| Serial Number | 88511595 |
| Word Mark | BLUE GROTTO |
| Filing Date | Friday, July 12, 2019 |
| Status | 606 - ABANDONED - NO STATEMENT OF USE FILED |
| Status Date | Monday, January 30, 2023 |
| Registration Number | 0000000 |
| Registration Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Mark Drawing | 3000 - Illustration: Drawing or design which also includes word(s) / letter(s) / number(s) |
| Published for Opposition Date | Tuesday, October 29, 2019 |
| Goods and Services | Noodles; Noodle-based prepared meals; Pasta; Pasta sauce; Frozen prepared pasta; Frozen, prepared, and packaged meals consisting primarily of pasta or rice; Lyophilised dishes with the main ingredient being pasta; Spaghetti; Macaroni; Ravioli; Japanese-style noodles, namely, udon, soba, cha soba, somen, yakisoba, and ramen noodles; Wheat flour; Flour for food; Processed cereals; Rice; Starch for food; Bread mixes, cake mixes, pancake mixes, cookie mixes, and pastry mixes; Mixes for bakery goods; Tempura batter mix; Batter mixes for karaage (Japanese-style fried chickens); Batter mixes for okonomiyaki (Japanese savoury pancakes); Batter mixes for takoyaki (Japanese savory pancake balls); Breadcrumbs (panko); Takoyaki (Japanese savory pancake balls filled with diced octopus); Okonomiyaki (Japanese savory pancakes); Frozen cooked au gratin entrees consisting primarily of pasta in cooking sauce; Flour-based dumplings; Dumpling skins; Spring rolls; Steamed buns stuffed with minced meat (niku-manjuh); Sushi; Sandwiches; Pre-packaged lunches consisting primarily of rice, and also including meat, fish or vegetables; Bakery products; Bread; Pastries; Cakes; Pizzas; Pancakes; Taiyaki (Japanese fish-shaped cakes with various fillings); Confectionery made of sugar; Cereal-based snack food; Food seasonings; Spices; Sauces; Sauce mixes; Tomato sauce; Mayonnaise; Dressings for salad; Curry spice mixes, curry powder, curry pastes, and curry sauce; Baking powder; Baking soda; Malt extract for food; Wheat germ for human consumption; Gluten additives for culinary purposes; Food leavening agents; Yeast; Food flavourings, other than essential oils; Fermented liquid flavourings, other than essential oils, for bread and pastries; Bread improvers being cereal based preparations; Meat tenderizers, for household purposes; Fermenting malted rice (koji); Chocolate-based fillings for cakes and pies; Custard-based fillings for cakes and pies; Custard; Natural sweeteners; Golden syrup; Dough; Edible ices; Ice cream; Sherbet; Dessert puddings; Ice cream mixes and sherbet mixes; Instant dessert puddings; Coffee; Cocoa; Tea; Matcha; Rice cakes; Cooked rice; Rice porridge (okayu); Pounded rice cakes with azuki bean jam toppings (zenzai) |
| Description of Mark | The mark consists of Japanese characters in white above scroll work in gold all above the words "BLUE GROTTO" in white on a rectangular blue background with a silver border with the blue in the rectangle fading from dark at the bottom to light at the top. |
| Goods and Services | Prepared meals and frozen prepared meals consisting primarily of meat, fish, poultry, seafood, tofu, vegetables, mushrooms, cheese and/or eggs; Prepared entrees and frozen pre-packaged entrees consisting primarily of meat; Prepared entrees and frozen pre-packaged entrees consisting primarily of seafood; Prepared and frozen prepared soy-based entrees; Prepared and frozen prepared vegetable-based entrees; Prepared meat; Processed seafood; Food products made from soya beans, namely, tofu, deep fried tofu (atsu-age), fried tofu pieces (abura-age), freeze-dried tofu pieces (kohri-dofu), fermented soybeans (natto), soy pulp (okara), and soya milk; Processed eggs; Tempura meat, seafood and vegetables; Potato salad; Salads except macaroni, rice, and pasta salad; Pre-cooked curry stew; Instant or pre-cooked stew; Soups; Preparations for making soup; Bouillon and bouillon concentrates; Preserved, frozen, dried and cooked fruits and vegetables; Raisins; Jellies, jams, compotes; Prepared nuts; Processed beans; Edible oils and fats; Milk products excluding ice cream, ice milk and frozen yogurt; Cream; Pastry fillings of meat; Pastry fillings of fish; Vegetable paste; Fruit-based filling for cakes and pies; Sweet red bean soups with pieces of mochi (oshiruko); Packaged ingredients consisting principally of soup concentrates with one or more of pre-cooked meat, fish, seafood, tofu, mushrooms and/or vegetables, for cooking Japanese rice bowl dishes (donnogu); Packaged ingredients consisting principally of soup concentrates with one or more of pre-cooked meat, fish, seafood, mushrooms and/or vegetables, to be cooked with rice (takikomi gohannomoto); Soup concentrates, soup cubes, and soup pastes for making Japanese-style hot pot dishes (nabenomoto) |
| Indication of Colors claimed | The color(s) blue, white, gold and silver is/are claimed as a feature of the mark. |
| Transliteration Statement | The non-Latin characters in the mark transliterate to "AONODOKUTSU" and this means "CAVE OF BLUE" in English. |
| International Class | 029 - Meat, fish, poultry and game; meat extracts; preserved, frozen, dried and cooked fruits and vegetables; jellies, jams, compotes; eggs, milk and milk products; edible oils and fats. |
| US Class Codes | 046 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Thursday, July 18, 2019 |
| Primary Code | 029 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 030 - Coffee, tea, cocoa, sugar, rice, tapioca, sago, artificial coffee; flour and preparations made from cereals, bread, pastry and confectionery, ices; honey, treacle; yeast, baking powder; salt, mustard; vinegar, sauces (condiments); spices; ice. |
| US Class Codes | 046 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Thursday, July 18, 2019 |
| Primary Code | 030 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Party Name | Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. |
| Party Type | 20 - Owner at Publication |
| Legal Entity Type | 03 - Corporation |
| Address | Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8441 JP |
| Party Name | Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 03 - Corporation |
| Address | Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8441 JP |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Monday, January 30, 2023 | ABANDONMENT NOTICE E-MAILED - NO USE STATEMENT FILED |
| Monday, January 30, 2023 | ABANDONMENT - NO USE STATEMENT FILED |
| Tuesday, October 11, 2022 | TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED |
| Tuesday, October 11, 2022 | TEAS CHANGE OF DOMESTIC REPRESENTATIVES ADDRESS |
| Tuesday, October 11, 2022 | ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED |
| Tuesday, October 11, 2022 | TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED |
| Tuesday, June 28, 2022 | NOTICE OF APPROVAL OF EXTENSION REQUEST E-MAILED |
| Monday, June 27, 2022 | SOU EXTENSION 5 GRANTED |
| Friday, June 17, 2022 | SOU EXTENSION 5 FILED |
| Monday, June 27, 2022 | CASE ASSIGNED TO INTENT TO USE PARALEGAL |
| Friday, June 17, 2022 | TEAS EXTENSION RECEIVED |
| Friday, December 17, 2021 | NOTICE OF APPROVAL OF EXTENSION REQUEST E-MAILED |
| Wednesday, December 15, 2021 | SOU EXTENSION 4 GRANTED |
| Wednesday, December 15, 2021 | SOU EXTENSION 4 FILED |
| Wednesday, December 15, 2021 | TEAS EXTENSION RECEIVED |
| Tuesday, June 8, 2021 | NOTICE OF APPROVAL OF EXTENSION REQUEST E-MAILED |
| Friday, June 4, 2021 | SOU EXTENSION 3 GRANTED |
| Friday, June 4, 2021 | SOU EXTENSION 3 FILED |
| Friday, June 4, 2021 | TEAS EXTENSION RECEIVED |
| Thursday, October 29, 2020 | NOTICE OF APPROVAL OF EXTENSION REQUEST E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, October 27, 2020 | SOU EXTENSION 2 GRANTED |
| Tuesday, October 27, 2020 | SOU EXTENSION 2 FILED |
| Tuesday, October 27, 2020 | TEAS EXTENSION RECEIVED |
| Wednesday, January 29, 2020 | NOTICE OF APPROVAL OF EXTENSION REQUEST E-MAILED |
| Monday, January 27, 2020 | SOU EXTENSION 1 GRANTED |
| Monday, January 27, 2020 | SOU EXTENSION 1 FILED |
| Monday, January 27, 2020 | TEAS EXTENSION RECEIVED |
| Tuesday, December 24, 2019 | NOA E-MAILED - SOU REQUIRED FROM APPLICANT |
| Tuesday, October 29, 2019 | OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, October 29, 2019 | PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION |
| Wednesday, October 9, 2019 | NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED |
| Saturday, September 21, 2019 | APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Saturday, September 21, 2019 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Friday, July 19, 2019 | NOTICE OF DESIGN SEARCH CODE E-MAILED |
| Thursday, July 18, 2019 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED |
| Tuesday, July 16, 2019 | NEW APPLICATION ENTERED |