| Serial Number | 79075360 |
| Word Mark | SMS GROUP |
| Filing Date | Tuesday, September 29, 2009 |
| Status | 404 - IR CANCELLED - US REGISTRATION CANCELLED |
| Status Date | Monday, September 30, 2019 |
| Registration Number | 4097563 |
| Registration Date | Tuesday, February 14, 2012 |
| Mark Drawing | 3000 - Illustration: Drawing or design which also includes word(s) / letter(s) / number(s) |
| Published for Opposition Date | Tuesday, November 29, 2011 |
| Indication of Colors claimed | The color(s) black, red, and blue is/are claimed as a feature of the mark. |
| Disclaimer with Predetermined Text | "GROUP" |
| Description of Mark | The mark consists of the wording "SMS GROUP" in a black stylized font. Between the wording "SMS" and "GROUP" is a design of a black, solid circle within a larger, incomplete red circle, which is in turn within a larger, incomplete blue circle, which is in turn within a larger, incomplete red circle. The color white represents background and transparent areas and is not part of the mark. |
| Goods and Services | Common metals and their alloys, namely, cast iron, steel, copper ingots, aluminum ingots, iron alloys, steel alloys, copper alloys and aluminum alloys; metal building materials, namely, structural steels, sheet piling, sectional beams and pipes made of metal; non-electric cables and wires of common metal; pipes and tubes of metal |
| Goods and Services | Machines for the treatment, processing, and production of metals and plastics, namely, milling machines and grinding machines, and machines utilizing rotational motion for high energy surface finishing and material treatment, in particular, heavy, medium and light section rolling mills, cold and hot mills, strip and wide strip mills, plate and sheet mills, blooming, slabbing and billet mills, universal mills, planetary mills, multi-purpose cold mills, rod, bar and tube mills, continuous mills, reversing mills, pilgrim mills, detaching mills and mills for the rolling of steel, iron, aluminum and copper or for the rolling of alloys of the same, and structural parts for the aforementioned rolling mills; rolling mills for wire, steel rod rolling mills, bloom rolling mills, rail rolling mills, and section rolling mills, wire drawing machines, wire ring presses, wire reeling machines; machines for manufacturing, processing and working seamless and welded metal pipes, namely, pipe expanding machines, large pipe manufacturing machines, hot and cold pipe rolling mills, presses, in particular, extrusion presses, impact extrusion, cold extrusion and back-flow extrusion presses, cable sheathing presses, straightening and bending presses, plate shaping presses, deep-drawing presses, multi-stage presses, hydraulic metal powder presses, and structural parts therefor; forging machines, in particular, open-die forging machines, automatic forging hammers, forging presses, piercing presses and counter blow hammers, and structural parts for the aforementioned forging machines; casting machines, in particular, continuous steel slab casting machines and machines for the continuous casting of metals, plastic extrusion and plastic molding machines, and structural parts for the aforementioned casting machines; electricity generators, namely, power generation machines for rolling, pressing, forging and casting installations; hydraulic driving machines; supporting chain conveyors and hoists, roller tables, tilters, scale washers, and cleaning machines for cleaning roller conveyors; conveyors for the conveying of rolled, pressed, forged and cast articles to and from rolling, pressing, forging and casting installations; electric welding machines, in particular, pipe welding machines, butt-welding machines; cutting machines, in particular, pipe blades, flame cutting machines; hoists, conveyors and loading machines for filling blast furnaces with iron ore, coke and limestone and emptying iron and slag from blast furnaces; machines for tilting, pivoting, and moving converters and ladles, all of the above mentioned machines for the treatment, processing and production of metals and plastics; machines for the chemical industry, namely, chemical fiber drying machines, extracting machines for chemical processing; machines for agriculture, namely, combines, harvesters, threshers, and power tillers; machines for mining, in particular, excavators, cutters, earth and mining waste movers, oreloaders, cutters and conveyors; machines for operating mining shafts, namely, hoists, loading skips, windlasses, and inclined conveyors; machines for mining, namely, winding engines; machines for mining, namely, winding towers; machines for mining, namely, head frames positioned over a mine shaft for supporting hoists for mining, bucket conveyors, conveyor belts, mine car fillers and unloading machines; hydraulic and pneumatic conveyors and solids transporters; pipeline conveyors; waste disposal comminuters, conveyors, lead-lined hoists and conveyors for loading containers with radio-active waste, transporters for radioactive waste containers; metal coil handlers, namely, metal coil winders, metal coil conveyors, metal coil packagers, metal coil stackers; cranes, hoists and clamps and structural parts thereof; machine tools for the steel mill industry, namely, grinding machines; machines for use in the replacement of rolling mills used for rolling metal; motors and engines except for land vehicles, namely, electric motors or electric gear motors for machines; machine coupling and transmission components, namely, hydraulic and mechanical transmissions for machinery and structural parts therefor; specifically excluding machine tools, namely, systems of nitrogen gas springs, pneumatic cylinders, delay cylinders, controlled return cylinders, cams or other fluid power products and accessories such as surge tanks, control panels, pressure monitors, specialty delay cylinders, accumulators, fittings, hose, tubing, switches, mounts, risers, parallels and other components mounted to a plate or manifold plate and components thereof for use in metal stamping, metal working, plastic molding, punching, coining, shearing, specialty machines, and automotive applications |
