| Serial Number | 79361272 |
| Word Mark | TIER IV |
| Filing Date | Thursday, September 22, 2022 |
| Status | 700 - REGISTERED |
| Status Date | Tuesday, July 9, 2024 |
| Registration Number | 7435400 |
| Registration Date | Tuesday, July 9, 2024 |
| Mark Drawing | 5 - Drawing with word(s) / letter(s) / number(s) in Stylized form |
| Published for Opposition Date | Tuesday, April 23, 2024 |
| Goods and Services | Education services, namely, conducting classes, seminars, workshops, and courses in the field of human resources development, and advisory, consultancy and information services relating thereto; consultancy services relating to the education and training; basic and advanced training for human resources development; training and further training for personnel, team and organizational development; vehicle-driving instruction and advisory, consultancy and information services relating thereto; driver safety training, and advisory, consultancy and information services relating thereto; providing educational proficiency examination for certification in the field of driving of motor vehicles; teaching in the field of driving of vehicles; arranging, conducting and organization of workshops, seminars and symposiums in the field of self-driving vehicles and self-driving vehicle technology; providing online non-downloadable electronic publications featuring maps; providing online electronic publications, not downloadable, in the nature of books, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, journals, brochures, booklets, teaching materials, and manuals in the field of self-driving vehicles; providing online non-downloadable audio recordings in the field of self-driving vehicles and self-driving vehicle technology, music, images in the field of self-driving vehicles, videos in the field of self-driving vehicles and self-driving vehicle technology, and texts being books and newsletters in the field of self-driving vehicles and self-driving vehicle technology, not downloadable; providing on-line non-downloadable image files containing artwork, text, graphics, photographs, relating to self-driving vehicles; providing an Internet news portal featuring links to information about self-driving vehicles; providing on-line non-downloadable videos featuring information in the field of self-driving vehicles; production of videotape film in the field of education, culture, entertainment or sports, not for movies or television programs and not for advertising or publicity |
| Description of Mark | The mark consists of the stylized literal elements "TIER IV". |
| Goods and Services | Electronic control apparatus and instruments being electronic controllers provided with computers, laser scanners, photography cameras, global positioning systems and inertial measurement apparatus for operating self-driving motor vehicles; electronic control apparatus being electronic controllers for operating self-driving and autonomous vehicles; electronic control apparatus being electronic controllers for motor vehicles; electrical and electronic control apparatus and instruments being electronic controllers for motor vehicles; computers; computer systems with artificial intelligence comprised of computers and video monitors; computer systems comprised of computers and video monitors; downloadable computer software for use in operating self-driving and autonomous vehicles; downloadable computer software for operating self-driving and autonomous vehicles; downloadable computer software for providing driving instructions; downloadable computer software for benchmarking performance in the field of self-driving and autonomous vehicles; downloadable computer software for evaluating the performance of computer hardware and sensors; downloadable computer programs for operating self-driving and autonomous vehicles; downloadable operating system programs; computer hardware; laser scanners; scanners in the nature of data processing equipment; photography cameras; digital cameras; global positioning system (GPS) apparatus; inertial measurement apparatus; sensors, other than for medical use, for measuring inertia, speed and pressure; laser measuring systems; communications apparatus for vehicles namely, communications computers; communications apparatus namely, communications computers; measuring devices, electric namely, gyroscopes, accelerometers, magnetometers, pressure sensors, lidar apparatus, and distance measuring apparatus; telecommunications apparatus and instruments namely, telecommunication multiplexers, telecommunication transmitters, computer hardware for telecommunications; electronic display units, namely, electronic display interfaces, liquid crystal display (LCD) monitors; apparatus for input, output, transmission and storage of data in the nature of data processing apparatus; tablet computers; computer touchscreens; downloadable electronic maps; downloadable musical sound recordings; downloadable image files containing artwork, text, graphics, and photographs relating to self-driving vehicles; downloadable audio files relating to self-driving vehicles; downloadable video files relating to self-driving vehicles; downloadable video recordings featuring information in the field of self-driving vehicles; electronic downloadable publications, namely, downloadable electronic maps; downloadable electronic publications, in the nature of books, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, journals, brochures, booklets, teaching materials, and manuals in the field of self-driving vehicles; downloadable computer software for creating maps; gyroscopes; accelerometers; electric meters; magnetometers; distance measuring apparatus; remote control apparatus for controlling vehicles; navigation apparatus for vehicles in the nature of on-board computers; navigational instruments, namely, satellite-aided navigation systems, GPS navigation device |
| Pseudo Mark | TIER FOUR |
| Indication of Colors claimed | Color is not claimed as a feature of the mark. |
| Goods and Services | Advertising and publicity service; advisory, consultancy and information services relating to advertising; advertising services for on the inside and outside of vehicles; online advertising via a computer communications network, and advisory, consultancy and information services relating thereto |
| Goods and Services | Automobiles; replacement parts and fittings for automobiles, namely, bodies for vehicle, automobile tires; two-wheeled motor vehicles and bicycles, and replacement parts and fittings therefor, namely, bodies for vehicles, tires for vehicles; self-driving cars and their replacement parts and fittings namely, bodies for vehicles, tires for vehicles; wheelchairs and electric wheelchairs, and replacement parts and fittings therefor namely, wheelchair motors, wheelchair pads, wheelchair cushions; trolleys; carts; shopping carts; non-motorized luggage carts; racing karts being go-karts; motorized golf carts; automatic guided vehicles being land vehicles; traction engines and their parts and fittings; fork lift trucks; electrically powered carts being trolleys; self-propelled electric vehicles; motorized luggage carts |
