CAT Trademark

Trademark Overview


On Tuesday, December 13, 2022, a trademark application was filed for CAT with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The USPTO has given the CAT trademark a serial number of 97716132. The federal status of this trademark filing is PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION as of Tuesday, September 23, 2025. This trademark is owned by Caterpillar Inc.. The CAT trademark is filed in the Machinery Products, Computer & Software Products & Electrical & Scientific Products, Environmental Control Instrument Products, Vehicles & Locomotive Products, Construction & Repair Services, and Transportation & Storage Services categories with the following description:

Protective and safety equipment, namely, eyewear, security cameras, safety cameras, fire extinguishers, safety traffic cones, apparel, namely, balaclavas for protection against accident or injury, reflective safety vests, clothing for protection against accidents and fire, protective industrial face masks, headwear in the nature of safety helmets, reflective apparel for the prevention of accidents, safety harnesses, other than for vehicles or sports purposes; downloadable and recorded computer software for testing, monitoring, and operating vehicles, engines, equipment, machines, machine tools, and parts therefor, for use in agriculture, compaction, construction, demolition, earth conditioning, earth contouring, earth moving, forestry, landscaping, lifting, marine propulsion, material handling, mining, mulching, oil and gas distribution, oil and gas exploration, oil and gas production, paving, pipelaying, power generation, road building and repair, site preparation and remediation, tun...

Machines and electrically operated machines, for use in agriculture, compaction, construction, government and defense, demolition, earth conditioning, earth contouring, earth moving, forestry, landscaping, lifting, marine propulsion, material handling, material scrapping, mining, mulching, oil and gas distribution, oil and gas exploration and oil and gas production, namely, asphalt pavers, backhoe loaders, cold planers, compactors, dozers, draglines, drills, electric rope shovels, excavators, forest machines in the nature of timber harvesting machinery, hydraulic mining shovels, material handlers, motor graders, pipelayers, road reclaimers, skid steer loaders, compact track loaders, telehandlers, track loaders, underground mining loaders, wheel loaders, wheel tractor-scrapers, and parts for all the aforesaid goods; machines and electrically operated machines, for use in quarrying, paving, pipelaying, power generation, road building and repair, site preparation and remediation, transpor...

Rental of equipment, namely, machines, and machine tools for use in oil and gas distribution

Repair, installation, servicing, and maintenance of vehicles, engines, equipment and machines for use in agriculture, compaction, construction, government and defense, demolition, earth conditioning, earth contouring, earth moving, forestry, landscaping, lifting, marine propulsion, material handling, material scrapping, mining, mulching, oil and gas distribution, oil and gas exploration and oil and gas production; repair, installation, servicing, and maintenance of vehicles, engines, equipment and machines for use in quarrying, paving, pipelaying, power generation, road building and repair, site preparation and remediation, transportation, vegetation management, waste management, air and space exploration; machinery installation; rental of earth compaction machines and machine tools; rental of construction machines and machine tools; rental of machines and machine tools for demolition of buildings, bridges, and roads; rental of earth conditioning machines and machine tools; rental of e...

Land vehicles; electric vehicles, namely, trucks, off-highway trucks, articulated trucks, underground mining trucks, electric fork-lift trucks; engines for land vehicles; trucks; fork-lift trucks; dump trucks; tractors; structural parts and structural fittings for all the aforesaid goods

Work lights, namely, portable utility lights
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General Information


Serial Number97716132
Word MarkCAT
Filing DateTuesday, December 13, 2022
Status686 - PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION
Status DateTuesday, September 23, 2025
Registration Number0000000
Registration DateNOT AVAILABLE
Mark Drawing3 - Illustration: Drawing or design which also includes word(s) / letter(s) / number(s)
Published for Opposition DateTuesday, September 23, 2025

