| Serial Number | 79125134 |
| Word Mark | VDM |
| Filing Date | Friday, August 10, 2012 |
| Status | 706 - SECTION 71 ACCEPTED |
| Status Date | Wednesday, November 1, 2023 |
| Registration Number | 4427197 |
| Registration Date | Tuesday, November 5, 2013 |
| Mark Drawing | 4 - Illustration: Drawing with word(s) / letter(s) / number(s) in Block form |
| Published for Opposition Date | Tuesday, August 20, 2013 |
| Goods and Services | [ Calibrating resistors, measuring, precision and slide resistors; electric intermediate resistors for measuring instruments; shunt resistors for ammeters, electric starting resistors, brake bleeders, adjustment and control resistors, heating resistors; anodes, wires made of base metals and the alloys thereof, namely, nickel, chromium, cobalt, iron and the alloys thereof for electrical purposes; electric heat conductors and resistors made of metallic materials in the form of wires, strips, foils and spirals; fuel cells and parts thereof made of base metals, namely, iron and chromium; semi-finished magnetic materials in the firm of strips, sheet metals, foils, wires, poles and profiles ] |
| Goods and Services | Sheet metals, strips, poles, rods, [ rings, ] plates, foils, wires, not for electronic purposes, [ soldering wires, round plates, blanks; mill bars, ] slabs, blocks, [ weldless and welded tubes, ] all goods made of base metals and metal alloys or made of stainless steels, namely, special steels, namely, containing nickel, chromium, iron, copper, zirconium, titanium, [ niobium, tantalum, manganese, ] cobalt, aluminum, [ magnesium, zinc, tin, ] molybdenum, these products being used in particular as components in gas and vapour turbines, as boiler components, as building components in the construction of furnaces and power stations, in the chemical and petrochemical industry [ as well as in the field of nuclear energy technology ], electronics, electrical engineering, offshore, in the automobile and aircraft industry [, medical techniques and architecture ] ; [ partially worked base metals and metal alloys; semi-wrought brass; crude and partially worked nonferrous alloys in the form of block, slabs, plates, sheet metals, poles, rods, seamlessly welded tubes, round plates, billets that have been cast, drawn, rolled, pressed, and forged; bronzes in the form of rods, tubes, strips and pressed pieces, parts made of bronze for highly stressed bearing brushes, tubes made of bronze for pipes; composite metals, namely, metals in which the core metal and the coating metal are welded or soldered to each other; ] filler metals based on iron-chrome-nickel alloys [ ; metal alloys for the electrolytic recovery of tin; metal billets and the alloys thereof ] |
| 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 | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 |
| Primary Code | 006 |
| 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 | G - NOT AVAILABLE |
| Class Status Date | Wednesday, November 27, 2019 |
| Primary Code | 009 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Party Name | VDM Metals International GmbH |
| Party Type | 31 - New Owner After Registration |
| Legal Entity Type | 98 - Unknown |
| Address | Werdohl 58791 DE |
| Party Name | VDM Metals GmbH |
| Party Type | 30 - Original Registrant |
| Legal Entity Type | 16 - Limited Liability Company |
| Address | DE |
| Party Name | ThyssenKrupp VDM GmbH |
| Party Type | 20 - Owner at Publication |
| Legal Entity Type | 16 - Limited Liability Company |
| Address | DE |
| Party Name | ThyssenKrupp VDM GmbH |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 16 - Limited Liability Company |
| Address | DE |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Tuesday, February 26, 2013 | APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED |
| Friday, February 15, 2013 | SN ASSIGNED FOR SECT 66A APPL FROM IB |
| Wednesday, February 20, 2013 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED |
| Wednesday, February 20, 2013 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Tuesday, February 26, 2013 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Wednesday, February 27, 2013 | NON-FINAL ACTION (IB REFUSAL) PREPARED FOR REVIEW |
| Wednesday, February 27, 2013 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY MPU |
| Wednesday, February 27, 2013 | NON-FINAL ACTION MAILED - REFUSAL SENT TO IB |
| Wednesday, March 20, 2013 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY IB |
| Wednesday, June 5, 2013 | TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED |
| Wednesday, June 5, 2013 | ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED |
| Wednesday, June 12, 2013 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Friday, June 14, 2013 | ASSIGNED TO LIE |
| Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Monday, February 10, 2014 | FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE SENT TO IB |
| Tuesday, July 9, 2013 | APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Friday, July 12, 2013 | LAW OFFICE PUBLICATION REVIEW COMPLETED |
| Wednesday, July 31, 2013 | NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, August 20, 2013 | PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION |
| Tuesday, August 20, 2013 | OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, November 5, 2013 | REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Wednesday, February 5, 2014 | FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB |
| Monday, February 10, 2014 | FINAL DISPOSITION PROCESSED |
| Thursday, October 5, 2017 | CHANGE OF OWNER RECEIVED FROM IB |
| Saturday, March 1, 2014 | FINAL DECISION TRANSACTION PROCESSED BY IB |
| Thursday, June 26, 2014 | CHANGE OF NAME/ADDRESS REC'D FROM IB |
| Friday, August 14, 2015 | NEW REPRESENTATIVE AT IB RECEIVED |
| Thursday, September 24, 2015 | NEW REPRESENTATIVE AT IB RECEIVED |
| Wednesday, May 11, 2016 | TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED |
| Monday, November 5, 2018 | COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 71 (6-YR) E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, October 29, 2019 | TEAS SECTION 71 RECEIVED |
| Wednesday, November 27, 2019 | REGISTERED - PARTIAL SEC 71 ACCEPTED |
| Wednesday, November 27, 2019 | NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 71 - E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, November 26, 2019 | CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL |
| Friday, September 18, 2020 | PARTIAL INVALIDATION OF REG EXT PROTECTION SENT TO IB |
| Thursday, February 6, 2020 | TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED |
| Monday, July 27, 2020 | PARTIAL INVALIDATION OF REG EXT PROTECTION CREATED |
| Thursday, September 3, 2020 | INVALIDATION PROCESSED |
| Monday, October 30, 2023 | TEAS SECTION 71 RECEIVED |
| Sunday, November 1, 2020 | PARTIAL INVALIDATION PROCESSED BY THE IB |
| Friday, May 6, 2022 | NEW REPRESENTATIVE AT IB RECEIVED |
| Thursday, August 25, 2022 | INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION RENEWED |
| Saturday, November 5, 2022 | COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 71 (10-YR) E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, July 2, 2024 | PARTIAL INVALIDATION OF REG EXT PROTECTION CREATED |
| Wednesday, November 1, 2023 | REGISTERED-SEC.71 ACCEPTED |
| Wednesday, November 1, 2023 | NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 71 - E-MAILED |