| Goods and Services | Weighing, measuring, signaling, and checking apparatus and instruments for conducting, switching, transforming, accumulating, regulating or controlling electricity, namely, strip tension dynamometers, strip flatness meters, thermometers, speedometers, pressure gauges, angle gauges, distance meters, roughness gauges, and electric and electronic controllers for machines in the nature of flatness controllers, roughness controllers, pressure controllers and tensioning controllers for influencing the properties of rolled steel; electronic control panels for rolling mills, electrical and magnetic detectors for monitoring the properties of rolled steel; frequency meters; calculating machines; data processors, and computers for use in operating and controlling operations of metallurgical plants and rolling mills; prerecorded magnetic data carriers featuring computer application software for controlling and regulating machines and machine tools for the metal industry; computers featuring programs for controlling rolling mills, furnace plants, continuous casting machines; computer programs for controlling and regulating machines for the metallurgical industry, machines for the steel industry, continuous casting machines, rolling machines, forging machines, pressing machines and machines for processing synthetic materials |
| Goods and Services | Apparatus for heating, steam generating, cooking, refrigerating, drying, ventilating, and water supply purposes, namely, furnaces for metallurgical plants, steel mills, continuous casting plants, and forging and pressing plants; industrial water recirculation cooling and heating systems for rolling, pressing, forging and casting installations, comprising furnaces, cooling towers, cooling fans, heat insulation, water roll coolers, strip preheaters, spray water cooling sections sprayers, and slab cooling wheels; oil and water treatment, cooling, and purifying systems for rolling, pressing, forging and casting installations in the metallurgical and steel mill industries, comprising separators for the cleaning and purification of liquids, water separators, water filters, coolant purifying devices, water neutralization plants, and washing brushing machines; apparatus for heating, namely, water heaters for industrial purposes, heat sinks for use in industrial heating apparatus, electric heating panels used for indoor heating purposes; electric heaters and furnaces for rolling stock, namely, for rolling metal products subject to rolling in a rolling mill, and for continuous casting plants; steam generators; refrigerated merchandise display cases; air cooling apparatus for use in the metallurgical and steel mill industries in the nature of devices for cooling the environment in an industrial setting; ventilating and drying fans for commercial and industrial use; ventilating louvers; cooling water circuit installations, namely, water cooling towers; air coolers for metallurgical plants, steel mills, continuous casting plants, rolling mills, and forging and pressing plants; smelting machines; industrial air filter machines for use with rolling, pressing, forging, and casting installations |
| Goods and Services | [ Advertising services; business management consultancy; business administration; providing office functions ] |
| Goods and Services | [ Installation and repair of industrial and machinery systems, namely, machines for the metallurgical industry, machines for the steel mill industry, continuous casting machines, rolling machines for the rolling of metals, forging machines, presses for metals, machines for the working and processing of plastics, machine tools, engines and motors, except engines for land vehicles, clutches and couplings and devices for power transfer, except for land vehicles ] |
| Goods and Services | [ Treatment of materials, namely, metal treating, rolling, forging, grinding, parts molding, swaging, tempering, casting, milling, planing, coating, cutting, turning, surface refining by abrasion, and plating of metals to the order and specification of others ] |
| Goods and Services | [ Scientific research in the field of the treatment, processing, and production of metals and plastics; technological consulting services in the field of the treatment, processing, and production of metals and plastics; design and development of computers and computer software for others; technical consultancy in relation to the operation of machines for the metallurgical industry, machines for the steel mill industry, continuous casting plants, rolling machines, forging machines, pressing machines, technical consultancy for the metallurgical industry regarding testing, analysis and evaluation of machinery for the steel mill industry, including continuous casting plants, rolling machines, forging machines, pressing machines ] |
| 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 | F - NOT AVAILABLE |
| Class Status Date | Thursday, September 27, 2018 |
| 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, 031, 034, 035 |
| Class Status Code | F - NOT AVAILABLE |
| Class Status Date | Thursday, September 27, 2018 |
| 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 | F - NOT AVAILABLE |
| Class Status Date | Thursday, September 27, 2018 |
