To: | Acclarent, Inc. (TMUS@ITS.JNJ.COM) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88873621 - ACCLARENT PIVOT - T441273 |
Sent: | July 13, 2020 10:31:30 AM |
Sent As: | ecom119@uspto.gov |
Attachments: | Attachment - 1 |
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Office Action (Official Letter) About Applicant’s Trademark Application
U.S. Application Serial No. 88873621
Mark: ACCLARENT PIVOT
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Correspondence Address:
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Applicant: Acclarent, Inc.
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Reference/Docket No. T441273
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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: July 13, 2020
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DISCLAIMER REQUIRED
“PIVOT” is defined as “a shaft of pin on which something turns”. See attached evidence. In the context of the identified goods, “PIVOT” describes a function of the goods rather than serving to identify the source of the goods.
Applicant may respond to this issue by submitting a disclaimer in the following format:
No claim is made to the exclusive right to use “PIVOT” apart from the mark as shown.
For an overview of disclaimers and instructions on how to provide one using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), see the Disclaimer webpage.
RESPONDING TO THIS OFFICE ACTION
The USPTO does not accept emails as responses to Office actions; however, emails can be used for informal communications and are included in the application record. See 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(c), 2.191; TMEP §§304.01-.02, 709.04-.05.
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/Schmidt, John/
Examining Attorney, Law Office 119
United States Patent and Trademark Office
(571) 272-7082
john.schmidt@uspto.gov
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