Trademark Overview

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On Tuesday, June 26, 2012, a trademark application was filed for ROYCE' POTATOCHIP CHOCOLATE ORIGINAL BY BREAKING DOWN OLD CUSTOMS AND PRODUCING CONSISTENTLY ORIGINAL ITEMS, WE ARE PURSUING A NEW LEVEL IN CHOCOLATE ENJOYMENT. ROYCE' ORIGINAL ROYCE' with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The USPTO has given the ROYCE' POTATOCHIP CHOCOLATE ORIGINAL BY BREAKING DOWN OLD CUSTOMS AND PRODUCING CONSISTENTLY ORIGINAL ITEMS, WE ARE PURSUING A NEW LEVEL IN CHOCOLATE ENJOYMENT. ROYCE' ORIGINAL ROYCE' trademark a serial number of 85661384. The federal status of this trademark filing is REGISTERED AND RENEWED as of Monday, June 9, 2025. This trademark is owned by ROYCE' CONFECT CO., LTD.. The ROYCE' POTATOCHIP CHOCOLATE ORIGINAL BY BREAKING DOWN OLD CUSTOMS AND PRODUCING CONSISTENTLY ORIGINAL ITEMS, WE ARE PURSUING A NEW LEVEL IN CHOCOLATE ENJOYMENT. ROYCE' ORIGINAL ROYCE' trademark is filed in the Staple Food Products category with the following description:

Chocolate-covered potato chips

General Information

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Serial Number	85661384
Word Mark	ROYCE' POTATOCHIP CHOCOLATE ORIGINAL BY BREAKING DOWN OLD CUSTOMS AND PRODUCING CONSISTENTLY ORIGINAL ITEMS, WE ARE PURSUING A NEW LEVEL IN CHOCOLATE ENJOYMENT. ROYCE' ORIGINAL ROYCE'
Filing Date	Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Status	800 - REGISTERED AND RENEWED
Status Date	Monday, June 9, 2025
Registration Number	4685087
Registration Date	Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Mark Drawing	3 - Illustration: Drawing or design which also includes word(s) / letter(s) / number(s)
Published for Opposition Date	Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Trademark Statements

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Goods and Services	Chocolate-covered potato chips
Description of Mark	The mark consists of a configuration of product packaging for chocolate-covered potato chips consisting of the words "ROYCE'", "POTATOCHIP", "CHOCOLATE" and "ORIGINAL" positioned in a stacked formation in brown stylized font outlined in white to create a shadowing effect, the phrase "BY BREAKING DOWN OLD CUSTOMS AND PRODUCING CONSISTENTLY ORIGINAL ITEMS, WE ARE PURSUING A NEW LEVEL IN CHOCOLATE ENJOYMENT." and Japanese characters immediately below all shown in white, the words "ROYCE' ORIGINAL" in brown stylized font resembling chocolate emanating from a white-colored icing bag tip and the word "ROYCE'" shown in white, all fully and partially superimposed over a brown plate holding chocolate-dipped potato chips shown in the colors brown and beige against a yellow background and surrounded by a rectangle outlined in dotted lines. The matter shown in broken or dotted lines is not part of the mark and serves only to show the position or placement of the mark.
NOT AVAILABLE	The non-Latin characters in the mark transliterate to "Potetochippu Chokoreto" and this means "Potato chip Chocolate" in English.
Pseudo Mark	ROYCE' POTATOCHIP CHOCOLATE ORIGINAL BY BREAKING DOWN OLD CUSTOMS AND PRODUCING CONSISTENTLY ORIGINAL ITEMS, WE ARE PURSUING A NEW LEVEL IN CHOCOLATE ENJOYMENT. ROYCE' ORIGINAL ROYCE'
Indication of Colors claimed	The color(s) brown, white, beige and yellow is/are claimed as a feature of the mark.
NOT AVAILABLE	"POTATOCHIP", "CHOCOLATE", "ORIGINAL", PICTORIAL REPRESENTATIONS OF POTATO CHIPS AND THE NON-LATIN CHARACTERS THAT TRANSLITERATE TO "POTETOCHIPPU CHOKORETO"

Classification Information

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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	Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Primary Code	030
First Use Anywhere Date	Friday, December 21, 2012
First Use In Commerce Date	Friday, December 21, 2012

Trademark Owner History

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Party Name	ROYCE' CONFECT CO., LTD.
Party Type	30 - Original Registrant
Legal Entity Type	03 - Corporation
Address	Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido 002 8074 JP

