| Serial Number | 79429406 |
| Word Mark | DORFNER |
| Filing Date | Wednesday, January 15, 2025 |
| Status | 661 - RESPONSE AFTER NON-FINAL ACTION - ENTERED |
| Status Date | Wednesday, July 8, 2026 |
| 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 | Treatment of materials, in particular the processing of mineral raw materials; Recycling of residues; Treatment of materials, namely, inorganic materials, mainly based on minerals like silicates, carbonats or organic material based on duroplastics or mixtures of both for the manufacture and processing of fillers, filler compounds, building materials, chemicals for use in agriculture, forestry and horticulture, as well as in industry; Treatment of materials, namely, inorganic materials, mainly based on minerals like silicates, carbonats like concrete waste or organic material based on duroplastics like acrylic glass or mixtures of both like minerals based polyester sinks for the manufacture and processing of fillers, filler compounds, building materials, chemicals for use in agriculture, forestry and horticulture, as well as in industry, in accordance with customer-specific requirements, in particular with respect to particle size, particle size distribution, strength, abrasion resistance, optical properties, flame-retardant properties, surface coating; Treatment of materials, namely, inorganic material, mainly based on minerals like silicates, carbonats or organic material based on duroplastics or mixtures of both for the manufacture and processing of fillers, filler compounds, building materials, chemicals for use in agriculture, forestry and horticulture, as well as in industry, in accordance with customer-specific requirements, in particular with respect to colour, hydrophobicity, hydrophilicity, ph, density or bulk density; Providing information relating to the treatment of materials, namely, in connection with the treatment and processing of fillers, filler compounds, building materials, chemicals for use in agriculture, forestry and horticulture, as well as in industry, in particular for enhancing the quality of the aforesaid products; Material treatment and processing of raw materials at material processing plants; Processing of mineral raw materials for waste-water and environmental technology and as application-oriented industrial minerals for industrial purposes, namely, water treatment being the reprocessing of waste water and environmentally harmful substances; Recycling services; Recycling of materials; Recycling of minerals, recycling of construction residuals; Processing of raw materials, namely, separation, purification and sorting components of extraction of minerals contained in waste residues; Processing of raw materials for further custom manufacturing of industrial waste, namely, mining residues or building residues mainly based on quartz sand or construction residuals mainly concrete-based; Treatment of minerals, recycling of building materials and refining of minerals for further custom manufacturing; Custom manufacture of kitchen sinks, sink units, shower pans, sanitary installations; Custom manufacture of construction-chemistry products, glazes, paints, coatings, dispersion paints; Treatment of material in the nature of processing of raw materials, namely, minerals, plastics, and renewable materials for use in manufacturing coatings, including architectural coatings, and duroplastic based recipes for flooring and molding applications |
| Goods and Services | Mining extraction services, namely, extraction of raw materials, extraction of mineral raw materials, extraction of quartz-sand mixtures and quartz sand |
| Indication of Colors claimed | The color(s) blue-green and white is/are claimed as a feature of the mark. |
| Goods and Services | Sanitary installations, water supply and sanitation equipment in the nature of toilets, sinks, bath tubs, shower trays; Sink units in the nature of sinks integrated into counters or countertops; Sinks; Kitchen sinks; Bathtubs; Resin based mostly acrylic or polyester based shower receptors in the nature of shower bases; Resin based mostly acrylic or polyester based shower pans in the nature of shower bases; Water purification installations, water desalination plants, and water conditioning installation units; Water conditioning units; Quartz sand based water treatment filters |
| Goods and Services | Retail and wholesale store services featuring mineral materials, materials containing polymers, mineral and chemical fillers and filler compounds, fillers based on renewable raw materials, fillers based on recycled materials or recyclate, filtering materials, chemicals for use in agriculture, forestry and horticulture, building materials, not of metal, sand, jointing sand and jointing-sand mixtures, polymer jointing sand, quartz sand, lawn sand, play sand, water treatment preparations, insulation and barrier articles and materials, chemicals for use in industry, as well as in agriculture, forestry and horticulture, chemicals for building |
| Description of Mark | The mark consists of the stylized term DORFNER in blue-green letters and a white hexagon inside a blue-green hexagon to the left of the term. |
| Goods and Services | Downloadable software for developing and optimizing recipes for coatings, preferred architectural coatings and duroplastic based recipes for flooring and molding applications; Downloadable software using artificial intelligence for developing and optimizing recipes for coatings, preferred architectural coatings and duroplastic based recipes for flooring and molding applications; Downloadable artificial intelligence software for developing and optimizing recipes for coatings, preferred architectural coatings and duroplastic based recipes for flooring and molding applications; Downloadable AI-based software tools for the improvement of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems; Downloadable software used for developing and optimizing recipes for coatings, preferred architectural coatings and duroplastic based recipes for flooring and molding applications; Software-based systems comprised of downloadable and recorded software for industrial design in the nature of mostly industrial processes for the improvement of ergonomics; Apparatus and instruments for conducting, switching, transforming, accumulating, regulating or controlling the distribution or use of electricity |
