| Serial Number | 87809145 |
| Word Mark | MELD |
| Filing Date | Friday, February 23, 2018 |
| Status | 702 - SECTION 8 & 15 - ACCEPTED AND ACKNOWLEDGED |
| Status Date | Saturday, December 13, 2025 |
| Registration Number | 5854324 |
| Registration Date | Tuesday, September 10, 2019 |
| Mark Drawing | 3 - Illustration: Drawing or design which also includes word(s) / letter(s) / number(s) |
| Published for Opposition Date | Tuesday, June 25, 2019 |
| Indication of Colors claimed | Color is not claimed as a feature of the mark. |
| Description of Mark | The mark consists of the image of a dragon reaching over and above the word "MELD" which is central in the mark. |
| Goods and Services | Scientific research, technological and engineering consulting services in the field of new, customized and proprietary material fabrication, filler materials and their structures and properties before and after an additive process, and the specifics of different processes as they can relate to joining, manufacturing, coating and repair applications |
| Goods and Services | Providing a solid-state thermo-mechanical additive process, namely, a solid state and thermal-mechanical material treatment occurring during deposition for material modification, joining, coating or addition to metals, metal alloys, metal matrix composites, polymers, plastics, composites and other types of materials or their combination |
| Goods and Services | Machines for processing of materials through a variety of solid state, thermo-mechanical additive manufacturing processes which deposit or print the processed materials onto underlying substrates or parts and various 3D-structure manufacturing, joining, coating and repair applications; consumable machine tools that deposit or print processed materials onto underlying substrates or parts and build or modify, join, coat and cut underlying substrates or parts |
| 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 | Thursday, March 1, 2018 |
| Primary Code | 007 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | Tuesday, August 1, 2017 |
| First Use In Commerce Date | Tuesday, August 1, 2017 |
| International Class | 040 - Treatment of materials. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 103, 106 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Thursday, March 1, 2018 |
| Primary Code | 040 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | Tuesday, August 1, 2017 |
| First Use In Commerce Date | Tuesday, August 1, 2017 |
| 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, March 1, 2018 |
| Primary Code | 042 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | Tuesday, August 1, 2017 |
| First Use In Commerce Date | Tuesday, August 1, 2017 |
| Party Name | MELD Manufacturing Corporation |
| Party Type | 30 - Original Registrant |
| Legal Entity Type | 03 - Corporation |
| Address | Christiansburg, VA 24073 |
| Party Name | MELD Manufacturing Corporation |
| Party Type | 20 - Owner at Publication |
| Legal Entity Type | 03 - Corporation |
| Address | Christiansburg, VA 24073 |
| Party Name | MELD Manufacturing Corporation |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 03 - Corporation |
| Address | Christiansburg, VA 24073 |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Tuesday, February 27, 2018 | NEW APPLICATION ENTERED |
| Thursday, March 1, 2018 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED |
| Friday, March 2, 2018 | NOTICE OF DESIGN SEARCH CODE E-MAILED |
| Thursday, June 7, 2018 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Thursday, June 14, 2018 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Thursday, June 14, 2018 | NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Thursday, June 14, 2018 | NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Friday, September 28, 2018 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Monday, October 15, 2018 | ASSIGNED TO LIE |
| Wednesday, October 17, 2018 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Wednesday, October 17, 2018 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Tuesday, November 13, 2018 | FINAL REFUSAL WRITTEN |
| Tuesday, November 13, 2018 | FINAL REFUSAL E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, November 13, 2018 | NOTIFICATION OF FINAL REFUSAL EMAILED |
| Thursday, May 9, 2019 | TEAS REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION RECEIVED |
| Thursday, May 9, 2019 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Thursday, May 9, 2019 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Thursday, May 16, 2019 | EXAMINERS AMENDMENT -WRITTEN |
| Thursday, May 16, 2019 | EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED |
| Thursday, May 16, 2019 | NOTIFICATION OF EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED |
| Thursday, May 16, 2019 | EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT ENTERED |
| Friday, May 17, 2019 | APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Wednesday, June 5, 2019 | NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, June 25, 2019 | PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION |
| Tuesday, June 25, 2019 | OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, September 10, 2019 | REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Tuesday, September 10, 2024 | COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (6-YR) E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, September 9, 2025 | TEAS SECTION 8 & 15 RECEIVED |
| Saturday, December 13, 2025 | CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL |
| Saturday, December 13, 2025 | REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (6-YR) ACCEPTED & SEC. 15 ACK. |
| Saturday, December 13, 2025 | NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 15 - E-MAILED |