| Serial Number | 79137512 |
| Word Mark | VEP |
| Filing Date | Thursday, May 30, 2013 |
| Status | 706 - SECTION 71 ACCEPTED |
| Status Date | Thursday, July 3, 2025 |
| Registration Number | 4721927 |
| Registration Date | Tuesday, April 21, 2015 |
| Mark Drawing | 5 - Drawing with word(s) / letter(s) / number(s) in Stylized form |
| Published for Opposition Date | Tuesday, February 3, 2015 |
| Description of Mark | The mark consists of a stylized representation of the term "VEP". |
| Goods and Services | Electric equipment for use on benches or working platforms, namely, electric control devices for clamping, holding, swiveling, or positioning workpieces; electric locking units in the nature of electric locks; structural components and fittings for all these products |
| Goods and Services | Pneumatically, hydraulically and mechanically controlled equipment for use on benches or working platforms, namely, devices in the nature of machines and machine tools for clamping, holding, swiveling, or positioning workpieces; [ force multiplying devices, namely, force decouplers and pneumatic force multipliers, to be used in metal equipment for use on benches or working platforms; ] machines operated by compressed air for clamping, holding, swiveling, or positioning workpieces; hydraulic and pneumatic control mechanisms for machines and motors; hydraulic control units for machines and motors; pneumatic control units for machines and motors; machine tools, namely, clamps for use in the precision clamping of work pieces; tools, namely, parts of machines or machinery, namely, clamping or holding devices; handling or moving equipment in the nature of machines for loading and unloading; automatic handling and moving machines; pneumatic and hydraulic cylinders being parts for machines; machine parts, namely, rigid and flexible pipes, manifolds and fittings for feeding and discharging gas for gas-charged systems; machine parts, namely, check panels for feeding and discharging gas for gas-charged systems; all these products except for gas-charged springs for use in molding plants; all excluding compressed air machines and parts therefor for use in industrial dust collector and filtration systems |
| Goods and Services | Metal clamping devices in the nature of non-electric pivot units for moving apparatus on benches or working platforms; non-electric metal clamping units for clamping workpieces; metal support units in the nature of non-electric pivot units for moving apparatuses or similar equipment from and to a working position; components and fittings for all these products, in particular metal pipes and connectors to feed and discharge gas for gas-charged systems; all of the foregoing for use in molding plants |
| Indication of Colors claimed | Color is not claimed as a feature of the 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 | Monday, October 28, 2013 |
| Primary Code | 006 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 007 - Machines and machine tools; motors and engines (except for land vehicles); machine coupling and transmission components (except for land vehicles); agricultural implements other than hand-operated; incubators for eggs. |
| US Class Codes | 013, 019, 021, 023, 024, 031, 034, 035 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Monday, October 28, 2013 |
| Primary Code | 007 |
| 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 | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Monday, October 28, 2013 |
| Primary Code | 009 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Party Name | VEP Group S.r.l. |
| Party Type | 30 - Original Registrant |
| Legal Entity Type | 16 - Limited Liability Company |
| Address | BEINASCO (TO) I-10092 IT |
| Party Name | VEP AUTOMATION S.R.L. |
| Party Type | 20 - Owner at Publication |
| Legal Entity Type | 16 - Limited Liability Company |
| Address | IT |
| Party Name | VEP AUTOMATION S.R.L. |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 16 - Limited Liability Company |
| Address | IT |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Monday, October 28, 2013 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED |
| Monday, October 28, 2013 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Tuesday, November 5, 2013 | NON-FINAL ACTION (IB REFUSAL) PREPARED FOR REVIEW |
| Tuesday, November 5, 2013 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY MPU |
| Wednesday, February 19, 2014 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Thursday, October 24, 2013 | SN ASSIGNED FOR SECT 66A APPL FROM IB |
| Friday, November 1, 2013 | APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED |
| Monday, November 4, 2013 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Tuesday, November 5, 2013 | NON-FINAL ACTION MAILED - REFUSAL SENT TO IB |
| Saturday, November 23, 2013 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY IB |
| Monday, March 10, 2014 | NON-FINAL ACTION MAILED |
| Friday, July 11, 2014 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Monday, December 8, 2014 | TEAS REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION RECEIVED |
| Monday, December 8, 2014 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Tuesday, December 9, 2014 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Wednesday, December 10, 2014 | APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Saturday, December 27, 2014 | ASSIGNED TO LIE |
| Wednesday, February 19, 2014 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Wednesday, February 19, 2014 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Monday, March 10, 2014 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Friday, July 11, 2014 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Saturday, July 12, 2014 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Friday, August 1, 2014 | FINAL REFUSAL WRITTEN |
| Friday, August 1, 2014 | FINAL REFUSAL MAILED |
| Saturday, December 27, 2014 | LAW OFFICE PUBLICATION REVIEW COMPLETED |
| Wednesday, January 14, 2015 | NOTICE OF PUBLICATION |
| Friday, January 30, 2015 | NOTIFICATION PROCESSED BY IB |
| Tuesday, February 3, 2015 | PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION |
| Wednesday, January 14, 2015 | NOTICE OF START OF OPPOSITION PERIOD CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB |
| Wednesday, January 14, 2015 | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION SENT TO IB |
| Wednesday, March 25, 2015 | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION SENT TO IB |
| Tuesday, April 21, 2015 | REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Friday, September 11, 2015 | FINAL DECISION TRANSACTION PROCESSED BY IB |
| Friday, March 30, 2018 | NEW REPRESENTATIVE AT IB RECEIVED |
| Thursday, April 9, 2020 | CHANGE OF NAME/ADDRESS REC'D FROM IB |
| Wednesday, March 25, 2015 | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB |
| Friday, April 10, 2015 | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION - PROCESSED BY IB |
| Tuesday, July 21, 2015 | FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB |
| Wednesday, August 26, 2015 | FINAL DISPOSITION PROCESSED |
| Wednesday, August 26, 2015 | FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE SENT TO IB |
| Friday, June 23, 2023 | INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION RENEWED |
| Sunday, April 21, 2024 | COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 71 (10-YR) E-MAILED |
| Monday, April 19, 2021 | TEAS SECTION 71 & 15 RECEIVED |
| Sunday, June 6, 2021 | CORRECTION TRANSACTION RECEIVED FROM IB |
| Wednesday, June 9, 2021 | CORRECTION FROM THE IB EXAMINED, NO ACTION IS NEEDED |
| Wednesday, September 8, 2021 | CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL |
| Wednesday, September 8, 2021 | REGISTERED - SEC. 71 ACCEPTED & SEC. 15 ACK. |
| Wednesday, September 8, 2021 | NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 71 & 15 - E-MAILED |
| Wednesday, March 26, 2025 | TEAS SECTION 71 RECEIVED |
| Monday, June 30, 2025 | CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL |
| Thursday, July 3, 2025 | REGISTERED-SEC.71 ACCEPTED |
| Thursday, July 3, 2025 | NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 71 - E-MAILED |