| Serial Number | 99002259 |
| Word Mark | MANAGER IN A BOX |
| Filing Date | Thursday, January 16, 2025 |
| Status | 661 - RESPONSE AFTER NON-FINAL ACTION - ENTERED |
| Status Date | Monday, September 22, 2025 |
| Registration Number | 0000000 |
| Registration Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Mark Drawing | 4 - Illustration: Drawing with word(s) / letter(s) / number(s) in Block form |
| Published for Opposition Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Goods and Services | Middle office platform of services for asset managers, namely, providing financial consulting in the fields of investor reporting, namely, providing investors with financial information; financial consulting in the fields of tracking and managing risk transfer provisions between various entities within the management company, fund, and portfolio company structure; financial consulting in the fields of assisting with transaction closings, in particular, tax and accounting structuring, and the onboarding of new investments and funds onto each management company's platform; financial consulting in the fields of investor reporting activities and standard communications, in particular, investor portal management, capital call and distribution notices, K-1 preparations and distributions, wire instruction coordination, investor transfers and assignments; financial consulting in the fields of developing and managing specialty compliance programs as needed, in particular, vendor management, Anti-Money Laundering, Environmental Social Governance; financial consulting in the fields of hazard identification and overseeing risk management activities, in particular, a manager's property, casualty, and liability insurance programs and advising their portfolio companies on such matters as needed; financial consulting in the fields of working closely with the manager's investment team as it relates to the development and regular production of lender reporting packages and financial dashboards excluding the fields of sales and marketing; financial consulting in the fields of overseeing all third-party fund administrators, middle-office and back-office service providers to maintain and manage investor ledgers, capital calls, distributions, cash balances, bank accounts, and bank relationships; financial consulting in the fields of implementing and maintaining regulatory compliance programs, in particular, filing of Forms Private Fund and Advisor for managers that choose to become registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission; financial consulting in the fields of preparing and tracking annual management company budgets; financial consulting in the fields of internal controls, in particular, making continuous improvements thereto excluding the fields of sales and marketing. |
| Goods and Services | Middle office Platform as a Service (PaaS) for asset managers, namely, providing IT services in the nature of planning, designing and management of information technology systems for management companies, in particular, through the management of third-party vendors; providing online, non-downloadable proprietary accounting and finance workflow management software that creates dynamic workflows to ensure that teams can proactively plan for each deliverable; providing online, non-downloadable software for integrating general ledger to ensure the accuracy of accounting data, audit readiness through the segregation of duties, documented sign-offs, and creation of document repositories; providing online, non-downloadable software for monitoring granular file permissions and detailed user analytics to efficiently manage each phase of a project; providing online, non-downloadable software for performing unique reporting analytics that can cut weeks out of month-and quarter-end closes processes; Platform as a Service (PaaS) featuring centralized communication computer software platforms for providing a searchable audit trail to reduce employee training times; consulting and information services relation to information technology architecture and infrastructure; proprietary software development; Software as a Service (SaaS) services featuring software for managing and reviewing all accounting and financial reporting for managers, in particular, their funds, their management companies, and any related entities; Software as a Service (SaaS) services featuring software for managing and reviewing the quarterly valuation and portfolio review process; Software as a Service (SaaS) services featuring software for preparing monthly and ad hoc reports and presentations for senior management and investors; Software as a Service (SaaS) services featuring software for managing and reviewing all HR functions for management company employees, in particular, recruiting, onboarding and offboarding, payroll, benefit plan designs and administration, compensation strategy and execution; Software as a Service (SaaS) services featuring software for performing annual audit and tax compliance process for managers and their funds; Software as a Service (SaaS) services featuring software for tracking and managing risk transfer provisions between various entities within the management company, fund, and portfolio company structure; Software as a Service (SaaS) services featuring software for performing transaction closings, in particular, tax and accounting structuring, and the onboarding of new investments and funds onto each management company's platform; Software as a Service (SaaS) services featuring software for reporting investor activities and standard communications, in particular, investor portal management, capital call and distribution notices, K-1 preparations and distributions, wire instruction coordination, investor transfers and assignments; Software as a Service (SaaS) services featuring software for developing and managing specialty compliance programs as needed, in particular, vendor management, Anti-Money Laundering and Environmental Social Governance; Software as a Service (SaaS) services featuring software for hazard identification and monitoring risk management activities, in particular, a manager's property, casualty, and liability insurance programs and advising their portfolio companies on such matters as needed; Software as a Service (SaaS) services featuring software for use by manager's investment team for developing regular production of lender reporting packages and financial dashboards; Software as a Service (SaaS) services featuring software for managing all third-party fund administrators, middle-office and back-office service providers to maintain and manage investor ledgers, capital calls, distributions, cash balances, bank accounts, and bank relationships; Software as a Service (SaaS) services featuring software for implementing and maintaining regulatory compliance programs, in particular, the filing of Forms PF (Private Fund) and ADV (Advisor) for managers that choose to become registered with the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission); Software as a Service (SS) services featuring software for preparing and tracking annual management company budgets excluding the fields of sales and marketing; Software as a Service (SAAS) services featuring software for managing all internal controls, in particular, for making continuous improvements thereto excluding the fields of sales and marketing; proprietary software licensing excluding the fields of sales and marketing. |
| International Class | 036 - Insurance; financial affairs; monetary affairs; real estate affairs. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 101, 102 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Monday, September 22, 2025 |
| Primary Code | 036 |
| 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 | Thursday, January 16, 2025 |
| Primary Code | 042 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Party Name | ArsBP IP Holdings LLC |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 16 - Limited Liability Company |
| Address | Chicago, IL 60606 |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Thursday, January 16, 2025 | NEW APPLICATION ENTERED |
| Thursday, January 16, 2025 | APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED |
| Thursday, January 16, 2025 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED |
| Tuesday, June 24, 2025 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Monday, September 22, 2025 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Monday, September 22, 2025 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Monday, June 23, 2025 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Tuesday, June 24, 2025 | NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, June 24, 2025 | NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Monday, September 22, 2025 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |