STRENGTHENING VOICES Trademark

Trademark Overview


On Thursday, August 23, 2018, a trademark application was filed for STRENGTHENING VOICES with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The USPTO has given the STRENGTHENING VOICES trademark a serial number of 88090266. The federal status of this trademark filing is PARTIAL SECTION 8 & 15 ACCEPTED AND ACKNOWLEDGED as of Monday, December 1, 2025. This trademark is owned by THE SPARTANBURG COUNTY FOUNDATION. The STRENGTHENING VOICES trademark is filed in the Advertising, Business and Retail Services, Insurance & Financial Services, and Education & Entertainment Services categories with the following description:

[ Providing grants to address issues impacting quality of life in Spartanburg County ]

Charitable services, namely, fostering and supporting local community leaders with the tools to achieve positive social change and the capacity to address community needs, namely, providing business management consulting, promoting public awareness of issues impacting Spartanburg County and leaders addressing these issues; developing and partnering with nonprofits to coordinate board and committee service opportunities, namely, matching skilled volunteers to serve as board members with non-profit organizations; providing resources, namely, administration of a program to promote community service; charitable business service to local community leaders, namely, formulation of best practices for community service projects and community development initiatives

Charitable services, namely, providing leadership development training and distribution of training materials in connection therewith in the field of community service initiatives; providing leadership development training resources, namely, providing facilities for educational training; providing in-person educational forums in the fields of community service and social issues impacting Spartanburg County; providing educational meetings with industry leaders in the fields of community service and social issues impacting Spartanburg County; providing national educational speakers in the fields of business and community development and community service
strengthening voices

General Information


Serial Number88090266
Word MarkSTRENGTHENING VOICES
Filing DateThursday, August 23, 2018
Status705 - PARTIAL SECTION 8 & 15 ACCEPTED AND ACKNOWLEDGED
Status DateMonday, December 1, 2025
Registration Number6016225
Registration DateTuesday, March 24, 2020
Mark Drawing4 - Illustration: Drawing with word(s) / letter(s) / number(s) in Block form
Published for Opposition DateTuesday, January 7, 2020

Trademark Statements


Goods and Services[ Providing grants to address issues impacting quality of life in Spartanburg County ]
Goods and ServicesCharitable services, namely, fostering and supporting local community leaders with the tools to achieve positive social change and the capacity to address community needs, namely, providing business management consulting, promoting public awareness of issues impacting Spartanburg County and leaders addressing these issues; developing and partnering with nonprofits to coordinate board and committee service opportunities, namely, matching skilled volunteers to serve as board members with non-profit organizations; providing resources, namely, administration of a program to promote community service; charitable business service to local community leaders, namely, formulation of best practices for community service projects and community development initiatives
Goods and ServicesCharitable services, namely, providing leadership development training and distribution of training materials in connection therewith in the field of community service initiatives; providing leadership development training resources, namely, providing facilities for educational training; providing in-person educational forums in the fields of community service and social issues impacting Spartanburg County; providing educational meetings with industry leaders in the fields of community service and social issues impacting Spartanburg County; providing national educational speakers in the fields of business and community development and community service

Classification Information


International Class035 - Advertising; business management; business administration; office functions.
US Class Codes100, 101, 102
Class Status Code6 - Active
Class Status DateSaturday, September 1, 2018
Primary Code035
First Use Anywhere DateSunday, November 30, 2003
First Use In Commerce DateSunday, November 30, 2003

International Class036 - Insurance; financial affairs; monetary affairs; real estate affairs.
US Class Codes100, 101, 102
Class Status CodeB - Sec. 8 - Class(es) in a Multiple Class registration
Class Status DateMonday, December 1, 2025
Primary Code036
First Use Anywhere DateSunday, November 30, 2003
First Use In Commerce DateSunday, November 30, 2003

International Class041 - Education; providing of training; entertainment; sporting and cultural activities.
US Class Codes100, 101, 107
Class Status Code6 - Active
Class Status DateSaturday, September 1, 2018
Primary Code041
First Use Anywhere DateSunday, November 30, 2003
First Use In Commerce DateSunday, November 30, 2003

Trademark Owner History


Party NameTHE SPARTANBURG COUNTY FOUNDATION
Party Type30 - Original Registrant
Legal Entity Type99 - Other
AddressSpartanburg, SC 29302

Party NameTHE SPARTANBURG COUNTY FOUNDATION
Party Type20 - Owner at Publication
Legal Entity Type99 - Other
AddressSpartanburg, SC 29302

Party NameTHE SPARTANBURG COUNTY FOUNDATION
Party Type10 - Original Applicant
Legal Entity Type99 - Other
AddressSpartanburg, SC 29302

Trademark Events


Event DateEvent Description
Monday, August 27, 2018NEW APPLICATION ENTERED
Saturday, September 1, 2018NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED
Wednesday, October 24, 2018ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER
Monday, October 29, 2018NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN
Monday, October 29, 2018NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED
Monday, October 29, 2018NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED
Monday, April 29, 2019TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED
Monday, April 29, 2019CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE
Monday, April 29, 2019TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED
Friday, May 17, 2019FINAL REFUSAL WRITTEN
Friday, May 17, 2019FINAL REFUSAL E-MAILED
Friday, May 17, 2019NOTIFICATION OF FINAL REFUSAL EMAILED
Wednesday, October 9, 2019EXAMINERS AMENDMENT -WRITTEN
Wednesday, October 9, 2019EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED
Wednesday, October 9, 2019NOTIFICATION OF EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED
Wednesday, October 9, 2019EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT ENTERED
Monday, October 14, 2019APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER
Monday, October 21, 2019ASSIGNED TO LIE
Tuesday, November 5, 2019WITHDRAWN FROM PUB - OG REVIEW QUERY
Thursday, November 21, 2019PREVIOUS ALLOWANCE COUNT WITHDRAWN
Thursday, November 21, 2019EXAMINERS AMENDMENT -WRITTEN
Thursday, November 21, 2019EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED
Thursday, November 21, 2019NOTIFICATION OF EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED
Thursday, November 21, 2019EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT ENTERED
Thursday, November 21, 2019APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER
Friday, November 29, 2019LAW OFFICE PUBLICATION REVIEW COMPLETED
Wednesday, December 18, 2019NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED
Tuesday, January 7, 2020PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION
Tuesday, January 7, 2020OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED
Tuesday, March 24, 2020REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER
Monday, March 24, 2025COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (6-YR) E-MAILED
Monday, August 18, 2025TEAS SECTION 8 & 15 RECEIVED
Monday, December 1, 2025CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
Monday, December 1, 2025REGISTERED - PARTIAL SEC. 8 (6-YR) ACCEPTED & SEC. 15 ACK.
Monday, December 1, 2025NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 15 - E-MAILED