| Serial Number | 79107475 |
| Word Mark | NGK |
| Filing Date | Thursday, July 21, 2011 |
| Status | 707 - PARTIAL SECTION 71 ACCEPTED |
| Status Date | Monday, November 6, 2023 |
| Registration Number | 4248030 |
| Registration Date | Tuesday, November 27, 2012 |
| Mark Drawing | 3 - Illustration: Drawing or design which also includes word(s) / letter(s) / number(s) |
| Published for Opposition Date | Tuesday, September 11, 2012 |
| Description of Mark | The mark consists of the three letters "NGK" in stylized lettering and associated geometric design elements. Above the letters "NGK" is an incomplete square-shaped design with its upper right angle superimposed by a partially shaded circle design comprised of five diagonal lines of varying thickness. |
| Goods and Services | Electric power storage equipment utilizing sodium-sulfur, namely, electric accumulators and electric batteries;[ electric circuit closers; electrical switches; cut-out switches; circuit breakers for lightning protection; current limiting arcing horns; voltage regulators;] power distribution or control machines and apparatuses and components thereof; [ rotary converters; phase modifiers; ] electric power storage cells utilizing sodium-sulfur;[ lithium-ion batteries;] electrical cells and batteries; bushings for use in insulating and supporting high voltage conductors that pass through building walls or transformer boxes; [electric wires and cables; lightning induced power failure prevention apparatuses; lightning arresters; pollution detectors of insulators using ultrasonic cleaning technique; ] measuring and testing machines and instruments, namely, gas sensing elements for measuring nitrogen oxide concentration in exhaust gas; gas sensing elements for measuring nitrogen oxide concentration in exhaust gas for internal combustion engines; gas sensors for measuring nitrogen oxide concentration in exhaust gas; gas sensors for measuring nitrogen oxide concentration in exhaust gas for internal combustion engines; [ water spray fire-extinguishing systems for use in extinguishing fires in electric transformers or other power distribution or control machines and apparatuses and components thereof; fire extinguishers; fire hose nozzles; sprinkler systems for fire protection; furnaces and kilns for laboratory use in testing of baking electrodes of solar cells; heating test furnaces for silicon substrates, glass substrates or carbon sheets for laboratory use; heating test furnaces for resin films and resin fibers for laboratory use; electric heating elements for use in furnaces for laboratory experiments; furnaces and kilns for laboratory experiments; refractory rollers made of ceramics for use in work conveyers for furnaces and kilns for laboratory experiments; refractory racks, partition boards, tables, burner nozzles, jigs, setters and saggers used as accessories for furnaces and kilns for laboratory experiments; filters for aluminum hot metal for furnaces and kilns for laboratory experiments; * racks and containersas * tools of furnaces and kilns for laboratory experiments for use in baking ceramic condensers; separation membrane elements of ceramics for laboratory apparatuses and instruments for use as water separation membranes for solvent recovery or ethanol recovery; ethanol or other solvent recovery apparatuses for laboratory apparatuses and equipments that separate water using separation membrane of ceramics; [ hard disc drive actuators; ] actuators for cameras; packages for crystal oscillators * for mobile communication apparatus *; repeater housings or enclosures for submarine optical communication cables; ]wavelength conversion elements utilizing cyclic polarization inversion; wavelength conversion apparatuses utilizing cyclic polarization inversion; wafers for surface acoustic wave filters for telecommunication devices and apparatuses; wafers for surface acoustic wave filters for electronic machines, apparatuses and their parts [; magnetic cores; resistance wires; electrodes] |
