| Serial Number | 79180420 |
| Word Mark | BILSTEIN |
| Filing Date | Thursday, October 22, 2015 |
| Status | 706 - SECTION 71 ACCEPTED |
| Status Date | Friday, January 19, 2024 |
| Registration Number | 5234283 |
| Registration Date | Tuesday, July 4, 2017 |
| Mark Drawing | 3000 - Illustration: Drawing or design which also includes word(s) / letter(s) / number(s) |
| Published for Opposition Date | Tuesday, April 18, 2017 |
| Description of Mark | The mark consists of the word "BILSTEIN" in white within a blue rectangular background. To the right of the rectangle is a yellow circle outlined in black with a design of a cutaway of a shock absorber in black and white. |
| Goods and Services | Shock absorber plungers or pistons; shock absorbers for machines and for industrial applications like buildings and bridges, adjustable shock absorbers, electronic shock absorbers |
| Goods and Services | Buffers of rubber, in particular in the form of individual parts and attachments for vibration dampers and suspension struts, namely rubber wheel chocks, elastomeric bearings, rubber bearing inserts, cuffs, for wheel suspensions of motor vehicles |
| Indication of Colors claimed | The color(s) black, white, blue and yellow is/are claimed as a feature of the mark. |
| Goods and Services | Parts for motor vehicles and motorsports vehicles, namely automobile wheel suspensions, automotive suspension springs and stabilizers, suspension stabilizer brackets, suspension damping systems, air suspension valves, suspension valve shims and blocks, valve caps, valve inlets, valve seatings, steering dampers and stabilizers, steering stabilizer shocks, [ steering racks, ] steering knuckles, air suspension systems, air compressors, coilover suspensions and coilover suspension dampers, height adjustable chassis and landing gears, damper tubes, springs and spring plates, gas pressured springs, leaf springs, overload springs, spring cabs, spring isolators, spring seats, pistons, dividing pistons, piston rods, piston seals, [ linking rods, ] dust boots and dust covers, bump stops, oil, air and gas reservoirs and reservoir tubes, head bearings, suspension adjustment assemblies, [ adjustment discs for brakes, adjustment knobs for brakes, ] adjustment rings, adjustment screws, [ adjustment wheels and adjustment wheel housings; ] hydraulic units for motor vehicles in the form of shock absorbing and/or stabilising elements for chassis and chassis superstructures of motor vehicles and armoured vehicles; vibration dampers for wheel suspensions of motor vehicles, and structural parts therefor; suspension struts; suspension struts for vehicles, in particular air suspension struts; combined spring/damper modules for wheel suspensions for vehicles; Macpherson suspension struts for land vehicles; suspension struts with steel springs or air springs or air spring modules for wheel suspensions of motor vehicles, and structural parts therefor; gas filled shock absorbers, adjustable and non-adjustable hydraulic shock absorbers, mono-tube gas pressure shock absorbers, twin-tube hydraulic and gas pressure shock absorbers, adjustable and non-adjustable gas-lift shock absorbers, hydro-pneumatic shock absorbers for motor vehicles; support bearings for motor vehicle vibration dampers; springs for wheel suspensions of motor vehicles, in particular helical compression springs, air springs, air spring modules, single air springs |
| International Class | 007 - Machines and machine tools; motors and engines (except for land vehicles); machine coupling and transmission components (except for land vehicles); agricultural implements other than hand-operated; incubators for eggs. |
| US Class Codes | 013, 019, 021, 023, 031, 034, 035 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Monday, January 11, 2016 |
| Primary Code | 007 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 012 - Vehicles; apparatus for locomotion by land, air, or water. |
| US Class Codes | 021, 031, 019, 023, 044, 035 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Monday, January 11, 2016 |
| Primary Code | 012 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 017 - Rubber, gutta-percha, gum, asbestos, mica and goods made from these materials and not included in other classes; plastics in extruded form for use in manufacture; packing, stopping and insulating materials; flexible pipes, not of metal. |
| US Class Codes | 001, 005, 012, 013, 035, 050 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Monday, January 11, 2016 |
