| Serial Number | 98827401 |
| Word Mark | MEP |
| Filing Date | Wednesday, October 30, 2024 |
| Status | 661 - RESPONSE AFTER NON-FINAL ACTION - ENTERED |
| Status Date | Friday, May 16, 2025 |
| 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 |
| Goods and Services | Instant noodles; instant noodles sold in a cup; ramen; dried noodles; frozen noodles; spaghetti; pasta; soba noodles; polished cereals in the nature of processed cereals made of muesli, rice, pearl barley, glutinous rice, brown rice, and husked oats; flour; cereal-based snack food; cooked dish consisting primarily of stir-fried rice cake with fermented hot pepper paste, namely, topokki; malt for human consumption, namely, malt for food purposes and malt extracts for food; bread; confectionery, namely, candy and chocolate, frozen confectionery, jelly confectionery, almond confectionery, chocolate confectionery, yogurt-covered nuts being confectionery, yogurt-covered fruit being confectionery, confectionery made of sugar, confectionery made of sugar substitutes, frozen confectionery containing ice cream, confectionery in the form of mousses; natural sweeteners; rice cakes; fermented hot pepper paste (gochujang); sauces; spices; salt; ice; preparations made from cereals, namely, noodles, breakfast cereals, ready-to-eat cereals, cereal bars, cereal cookies, granola, ravioli, macaroni, vermicelli, edible paper, oatmeal, cooked rice, instant rice, cornflakes, tacos; snack confectionery, namely, snack cakes, chocolate-based snack foods, rice-based snack food, coffee-based snack foods, corn-based snack foods, flour-based snack foods, chocolate-based snack bars, ice-cream-based snack foods, frozen-yogurt-based snack foods, extruded wheat snacks, extruded corn snacks; food seasonings; yeast; meat tenderizers for culinary purposes; seasonings |
| Description of Mark | The mark consists of the stylized letters "MEP" followed by a stylized Korean character, all located within a flame. |
| NOT AVAILABLE | The non-Latin characters in the mark transliterate to MEP and this has no meaning in a foreign language. |
| Goods and Services | Processed meat; fish-based foodstuffs, namely, fish-based snack foods; food products made from fish and shellfish, namely, dried shellfish, smoked shellfish, canned fish, dried fish, smoked fish, fish sausages, fish cakes, seasoned fish, fish-based snack food, fish fillets, fish jellies, fish balls; meat, fish not live, poultry and game; processed seaweed products, namely, processed edible seaweed, seaweed-based snacks, seaweed extracts for food, dried edible seaweed (hoshi-wakame); processed beans, excluding bean curds and processed beans in the nature of foodstuffs made from bean curds; food products made from oil and fat, namely, edible oil and fat; edible insects, not live; dairy products, namely, cream and dairy-based spreads; cheese; eggs; soups; preserved, frozen, dried and cooked fruits and vegetables; jellies for food, other than confectionery; croquettes, namely, meat croquettes, fish croquettes, vegetable croquettes, chicken croquettes; frozen beans; foods prepared from tofu, namely, tofu burger patties, tofu-based snacks, tofu patties, fried tofu pieces (abura-age), freeze-dried tofu pieces (kohri-dofu); not live fish, namely, frozen fish and fish preserved with salt; not live shellfish, namely, frozen shellfish and shellfish preserved with salt; preparations for making soup; pollen prepared as foodstuff; lecithin for culinary purposes; vegetable-based concentrates for culinary purposes |
| Indication of Colors claimed | Color is not claimed as a feature of the mark. |
| International Class | 029 - Meat, fish, poultry and game; meat extracts; preserved, frozen, dried and cooked fruits and vegetables; jellies, jams, compotes; eggs, milk and milk products; edible oils and fats. |
| US Class Codes | 046 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Wednesday, October 30, 2024 |
| Primary Code | 029 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| 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 | Wednesday, October 30, 2024 |
| Primary Code | 030 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Party Name | Samyang Roundsquare Inc. |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 03 - Corporation |
| Address | Seoul 02737 KR |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Wednesday, October 30, 2024 | NEW APPLICATION ENTERED |
| Tuesday, February 18, 2025 | NOTICE OF DESIGN SEARCH CODE E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, February 18, 2025 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED |
| Thursday, March 27, 2025 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Tuesday, April 29, 2025 | NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Friday, May 16, 2025 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Friday, May 16, 2025 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Friday, May 16, 2025 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Tuesday, April 29, 2025 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Tuesday, April 29, 2025 | NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |