| Serial Number | 79178340 |
| Word Mark | G. RAU |
| Filing Date | Monday, May 25, 2015 |
| Status | 700 - REGISTERED |
| Status Date | Tuesday, August 25, 2020 |
| Registration Number | 6132359 |
| Registration Date | Tuesday, August 25, 2020 |
| Mark Drawing | 3 - Illustration: Drawing or design which also includes word(s) / letter(s) / number(s) |
| Published for Opposition Date | Tuesday, June 9, 2020 |
| Goods and Services | Treatment of metal materials for the manufacture of finished and semi-finished metal products |
| Description of Mark | The mark consists of "G. Rau" in stylized black font with a blue square positioned at the lower left of the wording. |
| Goods and Services | Apparatus for recording, transmission or reproduction of sound or images; blank magnetic data carriers; scientific, surveying, electric, electronic, optical, weighing, measuring, signalling, checking, life-saving and teaching apparatus and instruments, composed of tubes made from expansion alloys, tubes of melt-down alloys of glass/metal or glass/ceramic/metal compounds and of iron/nickel alloys and resistance alloys, in particular for use as compensating elements, frames for optical lenses and expansion controllers, hollow metallic waveguides for applications in high-frequency engineering of copper and copper alloys composed of invar plated with silver, precious metals and precious metal coatings, thin-wall tubes of common metals and heat-treatable copper/beryllium alloys, corrugated tubes and measuring springs subjected to high dynamic stresses, precision tubes of common metals, precious metals, stainless steels and special alloys being guide tubes for test pins and plug-in connections, capillary tubes for measuring and control engineering, hydraulic and pneumatic tubes of copper, copper alloys, stainless steel and special alloys, thermobimetal snap-discs and snap elements, thermobimetal ribbons and strips, stamped and moulded parts of thermobimetal, electric contact component parts in solid state and/or metal plated, solid and plated contact rivets, flexible parts of electric contact components plated with precious metals, electric contact springs, parts for electric contact part assemblies, riveted, tox-joined, soldered, resistance and laser-welded assemblies, deep-drawn and extruded parts for electrical engineering and electronics and for measuring and control engineering of precious metals and their alloys, copper and copper alloys, nickel and nickel alloys, stainless steels and materials with special physical properties with regard to expansion behaviour and magnetism, including with electroplated surface coatings, cold extruded parts as heat sinks, load-bearing and connecting elements for power electronics, electric contact parts and contact laminations for collectors, load-bearing plates and contacting plates, composite electrodes for spark plugs, protective sleeves, screening cans, caps and small high-precision deep-drawn parts in special shapes of metallic materials, parts and memory elements of shape memory alloys for measuring and control engineering, plated materials with precious metal coatings and substrates of copper material, nickel and nickel alloys and steel, as ribbons, wires, tubes and profile sections, electric contact components of bimetals with coatings of precious metal and substrates of conductive copper materials and all coatable nickel materials and steels, roll-seam welded ribbons and profile sections; electric contacts being electroplated ribbons with nickel, tin and precious metals; electric contact parts and assemblies with inserts and coatings of precious metal and precious metal alloys being welded, soldered, or riveted with electroplated coatings, solid and coated contact rivets of precious metal, composite materials for electrical contacts as fibre and laminar composite materials, tubes as bourdon tubes, profile tubes, tubes of plated materials, of special alloys and thin-wall, precision and capillary tubes, deep-drawn and extruded high-precision parts in special shapes of metallic materials, wires and profile sections of solid and coated precious metal and of special alloys and superelastic materials |
| Goods and Services | Parts for machines, power tools, machine tools, motors and engines other than for land vehicles, namely, bourdon tubes, precious metal plated tubes, profile tubes of precious metals and their alloys, tubes made from expansion alloys, tubes made predominantly of metal, iron, nickel meltdown alloys and resistance alloys, and partially of glass and ceramics, hollow metallic waveguides, precision tubes made out of precious metals and specialty metallic materials, capillary tubes of composites, laminar composites and composite fibre materials; Parts for machines, power tools, machine tools, motors and engines other than for land vehicles, namely, thermobimetal snap discs and snap elements, thermobimetal ribbons and strips, stamped and moulded parts of thermobimetal, metallic assemblies, thermobimetals of special materials as ribbons and strips, thermobimetal stamped and molded parts with defined properties and assemblies of thermobimetals, roll seam welded metal ribbons and profile sections, electroplated ribbons with nickel and tin, silver, gold, copper, zinc, palladium and chemically nickel-plated, deep-drawn and extruded high-precision parts in special shapes of metallic materials |