| 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, 031, 034 |
| Class Status Code | F - NOT AVAILABLE |
| Class Status Date | Thursday, September 27, 2018 |
| Primary Code | 011 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 035 - Advertising; business management; business administration; office functions. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 101, 102 |
| Class Status Code | F - NOT AVAILABLE |
| Class Status Date | Thursday, September 27, 2018 |
| Primary Code | 035 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 037 - Building construction; repair; installation services. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 103, 106 |
| Class Status Code | F - NOT AVAILABLE |
| Class Status Date | Thursday, September 27, 2018 |
| Primary Code | 037 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 040 - Treatment of materials. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 103, 106 |
| Class Status Code | F - NOT AVAILABLE |
| Class Status Date | Thursday, September 27, 2018 |
| Primary Code | 040 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| 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 | F - NOT AVAILABLE |
| Class Status Date | Thursday, September 27, 2018 |
| Primary Code | 042 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Party Name | SMS GmbH |
| Party Type | 30 - Original Registrant |
| Legal Entity Type | 10 - Limited Liability Joint Stock Company |
| Address | DE |
| Party Name | SMS GmbH |
| Party Type | 20 - Owner at Publication |
| Legal Entity Type | 10 - Limited Liability Joint Stock Company |
| Address | DE |
| Party Name | SMS GmbH |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 10 - Limited Liability Joint Stock Company |
| Address | DE |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Friday, April 17, 2020 | NOTIFICATION OF EFFECT OF CANCELLATION OF INTL REG E-MAILED |
| Friday, April 17, 2020 | DEATH OF INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION |
| Friday, November 29, 2019 | TOTAL INVALIDATION PROCESSED BY THE IB |
| Wednesday, June 19, 2019 | TOTAL INVALIDATION OF REG EXT PROTECTION SENT TO IB |
| Wednesday, June 19, 2019 | INVALIDATION PROCESSED |
| Monday, May 27, 2019 | TOTAL INVALIDATION OF REG EXT PROTECTION CREATED |
| Thursday, September 27, 2018 | CANCELLED SECTION 71 |
| Wednesday, February 7, 2018 | POST REGISTRATION ACTION MAILED - SEC. 71 & 15 |
| Friday, January 19, 2018 | CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL |
| Monday, January 15, 2018 | TEAS SECTION 71 & 15 RECEIVED |
| Tuesday, February 14, 2017 | COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 71 (6-YR) E-MAILED |
| Saturday, September 22, 2012 | FINAL DECISION TRANSACTION PROCESSED BY IB |
| Wednesday, September 5, 2012 | FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE SENT TO IB |
| Wednesday, September 5, 2012 | FINAL DISPOSITION PROCESSED |
| Monday, May 14, 2012 | FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB |
| Tuesday, February 14, 2012 | REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Tuesday, November 29, 2011 | OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, November 29, 2011 | PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION |
| Wednesday, November 9, 2011 | NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED |
| Saturday, October 22, 2011 | LAW OFFICE PUBLICATION REVIEW COMPLETED |
| Wednesday, October 19, 2011 | APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Wednesday, October 19, 2011 | EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT ENTERED |
| Wednesday, October 19, 2011 | NOTIFICATION OF EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED |
| Wednesday, October 19, 2011 | EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED |
| Wednesday, October 19, 2011 | EXAMINERS AMENDMENT -WRITTEN |
| Tuesday, September 27, 2011 | TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED |
| Tuesday, September 27, 2011 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Tuesday, September 27, 2011 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Tuesday, September 27, 2011 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Wednesday, May 25, 2011 | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION - PROCESSED BY IB |
| Wednesday, May 4, 2011 | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION SENT TO IB |
| Wednesday, May 4, 2011 | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB |
| Tuesday, March 29, 2011 | COMBINED EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT/PRIORITY ACTION ENTERED |
| Monday, March 28, 2011 | EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT/PRIORITY ACTION MAILED |
| Monday, March 28, 2011 | EXAMINERS AMENDMENT AND/OR PRIORITY ACTION - COMPLETED |
| Tuesday, January 18, 2011 | TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED |
| Friday, August 6, 2010 | DATA MODIFICATION COMPLETED |
| Saturday, July 17, 2010 | ASSIGNED TO LIE |
| Tuesday, July 6, 2010 | PAPER RECEIVED |
| Friday, January 29, 2010 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY IB |
| Tuesday, January 5, 2010 | NON-FINAL ACTION MAILED - REFUSAL SENT TO IB |
| Tuesday, January 5, 2010 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY MPU |
| Friday, January 1, 2010 | NON-FINAL ACTION (IB REFUSAL) PREPARED FOR REVIEW |
| Thursday, December 31, 2009 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Monday, December 28, 2009 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Wednesday, December 9, 2009 | APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED |
| Saturday, December 5, 2009 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED IN TRAM |
| Thursday, December 3, 2009 | SN ASSIGNED FOR SECT 66A APPL FROM IB |