Drawing for SKYBALL

USPTO serial 99241192

SKYBALL

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Status 645Office Action
Filing date
Status date
Registration date
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Examiner
SOUDERS, MICHAEL J
Law office
TMO LAW OFFICE 115

What this means

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Status 645: Status 645 means the USPTO mailed a final refusal maintaining at least one objection to your application. You can respond, appeal to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, or allow the application to abandon.

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Owner

Attorney of record

The USPTO lists this attorney as the applicant's representative for correspondence on this application.

Michael J. Bradford

Michael J. Bradford Luedeka Neely, P.C.900 S Gay St Ste 1504Knoxville, TN 37902United States

Goods and services

ClassDescriptionStatusFirst use
028Bags specially adapted for sports equipment; Outdoor activity game equipment sold as a unit comprising rackets and a net for playing games; Tennis rackets; Tennis nets; Nets for sports; Equipment sold as a unit for playing a racket and ball sport played on pickleball-type courts; Handle grips for sporting equipment; Rackets for a racket and ball sport played on pickleball-type courts; none of the foregoing for water-based sportsACTIVEJan 7, 2025
041Entertainment services in the nature of professional athletes competing in a racket and ball sport played on pickleball-type courts and other sports; Providing collegiate athletic and sporting events; Providing a web site featuring the ratings, reviews and recommendations of users on events and activities in the field of entertainment and education; Organizing, arranging and conducting events including a racket and ball sport played on pickleball-type courts, the proceeds of which are donated to charity; Providing news in the nature of current event reporting relating to racket sports via the Internet; Organizing events in the field of racket sports for cultural or educational purposes; On-line admission ticket agency services for entertainment, educational, sporting and cultural events; Providing information relating to educational and entertainment activities and events for children; Providing information relating to sports and sporting events; Rental of indoor recreational facilities for playing sports, sports training, and group recreation events; Organizing, arranging, and conducting racket sport events; Organizing sporting events, namely, racket sport events; Organizing and conducting college sport competitions and athletic events; Providing various facilities for an array of sporting events, sports and athletic competitions and awards programmes; Organization of entertainment events in the nature of racket sports; Arranging and conducting of sports events; Event management services being organizing and conducting sporting events in the field of racket sports; Providing training for certification in the field of racket sports; Providing educational examination for certification in the field of racket sports; Educational services, namely, providing training of racket sports for certification in the field of racket sport events and/or officiating; Membership club services, namely, providing training to members in the field of tournament management; Arranging and conducting of training seminars in the field of racket sports; Providing after school educational programs for children in grades K-12; Providing after school educational programs in the field of racket sports and play facilities for children; Entertainment services, namely, organizing and conducting an array of athletic events rendered live and recorded for the purpose of distribution through broadcast media; Fan clubs; Entertainment services in the nature of fantasy racket sports leagues; Entertainment services in the nature of fantasy racket sports contests; Officiating at racket sports competitions and games; none of the foregoing for water-based sportsACTIVE—

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Prosecution history

DateCodeEventWhat it means
Oct 13, 2026GNFNNOTIFICATION OF FINAL REFUSAL EMAILED—
Oct 13, 2026GNFRFINAL REFUSAL E-MAILEDA final Office Action (final refusal) means the examining attorney is maintaining at least one refusal and your options are narrower. You can file a response addressing the refusal, appeal to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, or let the application abandon.
Oct 13, 2026CNFRFINAL REFUSAL WRITTENA final Office Action (final refusal) means the examining attorney is maintaining at least one refusal and your options are narrower. You can file a response addressing the refusal, appeal to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, or let the application abandon.
Sep 11, 2026TEMETEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED—
Sep 11, 2026CRFACORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE—
Sep 11, 2026TROATEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVEDThis 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 2, 2026GNRNNOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILEDA 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.
Jul 2, 2026GNRTNON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILEDA 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.
Jul 2, 2026CNRTNON-FINAL ACTION WRITTENA 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.
Jun 2, 2026TEMETEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED—
Jun 2, 2026CRFACORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE—
Jun 2, 2026ERSITEAS RESPONSE TO SUSPENSION INQUIRY RECEIVED—
Feb 23, 2026GNS3NOTIFICATION OF LETTER OF SUSPENSION E-MAILED—
Feb 23, 2026GNSLLETTER OF SUSPENSION E-MAILED—
Feb 23, 2026CNSLSUSPENSION LETTER WRITTEN—
Jan 26, 2026TEMETEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED—
Jan 26, 2026CRFACORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE—
Jan 26, 2026TROATEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVEDThis 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.
Jan 21, 2026TCCATEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED—
Jan 21, 2026ARAAATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTEDThis 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.
Jan 21, 2026REAPTEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED—
Nov 7, 2025GNRNNOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILEDA 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 7, 2025GNRTNON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILEDA 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 7, 2025CNRTNON-FINAL ACTION WRITTENA 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 6, 2025DOCKASSIGNED TO EXAMINER—
Oct 26, 2025NWOSNEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED—
Jun 18, 2025MAFRAPPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED—
Jun 18, 2025NWAPNEW APPLICATION ENTERED—

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