USPTO serial 85389662
THE FORCE FOR FAMILIES
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- Filing date
- Status date
- Registration date
- Aug 21, 2012
- Examiner
- KLINE, MATTHEW
- Law office
- GENERIC WEB UPDATE
What this means
Status 800 means the registration was renewed after acceptable combined Section 8 and Section 9 filings. The mark remains registered for another 10-year term with active federal protection. Calendar the next Section 8 and 9 deadline in 10 years and maintain monitoring.
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Owner
Goods and services
| Class | Description | Status | First use |
|---|---|---|---|
| 041 | Education services in the form of providing elementary through 12th grade classroom instruction and training for children, teenagers, and young adults aging out of foster care, all with serious behavioral or mental health issues, in the fields of modifying behavior, learning self control, establishing life skills, developing and improving social skills, and preparing for careers; mentoring children, teenagers, and young adults with serious behavior or mental health issues in the fields of academic performance, establishing life skills, developing and improving social skills, modifying behavior, hobbies, building healthy relationships, and developing support systems; providing career counseling, life skills training, career planning in the nature of vocational guidance, and career training for teenagers, young adults, and medically fragile children, all as they age out of foster care | ACTIVE | — |
| 043 | child care; providing short and long term residential services to court ordered youths and teenagers; child welfare services, namely, providing residential homes and housing for at-risk children, at-risk youth, and/or medically fragile children in the nature of group homes; charitable services, namely, providing temporary shelter for runaway and homeless teens | ACTIVE | — |
| 044 | Psychological counseling for children and teenagers with serious behavioral or mental health issues; psychological counseling of parents and families in an effort to keep at-risk children and teenagers and/or medically fragile children in the home | ACTIVE | — |
| 045 | foster care; organizing and conducting support groups for children and teenagers with serious behavioral or mental health issues in the fields of modifying behavior, learning self control, developing and improving social skills, providing emotional support, and coping with mental health issues; organizing and conducting support group services for foster parents to help them deal with challenges related to caring for foster children and/or medically fragile children in the home in an effort to keep the children in the home; counseling in the field of developing, strengthening and sustaining well-balanced families and family relationships, namely, counseling of parents and families in the fields of social skills development and improvement, emotional support, behavioral modification, and coping with behavioral or mental health issues in an effort to keep the children in the home; counseling in the field of developing, strengthening and sustaining well-balanced families and family relationships, namely, providing emotional counseling and emotional support services in the fields of modifying behavior, learning self control, developing and improving social skills, providing emotional support, coping with mental health issues, and coping with health and medical issues and emotional counseling in the form of behavioral support services for troubled and at-risk youth and their birth and foster families in an effort to keep the youth and children in the home; adoption services, namely, adoption agencies, adoption counseling, and adoption placement | ACTIVE | — |
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Prosecution history
| Date | Code | Event | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2025 | TCCA | TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED | — |
| Aug 20, 2025 | 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. |
| Aug 20, 2025 | REAP | TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED | — |
| Aug 14, 2022 | NA89 | NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 9 - E-MAILED | — |
| Aug 13, 2022 | RNL1 | REGISTERED AND RENEWED (FIRST RENEWAL - 10 YRS) | The trademark registration was renewed for another 10-year term after acceptable maintenance filings. RNL1, RNL2, and RNL3 indicate which renewal cycle (first, second, or third 10-year term) was recorded. The registration remains active. |
| Aug 13, 2022 | 89AG | REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (10-YR) ACCEPTED/SEC. 9 GRANTED | The USPTO accepted your combined Section 8 declaration and Section 9 renewal application. The registration is renewed for another 10-year term. The next combined maintenance filing will be due at the following 10-year anniversary. |
| Aug 13, 2022 | APRE | CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL | — |
| Feb 23, 2022 | E89R | TEAS SECTION 8 & 9 RECEIVED | — |
| Aug 21, 2021 | REM2 | COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (10-YR)/SEC. 9 E-MAILED | — |
| Oct 13, 2018 | NA85 | NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 15 - E-MAILED | — |
| Oct 13, 2018 | C15A | REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (6-YR) ACCEPTED & SEC. 15 ACK. | — |
| Oct 13, 2018 | APRE | CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL | — |
| Oct 2, 2018 | E815 | TEAS SECTION 8 & 15 RECEIVED | — |
| Aug 21, 2017 | REM1 | COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (6-YR) E-MAILED | — |
| Aug 21, 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. |
| Jun 5, 2012 | NPUB | OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED | — |
| Jun 5, 2012 | 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. |
| May 16, 2012 | NONP | NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED | — |
| Apr 27, 2012 | PREV | LAW OFFICE PUBLICATION REVIEW COMPLETED | — |
| Apr 25, 2012 | ALIE | ASSIGNED TO LIE | — |
| Apr 6, 2012 | CNSA | APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER | — |
| Apr 6, 2012 | TEME | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED | — |
| Apr 6, 2012 | CRFA | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE | — |
| Apr 6, 2012 | 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. |
| Dec 1, 2011 | GNRN | NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED | 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 1, 2011 | GNRT | NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED | 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 1, 2011 | 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. |
| Nov 29, 2011 | DOCK | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER | — |
| Aug 10, 2011 | NWOS | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED | — |
| Aug 8, 2011 | NWAP | NEW APPLICATION ENTERED | — |