| Primary Code | 017 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Party Name | ThyssenKrupp AG |
| Party Type | 30 - Original Registrant |
| Legal Entity Type | 99 - Other |
| Address | DE |
| Party Name | ThyssenKrupp Bilstein GmbH |
| Party Type | 30 - Original Registrant |
| Legal Entity Type | 99 - Other |
| Address | DE |
| Party Name | ThyssenKrupp AG |
| Party Type | 20 - Owner at Publication |
| Legal Entity Type | 99 - Other |
| Address | DE |
| Party Name | ThyssenKrupp Bilstein GmbH |
| Party Type | 20 - Owner at Publication |
| Legal Entity Type | 99 - Other |
| Address | DE |
| Party Name | ThyssenKrupp AG |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 99 - Other |
| Address | DE |
| Party Name | ThyssenKrupp Bilstein GmbH |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 99 - Other |
| Address | DE |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Friday, January 19, 2024 | NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 71 - E-MAILED |
| Friday, January 19, 2024 | REGISTERED-SEC.71 ACCEPTED |
| Tuesday, January 16, 2024 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION-POST REG RECEIVED |
| Monday, January 15, 2024 | PROOF OF USE INTERIM ACTION ISSUED |
| Friday, January 5, 2024 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION-POST REG RECEIVED |
| Wednesday, July 5, 2023 | OFFICE ACTION ISSUED POU1 |
| Tuesday, July 4, 2023 | CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL |
| Wednesday, June 28, 2023 | TEAS SECTION 71 RECEIVED |
| Monday, July 4, 2022 | COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 71 (6-YR) E-MAILED |
| Friday, November 10, 2017 | FINAL DECISION TRANSACTION PROCESSED BY IB |
| Tuesday, October 10, 2017 | GENERIC MADRID TRANSACTION SENT TO IB |
| Tuesday, October 10, 2017 | GENERIC MADRID TRANSACTION CREATED |
| Wednesday, October 4, 2017 | FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB |
| Tuesday, July 4, 2017 | REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Friday, June 23, 2017 | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION - PROCESSED BY IB |
| Wednesday, June 7, 2017 | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION SENT TO IB |
| Wednesday, June 7, 2017 | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB |
| Tuesday, April 18, 2017 | OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, April 18, 2017 | PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION |
| Saturday, April 15, 2017 | NOTIFICATION PROCESSED BY IB |
| Wednesday, March 29, 2017 | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION SENT TO IB |
| Wednesday, March 29, 2017 | NOTICE OF START OF OPPOSITION PERIOD CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB |
| Wednesday, March 29, 2017 | NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED |
| Wednesday, March 8, 2017 | APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Wednesday, March 8, 2017 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Wednesday, March 8, 2017 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Wednesday, March 8, 2017 | TEAS REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION RECEIVED |
| Thursday, September 8, 2016 | NOTIFICATION OF FINAL REFUSAL EMAILED |
| Thursday, September 8, 2016 | FINAL REFUSAL E-MAILED |
| Thursday, September 8, 2016 | FINAL REFUSAL WRITTEN |
| Thursday, August 18, 2016 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Monday, August 15, 2016 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Monday, August 15, 2016 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Monday, August 15, 2016 | ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED |
| Monday, August 15, 2016 | TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED |
| Friday, March 4, 2016 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY IB |
| Tuesday, February 16, 2016 | NON-FINAL ACTION MAILED - REFUSAL SENT TO IB |
| Tuesday, February 16, 2016 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY MPU |
| Tuesday, February 16, 2016 | NON-FINAL ACTION (IB REFUSAL) PREPARED FOR REVIEW |
| Monday, February 15, 2016 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Saturday, February 13, 2016 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Friday, January 15, 2016 | APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED |
| Monday, January 11, 2016 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED |
| Thursday, January 7, 2016 | SN ASSIGNED FOR SECT 66A APPL FROM IB |