| Serial Number | 98359266 |
| Word Mark | IMI |
| Filing Date | Tuesday, January 16, 2024 |
| Status | 641 - NON-FINAL ACTION - MAILED |
| Status Date | Tuesday, August 13, 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 | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Description of Mark | The mark consists of the term "IMI" located to the right of a circle design. |
| Goods and Services | Valves; valve slides and valve flaps; apparatus and instruments for controlling, detection, measuring, indicating, timing, switching, transforming, inspection, sensing, checking (supervision), signalling, monitoring, accumulating, adjusting or regulating; solenoid valves; electrovalves; electromagnetic valves; electromagnetic interrupters; positioner sensors electronic positioners; digital positioners; electric apparatus for remote ignition; flow control apparatus and instruments; data processing equipment and instruments; computer software; computer software for use in automating and managing production line processes; computer software for streamlining and optimising manufacturing processes and production line processes; filters; electric filter cleaning system; thermostats; nanometric switches; fluidic apparatus for logistics and for machine and process control; electronic connectors for solenoid valves; sensors; circuit boards; pressure amplifier boosters; electrostatic precipitators; gauges; room thermostats; humidistats; diaphragms and capillary tubes for control systems; controlled devices and software for HVAC; fire-extinguishing apparatus; downloadable software for managing fluid powered systems and machines involved in factory automation; downloadable and recorded software for identifying operational issues, control logic issues, design issues, maintenance issues, and hardware and equipment issues in industrial plants; electronically operated cylinders; Pneumatic and hydraulic directional control valves for use in automated machinery in major power plants, nuclear, fossil, oil, liquefied natural gas and gas plants and platforms and refineries and petrochemical plants; valves for controlling and regulating the flow of gases or liquids not being parts of plumbing, heating, cooling installations or machines; automatic valves to control flow, pressure, temperature and liquid level; parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods; none of the aforementioned goods in connection with military purposes, simulators or simulation systems |
| Goods and Services | Valves; valve slides and valve flaps; valves being parts of machines; valves being parts of machine tools; hydraulic valves; pneumatic valves; valve closure mechanisms; valves to control flow, pressure, temperature and liquid level; valve wells; pressure regulators; pressure controllers; pressure reducers; nozzles; turbines; actuating magnets for valves; valve spindles; valve stems; silencers; mufflers; sound absorbers; pumps; mounts for valves being parts of machines; pressure accumulators and pumps; gears other than for land vehicles; gear boxes other than for land vehicles; gears for machines; gear units for machines; machine coupling and belting (except for land vehicles); gearbox casings other than for land vehicles; connecting rods for machines, motors and engines; hand wheels, not of metal for valves (machine parts); control units, apparatus and mechanisms (hydraulic, manually and/or mechanically controlled); actuators; positioners; pneumatic industrial process controllers; ignition apparatus for machines and engines; propulsion mechanisms other than for land vehicles; machine tools, machine coupling and transmission components (except for land vehicles); machine tools, namely, vices and clamps for the precision clamping of work pieces; control and regulatory apparatus and fittings; hoists; lubricating equipment and apparatus; fluid-blocking spray machines and apparatus; large size agricultural implements; automatic drainage machines for liquids; powered-operated spray and blow guns; machine parts, namely, pneumatic and hydraulic cylinders; pneumatic air preparation units and parts thereof for use in pneumatic machinery; pneumatic air compressor units for use in pneumatic machines; slide tables for pneumatic and hydraulic devices; powered grippers for pneumatic and hydraulic devices; guide blocks with roller bearings for machines; electric spindles; parts of machines, namely, manifold assemblies for valves comprised primarily of pressure switches, check valves, regulators and gauges; filters; filter cleaning systems for machines; hydraulic engines; servomotors for mechanical engineering and tool manufacture; pneumatic devices for servo-driven switching and controlling plants, air barriers, reflex nozzles, booster relays; power operated tools; pneumatic tools; valves being parts of industrial machines used in major power plants, nuclear, fossil, oil, liquefied natural gas and gas plants, platforms and refineries and petrochemical plants including well heads, liquefied natural gas plants, fossil and nuclear power stations, refineries and petrochemical plants; pressure regulators being parts of machines used in power generation, oil and gas systems; machine parts, namely, nozzles which are part of power-operated sprayers for water in gas injection to steam systems; silencers for machines; actuators; handling and positioning apparatus for use in automated assembly and processing installations; compressors; parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods |
| Goods and Services | Valves; valve slides and valve flaps; common metals and their alloys; ironmongery and small items of metal hardware; manually operated valves; check valves of metal (other than parts of machines); metal valves for controlling the flow of gases in pipelines; metal valves for controlling the flow of fluids or liquids in pipelines; pneumatic and hydraulic cylinders made of metal; blast air-containers made of metal; metal connectors and push in fittings for hydraulic and pneumatic devices; nozzles made of metal as parts of machines; rods made of metal; tension levers made of metal; fasteners made of metal; nuts made of metal; bolts made of metal; screws made of metal; connectors made of metal; studs made of metal; metal pipes, hoses and tube fittings; junctions of metal for pipes; fittings of metal for compressed air ducts; metal couplings; mounts for valves made of metal; anchors made of metal; anvils made of metal; pipe joints; nipples made of metal; sockets of metal; flanges of metal; pipe plugs of metal; pipe mounting clamps made of metal; reinforcing materials of metal for pipes; bells made of metal; rolled and cast building material; rails and other metallic materials for railway tracks; chains (except driving chains for vehicles); cables and wires (non-electric); safes and cash boxes; steel balls; cables and wires of common metals and their alloys (non-electric); steel wire; metal building materials; radiator valve fittings (made of metal); metal tanks; parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods |
| Goods and Services | Valves; valve slides and valve flaps; vibration dampers; pipes; tubes; flexible tubing; hoses; blocks; rods; shaped pipe, tube and hose sections; non-metallic fittings for pipes, tubes and hoses; flexible conduits; couplings; connectors; joints and unions for pipes, tubes and hoses; seals; non-metallic seals for preventing leakage of gases; non-metallic seals for preventing leakage of fluids; seals made of rubber or plastic for shock absorbers; gaskets; sealing material; plastic fibres for use in the manufacture of packings and seals; polytetrafluoroethylene compounds for use in the manufacture of packings and seals; fittings namely, joint packings, nipples, sleeves, flanges, pipe plugs, pipe gaskets; pipe stoppers, pipe fastening clips, clamping screw fittings; parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods; all of the aforesaid goods not made of metal |
| Goods and Services | Construction, installation, repair and maintenance services all such services relating to valves, valve slides and valve flaps, common metals and their alloys, ironmongery and small items of metal hardware, manually operated valves, check valves of metal (other than parts of machines), metal valves for controlling the flow of gases in pipelines, metal valves for controlling the flow of fluids or liquids in pipelines, pneumatic and hydraulic cylinders made of metal, blast air-containers made of metal, metal connectors and push in fittings for hydraulic and pneumatic devices, nozzles made of metal as parts of machines, rods made of metal, tension levers made of metal, fasteners made of metal, nuts made of metal, bolts made of metal, screws made of metal, connectors made of metal, studs made of metal, metal pipes, hoses and tube fittings, junctions of metal for pipes; construction, installation, repair and maintenance services all such services relating to fittings of metal for compressed air ducts, metal couplings, mounts for valves made of metal, anchors made of metal, anvils made of metal, pipe joints, nipples made of metal, sockets of metal, flanges of metal, pipe plugs of metal, pipe mounting clamps made of metal, reinforcing materials of metal for pipes, bells made of metal, rolled and cast building material, rails and other metallic materials for railway tracks, chains (except driving chains for vehicles), cables and wires (non-electric); construction, installation, repair and maintenance services all such services relating to safes and cash boxes, steel balls, cables and wires of common metals and their alloys (non-electric), steel wire, metal building materials, radiator valve fittings (made of metal), metal tanks, valves being parts of machines, valves being parts of machine tools, hydraulic valves, pneumatic valves, valve closure mechanisms, valves to control flow, pressure, temperature and liquid level, valve wells, pressure regulators, pressure controllers, pressure reducers, nozzles, turbines, actuating magnets for valves, valve spindles, valve stems; construction, installation, repair and maintenance services all such services relating to silencers, mufflers, sound absorbers, pumps, mounts for valves being parts of machines, pressure accumulators and pumps, gears other than for land vehicles, gear boxes other than for land vehicles, gears for machines, gear units for machines, machine coupling and belting (except for land vehicles), gearbox casings other than for land vehicles, connecting rods for machines, motors and engines, hand wheels, not of metal