USPTO serial 79075413
SMS GROUP
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Reg. 4097564Status 707Registered
- Filing date
- Status date
- Registration date
- Feb 14, 2012
- Examiner
- MACFARLANE, JAMES W
- Law office
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Victoria Friedman
Victoria Friedman Dennemeyer & Associates, LLC2 North Riverside Plaza, Suite 1500Chicago, IL 60606UNITED STATESGoods and services
| Class | Description | Status | First use |
|---|---|---|---|
| 006 | [ Common metals and their alloys, namely, cast iron, steel, copper ingots, aluminum ingots, iron alloys, steel alloys, copper alloys and aluminum alloys; metal building materials, namely, structural steels, sheet piling, sectional beams and pipes made of metal; non-electric cables and wires of common metal; pipes and tubes of metal ] | SECTION 71 - CANCELLED | — |
| 007 | Machines for the treatment, processing, and production of metals and plastics, namely, milling machines and grinding machines, and machines utilizing rotational motion for high energy surface finishing and material treatment, in particular, heavy, medium and light section rolling mills, cold and hot mills, strip and wide strip mills, plate and sheet mills, blooming, slabbing and billet mills, universal mills, planetary mills, multi-purpose cold mills, rod, bar and tube mills, continuous mills, reversing mills, pilgrim mills, detaching mills and mills for the rolling of steel, iron, aluminum and copper or for the rolling of alloys of the same, and structural parts for the aforementioned rolling mills; rolling mills for wire, steel rod rolling mills, bloom rolling mills, rail rolling mills, and section rolling mills, wire drawing machines, wire ring presses, wire reeling machines; machines for manufacturing, processing and working seamless and welded metal pipes, namely, pipe expanding machines, large pipe manufacturing machines, hot and cold pipe rolling mills, presses, in particular, extrusion presses, impact extrusion, cold extrusion and back-flow extrusion presses, cable sheathing presses, straightening and bending presses, plate shaping presses, deep-drawing presses, multi-stage presses, hydraulic metal powder presses, and structural parts therefor; forging machines, in particular, open-die forging machines, automatic forging hammers, forging presses, piercing presses and counter blow hammers, and structural parts for the aforementioned forging machines; casting machines, in particular, continuous steel slab casting machines and machines for the continuous casting of metals, plastic extrusion and plastic molding machines, and structural parts for the aforementioned casting machines; electricity generators, namely, power generation machines for rolling, pressing, forging and casting installations; hydraulic driving machines; supporting chain conveyors and hoists, roller tables, tilters, scale washers, and cleaning machines for cleaning roller conveyors; conveyors for the conveying of rolled, pressed, forged and cast articles to and from rolling, pressing, forging and casting installations; electric welding machines, in particular, pipe welding machines, butt-welding machines; cutting machines, in particular, pipe blades, flame cutting machines; hoists, conveyors and loading machines for filling blast furnaces with iron ore, coke and limestone and emptying iron and slag from blast furnaces; machines for tilting, pivoting, and moving converters and ladles, all of the above mentioned machines for the treatment, processing and production of metals and plastics; machines for the chemical industry, namely, chemical fiber drying machines, extracting machines for chemical processing; machines for agriculture, namely, combines, harvesters, threshers, and power tillers; machines for mining, in particular, excavators, cutters, earth and mining waste movers, oreloaders, cutters and conveyors; machines for operating mining shafts, namely, hoists, loading skips, windlasses, and inclined conveyors; machines for mining, namely, winding engines; machines for mining, namely, winding towers; machines for mining, namely, head frames positioned over a mine shaft for supporting hoists for mining, bucket conveyors, conveyor belts, mine car fillers and unloading machines; hydraulic and pneumatic conveyors