| Goods and Services | Materials of metals and their alloys for use in further manufacture, namely, tubes and wires of nickel/titanium, stainless steel tubes and wires, metal tubes as bourdon tubes, profile tubes, tubes of plated metal materials, thin-wall, precision and capillary metal tubes, and tubes of superelastic metal materials, all the foregoing for use in further manufacture of medical products |
| Goods and Services | Stationery, writing instruments; component parts of writing instruments and writing implements, namely, tubes of plated materials plated with precious metals, profile tubes of precious metals and their alloys, precision tubes of precious metals |
| Goods and Services | Precious metals and their alloys; goods of precious metals or plated therewith, not included in other classes, namely, processed or semi-processed precious metals |
| Indication of Colors claimed | The color(s) black and blue is/are claimed as a feature of the mark. |
| Goods and Services | Structural parts for land vehicles, airplanes, helicopters, ships and boats, namely, namely, bourdon tubes, tubes of plated metals plated with precious metals, plated profile tubes of precious metals and their alloys, tubes made from expansion alloys, tubes as melt-down alloys of glass/metal or glass/ceramic/metal compounds and of iron/nickel alloys and resistance alloys, hollow metallic waveguides, precision tubes of precious metals and specialty metals, capillary tubes, composite materials, laminar composite materials and fibre composite materials, thermobimetal snap-discs and snap elements, thermobimetal ribbons and strips, stamped and moulded parts of thermobimetal, metallic assemblies, thermobimetals of special materials as ribbons and strips, thermobimetal stamped and moulded parts with defined properties and assemblies of thermobimetals, roll seam welded ribbons and profile sections, electroplated ribbons with nickel and tin, silver, gold, copper, zinc, palladium and chemically nickel-plated, deep-drawn and extruded high-precision parts in special shapes of metals for manufacture of land vehicles, airplanes, helicopters, ships and boats |
| Goods and Services | Component parts of surgical apparatus and instruments and medical, dental and veterinary apparatus and instruments, namely, stents, catheters, cannulae, guidewires, capillary drainage tubes, capillary reagent tubes, injection syringes, injection needles, hypodermic syringes, hypodermic needles, disposable syringes, syringes, intravenous needles, intravenous feeding tubes, capillary tubes for blood, capillary tubes for samples, drainage tubes, drainage appliances, endoscopic equipment, endotracheal tubes, endobrachial tubes, gastroscopes, tracheostomy tubes, uterine syringes, wound drainage apparatus in the nature of precision tubes of non-ferrous metals, precious metals, stainless steels and special materials for medical purposes, semi-finished products and memory elements of shape-memory alloys for medical engineering applications; orthopedic articles, namely, trusses, joint implants, splints, drilling jigs, implants, guidewires; suture materials |
| Goods and Services | Scientific and technological services, namely, research, product testing, design and industrial analysis in the fields of finished and semi-finished metal products |
| International Class | 040 - Treatment of materials. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 103, 106 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Friday, December 18, 2015 |
| Primary Code | 040 |
| 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 | Friday, December 18, 2015 |
| 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, 031, 034, 035 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Friday, December 18, 2015 |
| Primary Code | 007 |
| 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 | Friday, December 18, 2015 |
| Primary Code | 009 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 010 - Surgical, medical, dental, and veterinary apparatus and instruments, artificial limbs, eyes, and teeth; orthopedic articles; suture materials. |
| US Class Codes | 026, 039, 044 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Friday, December 18, 2015 |
| Primary Code | 010 |
| 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 | Friday, December 18, 2015 |
| Primary Code | 012 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 014 - Precious metals and their alloys and goods in precious metals or coated therewith, not included in other classes; jewelry, precious stones; horological and chronometric instruments. |
| US Class Codes | 002, 027, 028, 050 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Friday, December 18, 2015 |
| Primary Code | 014 |
| 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 | Friday, December 18, 2015 |
| Primary Code | 016 |
| 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 | Friday, December 18, 2015 |
| Primary Code | 042 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Party Name | G. Rau GmbH & Co. KG |
| Party Type | 30 - Original Registrant |
| Legal Entity Type | 99 - Other |
| Address | 75172 Pforzheim DE |
| Party Name | G. Rau GmbH & Co. KG |
| Party Type | 20 - Owner at Publication |
| Legal Entity Type | 99 - Other |
| Address | 75172 Pforzheim DE |
| Party Name | G. Rau GmbH & Co. KG |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 99 - Other |