| Goods and Services | Building materials, not of metal, in particular non-metallic chemically modified minerals based on kaolin, metakaolin, partially calcined kaolin, quartz, feldspar, dolomite or other inorganic raw materials, and mixtures of the aforesaid materials; Building materials, not of metal, in particular non-metallic minerals for building made of kaolin, kaolin quartz, dolomite, feldspar, mica, quartz, quartz sand including coloured, quartz powder, kaolin fireclay, epoxy resin floor coatings, cement, plaster or gypsum fillers for building, coloured sand including being siliceous or bonded with synthetic resin and/or salinized, and mixtures of the aforesaid materials; Sand; Sand, namely, jointing sand and jointing-sand mixtures for building; Sand, namely, polymer joint sand for building; Sand, namely, coloured quartz sand for building; Sand, in particular for use in agriculture, forestry and horticulture; Lawn sands; Play sand; Building materials, namely, bituminous roof and asphalt roof coatings |
| Goods and Services | Architectural protective coatings for outdoor or indoor use, including colored or speckled; Dyestuffs; Lacquers and varnishes; Colorants, pigments; Coatings in the form of or based on paints, namely, inside or outside architectural protective coatings |
| Goods and Services | Chemicals for use in industry, as well as in agriculture, forestry and horticulture, except fungicides, herbicides, insecticides and parasiticides; Chemicals for use in construction, namely, coloured unprocessed synthetic resins for production of resin based flooring or molding applications chemicals for use in construction; Chemicals for use in industry, namely, mineral and chemical fillers and filler compounds, in particular for industrial applications and for building use; Chemicals for use in construction, namely, mineral and chemical fillers based on mineral raw materials for paper, fibreboard, cardboard, ceramics, ceramic-bonded grindstones, building materials and paints, adhesives and rubber materials; Chemical substances, chemical materials and chemical preparations and natural elements, in particular kaolin, metakaolin, partially calcined kaolin, mixtures comprising kaolin, mixtures comprising metakaolin, mixtures comprising partially calcined kaolin; Chemical additives for use in construction chemistry and acid-proof construction; chemical additives for polymers, for paper, for reinforcing materials, for flame-proofing materials, for flame-resistant materials, for ceramics, for cold-curing ceramics and for coating materials; Reactive liquid-polymer compositions in the nature of unprocessed polymers for use as hydraulic aggregates and for use as hydraulic reactive components; White or colored unprocessed duroplastic chemical polymers; Chemical additives to polymers; Adhesives used in industry; Tile adhesives for industrial purposes; Adhesive materials for tiles; Water treatment chemical preparations; Chemical compositions for water treatment being waterproofing chemical compositions |
| Goods and Services | Scientific and technological services, namely, development of waste-water and environmental technologies; Development of application techniques for industrial minerals, and research and development relating to products containing raw materials in particular kaolin, quartz and feldspar; chemical and physical testing of mineral raw materials, fillers and pigments, glass, ceramics, building materials and auxiliary building materials, paper, cardboard and environmental analysis materials; Development of technological processes for improving the functionality and contribution of minerals as part in recipes fulfilling a specific role in applications described above; Development of mineral and plastic materials and mixtures to make them technically better working in their final application industrial processes; Development of recycling processes; Development of recycling technologies; Technical consultancy in the field of industrial research for producing and applying inorganic materials or organic resin based durplastic materials in architectural coatings, resin based flooring or resin based molding parts; Design and development of computer software for process optimization; Technology consultancy in the field of industrial research in connection with the redevelopment of composites, floor coatings, polymer-concrete elements and synthetic-resin-bonded floors; Scientific research consultancy how to use materials to apply them in resin based flooring, resin based molding processes or interior or exterior architectural coatings support in connection with the use of effect fillers on composites, polymer-concrete elements and synthetic-resin-bonded floors, in particular for enhancing the quality of the aforesaid products; Technical consultancy in the field of pollution detection; Technological consultancy relating to properly use materials to apply them in resin based flooring, resin based molding processes or interior or exterior architectural coatings to keep workplace health and safety; Research and development relating to artificial intelligence (AI)-based software solutions; Software as a service (SaaS) services featuring software for developing and optimizing recipes for coatings, preferred architectural coatings and duroplastic based recipes for flooring and molding applications; Software as a services (SaaS) services featuring artificial intelligence (AI) software for developing and optimizing recipes for coatings, preferred architectural coatings and duroplastic based recipes for flooring and molding applications; Platform as a service (PaaS) services featuring computer platforms for developing and optimizing recipes for coatings, preferred architectural coatings and duroplastic based recipes for flooring and molding applications; Software as a services (SaaS) services featuring artificial intelligence computer platforms for developing and optimizing recipes for coatings, preferred architectural coatings and duroplastic based recipes for flooring and molding applications; Providing temporary use of online non-downloadable computer programs using artificial intelligence on data networks for developing and optimizing recipes for coatings, preferred architectural coatings and duroplastic based recipes for flooring and molding applications; Professional consultancy relating to the science of ergonomics; IT consulting services relating to installation, maintenance and repair of computer software; Advisory services relating to industrial engineering; Technical consultancy in the field of industrial research |
| International Class | 001 - Chemicals used in industry, science and photography, as well as in agriculture, horticulture and forestry; unprocessed artificial resins; unprocessed plastics; manures; fire extinguishing compositions; tempering and soldering preparations; chemical substances for preserving foodstuffs; tanning substances; adhesives used in industry. |
| US Class Codes | 001, 005, 006, 010, 026, 046 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Thursday, August 7, 2025 |
| Primary Code | 001 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 002 - Paints, varnishes, lacquers; preservatives against rust and against deterioration of wood; colorants; mordants; raw natural resins; metals in foil and powder form for painters, decorators, printers and artists. |
| US Class Codes | 006, 011, 016 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Thursday, August 7, 2025 |
| Primary Code | 002 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| 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 | Thursday, August 7, 2025 |
| Primary Code | 009 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 011 - Apparatus for lighting, heating, steam generating, cooking, refrigerating, drying, ventilating, water supply, and sanitary purposes. |
| US Class Codes | 013, 021, 023, 024, 031, 034 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Thursday, August 7, 2025 |
| Primary Code | 011 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 019 - Building materials (non-metallic); nonmetallic rigid pipes for building; asphalt, pitch and bitumen; nonmetallic transportable buildings; monuments, not of metal. |
| US Class Codes | 001, 012, 033, 050 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Thursday, August 7, 2025 |
| Primary Code | 019 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 035 - Advertising; business management; business administration; office functions. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 101, 102 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Thursday, August 7, 2025 |
| Primary Code | 035 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 037 - Building construction; repair; installation services. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 103, 106 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Thursday, August 7, 2025 |
| Primary Code | 037 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 040 - Treatment of materials. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 103, 106 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Thursday, August 7, 2025 |
| Primary Code | 040 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 042 - Scientific and technological services and research and design relating thereto; industrial analysis and research services; design and development of computer hardware and software. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 101 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Thursday, August 7, 2025 |
| Primary Code | 042 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Party Name | Gebrüder Dorfner GmbH & Co. KG |
| Party Type | 11 - New Owner Before Publication |
| Legal Entity Type | 99 - Other |
| Address | DE |
| Party Name | Gebrüder Dorfner GmbH & Co. |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 99 - Other |
| Address | DE |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Thursday, August 7, 2025 | SN ASSIGNED FOR SECT 66A APPL FROM IB |
| Thursday, September 25, 2025 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED |
| Thursday, September 25, 2025 | APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED |
| Friday, September 26, 2025 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Friday, September 26, 2025 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Saturday, September 27, 2025 | NON-FINAL ACTION (IB REFUSAL) PREPARED FOR REVIEW |
| Thursday, November 13, 2025 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY MPU |
| Thursday, November 13, 2025 | NON-FINAL ACTION MAILED - REFUSAL SENT TO IB |
| Sunday, November 30, 2025 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY IB |
| Saturday, December 13, 2025 | TEAS CHANGE OF OWNER ADDRESS RECEIVED |
| Saturday, December 13, 2025 | APPLICANT/CORRESPONDENCE CHANGES (NON-RESPONSIVE) ENTERED |
| Saturday, December 13, 2025 | TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED |
| Saturday, December 13, 2025 | ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED |
| Saturday, December 13, 2025 | TEAS CHANGE OF DOMESTIC REPRESENTATIVES ADDRESS |
| Thursday, April 9, 2026 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Thursday, April 9, 2026 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Thursday, April 9, 2026 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Thursday, May 21, 2026 | CHANGE OF NAME/ADDRESS REC'D FROM IB |
| Saturday, May 23, 2026 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Saturday, May 23, 2026 | NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Saturday, May 23, 2026 | NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Wednesday, July 8, 2026 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Wednesday, July 8, 2026 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Wednesday, July 8, 2026 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |