| Serial Number | 86649974 |
| Word Mark | VAC |
| Filing Date | Wednesday, June 3, 2015 |
| Status | 800 - REGISTERED AND RENEWED |
| Status Date | Friday, June 13, 2025 |
| Registration Number | 4881300 |
| Registration Date | Tuesday, January 5, 2016 |
| Mark Drawing | 3 - Illustration: Drawing or design which also includes word(s) / letter(s) / number(s) |
| Published for Opposition Date | Tuesday, October 20, 2015 |
| Description of Mark | The mark consists of a stylized lightning bolt through a circle followed by the letters "VAC", the abbreviation of our corporate name. This has been in national and international commercial use by us since 1998. |
| Goods and Services | Audio electronics, namely, amplifiers, preamplifiers, digital-to-analogue converters, phonograph preamplifiers, phonograph head amplifiers, and step up transformers |
| Pseudo Mark | VACUUM |
| Indication of Colors claimed | Color is not claimed as a feature of the mark. |
| 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 | Tuesday, June 9, 2015 |
| Primary Code | 009 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | Thursday, January 1, 1998 |
| First Use In Commerce Date | Thursday, January 1, 1998 |
| Party Name | Valve Amplification Company |
| Party Type | 30 - Original Registrant |
| Legal Entity Type | 03 - Corporation |
| Address | Sarasota, FL 34237 |
| Party Name | Valve Amplification Company |
| Party Type | 20 - Owner at Publication |
| Legal Entity Type | 03 - Corporation |
| Address | Sarasota, FL 34234 |
| Party Name | Valve Amplification Company |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 03 - Corporation |
| Address | Sarasota, FL 34234 |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Tuesday, January 5, 2016 | REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Tuesday, January 5, 2021 | COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (6-YR) E-MAILED |
| Wednesday, May 26, 2021 | TEAS SECTION 8 RECEIVED |
| Tuesday, June 9, 2015 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED |
| Wednesday, June 10, 2015 | NOTICE OF DESIGN SEARCH CODE E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, September 15, 2015 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Tuesday, September 15, 2015 | APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Wednesday, September 30, 2015 | NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, October 20, 2015 | PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION |
| Tuesday, October 20, 2015 | OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED |
| Thursday, December 16, 2021 | NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 - E-MAILED |
| Monday, June 14, 2021 | CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL |
| Wednesday, June 16, 2021 | OFFICE ACTION ISSUED POU1 |
| Tuesday, December 14, 2021 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION-POST REG RECEIVED |
| Thursday, December 16, 2021 | REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (6-YR) ACCEPTED |
| Sunday, January 5, 2025 | COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (10-YR)/SEC. 9 E-MAILED |
| Monday, January 6, 2025 | TEAS SECTION 8 & 9 RECEIVED |
| Thursday, June 12, 2025 | CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL |
| Friday, June 13, 2025 | REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (10-YR) ACCEPTED/SEC. 9 GRANTED |
| Friday, June 13, 2025 | REGISTERED AND RENEWED (FIRST RENEWAL - 10 YRS) |
| Friday, June 13, 2025 | NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 9 - E-MAILED |