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Party Name	ROYCE' CONFECT CO., LTD.
Party Type	20 - Owner at Publication
Legal Entity Type	03 - Corporation
Address	Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido JP

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Party Name	ROYCE' CONFECT CO., LTD.
Party Type	10 - Original Applicant
Legal Entity Type	03 - Corporation
Address	Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido JP

Trademark Events

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Event Date	Event Description
Friday, June 29, 2012	NEW APPLICATION ENTERED
Wednesday, July 4, 2012	NOTICE OF DESIGN SEARCH CODE MAILED
Friday, October 12, 2012	ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER
Tuesday, April 23, 2013	TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED
Tuesday, July 3, 2012	NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED
Friday, October 26, 2012	NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN
Friday, October 26, 2012	NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED
Friday, October 26, 2012	NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED
Tuesday, April 23, 2013	CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE
Wednesday, April 24, 2013	TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED
Wednesday, May 15, 2013	ASSIGNED TO LIE
Wednesday, May 15, 2013	NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN
Wednesday, May 15, 2013	NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED
Wednesday, May 15, 2013	NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED
Friday, November 15, 2013	TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED
Wednesday, May 15, 2013	DATA MODIFICATION COMPLETED
Thursday, November 14, 2013	TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED
Thursday, November 14, 2013	CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE
Monday, December 9, 2013	EXAMINERS AMENDMENT -WRITTEN
Monday, December 9, 2013	EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED
Monday, December 9, 2013	NOTIFICATION OF EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED
Monday, December 9, 2013	EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT ENTERED
Thursday, December 12, 2013	LAW OFFICE PUBLICATION REVIEW COMPLETED
Wednesday, December 25, 2013	NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED
Tuesday, January 14, 2014	OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED
Monday, December 9, 2013	DATA MODIFICATION COMPLETED
Monday, December 9, 2013	APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER
Tuesday, January 14, 2014	PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION
Tuesday, March 11, 2014	NOA E-MAILED - SOU REQUIRED FROM APPLICANT
Wednesday, September 3, 2014	SOU TEAS EXTENSION RECEIVED
Wednesday, September 3, 2014	SOU EXTENSION 1 FILED
Wednesday, September 3, 2014	SOU EXTENSION 1 GRANTED
Friday, September 5, 2014	NOTICE OF APPROVAL OF EXTENSION REQUEST E-MAILED
Wednesday, September 17, 2014	USE AMENDMENT FILED
Tuesday, September 30, 2014	CASE ASSIGNED TO INTENT TO USE PARALEGAL
Tuesday, September 30, 2014	STATEMENT OF USE PROCESSING COMPLETE
Friday, October 17, 2014	SU - NON-FINAL ACTION - WRITTEN
Friday, October 17, 2014	NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED
Friday, October 17, 2014	NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED
Tuesday, December 30, 2014	TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED
Tuesday, December 30, 2014	CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE
Tuesday, December 30, 2014	TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED
Tuesday, January 6, 2015	ALLOWED PRINCIPAL REGISTER - SOU ACCEPTED
Wednesday, September 17, 2014	TEAS STATEMENT OF USE RECEIVED
Tuesday, January 6, 2015	SU-EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT WRITTEN
Tuesday, January 6, 2015	EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED
Tuesday, January 6, 2015	NOTIFICATION OF EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED
Tuesday, January 6, 2015	EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT ENTERED
Wednesday, January 7, 2015	NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF STATEMENT OF USE E-MAILED
Tuesday, February 10, 2015	REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER
Monday, February 10, 2020	COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (6-YR) E-MAILED
Friday, September 4, 2020	TEAS SECTION 8 & 15 RECEIVED
Monday, October 26, 2020	CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
Saturday, February 10, 2024	COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (10-YR)/SEC. 9 E-MAILED
Monday, October 26, 2020	REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (6-YR) ACCEPTED & SEC. 15 ACK.
Monday, October 26, 2020	NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 15 - E-MAILED
Tuesday, December 31, 2024	TEAS SECTION 8 & 9 RECEIVED
Monday, June 9, 2025	CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
Monday, June 9, 2025	NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 9 - E-MAILED
Monday, June 9, 2025	REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (10-YR) ACCEPTED/SEC. 9 GRANTED
Monday, June 9, 2025	REGISTERED AND RENEWED (FIRST RENEWAL - 10 YRS)

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