Trademark Statements


Description of MarkThe mark consists of the word "CAT" in white letters on a black background, with a yellow triangle below the letter "A", and a partial, black hexagon design outlined in blue on the left side of the word "CAT".
Goods and ServicesProtective and safety equipment, namely, eyewear, security cameras, safety cameras, fire extinguishers, safety traffic cones, apparel, namely, balaclavas for protection against accident or injury, reflective safety vests, clothing for protection against accidents and fire, protective industrial face masks, headwear in the nature of safety helmets, reflective apparel for the prevention of accidents, safety harnesses, other than for vehicles or sports purposes; downloadable and recorded computer software for testing, monitoring, and operating vehicles, engines, equipment, machines, machine tools, and parts therefor, for use in agriculture, compaction, construction, demolition, earth conditioning, earth contouring, earth moving, forestry, landscaping, lifting, marine propulsion, material handling, mining, mulching, oil and gas distribution, oil and gas exploration, oil and gas production, paving, pipelaying, power generation, road building and repair, site preparation and remediation, tunnel boring, and vegetation management; downloadable and recorded computer software for database management, statistical analysis, data analysis, predictive analysis, remote monitoring of machinery, and job site office management and planning; electric wires, electric wire harnesses for machines and land vehicles; air fuel/ratio gauges, water temperature gauges, exhaust gas temperature gauges, fuel gauges, pressure gauges, and level gauges; electrical switches; electronic displays, namely, electric luminescent display panels; electrical connectors, electric terminals, and controllers; circuit breakers; fuses; leveling rods; power inverters; electrical parts and fittings for land vehicles, machinery, and equipment, namely, amplifiers for wireless communications, antennas, and batteries; electric relays; radios; antennas; electric cables; electric converters; audio speakers; protective glasses; eyeglasses; sunglasses; mobile phones and tablet computers; solar panels for the production of electricity; batteries for construction, forestry and mining equipment; battery chargers; chargers for electric batteries; electrical cells; photovoltaic cells; battery charging equipment, namely, battery chargers for use with machines and vehicle batteries; charging stations for electric vehicles
Goods and ServicesMachines and electrically operated machines, for use in agriculture, compaction, construction, government and defense, demolition, earth conditioning, earth contouring, earth moving, forestry, landscaping, lifting, marine propulsion, material handling, material scrapping, mining, mulching, oil and gas distribution, oil and gas exploration and oil and gas production, namely, asphalt pavers, backhoe loaders, cold planers, compactors, dozers, draglines, drills, electric rope shovels, excavators, forest machines in the nature of timber harvesting machinery, hydraulic mining shovels, material handlers, motor graders, pipelayers, road reclaimers, skid steer loaders, compact track loaders, telehandlers, track loaders, underground mining loaders, wheel loaders, wheel tractor-scrapers, and parts for all the aforesaid goods; machines and electrically operated machines, for use in quarrying, paving, pipelaying, power generation, road building and repair, site preparation and remediation, transportation, vegetation management, waste management, air and space exploration, namely, asphalt pavers, backhoe loaders, cold planers, compactors, dozers, draglines, drills, electric rope shovels, excavators, forest machines in the nature of timber harvesting machinery, hydraulic mining shovels, material handlers, motor graders, pipelayers, road reclaimers, skid steer loaders, compact track loaders, telehandlers, track loaders, underground mining loaders, wheel loaders, wheel tractor-scrapers, and parts for all the aforesaid goods; machine tools, power operated tools, namely, drills, hammer drills, hammer drivers, impact drills, impact drivers, multitools, saws, grinders, polishers, sanders; motors and engines and electrically operated motors and engines, except for land vehicles; machine coupling and transmission components, except for land vehicles; electricity generators; alternators; electric construction machines, namely, earth excavators, compact wheel loaders, and wheel loaders, and parts for all the aforesaid goods
Goods and ServicesRental of equipment, namely, machines, and machine tools for use in oil and gas distribution
Goods and ServicesRepair, installation, servicing, and maintenance of vehicles, engines, equipment and machines for use in agriculture, compaction, construction, government and defense, demolition, earth conditioning, earth contouring, earth moving, forestry, landscaping, lifting, marine propulsion, material handling, material scrapping, mining, mulching, oil and gas distribution, oil and gas exploration and oil and gas production; repair, installation, servicing, and maintenance of vehicles, engines, equipment and machines for use in quarrying, paving, pipelaying, power generation, road building and repair, site preparation and remediation, transportation, vegetation management, waste management, air and space exploration; machinery installation; rental of earth compaction machines and machine tools; rental of construction machines and machine tools; rental of machines and machine tools for demolition of buildings, bridges, and roads; rental of earth conditioning machines and machine tools; rental of earth contouring machines and machine tools; rental of earth moving machines and machine tools; rental of landscaping machines and machine tools; rental of lifting machines and machine tools for use in construction; rental of marine propulsion equipment, namely, marine engines and motors; rental of material handling machines and machine tools in the nature of excavators and excavators with grapples; rental of mining machines and machine tools for mining metals and minerals; rental of construction and building equipment, namely, machines and machine tools for use in quarrying, paving, pipelaying, road building and repair, and construction site preparation and remediation; remanufacture of vehicles to the order and/or specification of others; vehicle battery charging; charging of electric vehicles; charging of batteries and power storage devices for land vehicles, and rental of equipment therefor
Indication of Colors claimedThe color(s) blue, black, white, and yellow is/are claimed as a feature of the mark.
Goods and ServicesLand vehicles; electric vehicles, namely, trucks, off-highway trucks, articulated trucks, underground mining trucks, electric fork-lift trucks; engines for land vehicles; trucks; fork-lift trucks; dump trucks; tractors; structural parts and structural fittings for all the aforesaid goods
Goods and ServicesWork lights, namely, portable utility lights

Classification Information


International Class007 - 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 Codes013, 019, 021, 023, 024, 031, 034, 035
Class Status Code6 - Active
Class Status DateTuesday, January 10, 2023
Primary Code007
First Use Anywhere DateNOT AVAILABLE
First Use In Commerce DateNOT AVAILABLE

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 Code6 - Active
Class Status DateMonday, July 21, 2025
Primary Code009
First Use Anywhere DateNOT AVAILABLE
First Use In Commerce DateNOT AVAILABLE

International Class011 - Apparatus for lighting, heating, steam generating, cooking, refrigerating, drying, ventilating, water supply, and sanitary purposes.
US Class Codes013, 021, 023, 024, 031, 034
Class Status Code6 - Active
Class Status DateThursday, December 26, 2024
Primary Code011
First Use Anywhere DateNOT AVAILABLE
First Use In Commerce DateNOT AVAILABLE

International Class012 - Vehicles; apparatus for locomotion by land, air, or water.
US Class Codes019, 021, 023, 031, 035, 044
Class Status Code6 - Active
Class Status DateTuesday, January 10, 2023
Primary Code012
First Use Anywhere DateNOT AVAILABLE
First Use In Commerce DateNOT AVAILABLE

International Class037 - Building construction; repair; installation services.
US Class Codes100, 103, 106
Class Status Code6 - Active
Class Status DateMonday, July 21, 2025
Primary Code037
First Use Anywhere DateNOT AVAILABLE
First Use In Commerce DateNOT AVAILABLE

International Class039 - Transport; packaging and storage of goods; travel arrangement.
US Class Codes100, 105
Class Status Code6 - Active
Class Status DateMonday, July 21, 2025
Primary Code039
First Use Anywhere DateNOT AVAILABLE
First Use In Commerce DateNOT AVAILABLE

Trademark Owner History


Party NameCaterpillar Inc.
Party Type20 - Owner at Publication
Legal Entity Type03 - Corporation
AddressPeoria, IL 61629

Party NameCaterpillar Inc.
Party Type10 - Original Applicant
Legal Entity Type03 - Corporation
AddressPeoria, IL 61629

Trademark Events


Event DateEvent Description
Friday, December 16, 2022NEW APPLICATION ENTERED
Tuesday, January 10, 2023NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED
Wednesday, January 11, 2023NOTICE OF DESIGN SEARCH CODE E-MAILED
Saturday, September 16, 2023ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER
Friday, September 29, 2023NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN
Friday, September 29, 2023NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED
Friday, September 29, 2023NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED
Wednesday, November 29, 2023APPLICATION EXTENSION TO RESPONSE PERIOD - RECEIVED
Wednesday, November 29, 2023APPLICATION EXTENSION GRANTED/RECEIPT PROVIDED
Friday, March 22, 2024TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED
Wednesday, August 28, 2024CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE
Wednesday, August 28, 2024TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED
Friday, October 4, 2024NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED
Thursday, December 26, 2024TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED
Friday, January 10, 2025CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE
Friday, January 10, 2025TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED
Wednesday, August 28, 2024ASSIGNED TO LIE
Friday, October 4, 2024NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED
Friday, October 4, 2024NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN
Wednesday, February 26, 2025NOTIFICATION OF FINAL REFUSAL EMAILED
Wednesday, February 26, 2025FINAL REFUSAL E-MAILED
Wednesday, February 26, 2025FINAL REFUSAL WRITTEN
Friday, May 23, 2025APPLICATION EXTENSION TO RESPONSE PERIOD - RECEIVED
Friday, May 23, 2025APPLICATION EXTENSION GRANTED/RECEIPT PROVIDED
Friday, July 18, 2025EXPARTE APPEAL RECEIVED AT TTAB
Friday, July 18, 2025JURISDICTION RESTORED TO EXAMINING ATTORNEY
Friday, July 18, 2025EX PARTE APPEAL-INSTITUTED
Monday, July 21, 2025CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE
Monday, July 21, 2025TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED
Monday, August 25, 2025NOTIFICATION OF EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED
Monday, August 25, 2025EXAMINERS AMENDMENT -WRITTEN
Monday, August 25, 2025EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT ENTERED
Monday, August 25, 2025EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED
Monday, August 25, 2025APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER
Wednesday, September 17, 2025NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED
Tuesday, September 23, 2025PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION
Tuesday, September 23, 2025OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED
Monday, August 25, 2025EXPARTE APPEAL TERMINATED
Friday, July 18, 2025TEAS REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION RECEIVED