| Serial Number | 79419283 |
| Word Mark | BULDAK |
| Filing Date | Thursday, January 16, 2025 |
| Status | 661 - RESPONSE AFTER NON-FINAL ACTION - ENTERED |
| Status Date | Monday, September 1, 2025 |
| Registration Number | 0000000 |
| Registration Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Mark Drawing | 3 - Illustration: Drawing or design which also includes word(s) / letter(s) / number(s) |
| Published for Opposition Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Goods and Services | Instant noodles; instant noodles sold in a cup container; confectionery, namely, frozen confectionery, jelly confectionery, almond confectionery, chocolate confectionery, yogurt-covered nuts being confectionery, yogurt-covered fruit being confectionery, confectionery made of sugar, confectionery, namely, candy and chocolate, confectionery made of sugar substitutes, frozen confectionery containing ice cream, confectionery in the form of mousses; bread; seasonings; flour and preparations made from cereals, namely, cereal bars, cereal cookies, cereal based snack food, cereals prepared for human consumption, breakfast cereals, ready-to-eat cereals, granola, ravioli, macaroni, vermicelli, spaghetti, edible paper, oatmeal, cooked rice, cornflakes, tacos; processed cereals; cereal-based snack food; yeast; malt for food purposes for human consumption; natural sweeteners; rice cakes; salt; tea; coffee; beverages made of tea; ice; meat tenderizers for culinary purposes; sauces; food seasonings; spices; almond paste; cereal-based processed products, namely, cereal-based snacks, cereal-based snack bars, cereal-based energy bars, processed cereal-based food to be used as a breakfast food, snack food or ingredient for making other foods; noodles; noodle-based prepared meals; cooked dish consisting primarily of stir-fried rice cake with fermented hot pepper paste; mandu being Korean-style dumplings; instant rice; hot dog sandwiches; stir-fried rice; burritos; sandwiches; noodles with black soybean sauce; pasta; baking powder; candies; ice creams; chocolate; cookies; chewing gum; sugar; soy sauce; fermented hot pepper paste; soybean paste being seasoning. |
| Description of Mark | The mark consists of a cartoon chicken holding chopsticks and a bowl, and breathing fire. The chicken is white and outlined in black and grey. The chicken has blue and black hair with a red and yellow cock's comb on top outlined in black and grey, and grey and black hair on the back. The chicken has a yellow eye outlined in black and grey with a black eyebrow and black wrinkles. The chicken has an orange and light orange circle design on its cheek. The chicken has a yellow beak outlined in black. The chicken is breathing a yellow and red flame outlined in black. The chicken is wearing a red bikini with a skirt that is red and black and has yellow, blue and black underpants, and holding brown chopsticks outlined in black, and a black and yellow bowl with red and black contents. The chicken's legs are brown with black outline, one foot having a partial red sock outlined in black. |
| Indication of Colors claimed | The color(s) white, black, grey, blue, red, yellow, orange, light orange and brown is/are claimed as a feature of the mark. |
| Translation of Words in Mark | The English translation of BULDAK in the mark is FIRE CHICKEN. |
| 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, March 20, 2025 |
| Primary Code | 030 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Party Name | Samyang Foods Inc. |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 03 - Corporation |
| Address | KR |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Thursday, March 20, 2025 | SN ASSIGNED FOR SECT 66A APPL FROM IB |
| Friday, March 28, 2025 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED |
| Friday, March 28, 2025 | APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED |
| Wednesday, June 25, 2025 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Tuesday, July 8, 2025 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Wednesday, July 9, 2025 | NON-FINAL ACTION (IB REFUSAL) PREPARED FOR REVIEW |
| Saturday, August 16, 2025 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY MPU |
| Saturday, August 16, 2025 | NON-FINAL ACTION MAILED - REFUSAL SENT TO IB |
| Monday, September 1, 2025 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Monday, September 1, 2025 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Monday, September 1, 2025 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Wednesday, September 3, 2025 | ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED |
| Wednesday, September 3, 2025 | TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED |
| Wednesday, September 3, 2025 | TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED |
| Friday, September 5, 2025 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY IB |