for valves (machine parts), control units, apparatus and mechanisms (hydraulic, manually and/or mechanically controlled); construction, installation, repair and maintenance services all such services relating to actuators, positioners, pneumatic industrial process controllers, ignition apparatus for machines and engines, propulsion mechanisms other than for land vehicles, machine tools, machine coupling and transmission components (except for land vehicles), control and regulatory apparatus and fittings, hoists, lubricating equipment and apparatus, fluid-blocking spray machines and apparatus, large size agricultural implements, automatic drainage machines for liquids, powered-operated spray and blow guns; construction, installation, repair and maintenance services all such services relating to machine parts, namely, pneumatic and hydraulic cylinders, pneumatic air preparation units and parts thereof for use in pneumatic machinery, pneumatic air compressor units for use in pneumatic machines, slide tables for pneumatic and hydraulic devices, powered grippers for pneumatic and hydraulic devices, guide blocks with roller bearings for machines, electric spindles, parts of machines, namely, manifold assemblies for valves comprised primarily of pressure switches, check valves, regulators and gauges, filters, filter cleaning systems for machines, hydraulic engines, servomotors for mechanical engineering and tool manufacture, pneumatic devices for servo-driven switching and controlling plants, air barriers, reflex nozzles, booster relays; construction, installation, repair and maintenance services all such services relating to power operated tools, pneumatic tools, handling and positioning apparatus for use in automated assembly and processing installations, compressors, apparatus and instruments for controlling, detection, measuring, indicating, timing, switching, transforming, inspection, sensing, checking (supervision), signalling, monitoring, accumulating, adjusting or regulating, solenoid valves, electrovalves, electromagnetic valves, electromagnetic interrupters, positioner sensors, electronic positioners, digital positioners, electric apparatus for remote ignition, flow control apparatus and instruments; construction, installation, repair and maintenance services all such services relating to data processing equipment and instruments, computer software, filters, electric filter cleaning systems, thermostats, nanometric switches, fluidic apparatus for logistics and for machine and process control, electronic connectors for solenoid valves, sensors, circuit boards, pressure amplifier boosters, electrostatic precipitators, gauges, room thermostats, humidistats, diaphragms and capillary tubes for control systems, controlled devices and software for HVAC; construction, installation, repair and maintenance services all such services relating to fire-extinguishing apparatus, valves as part of radiators, apparatus, installations and instruments for lighting, heating, steam generating, cooking, ventilating, refrigerating, drying, water supply, flow and distribution, steam lines, air-conditioning, cooling and sanitary purposes, thermostat-controlled valves, thermostat heads for valves, thermostat superstructures for valves, plumbing fittings, water pressure reducers, regulators for level controlling in tanks, valves for use in cryogenic apparatus and equipment, flare stack systems for use in the oil industry burner control apparatus and instruments, driers for pneumatic systems, air and gas driers, air vents, filters, filters for the production, processing or treatment of compressed air or other compressed gases, locking and multipath taps, apparatus and installations for degassing water, gas and air separator equipment and devices; construction, installation, repair and maintenance services all such services relating to venting devices, a venting and separating device for water heaters for removing micro bubbles, sludge, oxygen and magnetite, water pipe apparatus and installations, heat-exchangers (not part of machines), water treatment equipment, apparatus, installations and instruments for expansion and maintenance of pressure in water systems and pressure boosting systems, industrial water purification equipment, pressure maintenance devices with pumps for heating, solar and chilled water systems, taps being parts of heating installations; construction, installation, repair and maintenance services all such services relating to expansion tanks for closed heating or cooling systems, gaskets, radiators, feeding apparatus for heating boilers, flues, pipes for heating boilers, indoor and outdoor waterfalls, lubricating equipment and apparatus, pipes, tubes, flexible tubing, hoses, blocks, rods, shaped pipe, tube and hose sections, non-metallic fittings for pipes, tubes and hoses, flexible conduits, couplings, connectors, joints and unions for pipes, tubes and hoses, seals, gaskets, sealing material, fittings namely, joint packings, nipples, sleeves, flanges, pipe plugs, pipe gaskets, pipe stoppers, pipe fastening clips, clamping screw fittings; construction, installation, repair and maintenance services all such services relating to parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods; information on the repair and maintenance of HVAC systems |
