active U.S. Registration Nos. 4511547, 2713720 and 1466524 on the Principal Register for the same mark for sufficiently similar goods and/or services.
TMEP §1212.04(e); see 15 U.S.C. §1052(f); 37 C.F.R. §2.41(a)(1).
Disclaimer
The following disclaimer statement is added to the record:
No claim is made to the exclusive right to use "BANK" and "INTELLIGENT RECEIVABLES" apart from the mark as shown.
See 15 U.S.C. §1056(a); TMEP §§1213, 1213.08(a)(i).
/Rudy R. Singleton/
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Trademark Examining Attorney, Law Office 102
571-272-9262
RUDY.SINGLETON@USPTO.GOV