and solids transporters; pipeline conveyors; waste disposal comminuters, conveyors, lead-lined hoists and conveyors for loading containers with radio-active waste, transporters for radioactive waste containers; metal coil handlers, namely, metal coil winders, metal coil conveyors, metal coil packagers, metal coil stackers; cranes, hoists and clamps and structural parts thereof; machine tools for the steel mill industry, namely, grinding machines; machines for use in the replacement of rolling mills used for rolling metal; motors and engines except for land vehicles, namely, electric motors or electric gear motors for machines; machine coupling and transmission components, namely, hydraulic and mechanical transmissions for machinery and structural parts therefor; specifically excluding machine tools, namely, systems of nitrogen gas springs, pneumatic cylinders, delay cylinders, controlled return cylinders, cams or other fluid power products and accessories such as surge tanks, control panels, pressure monitors, specialty delay cylinders, accumulators, fittings, hose, tubing, switches, mounts, risers, parallels and other components mounted to a plate or manifold plate and components thereof for use in metal stamping, metal working, plastic molding, punching, coining, shearing, specialty machines, and automotive applications | ACTIVE | — |
| 009 | Weighing, measuring, signaling, and checking apparatus and instruments for conducting, switching, transforming, accumulating, regulating or controlling electricity, namely, strip tension dynamometers, strip flatness meters, thermometers, speedometers, pressure gauges, angle gauges, distance meters, roughness gauges, and electric and electronic controllers for machines in the nature of flatness controllers, roughness controllers, pressure controllers and tensioning controllers for influencing the properties of rolled steel; electronic control panels for rolling mills, electrical and magnetic detectors for monitoring the properties of rolled steel; frequency meters; calculating machines; data processors, and computers for use in operating and controlling operations of metallurgical plants and rolling mills; prerecorded magnetic data carriers featuring computer application software for controlling and regulating machines and machine tools for the metal industry; computers featuring programs for controlling rolling mills, furnace plants, continuous casting machines; computer programs for controlling and regulating machines for the metallurgical industry, machines for the steel industry, continuous casting machines, rolling machines, forging machines, pressing machines and machines for processing synthetic materials | ACTIVE | — |
| 011 | Apparatus for heating, steam generating, cooking, refrigerating, drying, ventilating, and water supply purposes, namely, furnaces for metallurgical plants, steel mills, continuous casting plants, and forging and pressing plants; industrial water recirculation cooling and heating systems for rolling, pressing, forging and casting installations, comprising furnaces, cooling towers, cooling fans, heat insulation, water roll coolers, strip preheaters, spray water cooling sections sprayers, and slab cooling wheels; oil and water treatment, cooling, and purifying systems for rolling, pressing, forging and casting installations in the metallurgical and steel mill industries, comprising separators for the cleaning and purification of liquids, water separators, water filters, coolant purifying devices, water neutralization plants, and washing brushing machines; apparatus for heating, namely, water heaters for industrial purposes, heat sinks for use in industrial heating apparatus, electric heating panels used for indoor heating purposes; electric heaters and furnaces for rolling stock, namely, for rolling metal products subject to rolling in a rolling mill, and for continuous casting plants; steam generators; refrigerated merchandise display cases; air cooling apparatus for use in the metallurgical and steel mill industries in the nature of devices for cooling the environment in an industrial setting; ventilating and drying fans for commercial and industrial use; ventilating louvers; cooling water circuit installations, namely, water cooling towers; air coolers for metallurgical plants, steel mills, continuous casting plants, rolling mills, and forging and pressing plants; smelting machines; industrial air filter machines for use with rolling, pressing, forging, and casting installations | ACTIVE | — |
