| Serial Number | 79389231 |
| Word Mark | FONTEM VENTURES |
| Filing Date | Tuesday, January 9, 2024 |
| Status | 661 - RESPONSE AFTER NON-FINAL ACTION - ENTERED |
| Status Date | Friday, September 19, 2025 |
| 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 |
| Description of Mark | The mark consists of a design composed of six vertical, curved bands appearing in shades of blue to the left of the stylized wording "FONTEM VENTURES" in black. |
| Goods and Services | Batteries and electric accumulators for electric and electronic cigarettes; chargers for electronic cigarettes; electronic devices and appliances for charging electronic cigarettes, namely, electronic devices and appliances, incorporating a carrying case, for charging electronic cigarettes |
| Goods and Services | Dietary supplements for humans; skin patches for the transdermal delivery of active ingredients, namely, nicotine patches for use as aids to stop smoking; cough lozenges and cough pastilles for pharmaceutical purposes; nasal sprays, namely, decongestant nasal sprays; medicated mouth sprays; vitamins, mineral supplements, and food supplements; chewing gum for medical purposes; tobacco-free cigarettes for smoking cessation purposes |
| Indication of Colors claimed | The color(s) blue and black is/are claimed as a feature of the mark. |
| Goods and Services | Tobacco, manufactured and unmanufactured; tobacco products, namely, tobacco pipes; tobacco substitutes, not for medicinal or curative purposes; smokeless tobacco products, namely, smokeless tobacco; snus; tobacco pouches; pouches containing tobacco for oral use; snuff; hand rolling tobacco; cigarettes; cigarillos; cigars; cigarette tubes; cigarette filters; cigarette papers; hand-held machines for making cigarettes, namely, pocket machines for rolling cigarettes; pocket cigarette rolling machines; hand-held machines for injecting tobacco into paper tubes; matches and smokers' articles, namely, filter tubes; electric and electronic cigarettes and disposable electronic cigarettes and liquids, namely flavorings in liquid form, other than essential oils, used to refill electronic cigarette cartridges and liquid nicotine solutions for use in electronic cigarettes; Oral vaporizers namely pods for tobacco, tobacco products and tobacco substitutes for smoking purposes; cigarettes containing tobacco substitutes; smokers' articles for electric and electronic cigarettes, namely, electronic devices being electronic devices for heating tobacco and liquids for electronic cigarettes, and the inhalation of nicotine-containing vapor; pouches for carrying electric and electronic cigarettes; mouthpieces for electric and electronic cigarettes |
| NOT AVAILABLE | "VENTURES" |
| International Class | 005 - Pharmaceutical and veterinary preparations; sanitary preparations for medical purposes; dietetic substances adapted for medical use, food for babies; plasters, materials for dressings; material for stopping teeth, dental wax; disinfectants; preparations for destroying vermin; fungicides, herbicides. |
| US Class Codes | 005, 006, 018, 044, 046, 051, 052 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Tuesday, February 13, 2024 |
| Primary Code | 005 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 034 - Tobacco; smokers' articles; matches. |
| US Class Codes | 002, 008, 009, 017 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Tuesday, February 13, 2024 |
| Primary Code | 034 |
| 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 | Tuesday, February 13, 2024 |
| Primary Code | 009 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Party Name | Fontem Ventures B.V. |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 99 - Other |
| Address | NL |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Monday, February 12, 2024 | LIMITATION FROM ORIGINAL APPLICATION ENTERED |
| Saturday, February 17, 2024 | APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED |
| Thursday, June 6, 2024 | NEW REPRESENTATIVE AT IB RECEIVED |
| Monday, August 5, 2024 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Saturday, February 10, 2024 | SN ASSIGNED FOR SECT 66A SUBSEQ DESIG FROM IB |
| Tuesday, February 13, 2024 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED |
| Friday, September 20, 2024 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY IB |
| Friday, September 20, 2024 | NEW REPRESENTATIVE AT IB RECEIVED |
| Wednesday, August 7, 2024 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Thursday, August 8, 2024 | NON-FINAL ACTION (IB REFUSAL) PREPARED FOR REVIEW |
| Friday, August 16, 2024 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY MPU |
| Friday, August 16, 2024 | NON-FINAL ACTION MAILED - REFUSAL SENT TO IB |
| Friday, February 14, 2025 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Friday, February 14, 2025 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Friday, February 14, 2025 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Wednesday, March 19, 2025 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Monday, July 7, 2025 | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION SENT TO IB |
| Monday, July 7, 2025 | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB |
| Saturday, July 26, 2025 | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION - PROCESSED BY IB |
| Friday, September 19, 2025 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Friday, September 19, 2025 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Friday, September 19, 2025 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Saturday, July 5, 2025 | NEW REPRESENTATIVE AT IB RECEIVED |
| Saturday, April 12, 2025 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY IB |