| Serial Number | 97696408 |
| Word Mark | FINDING BETTER WAYS |
| Filing Date | Tuesday, November 29, 2022 |
| Status | 730 - FIRST EXTENSION - GRANTED |
| Status Date | Thursday, August 29, 2024 |
| 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 | Tuesday, January 9, 2024 |
| Goods and Services | Provision of training and educational services, namely, mentoring, workshops, seminars to community-based organizations and groups, land owners and students in relationship to various community-based projects in the fields of heritage preservation and environmental initiatives |
| Goods and Services | Material processing, namely, obtaining metals from native earth materials |
| Goods and Services | Apparatus for use in mining, namely drilling machines for mineral exploration, excavators |
| Goods and Services | Common metals and their alloys, unwrought or semi-wrought; ferroalloys, namely, alloyed iron and alloyed steel; ores of metal, metals and alloys, not of precious metal, in sheet, rod, bar, billet form; aluminum alloys; iron titanium oxide; unwrought and semi-wrought; steel; copper ores, unwrought or semi-wrought copper |
| Goods and Services | Transport of minerals and metals by ship, rail and air; marine transport; railway transport; air transport |
| Goods and Services | Surface mining extraction services; underground mining extraction services; quarrying services; mining extraction; mine exploitation in the nature of mining extraction |
| Goods and Services | Anti-rust lubricant grease preparations for preservation, varnishes, lacquers, aluminium paints, colorants, wood preservatives, paints for use in the manufacture of ceramics, mordant dyes, pigments |
| Goods and Services | Business management advice and consultancy; business investigations, evaluations in the field of mining and metals |
| Goods and Services | Chemicals used for industrial purposes, namely, aluminum fluoride, fluorine, titanium dioxide, and minerals products used for industrial purposes, namely, alumina, bauxite; chemical compositions and substances for agricultural use, namely, boric acid; rutile; zircon |
| Goods and Services | Mining, ore and metals prospecting and mine exploitation, namely, mining exploration and mineral exploration services in relation to mineral ore and metals |
| International Class | 040 - Treatment of materials. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 103, 106 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Wednesday, December 21, 2022 |
| Primary Code | 040 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| 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 | Wednesday, December 21, 2022 |
| 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 | Wednesday, December 21, 2022 |
| Primary Code | 002 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 006 - Common metals and their alloys; metal building materials; transportable buildings of metal; materials of metal for railway tracks; nonelectric cables and wires of common metal; ironmongery, small items of metal hardware; pipes and tubes of metal; safes; goods of common metal not included in other classes; ores. |
| US Class Codes | 002, 012, 013, 014, 023, 025, 050 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Wednesday, December 21, 2022 |
| Primary Code | 006 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 007 - 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 Codes | 013, 019, 021, 023, 024, 031, 034, 035 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Wednesday, December 21, 2022 |
| Primary Code | 007 |
| 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 | Wednesday, December 21, 2022 |
| 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 | Wednesday, December 21, 2022 |
| Primary Code | 037 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 039 - Transport; packaging and storage of goods; travel arrangement. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 105 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Wednesday, December 21, 2022 |
| Primary Code | 039 |
| 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 | Wednesday, December 21, 2022 |
| 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 | Wednesday, December 21, 2022 |
| Primary Code | 042 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Party Name | Rio Tinto London Limited |
| Party Type | 20 - Owner at Publication |
| Legal Entity Type | 99 - Other |
| Address | London SW1Y4AD GB |
| Party Name | Rio Tinto London Limited |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 99 - Other |
| Address | London SW1Y4AD GB |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Friday, December 2, 2022 | NEW APPLICATION ENTERED |
| Wednesday, December 21, 2022 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED |
| Thursday, September 7, 2023 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Sunday, September 10, 2023 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Sunday, September 10, 2023 | NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Sunday, September 10, 2023 | NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Wednesday, November 15, 2023 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Wednesday, November 15, 2023 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Thursday, November 16, 2023 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Tuesday, December 5, 2023 | EXAMINERS AMENDMENT -WRITTEN |
| Tuesday, December 5, 2023 | EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, December 5, 2023 | NOTIFICATION OF EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, December 5, 2023 | EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT ENTERED |
| Tuesday, December 5, 2023 | APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Wednesday, December 20, 2023 | NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, January 9, 2024 | PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION |
| Tuesday, January 9, 2024 | OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, March 5, 2024 | NOA E-MAILED - SOU REQUIRED FROM APPLICANT |
| Thursday, August 29, 2024 | SOU TEAS EXTENSION RECEIVED |
| Thursday, August 29, 2024 | NOTICE OF APPROVAL OF EXTENSION REQUEST E-MAILED |
| Thursday, August 29, 2024 | SOU EXTENSION 1 FILED |
| Thursday, August 29, 2024 | SOU EXTENSION 1 GRANTED |