| Serial Number | 99318387 |
| Word Mark | CONFRONTING THE CURVE |
| Filing Date | Monday, August 4, 2025 |
| Status | 661 - RESPONSE AFTER NON-FINAL ACTION - ENTERED |
| Status Date | Friday, April 17, 2026 |
| Registration Number | 0000000 |
| Registration Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Mark Drawing | 4 - Illustration: Drawing with word(s) / letter(s) / number(s) in Block form |
| Published for Opposition Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Goods and Services | Downloadable films featuring documentaries in the fields of science, politics, philosophy, ethics, and history provided via video-on-demand service; Prerecorded documentary films in the fields of science, politics, philosophy, ethics, and history. |
| Goods and Services | Documentary film production; Development of concepts for documentary films; Producing and distributing documentary films; Entertainment services in the nature of a documentary movie series in the fields of science, politics, philosophy, ethics, and history; Providing online, non-downloadable videos in the field of a documentary films; Entertainment services, namely, an internet website featuring information regarding a documentary film series; Entertainment services, namely, production of documentary film series in the fields of science, politics, philosophy, ethics, and history Educational, informative and documentary podcast and film program production; Education and entertainment services, namely, providing continuing educational and entertainment documentary shows about science, politics, philosophy, ethics, and history accessible via television; Direction, production, and distribution of educational and entertainment documentary television shows; Educational services, namely, distributing documentary films through streaming and online platforms; Entertainment and educational services, namely, providing a web site featuring documentary films; Entertainment and educational services, namely, providing online non-downloadable documentary videos in the fields of science, politics, philosophy, ethics, and history; Entertainment services in the nature of production and distribution of documentary programs and multimedia content in the nature of podcasts, vodcasts, webcasts and films featuring documentaries. |
| Goods and Services | Video broadcasting services via the Internet; Webcasting services; Broadcasting of films via a video-on-demand service; Broadcasting of multimedia content via the Internet; Electronic bulletin board services; Providing on-line forums; Providing internet chatrooms; Providing on-line forums for the transmission of messages, comments and multimedia content among users |
| International Class | 009 - 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 Codes | 021, 023, 026, 036, 038 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Monday, August 4, 2025 |
| Primary Code | 009 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 038 - Services allowing people to communicate with another by a sensory means. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 101, 104 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Monday, August 4, 2025 |
| Primary Code | 038 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 041 - Education; providing of training; entertainment; sporting and cultural activities. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 101, 107 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Monday, August 4, 2025 |
| Primary Code | 041 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Party Name | The trustees of the McDonough-Slayton Foundation |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 99 - Other |
| Address | Mission Hills, KS 66208 US |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Monday, August 4, 2025 | APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED |
| Monday, August 4, 2025 | NEW APPLICATION ENTERED |
| Monday, August 4, 2025 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED |
| Wednesday, December 17, 2025 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Saturday, January 24, 2026 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Saturday, January 24, 2026 | NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Saturday, January 24, 2026 | NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Friday, April 17, 2026 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Friday, April 17, 2026 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Friday, April 17, 2026 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |