| Serial Number | 98590912 |
| Word Mark | NIFCO |
| Filing Date | Friday, June 7, 2024 |
| Status | 686 - PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION |
| Status Date | Tuesday, March 11, 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 | Tuesday, March 11, 2025 |
| Description of Mark | The mark consists of the stylized word "NIFCO" with a stylized rectangle behind and forming the background of the letter "F". |
| Goods and Services | Electronic control systems for vehicle battery packs; electronic control unit for operating a valve actuator or damper drive; electronic control unit for operating process control equipment; pressure release valves, namely, pressure relief valves for battery packs |
| Goods and Services | Pressure release valves being land vehicle engine and motor parts for battery packs; dampers, namely, friction dampers and anti-vibration dampers, namely, gear damper, axis damper, linear damper, all the foregoing land vehicle engine and motor parts; hydraulic door closer; vehicle engine parts, namely, crankcase breathers; oil coolers for motors and engines; filters for motors and engines; oil filters; pumps as parts of motors and generators for cooling; oil pumps for use in motors and engines; cooling pipes for land vehicles; fluid couplings being parts of machines; fluid filters for motors and engines for automobile transmission and brake fluids; vehicles parts, namely, piping sets being cooling pipes for land vehicles for use in cooling water routes for engines, battery packs and charging ports used in land vehicle engines and motors |
| Indication of Colors claimed | Color is not claimed as a feature of the mark. |
| Goods and Services | Metal parts for vehicles, namely, automotive exterior and interior metal decorative and protective trim; plastic parts for vehicles, namely, automotive exterior and interior plastic extruded decorative and protective trim; structural parts for automobiles |
| Translation of Words in Mark | The wording NIFCO has no meaning in a foreign language. |
| 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, June 7, 2024 |
| 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, June 7, 2024 |
| Primary Code | 009 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 012 - Vehicles; apparatus for locomotion by land, air, or water. |
| US Class Codes | 019, 021, 023, 031, 035, 044 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Friday, June 7, 2024 |
| Primary Code | 012 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Party Name | NIFCO INC. |
| Party Type | 20 - Owner at Publication |
| Legal Entity Type | 03 - Corporation |
| Address | Kanagawa Prefecture 239-8560 JP |
| Party Name | NIFCO INC. |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 03 - Corporation |
| Address | Kanagawa Prefecture 239-8560 JP |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Friday, June 7, 2024 | NEW APPLICATION ENTERED |
| Sunday, December 22, 2024 | NOTICE OF DESIGN SEARCH CODE E-MAILED |
| Sunday, December 22, 2024 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED |
| Monday, December 23, 2024 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Monday, December 23, 2024 | NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Monday, December 23, 2024 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Monday, December 23, 2024 | NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Monday, February 17, 2025 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Monday, February 17, 2025 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Monday, February 17, 2025 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Tuesday, February 18, 2025 | APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Wednesday, March 5, 2025 | NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, March 11, 2025 | PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION |
| Tuesday, March 11, 2025 | OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED |