| Serial Number | 99146560 |
| Word Mark | MERIT CONTROLS |
| Filing Date | Monday, April 21, 2025 |
| Status | 661 - RESPONSE AFTER NON-FINAL ACTION - ENTERED |
| Status Date | Monday, December 22, 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 |
| NOT AVAILABLE | "CONTROLS" |
| Description of Mark | The mark consists of three angled and partially overlapping parallelograms connected at their edges followed by the word MERIT above the word CONTROLS. |
| Goods and Services | Industrial automation controls; industrial electronic control systems for machines; Electrical integrated control systems for use in the field of power plant and energy storage systems electrical control equipment; industrial programmable logic controller (PLC); industrial power controllers; industrial electronic controllers for use with power converters; Downloadable industrial process control software; Meteorological instruments; industrial wireless communication devices for voice, data or image transmission; Electronic components in the nature of inverter-based electrical controllers, relays and switches for use with power plants and energy storage systems; Testing and measuring equipment for use in testing the performance and efficiency of power plant equipment; Computer hardware and recorded software systems for the control of power plants equipment performance comprised of inverter-based electrical controllers and energy storage systems; Computer hardware and recorded software systems for controlling and regulating power plant and energy storage system energy output and loads; Computer hardware and recorded software systems for connecting and providing information on the status of power plant and energy storage system production performance and environmental impact parameters; Computer hardware and recorded software systems for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems comprised of downloadable software and programmable electrical controllers for control and monitoring of power plants and energy storage system performance comprised of inverter-based electrical controllers; Computer hardware and recorded software systems for Meteorological (MET) stations comprised of meteorological instruments for the collection, storage, and communication of meteorological data of a power plant site; Computer hardware and recorded software systems for Automated process control, namely, microprocessor-based hardware and downloadable computer software used to monitor the status of industrial processes, namely, power generation and energy storage systems performance; Computer hardware and recorded software systems for monitoring communications and networking performance from inverter-based electrical controllers for use within power plants and energy storage systems |
| Goods and Services | Computer modeling services; Design of computer-simulated models; Computer graphics design services, namely, creating of power plant and energy storage system controls models; Technical consultation in the field of power plant engineering, namely, testing and evaluation of power plant equipment to improve performance and efficiency of such equipment; Remote monitoring of the functioning and use of electrical equipment, namely, power plant and energy storage system controls equipment; Monitoring of computer systems by remote access to ensure proper functioning |
| 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 | Monday, April 21, 2025 |
| Primary Code | 009 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | Wednesday, January 9, 2019 |
| First Use In Commerce Date | Wednesday, January 9, 2019 |
| 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 | Monday, April 21, 2025 |
| Primary Code | 042 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | Wednesday, January 9, 2019 |
| First Use In Commerce Date | Wednesday, January 9, 2019 |
| Party Name | Merit SI Technologies, LLC |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 16 - Limited Liability Company |
| Address | Somerville, NJ 08876 |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Monday, April 21, 2025 | NEW APPLICATION ENTERED |
| Monday, April 21, 2025 | APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED |
| Wednesday, August 27, 2025 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED |
| Wednesday, August 27, 2025 | NOTICE OF DESIGN SEARCH CODE E-MAILED |
| Saturday, September 13, 2025 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Wednesday, September 24, 2025 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Wednesday, September 24, 2025 | NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Wednesday, September 24, 2025 | NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Monday, December 1, 2025 | TEAS VOLUNTARY AMENDMENT RECEIVED |
| Monday, December 1, 2025 | PRELIMINARY/VOLUNTARY AMENDMENT - ENTERED |
| Monday, December 22, 2025 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Monday, December 22, 2025 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Monday, December 22, 2025 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |