| Serial Number | 97109411 |
| Word Mark | FLUIDCONNECTORS |
| Filing Date | Thursday, November 4, 2021 |
| Status | 686 - PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION |
| Status Date | Tuesday, October 1, 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, October 1, 2024 |
| Description of Mark | The mark consists of the word "FLUIDCONNECTORS" in stylized text wherein "FLUID" is in bold blue lettering and "CONNECTORS" is in grey, all of which are adjacent to a design element consisting of an outline of a grey square with a rounded lower left corner containing a blue check mark extending out the parameter of the grey square on the upper right side. The color white represents background, outlining, shading, and/or transparent areas and is not part of the mark. |
| Goods and Services | hydraulic apparatus and devices, namely, control valves, fluid pressure valves, hydraulic valves, pressure reducing valves, and regulating valves, being parts of machines for use with hydraulic systems; machine couplings for use with pneumatic apparatus and devices, namely, control valves, fluid pressure valves, pressure reducing valves, and regulating valves, except for land vehicles; non-electric couplers being parts of machines; valves being parts of machines, namely, control valves, fluid pressure valves, hydraulic valves, pressure reducing valves, and regulating valves; non-metal hoses for use in hydraulic systems being parts of machines; clamp connectors for piping and tubing being parts of machines; steel connecting parts for machines, namely, connectors for pipes and hoses in machinery; hydraulic connectors being parts of machines featuring hydraulic systems, namely, hydraulic adapters being connectors for pipes and hoses in machinery featuring hydraulic systems; pipe and tube connectors for use with hydraulic systems in machines; connectors being parts of machines, namely, pipe and tube connectors and adaptors for use with hydraulic systems being parts of machines; apparatus, namely, pressure switches and sensors for the control of pneumatic and hydraulic systems being parts of machines; hydraulic intensifiers and accumulators being parts of machines and apparatus; compression fittings of metal for pipes and hoses, being parts of machines; linkage apparatus, namely, clamp links and connecting links for use with hydraulic systems in machines; non-electric apparatus for the compression of fluids other than for land vehicles; brakes and brake components, namely, brake pads, linings and facings for machines, not for land vehicles; adapters, accessories, and components, namely, valves for use with hydraulic and pneumatic systems being parts of machines; non-electric coupling sleeves being parts of motors for land vehicles; connectors, namely, pipe and tube connectors of non-metallic materials being parts of hydraulic systems of motors, other than for vehicles; hydraulics structural parts and structural fittings for the aforesaid, not for land vehicles; sleeves of rubber in the nature of seals of rubber being parts of machinery for protecting tubes and pipes from damage |
| Goods and Services | connectors of metal for use with hydraulic systems, other than parts of machines; hydraulic tubes of metal, other than parts of machines; pipe and hose connectors of metal for use with hydraulic systems, other than parts of machines; hydraulic hose containing metal for use with hydraulic systems; metal adapters for use with hydraulic systems, other than parts of machines; non-electric couplers of metal for use with hydraulic systems, other than parts of machines; manually operated valves of metal, other than parts of machines, namely, flow control valves, pressure reducing valves and regulating valves; metal nuts; metal bolts; flanges of metal; metal caps for tubing ends, namely, sealing caps, screw caps, and nut caps; plugs of metal; connectors of metal for hoses, pipes, and tubes, for hydraulic systems; connectors, namely, pipes and tube connectors of metal, other than parts of vehicles, machines, or motors, for use with hydraulic systems; pipes and tubes of metal; metal clamp connectors for piping and tubing, other than parts of machines, for use with hydraulic systems; adapters of metal for pipes and tubes for use with hydraulic systems; metal clamps, other than tools; tube and hose clamps of metal; non-electric cable junction sleeves of metal; pipe support sleeves of metal; seals of metal for use with hydraulic systems, other than parts of machines; compression fittings of metal, other than parts of machines, for use with hydraulic systems; quick release pipe and hose connectors of metal for use with hydraulic systems; pipe nipples of metal; ferrules of metal for hydraulic systems; steel connecting parts, namely, connectors for pipes and hoses for use with hydraulic systems; weld pipe fittings of metal; weld necks flanges of metal; accessories and components of metal, namely, adapters, couplings and hosetails for use with hydraulic and pneumatic systems, other than parts of machines; manually-operated metal hydraulics structural parts and structural fittings for the aforesaid |
| Goods and Services | articulated non-metal pipe connectors; expansion connectors, not of metal, for tubes, pipes, and hoses; connectors and adapters, not of metal, for tubes, pipes, and hoses; connectors, namely, pipe and tube connectors of non-metallic materials being parts of hydraulic systems; hydraulic tubes, not of metal; non-metal pipe and hose connectors for use with hydraulic systems; non-metallic flexible pipes and tubes; connectors, namely, pipe and tube connectors of non-metallic materials being parts of hydraulic systems, other than parts of vehicles, machines, and motors; non-metallic hydraulic hose; valves of rubber, not including machine elements, for use in hydraulic systems; washers of rubber for use in hydraulic systems; flanges of rubber and synthetic materials; sealing plugs of rubber for use in manufacture; flexible hoses, non-metal and rubber and plastic, for use in hydraulics systems; rubber coupling sleeves for protecting tubes, pipes, and hoses being parts of machines; sleeves of rubber for protecting parts of machines; sleeves of rubber for protecting articles, namely, seals of rubber being parts of machinery, from damage; non-metal seals for use in hydraulic systems, not for machinery or land vehicles; non-metal o-rings for use in hydraulic systems, not for machinery or land vehicle engines; packing and insulating material for pipe and joint sealing and gasketing; non-metal stopping materials, namely, stop fittings used in pipe and joint sealing and gasketing; non- metal flexible tubing and pipe; non-metal fittings, namely, junctions, unions, and pipe and hose connectors for use in manufacture for pipes and tubes; plastic sleeves for insulating tubes, pipes, and hoses; non-metal hydraulics structural parts and structural fittings for the aforesaid; non-metal spindle adapter flanges for power-operated machine tools, namely, adapter flanges for use with hydraulic and pneumatic systems, except for land vehicles |