| Indication of Colors claimed | Color is not claimed as a feature of the mark. |
| Goods and Services | Valves; valve slides and valve flaps; valves as part of radiators; apparatus, installations and instruments for lighting, heating, steam generating, cooking, ventilating, refrigerating, drying, water supply, flow and distribution, steam lines, air-conditioning, cooling and sanitary purposes; thermostat-controlled valves; thermostat heads for valves; thermostat superstructures for valves; plumbing fittings; water pressure reducers; regulators for level controlling in tanks; valves for use in cryogenic apparatus and equipment; flare stack systems for use in the oil industry burner control apparatus and instruments; driers for pneumatic systems; air and gas driers; air vents; filters; filters for the production, processing or treatment of compressed air or other compressed gases; locking and multipath taps; apparatus and installations for degassing water; gas and air separator equipment and devices; venting devices; a venting and separating device for water heaters for removing micro bubbles, sludge, oxygen and magnetite; water pipe apparatus and installations; heat-exchangers (not part of machines); water treatment equipment; apparatus, installations and instruments for expansion and maintenance of pressure in water systems and pressure boosting systems; industrial water purification equipment; pressure maintenance devices with pumps for heating, solar and chilled water systems; taps being parts of heating installations; expansion tanks for closed heating or cooling systems; gaskets; radiators; feeding apparatus for heating boilers; flues; pipes for heating boilers; indoor and outdoor waterfalls; lubricating equipment and apparatus; Manual and automatic isolation and control steam valves; steam and liquid flow control and regulating apparatus and instruments, namely, valves, control valves, isolation valves, silencers; parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods |
| Goods and Services | Industrial design and research services; industrial design and research services in the field of severe service applications in the power, nuclear, oil, gas, petrochemical and chemical processing industries and in the field of critical applications such as safeguarding plants, equipment or people and averting emergency shutdowns in the power, nuclear, oil, gas, petrochemical and chemical processing industries; scientific and technological services, engineering services for others; scientific and technological services, namely, analysis of technical data to identify operational issues, control logic issues, design issues, maintenance issues, and hardware and equipment issues in industrial plants; scientific and technological services namely flow control analysis and optimization of performance in the power, nuclear, oil, gas, petrochemical and chemical processing industries; engineering design services; consulting in the field of engineering; consulting services in the field of industrial engineering; technology consultation in the field of industrial plant operations; engineering and system analysis in the field of industrial plant operation systems; engineering testing services; quality control testing services; technical testing services; testing of apparatus and machinery; testing of valves; computer software design, programming and maintenance; information, advice and consultancy services in relation to all of the aforesaid services; none of the aforementioned services in connection with military purposes, simulators or simulation systems |
| 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 | Tuesday, January 16, 2024 |
| 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 | Tuesday, January 16, 2024 |
| 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 | Tuesday, January 16, 2024 |
| Primary Code | 009 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 011 - Apparatus for lighting, heating, steam generating, cooking, refrigerating, drying, ventilating, water supply, and sanitary purposes. |
| US Class Codes | 013, 021, 023, 024, 031, 034 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Tuesday, January 16, 2024 |
| Primary Code | 011 |
| 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 | Tuesday, January 16, 2024 |
| Primary Code | 017 |
| 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 | Tuesday, January 16, 2024 |
| Primary Code | 037 |
| 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 | Tuesday, January 16, 2024 |
| Primary Code | 042 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Party Name | IMI Plc |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 99 - Other |
| Address | Birmingham B377XZ GB |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Tuesday, January 16, 2024 | NEW APPLICATION ENTERED |
| Friday, May 10, 2024 | NOTICE OF DESIGN SEARCH CODE E-MAILED |
| Friday, May 10, 2024 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED |
| Monday, August 12, 2024 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Tuesday, August 13, 2024 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Tuesday, August 13, 2024 | NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, August 13, 2024 | NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |