| Serial Number | 97898622 |
| Word Mark | TOP SHELF DISTRIBUTORS POWERED BY RACK MAN!COM |
| Filing Date | Thursday, April 20, 2023 |
| Status | 700 - REGISTERED |
| Status Date | Tuesday, May 12, 2026 |
| Registration Number | 8248965 |
| Registration Date | Tuesday, May 12, 2026 |
| Mark Drawing | 3 - Illustration: Drawing or design which also includes word(s) / letter(s) / number(s) |
| Published for Opposition Date | Tuesday, January 21, 2025 |
| Indication of Colors claimed | Color is not claimed as a feature of the mark. |
| Goods and Services | Lockers; Shelves; Retail display units; Shelving and component parts thereof, namely, shelves and brackets sold as a unit; Shelving for lockers; Component parts of warehouse storage racks in the nature of pallet stops; Display racks for warehouse styled retail stores; Fitted shelf dividers made of steel; Metal shelving; Non-metal, non-mechanical hoppers; Storage racks; Storage shelves |
| Goods and Services | Metal decking; Metal gates and fencing; Storage pallets of metal; Wire mesh; Freestanding metal dividers for shelves not being furniture parts; General purpose metal storage units; Metal pallets; Metal stepladders and ladders; Non-mechanical metal hoppers |
| Goods and Services | Hand trucks; Hand trucks for transporting and positioning flat-shaped objects such as all types of doors, panels, partitions, countertops, table tops, sheet goods, ladders, displays, trusses, gates, fences |
| Description of Mark | The mark consists of an image of two vertical bars running parallel to one another, containing two horizontal bars running parallel to one another and perpendicular to, and between, the two vertical bars, upon which three separate rows of stylized font are situated, with the words "TOP SHELF" sitting just above and level to the top horizontal line, "DISTRIBUTORS" sitting just above and level to the second horizontal line from the top, and "POWERED BY RACK MAN.COM" situated above the horizontal line at the base of the mark, which runs perpendicular to and intersects the base of both vertical bars on the right and left of each vertical bar; the words "RACK MAN.COM" are arranged in a curved, rainbow shape rather than being level to the base line of the mark, with an exclamation mark at the end; the exclamation mark is in stylized font, with a period preceding "COM", arranged vertically, to form an exclamation mark. |
| 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 | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Tuesday, May 16, 2023 |
| Primary Code | 006 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | Monday, November 1, 2021 |
| First Use In Commerce Date | Wednesday, December 1, 2021 |
| 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 | Tuesday, May 16, 2023 |
| Primary Code | 012 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | Monday, November 1, 2021 |
| First Use In Commerce Date | Wednesday, December 1, 2021 |
| International Class | 020 - Furniture, mirrors, picture frames; goods (not included in other classes) of wood, cork, reed, cane, wicker, horn, bone, ivory, whalebone, shell, amber, mother-of-pearl, meerschaum and substitutes for all these materials, or of plastics. |
| US Class Codes | 002, 013, 022, 025, 032, 050 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Tuesday, May 16, 2023 |
| Primary Code | 020 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | Monday, November 1, 2021 |
| First Use In Commerce Date | Wednesday, December 1, 2021 |
| Party Name | MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEMS, INC. |
| Party Type | 30 - Original Registrant |
| Legal Entity Type | 03 - Corporation |
| Address | SACRAMENTO, CA 95815 US |
| Party Name | MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEMS, INC. |
| Party Type | 20 - Owner at Publication |
| Legal Entity Type | 03 - Corporation |
| Address | SACRAMENTO, CA 95815 US |
| Party Name | MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEMS, INC. |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 03 - Corporation |
| Address | SACRAMENTO, CA 95815 US |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Monday, April 24, 2023 | NEW APPLICATION ENTERED |
| Tuesday, May 16, 2023 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED |
| Wednesday, May 17, 2023 | NOTICE OF DESIGN SEARCH CODE E-MAILED |
| Thursday, January 18, 2024 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Monday, January 29, 2024 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Monday, January 29, 2024 | NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Monday, January 29, 2024 | NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Monday, February 5, 2024 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Wednesday, July 24, 2024 | ASSIGNED TO LIE |
| Thursday, July 25, 2024 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Thursday, July 25, 2024 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Monday, October 7, 2024 | FINAL REFUSAL WRITTEN |
| Monday, October 7, 2024 | FINAL REFUSAL E-MAILED |
| Monday, October 7, 2024 | NOTIFICATION OF FINAL REFUSAL EMAILED |
| Thursday, October 24, 2024 | APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Wednesday, January 15, 2025 | NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, January 21, 2025 | PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION |
| Tuesday, January 21, 2025 | OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED |
| Thursday, February 13, 2025 | OPPOSITION PAPERS RECEIVED AT TTAB |
| Thursday, February 13, 2025 | OPPOSITION INSTITUTED NO. 999999 |
| Monday, April 20, 2026 | OPPOSITION DISMISSED NO. 999999 |
| Monday, April 20, 2026 | OPPOSITION TERMINATED NO. 999999 |
| Monday, April 20, 2026 | TTAB RELEASE CASE TO TRADEMARKS |
| Tuesday, May 12, 2026 | REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Tuesday, May 12, 2026 | NOTICE OF REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION EMAILED |