| Serial Number | 79399861 |
| Word Mark | KNOPPERS |
| Filing Date | Tuesday, April 30, 2024 |
| Status | 700 - REGISTERED |
| Status Date | Tuesday, July 15, 2025 |
| Registration Number | 7862526 |
| Registration Date | Tuesday, July 15, 2025 |
| Mark Drawing | 3 - Illustration: Drawing or design which also includes word(s) / letter(s) / number(s) |
| Published for Opposition Date | Tuesday, May 27, 2025 |
| Indication of Colors claimed | The color(s) light blue, dark blue, brown, light brown, dark brown, red, green, beige, white, and light grey is/are claimed as a feature of the mark. |
| Description of Mark | The mark consists of a two-dimensional design of a rectangular wafer bar package having light grey edges on the left and right sides, with the stylized word "KNOPPERS", with a "K" in uppercase and the other letters in lowercase appearing on a left to right upward angle across the package. The letters are dark blue with a white outline, noticeable where the background is not white. The background of the package is divided diagonally across the middle by a wavy pattern, with the upper left portion in light blue and the bottom portion in white and a red strip in the upper left corner of the package. Below the term "KNOPPERS" is a glass with light grey outlining containing white milk, and images of three light brown wheat stalks, two brown and beige hazelnuts and a green leaf, and a wafer bar which is dark brown on the top, with a white layer, a beige layer, a dark brown layer with beige specks, and a wavy bottom layer in beige with beige pieces of hazelnut underneath the left side of the wafer bar. |
| Goods and Services | Sweets; confectionery made of sugar or sugar substitutes; fruit gums being fruit-flavored gum sweets; foam confections being chocolate covered confectionery made of sugar and eggwhite foam; chocolate; chocolate products, namely, chocolates, chocolate candies, chocolate pralines, chocolate bars, chocolate wafer bars, chocolate candy figures, chocolate chips, chocolate covered nuts and fruits, chocolate covered candy, chocolate syrup, chocolate covered macaroons, chocolate covered pretzels, chocolate covered biscuits, chocolate powder; pastries; ice cream; popcorn; preparations for making the aforementioned products, namely, cocoa powder, cake mixes, cookie mixes, pastry cream, mixes for making ice-cream, caramel-based spreads for pastries and chocolates, chocolate-based spreads for pastries and chocolates, coffee mixes, coffee-based spreads for pastries and chocolates |
| International Class | 030 - Coffee, tea, cocoa, sugar, rice, tapioca, sago, artificial coffee; flour and preparations made from cereals, bread, pastry and confectionery, ices; honey, treacle; yeast, baking powder; salt, mustard; vinegar, sauces (condiments); spices; ice. |
| US Class Codes | 046 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Thursday, July 11, 2024 |
| Primary Code | 030 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Party Name | August Storck KG |
| Party Type | 30 - Original Registrant |
| Legal Entity Type | 13 - Limited Partnership |
| Address | DE |
| Party Name | August Storck KG |
| Party Type | 20 - Owner at Publication |
| Legal Entity Type | 13 - Limited Partnership |
| Address | DE |
| Party Name | August Storck KG |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 13 - Limited Partnership |
| Address | DE |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Thursday, July 11, 2024 | SN ASSIGNED FOR SECT 66A APPL FROM IB |
| Saturday, July 13, 2024 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED |
| Saturday, July 13, 2024 | APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED |
| Thursday, November 14, 2024 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Tuesday, November 19, 2024 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Wednesday, November 20, 2024 | NON-FINAL ACTION (IB REFUSAL) PREPARED FOR REVIEW |
| Wednesday, December 4, 2024 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY MPU |
| Wednesday, December 4, 2024 | NON-FINAL ACTION MAILED - REFUSAL SENT TO IB |
| Saturday, December 21, 2024 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY IB |
| Friday, February 7, 2025 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Friday, February 7, 2025 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Friday, February 7, 2025 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Sunday, March 9, 2025 | FINAL REFUSAL WRITTEN |
| Sunday, March 9, 2025 | FINAL REFUSAL E-MAILED |
| Sunday, March 9, 2025 | NOTIFICATION OF FINAL REFUSAL EMAILED |
| Friday, April 4, 2025 | TEAS REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION RECEIVED |
| Friday, April 4, 2025 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Friday, April 4, 2025 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Saturday, April 26, 2025 | APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Wednesday, May 21, 2025 | NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, May 27, 2025 | PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION |
| Tuesday, May 27, 2025 | OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, July 15, 2025 | REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Tuesday, July 15, 2025 | NOTICE OF REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION EMAILED |
| Wednesday, October 15, 2025 | FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB |
| Wednesday, December 10, 2025 | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB |
| Wednesday, December 10, 2025 | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION SENT TO IB |