| Address | 75172 Pforzheim DE |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Thursday, January 14, 2016 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Thursday, December 17, 2015 | SN ASSIGNED FOR SECT 66A APPL FROM IB |
| Friday, December 18, 2015 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED |
| Friday, December 18, 2015 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Tuesday, December 22, 2015 | APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED |
| Friday, January 15, 2016 | NON-FINAL ACTION (IB REFUSAL) PREPARED FOR REVIEW |
| Tuesday, January 19, 2016 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY MPU |
| Tuesday, January 19, 2016 | NON-FINAL ACTION MAILED - REFUSAL SENT TO IB |
| Friday, February 5, 2016 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY IB |
| Thursday, June 9, 2016 | NEW REPRESENTATIVE AT IB RECEIVED |
| Monday, July 18, 2016 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Monday, July 18, 2016 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Tuesday, July 19, 2016 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Tuesday, October 11, 2016 | SUSPENSION LETTER WRITTEN |
| Tuesday, October 11, 2016 | LETTER OF SUSPENSION MAILED |
| Thursday, October 20, 2016 | TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED |
| Monday, May 1, 2017 | ASSIGNED TO LIE |
| Monday, May 1, 2017 | REPORT COMPLETED SUSPENSION CHECK CASE STILL SUSPENDED |
| Wednesday, May 17, 2017 | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB |
| Wednesday, July 5, 2017 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Wednesday, May 17, 2017 | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION SENT TO IB |
| Saturday, June 3, 2017 | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION - PROCESSED BY IB |
| Tuesday, June 20, 2017 | TEAS RESPONSE TO SUSPENSION INQUIRY RECEIVED |
| Wednesday, July 5, 2017 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Monday, August 21, 2017 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Monday, August 21, 2017 | NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Monday, August 21, 2017 | NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, February 20, 2018 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Tuesday, February 20, 2018 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Wednesday, February 21, 2018 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Monday, April 9, 2018 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Monday, April 9, 2018 | NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Wednesday, October 3, 2018 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Monday, April 9, 2018 | NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Thursday, August 16, 2018 | NEW REPRESENTATIVE AT IB RECEIVED |
| Saturday, October 6, 2018 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Saturday, October 6, 2018 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Tuesday, November 27, 2018 | EXAMINERS AMENDMENT -WRITTEN |
| Tuesday, November 27, 2018 | EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, November 27, 2018 | NOTIFICATION OF EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, November 27, 2018 | EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT ENTERED |
| Saturday, February 9, 2019 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Saturday, February 9, 2019 | NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Saturday, February 9, 2019 | NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, August 6, 2019 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Wednesday, August 7, 2019 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Sunday, October 13, 2019 | FINAL REFUSAL WRITTEN |
| Sunday, October 13, 2019 | FINAL REFUSAL E-MAILED |
| Sunday, October 13, 2019 | NOTIFICATION OF FINAL REFUSAL EMAILED |
| Tuesday, August 6, 2019 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Monday, April 13, 2020 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Tuesday, April 14, 2020 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Wednesday, May 6, 2020 | APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Monday, April 13, 2020 | TEAS REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION RECEIVED |
| Wednesday, May 20, 2020 | NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED |
| Wednesday, May 20, 2020 | NOTICE OF START OF OPPOSITION PERIOD CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB |
| Wednesday, May 20, 2020 | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION SENT TO IB |
| Tuesday, June 9, 2020 | PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION |
| Tuesday, June 9, 2020 | OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED |
| Wednesday, November 25, 2020 | FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB |
| Saturday, December 5, 2020 | FINAL DISPOSITION PROCESSED |
| Friday, June 19, 2020 | NOTIFICATION PROCESSED BY IB |
| Tuesday, August 25, 2020 | REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Saturday, December 5, 2020 | FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE SENT TO IB |
| Saturday, December 26, 2020 | FINAL DECISION TRANSACTION PROCESSED BY IB |
| Thursday, March 13, 2025 | INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION RENEWED |
| Monday, August 25, 2025 | COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 71 (6-YR) E-MAILED |
| Saturday, March 23, 2024 | NEW REPRESENTATIVE AT IB RECEIVED |