| Serial Number | 98276161 |
| Word Mark | EPS |
| Filing Date | Friday, November 17, 2023 |
| Status | 688 - NOTICE OF ALLOWANCE - ISSUED |
| Status Date | Tuesday, September 24, 2024 |
| 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 | Tuesday, July 30, 2024 |
| Goods and Services | Providing on-line non-downloadable teaching materials in the fields of reading, literacy, language arts, and math; Educational services, namely, providing seminars and workshops to educators in the fields of reading, literacy, language arts, and math; On-line non-downloadable teaching materials, namely, providing online non-downloadable worksheets, explanatory materials, and handouts in the field of K-12 education; Educational services, namely, providing online non-downloadable education materials in the nature of educational lessons, practice exercises and assessments via an online website and digital platform in the fields of reading, literacy, language arts, and math; Providing online non-downloadable electronic books and decodable readers being non-downloadable electronic booklets for elementary education in the fields of reading, literacy and language arts |
| Description of Mark | The mark consists of the capital letters EPS above the silhouette of an open book. |
| Goods and Services | Downloadable educational course materials in the fields of reading, literacy, language arts, and math; Downloadable teaching materials in the fields of reading, literacy, language arts, and math; Downloadable teaching materials, namely, downloadable worksheets, explanatory materials, and handouts in the fields of reading, literacy, language arts, and math; Downloadable electronic books and decodable readers for educational purposes in the fields of reading, literacy, language arts, and math |
| Goods and Services | Printed books and decodable readers for educational purposes in the fields of reading, literacy, and language arts; Printed educational course materials, namely, educational lessons, practice exercises, and assessments in the field of K-12 education; Printed educational materials, namely, books, flash cards, charts, and activity kits comprising teacher's guides, instructional cards, and printed children's activity books in the fields of reading, literacy, language arts, and math; Packaged collections of printed instructional materials including books, flash cards, games, charts, and activity kits comprising teacher's guides, instructional cards, and printed children's activity books in the fields of reading, literacy, language arts, and math; Printed educational course materials in the fields of reading, literacy, language arts, and math; Printed instructional books, children's books, dictionaries, printed teaching materials, study guides, journals, research papers, lessons, workbooks, instructional booklets, teacher's guides, printed worksheets, and printed educational testing and assessment materials, all dealing with a variety of educational, instructional, and professional development topics in the field of elementary education; Series of readers being printed books comprised of fiction and non-fiction selections and activities to practice and reinforce reading comprehension, all to teach reading, literacy and language arts, for elementary grade levels |
| Pseudo Mark | EDUCATORS PUBLISHING SERVICE |
| Indication of Colors claimed | Color is not claimed as a feature of the mark. |
| Goods and Services | Online retail store services, catalog services, and distributorship services in the fields of curriculum materials, educational course materials, instructional materials, books and readers |
| Goods and Services | Educational services, namely, provision of online non-downloadable software featuring educational and instructional topics for use by teachers and students in the fields of reading, literacy, language arts, and math; Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for delivering learning content and tracking the effectiveness of learning reading, literacy and language arts, and math; Providing temporary use of non-downloadable software for a learning management system to deliver learning content and track the effectiveness of learning reading, literacy and language arts, and math; Providing an online learning management system consisting of online non-downloadable software for aggregating course content and tracking class assignments, lesson plans, student performance and other course data at the pre-school through high school education levels; Providing a web-based platform that hosts assessment and intervention tools used by educators for tracking the effectiveness of learning reading, literacy and language arts, and math; Providing temporary use of non-downloadable software for interacting with student information systems and other databases |
| 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 | Saturday, December 30, 2023 |
| Primary Code | 009 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 016 - Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials, not included in other classes; printed matter; bookbinding material; photographs; stationery; adhesives for stationery or household purposes; artists' materials; paint brushes; typewriters and office requisites (except furniture); instructional and teaching material (except apparatus); plastic materials for packaging (not included in other classes); printers' type; printing blocks. |
| US Class Codes | 002, 005, 022, 023, 029, 037, 038, 050 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Saturday, December 30, 2023 |
| Primary Code | 016 |
| 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 | Saturday, December 30, 2023 |
| Primary Code | 035 |
| 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 | Saturday, December 30, 2023 |
| Primary Code | 041 |
| 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 | Saturday, December 30, 2023 |
| Primary Code | 042 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Party Name | EPS Operations, LLC |
| Party Type | 20 - Owner at Publication |
| Legal Entity Type | 16 - Limited Liability Company |
| Address | Bethesda, MD 20814 |
| Party Name | EPS Operations, LLC |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 16 - Limited Liability Company |
| Address | Nashua, NH 030613000 |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Tuesday, January 2, 2024 | NOTICE OF DESIGN SEARCH CODE E-MAILED |
| Sunday, June 23, 2024 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Tuesday, November 21, 2023 | NEW APPLICATION ENTERED |
| Saturday, December 30, 2023 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED |
| Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT ENTERED |
| Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | EXAMINERS AMENDMENT -WRITTEN |
| Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | NOTIFICATION OF EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED |
| Wednesday, July 10, 2024 | NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, July 30, 2024 | PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION |
| Tuesday, July 30, 2024 | OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, September 24, 2024 | NOA E-MAILED - SOU REQUIRED FROM APPLICANT |
| Monday, March 10, 2025 | TEAS STATEMENT OF USE RECEIVED |