| Pseudo Mark | FLUID CONNECTORS |
| Indication of Colors claimed | The color(s) blue and grey is/are claimed as a feature of the mark. |
| Goods and Services | connectors for use with hydraulic systems for land vehicles; servo valves being parts of land vehicle hydraulic systems; hydraulic and pneumatic systems, comprised of pumps, valves, switches, sensors for land vehicles; couplings for use with hydraulic systems for land vehicles; metal hose being parts of vehicle hydraulic systems; release bearings for friction clutches of land vehicles; fluid couplings for land vehicles; brakes and brake components, namely, brake pads, linings and facings for vehicles; adapters, accessories, and components, namely, pressure switches and sensors, clamp links, connecting links being parts of land vehicle hydraulic and pneumatic systems; land vehicle hydraulics structural parts and structural fittings for the aforesaid |
| NOT AVAILABLE | "FLUID CONNECTORS" |
| Goods and Services | plastic valves, not of metal, other than parts of machines, namely, flow control valves, pressure reducing valves, and regulating valves; nuts, not of metal; bolts, not of metal; caps made of non-metallic materials for sealing, screws, and nuts, all for pipes and tubes; sealing plugs, not of metal and not made primarily from rubber for use in manufacture; non-metallic clamps for pipes, tubes, and hoses; non-metallic pipe nipples; non-metallic ferrules for hydraulic systems; non-metal hydraulics structural parts and structural fittings for the aforesaid |
| 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 | Monday, November 15, 2021 |
| 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 | Monday, November 15, 2021 |
| Primary Code | 007 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 012 - Vehicles; apparatus for locomotion by land, air, or water. |
| US Class Codes | 019, 021, 023, 031, 035, 044 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Monday, November 15, 2021 |
| Primary Code | 012 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 017 - Rubber, gutta-percha, gum, asbestos, mica and goods made from these materials and not included in other classes; plastics in extruded form for use in manufacture; packing, stopping and insulating materials; flexible pipes, not of metal. |
| US Class Codes | 001, 005, 012, 013, 035, 050 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Monday, November 15, 2021 |
| Primary Code | 017 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 020 - Furniture, mirrors, picture frames; goods (not included in other classes) of wood, cork, reed, cane, wicker, horn, bone, ivory, whalebone, shell, amber, mother-of-pearl, meerschaum and substitutes for all these materials, or of plastics. |
| US Class Codes | 002, 013, 022, 025, 032, 050 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Monday, November 15, 2021 |
| Primary Code | 020 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Party Name | FLUID CONNECTORS (NZ) LIMITED |
| Party Type | 20 - Owner at Publication |
| Legal Entity Type | 99 - Other |
| Address | Auckland 2013 NZ |
| Party Name | FLUID CONNECTORS (NZ) LIMITED |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 99 - Other |
| Address | Auckland 2013 NZ |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Monday, November 8, 2021 | NEW APPLICATION ENTERED |
| Monday, August 15, 2022 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Monday, November 15, 2021 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED |
| Tuesday, November 16, 2021 | NOTICE OF DESIGN SEARCH CODE E-MAILED |
| Friday, August 19, 2022 | NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Friday, August 19, 2022 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Friday, August 19, 2022 | NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Friday, February 17, 2023 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Friday, February 17, 2023 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Friday, February 17, 2023 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Sunday, February 26, 2023 | TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED |
| Sunday, February 26, 2023 | ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED |
| Sunday, February 26, 2023 | TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED |
| Monday, March 13, 2023 | SUSPENSION LETTER WRITTEN |
| Monday, March 13, 2023 | LETTER OF SUSPENSION E-MAILED |
| Monday, March 13, 2023 | NOTIFICATION OF LETTER OF SUSPENSION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, October 17, 2023 | SUSPENSION CHECKED - TO ATTORNEY FOR ACTION |
| Tuesday, October 24, 2023 | REPORT COMPLETED SUSPENSION CHECK CASE STILL SUSPENDED |
| Wednesday, December 6, 2023 | TEAS RESPONSE TO SUSPENSION INQUIRY RECEIVED |
| Monday, July 8, 2024 | NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Wednesday, August 28, 2024 | APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Wednesday, August 28, 2024 | EXAMINERS AMENDMENT -WRITTEN |
| Wednesday, August 28, 2024 | EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED |
| Wednesday, August 28, 2024 | EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT ENTERED |
| Wednesday, April 24, 2024 | SUSPENSION CHECKED - TO ATTORNEY FOR ACTION |
| Monday, July 8, 2024 | NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Monday, July 8, 2024 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Wednesday, August 28, 2024 | NOTIFICATION OF EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED |
| Wednesday, September 11, 2024 | NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, October 1, 2024 | PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION |
| Tuesday, October 1, 2024 | OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED |