United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 06 May 2003
Date Type of Proceeding
Issued Case (1) or App'n No. Party/Parties
4-2 EX 76/157,628 RX-DISPENSE, Inc.
Opposer's/ Applicant's/
Petitioner's Respondent's
TTAB Mark and Mark and
Issue Decision Goods/Services Goods/Services
2(e)(1) Refusal "RXDISPENSE"
Affirmed [equipment for
dispensing pills
to consumers,
namely, electronic
pharmaceutical
pill dispenser and
electronic control
devices therefor,
pill dispensing
cassettes and
automated count-
ers, automated
retrieval devices,
all for operating
such dispensers
and for collecting
and electronically
transmitting
patient vital sign
and pill consump-
tion data;
electronic control
devices for
filling pill trays
at a pharmacy;
dispensers for
pills sold empty;
advertising
services, namely,
creation and dis-
semination of
electronic adver-
tisements of
others in the
field of health
care targeted to
patients; health
care services,
namely, dispensing
of pills to
consumers at the
time of
consumption and
collection of pill
consumption data
and vital sign
data for
electronic trans-
mission to a
remote medical
provider]
Mark and Citable as
Goods Cited by Precedent
Examining Atty. of TTAB
No
(1)EX=EX PARTE APPEAL; OPP=OPPOSITION; CANC=CANCELLATION; CU=CONCURRENT
USE; (SJ)=SUMMARY JUDGMENT; (R)=REQ. FOR RECONSIDERATION; (MD)=MOTION
TO DISMISS; (MR)=MOTION TO REOPEN