| Serial Number | 76260293 |
| Word Mark | MKS |
| Filing Date | Monday, May 21, 2001 |
| Status | 800 - REGISTERED AND RENEWED |
| Status Date | Friday, December 9, 2022 |
| Registration Number | 2697197 |
| Registration Date | Tuesday, March 18, 2003 |
| Mark Drawing | 3 - Illustration: Drawing or design which also includes word(s) / letter(s) / number(s) |
| Published for Opposition Date | Tuesday, December 24, 2002 |
| Goods and Services | Sensors and electrical instrumentation and power supplies and signal conditioners and analog and digital meters for measurement and control of fluid pressure, vacuum and flow; Residual gas analyzers; Process and optical monitors for detecting gas compositions within a process chamber; Quadrapole mass spectrometers; Electrical analog-digital interface adapters, gateway and card modules; Radio frequency, direct current and microwave power supplies and generators; Power generators for converting energy from chemical gas reactions to power for running processes with a process chamber; Thermal, electrical and pressure-based mass flow controllers; Gas pressure valves for controlling and shutting off gas flow; Vacuum and gas component heaters; Gas sticks composed of mass flow controllers, pressure transducers, control valves, isolation valves and volumes; [Gas filters and purifiers;] Heaters; Helium leak detectors; Gas detector and analyzer for monitoring gas emissions for safety and compliance; Calibration equipment for pressure and flow transducers, and for flow meters; Vacuum gauge systems, vacuum gauges, transducers, metal pipe and hose fittings, pressure valves, heater jackets and traps for capturing waste materials exiting from a process chamber; Liquid delivery system composed primarily of a pump, vaporizer, and power controller for vaporizing a liquid into a gas and delivering the gas to a process chamber; In situ flow verifier of process or purge gases; Vacuum sensing and switching equipment, namely, vacuum sensor switches; [Hardware and software for measuring the transmissivity, reflectivity, optical density and thickness of thin metal films, and for providing topographical images of the same;] Software for operating optical spectrometers; Software for operating quadrapole mass spectrometers; Software for determining the presence and measurement of residual contaminants in a semiconductor process; Electronic control accessories, namely, micro-processor based data communication devices for communicating between quadrapole mass analyzers and a computer |
| 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, June 4, 2001 |
| Primary Code | 009 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | Monday, January 29, 2001 |
| First Use In Commerce Date | Monday, January 29, 2001 |
| Party Name | MKS Instruments, Inc. |
| Party Type | 30 - Original Registrant |
| Legal Entity Type | 03 - Corporation |
| Address | Andover, MA 01810 |
| Party Name | MKS Instruments, Inc. |
| Party Type | 20 - Owner at Publication |
| Legal Entity Type | 03 - Corporation |
| Address | Andover, MA 01810 |
| Party Name | MKS Instruments, Inc. |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 03 - Corporation |
| Address | Andover, MA 01810 |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Wednesday, October 23, 2002 | EXAMINERS AMENDMENT MAILED |
| Friday, July 20, 2001 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Thursday, August 2, 2001 | NON-FINAL ACTION MAILED |
| Monday, February 4, 2002 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Friday, February 8, 2002 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Monday, April 22, 2002 | FINAL REFUSAL MAILED |
| Thursday, October 10, 2002 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Tuesday, May 27, 2008 | NOTICE OF SUIT |
| Wednesday, January 23, 2013 | TEAS SECTION 8 & 9 RECEIVED |
| Friday, October 25, 2002 | APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Wednesday, December 4, 2002 | NOTICE OF PUBLICATION |
| Tuesday, December 24, 2002 | PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION |
| Tuesday, March 18, 2003 | REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Friday, April 4, 2008 | CASE FILE IN TICRS |
| Wednesday, March 11, 2009 | TEAS SECTION 8 & 15 RECEIVED |
| Thursday, March 12, 2009 | ASSIGNED TO PARALEGAL |
| Wednesday, March 18, 2009 | REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (6-YR) ACCEPTED & SEC. 15 ACK. |
| Monday, September 17, 2018 | TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED |
| Monday, September 17, 2018 | ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED |
| Wednesday, February 6, 2019 | ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP NOT UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY |
| Friday, March 18, 2022 | COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (10-YR)/SEC. 9 E-MAILED |
| Thursday, May 26, 2022 | TEAS CHANGE OF OWNER ADDRESS RECEIVED |
| Saturday, February 9, 2013 | CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL |
| Saturday, February 9, 2013 | REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (10-YR) ACCEPTED/SEC. 9 GRANTED |
| Saturday, February 9, 2013 | REGISTERED AND RENEWED (FIRST RENEWAL - 10 YRS) |
| Saturday, February 9, 2013 | NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 9 - E-MAILED |
| Thursday, May 26, 2022 | TEAS SECTION 8 & 9 RECEIVED |
| Thursday, May 26, 2022 | ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED |
| Thursday, May 26, 2022 | TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED |
| Thursday, May 26, 2022 | TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED |
| Thursday, May 26, 2022 | APPLICANT/CORRESPONDENCE CHANGES (NON-RESPONSIVE) ENTERED |
| Friday, December 9, 2022 | REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (10-YR) ACCEPTED/SEC. 9 GRANTED |
| Friday, December 9, 2022 | CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL |
| Friday, December 9, 2022 | REGISTERED AND RENEWED (SECOND RENEWAL - 10 YRS) |
| Friday, December 9, 2022 | NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 9 - E-MAILED |
| Friday, June 7, 2024 | TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED |
| Friday, June 7, 2024 | APPLICANT/CORRESPONDENCE CHANGES (NON-RESPONSIVE) ENTERED |
| Friday, June 7, 2024 | TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED |
| Friday, June 7, 2024 | ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED |
| Friday, June 7, 2024 | TEAS CHANGE OF OWNER ADDRESS RECEIVED |