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TTAB Affirms Section 2(e)(1) and 2(a) Refusals of "NEUROBOTICS" for Augmented Surgical Goods and Services

Applicant Neurobotics, Inc. struck out in its attempt to register the mark NEUROBOTICS for augmented surgical control systems and related consulting and engineering services. The Board affirmed the PTO's alternative Section 2(e)(1) and Section 2(a) refusals to register, finding the mark to be merely descriptive of the goods and services or, alternatively, deceptively misdescriptive and deceptive therefor. In re Neurobotics, L.L.C., Serial Nos. 78596887 and 785969571 (August 8, 2008) [not precedential].Examining Attorney Amy E. Hella relied on various Internet webpages referring to the new field of "neurobotics" and on excerpted articles discussing the use of robots in surgery, maintaining that "[t]he term 'neurobotics' is used by third parties to describe a new field of science regarding the fusion of neuroscience and robotics for augmenting human capabilities...continue to full post

Full post as published by The TTABlog on August 26, 2008 (boomark / email).