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Healthcare & Pharmaceutical
14 decisions coded to this industry. Industry tags describe the goods or services in the dispute, not the legal ground.
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Disclaimer requirement upheld
In re Brainlab SE
The Board agreed that DYNAMIC SURFACE merely describes what Brainlab’s radiotherapy patient-tracking systems do (continuously track a moving patient’s body surface), so Brainlab must…
79371727 · 2026-05-26 · EXACTRAC DYNAMIC SURFACE
In re Nursecon, LLC
The Board affirmed the refusal to register NURSECON for arranging and conducting special events for social entertainment purposes, finding the mark merely descriptive because NURSE names…
88052194 · 2024-12-26 · NURSECON (standard characters)
In re James S. Fallon
The Board upheld two of the refusals against registering THERMAL MATRIX for a heat-moldable liner in an anti-snoring mouthpiece: the product packaging did not clearly show the mark…
86882668 · 2020-10-21 · THERMAL MATRIX (THERMAL disclaimed)
Mixed result
In re James Haden, M.D., P.A.
The Board found the words ALLERGY CARE generic for allergy-treatment medical services, but because the mark is a stylized logo the applicant may keep its Supplemental Register application…
87169404 · 2019-12-04 · Design mark consisting of a red, horizontal oval with a white and blue border; inside the oval in stacked formation are the words "ALLERGY CARE" in stylized capital letters in white with blue outline; colors red, blue and white claimed as features of the mark (text extraction shows a gap where the mark image is embedded in the original, e.g. "seeks registration ... of the mark for" and "Applicant's mark is")
In re National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America, Inc.
The Board refused to register VETERINARY TECHNICIAN SPECIALIST as a certification mark for veterinary medicine services because the phrase simply describes a veterinary technician who…
87171093 · 2019-07-19 · VETERINARY TECHNICIAN SPECIALIST
In re Katch, LLC
The USPTO’s refusal of HEALTHPLANS.COM for health insurance lead-generation and advertising services (Class 35) was upheld because the Board found that consumers would recognize the term as…
86301765 · 2019-06-20 · HEALTHPLANS.COM
Registration refused
In re The Cardio Group, LLC
The Board found that The Cardio Group’s proof-of-use documents (a patient pulse-wave report webpage, a confidential sales agreement, and a sales invoice) showed only sales of medical…
86840860 · 2019-06-20 · THE CARDIO GROUP and design
Refusal upheld
In re I-Coat Company, LLC
I-Coat’s INDIGO marks (word and two design versions) for corrective lenses were found too similar to the registered INDIGOSNOW and INDIGO marks for eyewear, blocking all three applications.
86802467, 86802618, and 86802733 · 2018-06-07 · INDIGO (and variants) v. INDIGOSNOW / INDIGO
In re Mueller Sports Medicine, Inc.
The Board upheld the refusal to register RECOIL for medical and athletic cohesive tape, finding the word merely describes the tape’s ability to stretch and spring back to its original shape.
87209946 · 2018-05-16 · RECOIL
Refusal affirmed (both marks)
In re PharmaCann LLC
The Board upheld the USPTO’s refusal to register PHARMACANN and PHARMACANNIS for retail-store and dispensing services featuring medical marijuana, holding that because selling and…
86520135 · 2017-06-16 · PHARMACANN
Refusal affirmed (both marks)
In re PharmaCann LLC
The Board upheld the USPTO’s refusal to register PHARMACANN and PHARMACANNIS for retail-store and dispensing services featuring medical marijuana, holding that because selling and…
86520138 · 2017-06-16 · PHARMACANNIS
In re Well Living Lab Inc.
The Board refused registration of WELL LIVING LAB for scientific research, product testing, and accreditation services focused on health and wellness in indoor environments, finding the…
86440401 · 2017-06-07 · WELL LIVING LAB
In re Family Emergency Room LLC
The Board upheld a refusal to register a hospital’s logo mark (featuring stylized wording plus a white cross on a red field) because the cross-on-red-field design was found too similar to…
86709923 · 2017-03-14 · Design mark consisting of a white cross on a red field with red diagonal lines on the left edge of the field, and the stylized wording CEDAR PARK FAMILY EMERGENCY ROOM (CEDAR PARK FAMILY EMERGENCY ROOM disclaimed); colors white, red, and gray claimed as a feature of the mark
In re Heather Harley and Carolyn Jones
The Board refused registration of HEMP HOME HEALTH for home health care services because the applicants' appeal never addressed the actual descriptiveness-based refusals and an unanswered…
86409857 · 2016-08-24 · HEMP HOME HEALTH (standard characters; HOME HEALTH disclaimed)
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