| Goods and Services | Design, development, creation, maintenance and upgrading of computer software for use in self-driving and autonomous vehicles; advisory, consultancy and information services relating to the design, development, creation, maintenance and upgrading of computer software for use in self-driving and autonomous vehicles; design, development, creation, maintenance and upgrading of computer software; advisory, consultancy and information services relating to the design, development, creation, maintenance and upgrading of computer software; providing on-line non-downloadable computer software for use in operating self-driving and autonomous vehicles; advisory, consultancy and information services relating to provision of temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for use in operating self-driving and autonomous vehicles; computer programming, and advisory, consultancy and information services relating thereto; providing computer programs for use in operating self-driving and autonomous vehicles on data networks, and consultancy, information and advisory services relating thereto; software as a service (SaaS) featuring software for use in operating self-driving and autonomous vehicles; platform as a service (PaaS) featuring software for use in operating self-driving and autonomous vehicles; design, development, creation, maintenance of computer software systems, and advisory, consultancy and information services relating thereto; design and development of operating system software; rental of memory space on servers for sharing electronic data on the internet; computer-aided technical analysis of car driver's driving trends and providing information on analysis results of car driver's driving trends; technical testing and research in the field of car driving; technical testing and research in the field of autonomous driving technology, and advisory, consultancy and information services relating thereto; technical testing and research in the field of self-driving motor vehicle technology, and advisory, consultancy and information services relating thereto; motor vehicle roadworthiness testing, and advisory, consultancy and information services relating thereto; self-driving motor vehicle roadworthiness testing, and advisory, consultancy and information services relating thereto; electronic storage services for archiving databases, images and other electronic data; providing on-line non-downloadable computer programs for creating maps, and advisory, consultancy and information services relating thereto; mapping services, and consultancy, information and advisory services relating thereto; design of machines, apparatus and instruments; consultancy in the field of machinery design; design of automobiles, and advisory, consultancy and information services relating thereto; design of parts and fittings of automobiles, and advisory, consultancy and information services relating thereto; design of two-wheeled motorized vehicles and bicycles, and advisory, consultancy and information services relating thereto; design of parts and fittings of two-wheeled motorized vehicles and bicycles, and advisory, consultancy and information services relating thereto; designing, developing, creating, maintaining and hosting websites, and advisory, consultancy and information services relating thereto; research relating to building construction or city planning, and advisory, consultancy and information services relating thereto; testing and research services in the field of preventing pollution, and advisory, consultancy and information services relating thereto; testing and research services in the field of electricity, and advisory, consultancy and information services relating thereto; testing and research services relating to machines, apparatus and instruments, and advisory, consultancy and information services relating thereto; testing and research services relating to computers, and advisory, consultancy and information services relating thereto; testing and research services relating to computer programs, and advisory, consultancy and information services relating thereto; providing online geographic maps, not downloadable |
| 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, February 3, 2023 |
| 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, February 3, 2023 |
| Primary Code | 012 |
| 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 | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Friday, February 3, 2023 |
| Primary Code | 035 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 041 - Education; providing of training; entertainment; sporting and cultural activities. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 101, 107 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Friday, February 3, 2023 |
| Primary Code | 041 |
| 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 | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Friday, February 3, 2023 |
| Primary Code | 042 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Party Name | Tier IV, Inc. |
| Party Type | 30 - Original Registrant |
| Legal Entity Type | 03 - Corporation |
| Address | JP |
| Party Name | Tier IV, Inc. |
| Party Type | 20 - Owner at Publication |
| Legal Entity Type | 03 - Corporation |
| Address | JP |
| Party Name | Tier IV, Inc. |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 03 - Corporation |
| Address | JP |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Thursday, February 2, 2023 | SN ASSIGNED FOR SECT 66A APPL FROM IB |
| Friday, February 3, 2023 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED |
| Tuesday, February 7, 2023 | APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED |
| Thursday, July 6, 2023 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Friday, July 21, 2023 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Saturday, July 22, 2023 | NON-FINAL ACTION (IB REFUSAL) PREPARED FOR REVIEW |
| Sunday, August 20, 2023 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY MPU |
| Sunday, August 20, 2023 | NON-FINAL ACTION MAILED - REFUSAL SENT TO IB |
| Wednesday, September 13, 2023 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY IB |
| Wednesday, February 14, 2024 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Wednesday, February 14, 2024 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Wednesday, February 14, 2024 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Wednesday, February 28, 2024 | APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Tuesday, March 12, 2024 | WITHDRAWN FROM PUB - OG REVIEW QUERY |
| Thursday, March 14, 2024 | PREVIOUS ALLOWANCE COUNT WITHDRAWN |
| Monday, March 18, 2024 | EXAMINERS AMENDMENT -WRITTEN |
| Monday, March 18, 2024 | EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED |
| Monday, March 18, 2024 | NOTIFICATION OF EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED |
| Monday, March 18, 2024 | EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT ENTERED |
| Monday, March 18, 2024 | APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Wednesday, April 3, 2024 | NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED |
| Wednesday, April 10, 2024 | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION SENT TO IB |
| Wednesday, April 10, 2024 | NOTICE OF START OF OPPOSITION PERIOD CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB |
| Tuesday, April 23, 2024 | PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION |
| Tuesday, April 23, 2024 | OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, July 9, 2024 | REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Tuesday, July 9, 2024 | NOTICE OF REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION EMAILED |
| Wednesday, October 9, 2024 | FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB |
| Tuesday, April 30, 2024 | NOTIFICATION PROCESSED BY IB |