| Certificate of Correction for Registration | Line 6, "namely ceramic compositions for use as electrode sealing materials of arc tubes" should be inserted after "arc tubes" in class 1. Line 33 through 35, "high temperature gas dust collector being filters for use in eliminating harmful substances in high temperature gas emitted from diesel generators;" should be deleted in class 7. Page 3, line 10, "racks and containers as" should be inserted before "tools". Line 17, "for mobile communication apparatus" should be inserted after "crystal oscillators" in class 9. Line 42, "used as tap water faucets, level controlling valves for tanks and pipe line cocks" should be inserted after "ceramics". Line 43, "used as tap water faucets, level controlling valves for tanks and pipe line cocks" should be inserted after "resins". Page 4, line 10, "racks and containers as" should be inserted before "tools" in class 11. |
| Goods and Services | Water-pipe valves, not of metal or plastic, comprised of ceramics or resin, and designed to operate while in contact with liquid[; refractory products for industrial furnaces or kilns, specifically, refractory concrete, refractory bricks and refractory tiles; ceramic building materials, bricks and refractory products, specifically ceramic bricks for use in refractory furnaces and ceramic tiles for use in refractory furnaces] |
| Goods and Services | [ Apparatus for washing insulators; ceramic membrane filters for filtering being component parts of food or beverage processing machines and apparatuses; high temperature gas dust collector being filters for use in eliminating harmful substances in high temperature gas emitted from diesel generators; high temperature gas dust collecting machines; separation membrane elements of ceramics being component parts of chemical processing machines for use as water separation membranes for solvent recovery or ethanol recovery; ethanol or other solvent recovery apparatuses being component parts of chemical processing machines that separate water using separation membranes of ceramics; ] anti-corrosive magnetic drive pumps and vacuum pumps comprised of fine ceramic and/or resin that can operate while in contact with liquid or gas; pneumatic or hydraulic machines and instruments, namely, centrifugal pumps, vacuum pumps, rotary pumps, shafts for pumps, pump impellers, pump casings, bearings for pumps, and couplings for pumps, namely, pump shaft couplings; [drying machines for chemical processing, having glass lining materials inside of their containers; agitation tanks for chemical processing, having glass lining materials inside of their containers;] antistatic devices for ultrapure water for use in manufacturing semiconductors; antistatic devices for ultrapure water for use in manufacturing liquid crystal displays (LCDs); semiconductor manufacturing machines and systems; plastic molding dies for use with machine tools;[ pulp making, papermaking or paper-working machines and apparatuses; printing or bookbinding machines and apparatuses; milk filtering machines; milking machines; tobacco processing machines; glassware manufacturing machines and apparatuses; painting machines and apparatuses; stone working machines and apparatuses; food mixing machines for commercial use; food peeling machines for commercial use; dish washing machines for industrial purposes; food cutting, chopping and slicing machines for commercial use; waste compacting machines and apparatuses; waste crushing machines;] shafts, axles and spindles as parts of machines, not for land vehicles; bearings as machine elements, not for land vehicles; shaft couplings and connectors, all being machine elements and not for land vehicles; [ power transmissions and gearing for machines, not for land vehicles; ] valves as machine elements, not for land vehicles; ball valves being parts of machines |
| Goods and Services | Valves of metal, not machine elements, wetted parts of which being made of ceramics; valves of metal, not machine elements, wetted parts of which being made of resins; valves of metal, not machine elements; [ cermets; irons and steels; ] beryllium copper alloys; nonferrous metals and their alloys[; industrial water storage tanks of metal; liquefied gas storage tanks of metal; gas storage tanks of metal; internal floating lids of aluminum for use with gas or liquefied gas storage tanks; metal junctions for pipes; metal flanges; prefabricated building assembly kits of metal] |
| Certificate of Correction for Registration | In the statement, Class 1 after "cermets-based electrode sealing materials of arc tubes", " *namely, ceramic compositions for use as electrode sealing materials of arc tubes * should be deleted and inserted after electrode sealing materials of arc tubes |
| Indication of Colors claimed | Color is not claimed as a feature of the mark. |
| Goods and Services | [ Industrial chemicals; cermets-based electrode sealing materials of arc tubes, ; electrode sealing materials of arc tubes *, namely, ceramic compositions for use as electrode sealing materials of arc tubes *; lithium cobalt oxide, ternary positive electrode materials, specifically, nickel, cobalt and mangan, lithium manganate, lithium nickel oxide, lithium phosphate and other chemicals for use as positive-electrode active materials for lithium batteries in the manufacturing of positive-electrode of lithium batteries; lithium cobalt oxide, ternary positive electrode materials, specifically, nickel, cobalt and alminium, lithium manganate, lithium nickel oxide, lithium phosphate and other chemicals for use as positive-electrode active materials for lithium batteries in the manufacturing of positive-electrode of lithium batteries; polyvinylidene fluoride, styrene-butadiene rubber and other chemicals for use as binder for positive-electrode active materials for lithium batteries; activated carbon, graphite fine powder, carbon fibers and other chemicals for use as conductive aids for positive-electrode active materials for lithium batteries; paste form chemicals for use in electrode formation ] |
| Goods and Services | [Ceramic membrane filters for drinking water for industrial purposes; ceramic membrane filters for use in water purifying apparatuses; separation membrane elements of ceramics for water purifying apparatuses for use as water separation membranes for solvent or ethanol recovery; ethanol or other solvent recovery apparatuses for water purifying apparatuses that separate water using separation membranes of ceramics; water purifying apparatuses; household tap-water filters;] ceramic membrane filters for filtration apparatuses for industrial wastewater; [high temperature gas dust collectors being filters for use in collecting valuable matter in high temperature exhaust fumes emitted from industrial furnaces or other industrial apparatuses; high temperature gas dust collectors being filters for use in eliminating harmful substances in high temperature gas emitted from incinerators and boilers; steamers for chemical processing; evaporators for chemical processing; distillers for chemical processing; heat exchangers for chemical processing; garbage incinerators;] cocks, wetted parts of which being made of ceramics * used as tap water faucets, level controlling valves for tanks and pipe line cocks *;cocks, wetted parts of which being made of resins * used as tap water faucets, level controlling valves for tanks and pipe line cocks *; tap water faucets; level controlling valves for tanks; pipe line cocks;[ drying apparatuses for chemical processing, having glass lining materials inside of their containers; drying furnaces for chemical processing for use with PDP (plasma display panel) glass substrates; drying furnaces for chemical processing for use with silicon substrates, glass substrates or carbon sheets; electric heating elements for drying apparatuses for chemical processing; industrial kilns for use with PDP (plasma display panel) glass substrates; industrial kilns for use with silicon substrates, glass substrates, or carbon sheets; industrial kilns for ceramic condensers; industrial kilns for soft ferrites; industrial kilns for tile refractories; industrial kilns for tiles; industrial kilns for fine ceramics; industrial kilns for ferrites; industrial kilns for lithium-ion battery materials; industrial kilns for sanitary ware; electric heating elements for braziers; industrial kilns for roof tiles; industrial kilns for phosphors; industrial kilns for use in preheating materials; filters for aluminum hot metal for melting furnaces for industrial purposes; filters for industrial kilns; recirculation fans for industrial kilns; electric heating elements for industrial furnaces and kilns; refractory racks, partition boards, tables, burner nozzles, jigs, setters and saggers used as accessories for calcining kilns for industrial purposes; industrial kilns for tableware; industrial kilns for refractory materials; industrial kilns for electronic ceramics; industrial kilns for electromagnetic ware; heating furnaces for industrial purposes for resin; heating furnaces for industrial purposes for films; * racks and containers as * tools of industrial furnaces and kilns for use in baking ceramic condensers; industrial furnaces and kilns; nuclear reactors; high-pressure sodium lamps; arc tubes for high-pressure sodium lamps; ] metal halide lamps; arc tubes for metal halide lamps; electric lamps and other lighting apparatuses[; forage drying apparatuses; air-conditioning apparatuses for industrial purposes; freezing machines and apparatuses; electric laundry dryers for industrial purposes; cooking equipment for industrial purposes; industrial dish drying apparatuses and installations; waste water treatment tanks for industrial purposes; septic tanks for industrial purposes; waste water treatment tanks for household purposes; septic tanks for household purposes; fire hydrants] |
| Goods and Services | [Valves of plastics, not including machine elements, wetted parts of which being made of ceramics; valves of plastics, not including machine elements, wetted parts of which being made of resin; valves of plastics, not including machine elements] |
| International Class | 001 - Chemicals used in industry, science and photography, as well as in agriculture, horticulture and forestry; unprocessed artificial resins; unprocessed plastics; manures; fire extinguishing compositions; tempering and soldering preparations; chemical substances for preserving foodstuffs; tanning substances; adhesives used in industry. |
| US Class Codes | 001, 005, 006, 010, 026, 046 |
| Class Status Code | G - NOT AVAILABLE |
| Class Status Date | Monday, November 6, 2023 |
| Primary Code | 001 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 006 - Common metals and their alloys; metal building materials; transportable buildings of metal; materials of metal for railway tracks; nonelectric cables and wires of common metal; ironmongery, small items of metal hardware; pipes and tubes of metal; safes; goods of common metal not included in other classes; ores. |
| US Class Codes | 002, 012, 013, 014, 023, 025, 050 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Friday, January 13, 2012 |
| Primary Code | 006 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| 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, 024, 031, 034, 035 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Friday, January 13, 2012 |
| Primary Code | 007 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| 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 | Friday, January 13, 2012 |
| Primary Code | 009 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 011 - Apparatus for lighting, heating, steam generating, cooking, refrigerating, drying, ventilating, water supply, and sanitary purposes. |
| US Class Codes | 013, 021, 023, 024, 031, 034 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Friday, January 13, 2012 |
| Primary Code | 011 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 019 - Building materials (non-metallic); nonmetallic rigid pipes for building; asphalt, pitch and bitumen; nonmetallic transportable buildings; monuments, not of metal. |
| US Class Codes | 001, 012, 033, 050 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Friday, January 13, 2012 |
| Primary Code | 019 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 020 - Furniture, mirrors, picture frames; goods (not included in other classes) of wood, cork, reed, cane, wicker, horn, bone, ivory, whalebone, shell, amber, mother-of-pearl, meerschaum and substitutes for all these materials, or of plastics. |
| US Class Codes | 002, 013, 022, 025, 032, 050 |
| Class Status Code | G - NOT AVAILABLE |
| Class Status Date | Wednesday, February 6, 2019 |
| Primary Code | 020 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Party Name | NGK INSULATORS, LTD. |
| Party Type | 30 - Original Registrant |
| Legal Entity Type | 03 - Corporation |
| Address | Nagoya-shi Aichi-ken 467-8530 JP |
| Party Name | NGK INSULATORS, LTD. |
| Party Type | 20 - Owner at Publication |
| Legal Entity Type | 03 - Corporation |
| Address | JP |
| Party Name | NGK INSULATORS, LTD. |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 03 - Corporation |
| Address | JP |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Friday, January 13, 2012 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED |
| Thursday, January 12, 2012 | SN ASSIGNED FOR SECT 66A APPL FROM IB |
| Thursday, January 12, 2012 | LIMITATION FROM ORIGINAL APPLICATION ENTERED |
| Monday, July 23, 2012 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Friday, January 13, 2012 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Tuesday, January 17, 2012 | APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED |
| Saturday, January 21, 2012 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Sunday, January 22, 2012 | NON-FINAL ACTION (IB REFUSAL) PREPARED FOR REVIEW |
| Monday, January 23, 2012 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY MPU |
| Monday, January 23, 2012 | NON-FINAL ACTION MAILED - REFUSAL SENT TO IB |
| Sunday, February 12, 2012 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY IB |
| Friday, July 20, 2012 | TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED |
| Friday, July 20, 2012 | ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED |
| Tuesday, July 24, 2012 | EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT ENTERED |
| Monday, July 23, 2012 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Monday, July 23, 2012 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Tuesday, July 24, 2012 | EXAMINERS AMENDMENT -WRITTEN |
| Tuesday, July 24, 2012 | EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, July 24, 2012 | NOTIFICATION OF EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, July 24, 2012 | APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Wednesday, August 22, 2012 | NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, August 7, 2012 | ASSIGNED TO LIE |
| Tuesday, August 7, 2012 | LAW OFFICE PUBLICATION REVIEW COMPLETED |
| Sunday, June 2, 2013 | FINAL DECISION TRANSACTION PROCESSED BY IB |
| Wednesday, August 22, 2012 | NOTICE OF START OF OPPOSITION PERIOD CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB |
| Wednesday, August 22, 2012 | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION SENT TO IB |
| Tuesday, September 11, 2012 | PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION |
| Tuesday, September 11, 2012 | OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, October 16, 2012 | NOTIFICATION PROCESSED BY IB |
| Tuesday, November 27, 2012 | REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Wednesday, February 27, 2013 | FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB |
| Wednesday, May 15, 2013 | FINAL DISPOSITION PROCESSED |
| Wednesday, May 15, 2013 | FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE SENT TO IB |
| Thursday, January 10, 2019 | NEW REPRESENTATIVE AT IB RECEIVED |
| Friday, August 22, 2014 | LIMITATION OF GOODS RECEIVED FROM IB |
| Friday, September 5, 2014 | LIMITATION FROM THE IB EXAMINED AND ENTERED |
| Monday, September 8, 2014 | ASSIGNED TO PARALEGAL |
| Monday, September 8, 2014 | CORRECTION UNDER SECTION 7 - PROCESSED |
| Friday, May 8, 2015 | PARTIAL INVALIDATION OF REG EXT PROTECTION CREATED |
| Friday, July 31, 2015 | INVALIDATION REVIEWED - NO ACTION REQUIRED BY OFFICE |
| Monday, November 27, 2017 | COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 71 (6-YR) E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, November 6, 2018 | TEAS SECTION 71 & 15 RECEIVED |
| Thursday, November 29, 2018 | CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL |
| Sunday, October 6, 2019 | PARTIAL INVALIDATION OF REG EXT PROTECTION CREATED |
| Wednesday, February 6, 2019 | REGISTERED - PARTIAL SEC. 71 ACCEPTED & SEC. 15 ACK. |
| Wednesday, February 6, 2019 | NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 71 & 15 - E-MAILED |
| Wednesday, October 30, 2019 | INVALIDATION PROCESSED |
| Wednesday, October 30, 2019 | PARTIAL INVALIDATION OF REG EXT PROTECTION SENT TO IB |
| Friday, December 20, 2019 | PARTIAL INVALIDATION PROCESSED BY THE IB |
| Tuesday, March 24, 2020 | TEAS SECTION 7 REQUEST RECEIVED |
| Wednesday, April 15, 2020 | POST REGISTRATION ACTION MAILED - SEC. 7 |
| Tuesday, July 7, 2020 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION-POST REG RECEIVED |
| Thursday, August 12, 2021 | INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION RENEWED |
| Saturday, November 27, 2021 | COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 71 (10-YR) E-MAILED |
| Friday, February 25, 2022 | PARTIAL INVALIDATION OF REG EXT PROTECTION CREATED |
| Friday, June 17, 2022 | INVALIDATION REVIEWED - NO ACTION REQUIRED BY OFFICE |
| Monday, November 28, 2022 | TEAS SECTION 71 RECEIVED |
| Monday, November 6, 2023 | REGISTERED - PARTIAL SEC 71 ACCEPTED |
| Monday, November 6, 2023 | NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 71 - E-MAILED |
| Sunday, July 7, 2024 | PARTIAL INVALIDATION OF REG EXT PROTECTION CREATED |
| Tuesday, July 30, 2024 | PARTIAL INVALIDATION OF REG EXT PROTECTION SENT TO IB |
| Tuesday, July 30, 2024 | INVALIDATION PROCESSED |