| 035 | [ Advertising services; business management consultancy; business administration; providing office functions ] | SECTION 71 - CANCELLED | — |
| 037 | [ Installation and repair of industrial and machinery systems, namely, machines for the metallurgical industry, machines for the steel mill industry, continuous casting machines, rolling machines for the rolling of metals, forging machines, presses for metals, machines for the working and processing of plastics, machine tools, engines and motors, except engines for land vehicles, clutches and couplings and devices for power transfer, except for land vehicles ] | SECTION 71 - CANCELLED | — |
| 040 | [ Treatment of materials, namely, metal treating, rolling, forging, grinding, parts molding, swaging, tempering, casting, milling, planing, coating, cutting, turning, surface refining by abrasion, and plating of metals to the order and specification of others ] | SECTION 71 - CANCELLED | — |
| 042 | [ Scientific research in the field of the treatment, processing, and production of metals and plastics; technological consulting services in the field of the treatment, processing, and production of metals and plastics; design and development of computers and computer software for others; technical consultancy in relation to the operation of machines for the metallurgical industry, machines for the steel mill industry, continuous casting plants, rolling machines, forging machines, pressing machines, technical consultancy for the metallurgical industry regarding testing, analysis and evaluation of machinery for the steel mill industry, including continuous casting plants, rolling machines, forging machines, pressing machines ] | SECTION 71 - CANCELLED | — |
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Prosecution history
| Date | Code | Event | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2023 | INNP | PARTIAL INVALIDATION PROCESSED BY THE IB | — |
| Apr 13, 2023 | INPS | PARTIAL INVALIDATION OF REG EXT PROTECTION SENT TO IB | — |
| Apr 13, 2023 | INPC | INVALIDATION PROCESSED | — |
| Feb 20, 2023 | INPR | PARTIAL INVALIDATION OF REG EXT PROTECTION CREATED | — |
| Jun 20, 2022 | NA71 | NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 71 - E-MAILED | — |
| Jun 20, 2022 | 71.P | REGISTERED - PARTIAL SEC 71 ACCEPTED | — |
| May 31, 2022 | ES71 | TEAS SECTION 71 RECEIVED | — |
| Jul 21, 2021 | CHAN | APPLICANT/CORRESPONDENCE CHANGES (NON-RESPONSIVE) ENTERED | — |
| Jul 21, 2021 | TCCA | TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED | — |
| Jul 21, 2021 | ECDR | TEAS CHANGE OF DOMESTIC REPRESENTATIVES ADDRESS | — |
| Jul 21, 2021 | EWAF | TEAS WITHDRAWAL OF ATTORNEY RECEIVED-FIRM RETAINS | — |
| Jul 21, 2021 | ARAA | ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED | This event means the applicant filed a response to a USPTO Office Action — typically arguments, amendments, or evidence addressing the examiner's objections. The USPTO will review the response and either allow the mark to proceed or issue another action. |
| Jul 21, 2021 | REAP | TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED | — |
| Jul 21, 2021 | COAR | TEAS CHANGE OF OWNER ADDRESS RECEIVED | — |
| Feb 14, 2021 | REM4 | COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 71 (10-YR) E-MAILED | — |
| Feb 12, 2020 | LIMN | LIMITATION FROM THE IB EXAMINED, NO ACTION IS NEEDED | — |
| Oct 17, 2019 | RNWL | INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION RENEWED | — |
| Oct 4, 2019 | LIMG | LIMITATION OF GOODS RECEIVED FROM IB | — |
| Apr 5, 2019 | INNP | PARTIAL INVALIDATION PROCESSED BY THE IB | — |
| Oct 16, 2018 | INPS | PARTIAL INVALIDATION OF REG EXT PROTECTION SENT TO IB | — |
| Oct 16, 2018 | INPC | INVALIDATION PROCESSED | — |
| Oct 6, 2018 | INPR | PARTIAL INVALIDATION OF REG EXT PROTECTION CREATED | — |
| Feb 6, 2018 | NA75 | NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 71 & 15 - E-MAILED | — |
| Feb 6, 2018 | C75P | REGISTERED - PARTIAL SEC. 71 ACCEPTED & SEC. 15 ACK. | — |
| Feb 6, 2018 | APRE | CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL | — |
| Jan 15, 2018 | ES75 | TEAS SECTION 71 & 15 RECEIVED | — |
| Feb 14, 2017 | REM3 | COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 71 (6-YR) E-MAILED | — |
| Jul 22, 2012 | FINO | FINAL DECISION TRANSACTION PROCESSED BY IB | — |
| Jun 28, 2012 | FICS | FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE SENT TO IB | — |
| Jun 28, 2012 | FIMP | FINAL DISPOSITION PROCESSED | — |
| May 14, 2012 | FICR | FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB | — |
| Feb 14, 2012 | R.PR | REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER | Your trademark is registered on the Principal Register — the strongest form of federal trademark protection. You may use the ® symbol for the covered goods and services. Maintenance filings (Section 8 and renewals) are required to keep the registration alive. |
| Nov 29, 2011 | NPUB | OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED | — |
| Nov 29, 2011 | PUBO | PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION | Your mark was published in the USPTO Official Gazette for a 30-day opposition window. During that period, third parties who believe they would be harmed can file an opposition. If no opposition is filed, prosecution usually continues toward registration or a Notice of Allowance. |
| Nov 9, 2011 | NONP | NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED | — |
| Oct 22, 2011 | PREV | LAW OFFICE PUBLICATION REVIEW COMPLETED | — |
| Oct 19, 2011 | CNSA | APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER | — |
| Oct 19, 2011 | XAEC | EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT ENTERED | — |
| Oct 19, 2011 | GNEN | NOTIFICATION OF EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED | — |
| Oct 19, 2011 | GNEA | EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED | — |
| Oct 19, 2011 | CNEA | EXAMINERS AMENDMENT -WRITTEN | — |
| Sep 27, 2011 | TCCA | TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED | — |
| Sep 27, 2011 | TEME | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED | — |
| Sep 27, 2011 | CRFA | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE | — |
| Sep 27, 2011 | TROA | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED | This event means the applicant filed a response to a USPTO Office Action — typically arguments, amendments, or evidence addressing the examiner's objections. The USPTO will review the response and either allow the mark to proceed or issue another action. |
| May 25, 2011 | OPNX | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION - PROCESSED BY IB | — |
| May 4, 2011 | OPNS | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION SENT TO IB | — |
| May 4, 2011 | OPNR | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB | — |
| Mar 29, 2011 | CEPE | COMBINED EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT/PRIORITY ACTION ENTERED | — |
| Mar 28, 2011 | CEAP | EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT/PRIORITY ACTION MAILED | — |
| Mar 28, 2011 | CPEA | EXAMINERS AMENDMENT AND/OR PRIORITY ACTION - COMPLETED | — |
| Jan 18, 2011 | TCCA | TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED | — |
| Aug 6, 2010 | DMCC | DATA MODIFICATION COMPLETED | — |
| Jul 17, 2010 | ALIE | ASSIGNED TO LIE | — |
| Jul 6, 2010 | PAPER RECEIVED | — | |
| Jan 29, 2010 | RFNT | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY IB | — |
| Jan 5, 2010 | RFCS | NON-FINAL ACTION MAILED - REFUSAL SENT TO IB | — |
| Jan 5, 2010 | RFRR | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY MPU | — |
| Jan 1, 2010 | RFCR | NON-FINAL ACTION (IB REFUSAL) PREPARED FOR REVIEW | — |
| Dec 31, 2009 | CNRT | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN | A non-final Office Action means the USPTO examining attorney has raised at least one issue with your trademark application but has not made a final decision. You usually have three months to respond with arguments, amendments, or evidence. Missing the deadline can abandon the application. |
| Dec 28, 2009 | DOCK | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER | — |
| Dec 11, 2009 | MAFR | APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED | — |
| Dec 7, 2009 | NWOS | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED | — |
| Dec 4, 2009 | REPR | SN ASSIGNED FOR SECT 66A APPL FROM IB | — |