BETTER METAL Trademark

Trademark Overview


On Thursday, April 15, 2010, a trademark application was filed for BETTER METAL with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The USPTO has given the BETTER METAL trademark a serial number of 85014738. The federal status of this trademark filing is CANCELLED - SECTION 8 as of Friday, February 4, 2022. This trademark is owned by Better Metal, LLC. The BETTER METAL trademark is filed in the Metal Products, Computer & Software Products & Electrical & Scientific Products, Advertising, and Business and Retail Services categories with the following description:

Antenna mounts; Grounding kits for protecting coaxial cables comprising ground wire in the nature of electrical wires, weatherproofing tape and metal hardware; Safety helmets; Fall protection equipment for fall restraint and fall arrest in the nature of harnesses, lanyards, retracting lifelines, safety rope and safety rope and cable grabs; Metal connectors in the nature of splices for electrical transmission lines to secure ground wire to ground bus bars or connect similar gauge wire end to end; surge protectors; Metal cable trays used to form a rigid structural system specially adapted for securely fastening and supporting electrical cables and raceways

Metal cable ladder parts, namely, pre-punched angle rail and channel rung ladder sections for the purpose of supporting coaxial cables; metal brackets for use in supporting coaxial cables and for stabilizing antenna mounts; metal clamps for adapting coax hangers to angle members, for use in standing cable hangers away from round structures and for use in attaching pipes; Metal connectors in the nature of ground lugs used to secure ground wire to ground bus bars or connect similar gauge wire end to end; Metal hardware and metal hangers, namely, snap-in hangers, butterfly hangers, clip hangers, block hangers, threaded rod, washers, bolts, hex nuts, angle adapters, clamps, hoisting grips and ice bridge kits comprising metal ice bridges, burial posts and trapezes, all for the purpose of supporting coaxial cable; Metal equipment racks for supporting power and telecommunications boxes at the base of structures; Exothermic welding apparatus comprised primarily of weld metal in the nature of w...

Wholesale distributorships featuring site infrastructure products for the communications industry in the nature of metal hardware, communication tower and antenna mounting products, cable ladder, ice bridge, grounding products, weather proofing products, coaxial cable accessories and exothermic welding apparatus
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General Information


Serial Number85014738
Word MarkBETTER METAL
Filing DateThursday, April 15, 2010
Status710 - CANCELLED - SECTION 8
Status DateFriday, February 4, 2022
Registration Number4004710
Registration DateTuesday, August 2, 2011
Mark Drawing4000 - Illustration: Drawing with word(s) / letter(s) / number(s) in Block form
Published for Opposition DateTuesday, May 17, 2011

Trademark Statements


Goods and ServicesAntenna mounts; Grounding kits for protecting coaxial cables comprising ground wire in the nature of electrical wires, weatherproofing tape and metal hardware; Safety helmets; Fall protection equipment for fall restraint and fall arrest in the nature of harnesses, lanyards, retracting lifelines, safety rope and safety rope and cable grabs; Metal connectors in the nature of splices for electrical transmission lines to secure ground wire to ground bus bars or connect similar gauge wire end to end; surge protectors; Metal cable trays used to form a rigid structural system specially adapted for securely fastening and supporting electrical cables and raceways
Goods and ServicesMetal cable ladder parts, namely, pre-punched angle rail and channel rung ladder sections for the purpose of supporting coaxial cables; metal brackets for use in supporting coaxial cables and for stabilizing antenna mounts; metal clamps for adapting coax hangers to angle members, for use in standing cable hangers away from round structures and for use in attaching pipes; Metal connectors in the nature of ground lugs used to secure ground wire to ground bus bars or connect similar gauge wire end to end; Metal hardware and metal hangers, namely, snap-in hangers, butterfly hangers, clip hangers, block hangers, threaded rod, washers, bolts, hex nuts, angle adapters, clamps, hoisting grips and ice bridge kits comprising metal ice bridges, burial posts and trapezes, all for the purpose of supporting coaxial cable; Metal equipment racks for supporting power and telecommunications boxes at the base of structures; Exothermic welding apparatus comprised primarily of weld metal in the nature of weld metal shots and weld metal discs and also comprised of flint ignitors, electronic ignitors, metal mold fasteners, namely, mechanical handle clamps to physically secure graphite molds during the exothermic welding process, metal mountings and metal clamps, non-metal welding molds, all sold as a unit for use in welding applications which employ exothermic energy
Goods and ServicesWholesale distributorships featuring site infrastructure products for the communications industry in the nature of metal hardware, communication tower and antenna mounting products, cable ladder, ice bridge, grounding products, weather proofing products, coaxial cable accessories and exothermic welding apparatus

Classification Information


International Class006 - Common metals and their alloys; metal building materials; transportable buildings of metal; materials of metal for railway tracks; nonelectric cables and wires of common metal; ironmongery, small items of metal hardware; pipes and tubes of metal; safes; goods of common metal not included in other classes; ores.
US Class Codes002, 012, 013, 014, 023, 025, 050
Class Status Code2 - Sec. 8 - Entire Registration
Class Status DateFriday, February 4, 2022
Primary Code006
First Use Anywhere DateSaturday, August 31, 2002
First Use In Commerce DateSaturday, August 31, 2002

International Class009 - Scientific, nautical, surveying, photographic, cinematographic, optical, weighing, measuring, signalling, checking (supervision), life-saving and teaching apparatus and instruments; apparatus and instruments for conducting, switching, transforming, accumulating, regulating or controlling electricity; apparatus for recording, transmission or reproduction of sound or images; magnetic data carriers, recording discs; automatic vending machines and mechanisms for coin operated apparatus; cash registers, calculating machines, data processing equipment and computers; fire extinguishing apparatus.
US Class Codes021, 023, 026, 036, 038
Class Status Code2 - Sec. 8 - Entire Registration
Class Status DateFriday, February 4, 2022
Primary Code009
First Use Anywhere DateSaturday, August 31, 2002
First Use In Commerce DateSaturday, August 31, 2002

International Class035 - Advertising; business management; business administration; office functions.
US Class Codes100, 101, 102
Class Status Code2 - Sec. 8 - Entire Registration
Class Status DateFriday, February 4, 2022
Primary Code035
First Use Anywhere DateSaturday, August 31, 2002
First Use In Commerce DateSaturday, August 31, 2002

Trademark Owner History


Party NameBetter Metal, LLC
Party Type30 - Original Registrant
Legal Entity Type16 - Limited Liability Company
AddressMurfreesboro, TN 37129

Party NameBetter Metal, LLC
Party Type20 - Owner at Publication
Legal Entity Type16 - Limited Liability Company
AddressLa Vergne, TN 37086

Party NameBetter Metal, LLC
Party Type10 - Original Applicant
Legal Entity Type16 - Limited Liability Company
AddressLa Vergne, TN 37086

Trademark Events


Event DateEvent Description
Friday, February 4, 2022CANCELLED SEC. 8 (10-YR)/EXPIRED SECTION 9
Sunday, August 2, 2020COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (10-YR)/SEC. 9 E-MAILED
Wednesday, August 9, 2017NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 15 - E-MAILED
Wednesday, August 9, 2017REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (6-YR) ACCEPTED & SEC. 15 ACK.
Tuesday, August 8, 2017CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
Tuesday, June 27, 2017TEAS SECTION 8 & 15 RECEIVED
Tuesday, August 2, 2011REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER
Tuesday, May 17, 2011OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED
Tuesday, May 17, 2011PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION
Wednesday, April 13, 2011LAW OFFICE PUBLICATION REVIEW COMPLETED
Wednesday, April 13, 2011APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER
Wednesday, April 13, 2011EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT ENTERED
Wednesday, April 13, 2011NOTIFICATION OF EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED
Wednesday, April 13, 2011EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED
Wednesday, April 13, 2011EXAMINERS AMENDMENT -WRITTEN
Tuesday, April 12, 2011PREVIOUS ALLOWANCE COUNT WITHDRAWN
Friday, March 25, 2011WITHDRAWN FROM PUB - OG REVIEW QUERY
Friday, March 11, 2011LAW OFFICE PUBLICATION REVIEW COMPLETED
Thursday, March 10, 2011ASSIGNED TO LIE
Wednesday, February 16, 2011APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER
Wednesday, February 16, 2011EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT ENTERED
Wednesday, February 16, 2011NOTIFICATION OF EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED
Wednesday, February 16, 2011EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED
Wednesday, February 16, 2011EXAMINERS AMENDMENT -WRITTEN
Thursday, January 6, 2011NOTIFICATION OF FINAL REFUSAL EMAILED
Thursday, January 6, 2011FINAL REFUSAL E-MAILED
Thursday, January 6, 2011FINAL REFUSAL WRITTEN
Thursday, December 16, 2010TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED
Thursday, December 16, 2010CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE
Thursday, December 16, 2010TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED
Saturday, July 24, 2010NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED
Saturday, July 24, 2010NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED
Saturday, July 24, 2010NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN
Thursday, July 22, 2010ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER
Wednesday, April 21, 2010NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED IN TRAM
Monday, April 19, 2010NEW APPLICATION ENTERED IN TRAM