Trademark Overview
On Thursday, November 13, 2025, a trademark application was filed for NATIONAL PERFORMANCE SPECIALISTS with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The USPTO has given the NATIONAL PERFORMANCE SPECIALISTS trademark a serial number of 99494460. The federal status of this trademark filing is RESPONSE AFTER NON-FINAL ACTION - ENTERED as of Thursday, April 30, 2026. This trademark is owned by National Association for Psychometric Competency Testing LLC. The NATIONAL PERFORMANCE SPECIALISTS trademark is filed in the Computer & Software Services & Scientific Services category with the following description:
Testing, analysis, and evaluation of the knowledge, skills and abilities of others in the field of allied healthcare to determine conformity with certification standards Applicant respectfully disagrees with the refusal under Section 2(e)(1). The mark "NATIONAL PERFORMANCE SPECIALISTS" is not merely descriptive but is, at most, suggestive of Applicant's services. A mark is considered merely descriptive only if it immediately conveys knowledge of a quality, feature, function, or characteristic of the services. In contrast, a suggestive mark requires imagination, thought, or perception to determine the nature of the services. Here, the composite phrase "NATIONAL PERFORMANCE SPECIALISTS" does not directly describe a specific service. Instead, it creates a commercial impression of a professional organization with elevated expertise and authority in performance-related domains. The wording does not identify: - a specific certification, - a defined testing methodology, - or a particular heal...
