To: | UHS of Delaware, Inc. (charles.smouse@uhsinc.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88635586 - A AIKEN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTERS - N/A |
Sent: | November 21, 2019 05:02:11 PM |
Sent As: | ecom103@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. 88635586
Mark: A AIKEN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTERS
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Applicant: UHS of Delaware, Inc.
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EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT
Issue date: November 21, 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 Charles Smouse on November 21, 2019, 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).
“AIKEN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTERS” in the mark has become distinctive of the services as evidenced by the ownership of active U.S. Registration No(s). 4264062, 4391025, and others on the Principal Register for the same mark for sufficiently similar services.
TMEP §1212.04(e); see 15 U.S.C. §1052(f); 37 C.F.R. §2.41(a)(1).
The following disclaimer statement is added to the record:
No claim is made to the exclusive right to use “REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTERS” and “INPATIENT REHABILITATION CENTER” apart from the mark as shown.
See 15 U.S.C. §1056(a); TMEP §§1213, 1213.08(a)(i).
/James T. Griffin/
Examining Attorney, Law Office 103
United States Patent & Trademark Office
571-272-9169
jim.griffin@uspto.gov