VIL Trademark

Trademark Overview


On Wednesday, September 12, 1990, a trademark application was filed for VIL with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The USPTO has given the VIL trademark a serial number of 74096228. The federal status of this trademark filing is CANCELLED - SECTION 8 as of Saturday, March 13, 2004. This trademark is owned by VERSON INTERNATIONAL GROUP plc. The VIL trademark is filed in the Machinery Products and Computer & Software Products & Electrical & Scientific Products categories with the following description:

machinery and machine tools primarily used to handle and alter the surface, shape, thickness, and size of metal sheets, coils, pipes, bars, tubes, coins, and formed metal; namely, metal forming systems, consisting of stamping presses; molding presses; power presses; press brakes; blanking presses, punch presses, forming presses, forging presses, transfer presses, hemming presses, hydroform fluid forming presses, rubber pad presses, automatic presses, and press brakes; fabricating systems consisting of electric welders, spot, seam and projection welders, drum welding machines, brake shoe welding machines, flash butt welders, metal furniture welders, friction welders, laser welding machines, resistance and arc welders; galvanizing systems consisting of metal coating machines; slitting systems consisting of metal decoiling machines, snubber roll, pinch role, slitting machines, slitting heads, slitting knives, carryover table, tension unit, recoiling machines, and overarm separator; cuttin...

automated machinery and machine tools primarily used to alter the surface, shape, thickness, and size of metal sheets, coils, pipe, bars, tubes, coins, and formed metal; namely, automated presses and press brakes; automated welders; automated metal coating machines; automated metal slitting machines; digital knife positioning; automated blanking presses; automated bar, pipe and tube measuring devices; namely, automated drifters, automated swages, and automated end facers; flying saws with digital measuring equipment all sold as a unit; hydrostatic testers; automated conveyors and industrial robots; computerized roll setting units for controlling movement of cylindrical rollers within metal processing machinery; weighing and measuring machines

General Information


Serial Number74096228
Word MarkVIL
Filing DateWednesday, September 12, 1990
Status710 - CANCELLED - SECTION 8
Status DateSaturday, March 13, 2004
Registration Number1775627
Registration DateTuesday, June 8, 1993
Mark Drawing1000 - Typeset: Word(s) / letter(s) / number(s)
Published for Opposition DateTuesday, June 9, 1992

Trademark Statements


Goods and Servicesmachinery and machine tools primarily used to handle and alter the surface, shape, thickness, and size of metal sheets, coils, pipes, bars, tubes, coins, and formed metal; namely, metal forming systems, consisting of stamping presses; molding presses; power presses; press brakes; blanking presses, punch presses, forming presses, forging presses, transfer presses, hemming presses, hydroform fluid forming presses, rubber pad presses, automatic presses, and press brakes; fabricating systems consisting of electric welders, spot, seam and projection welders, drum welding machines, brake shoe welding machines, flash butt welders, metal furniture welders, friction welders, laser welding machines, resistance and arc welders; galvanizing systems consisting of metal coating machines; slitting systems consisting of metal decoiling machines, snubber roll, pinch role, slitting machines, slitting heads, slitting knives, carryover table, tension unit, recoiling machines, and overarm separator; cutting systems consisting of decoilers, levellers, hump table, kick-out rolls, feeder rolls, measuring pinch rolls, squaring guides, high-speed shears, gauge table, and run-out conveyor; calibrating lines consisting of bar, pipe and tube measuring devices; namely, drifter machines, swage machines, end face machines, threaders, coupling screw-on machines and punch presses; coating lines consisting of decoilers, recoilers, sprayers, rollers, laminating machines, electrostatic coating machines, and dipping machines; coil processing, packaging, and inspection lines consisting of coilers, decoilers, recoilers, straighteners, stakers, hump tables, grip feeds, flying shears, roll feeds, stop starts, right angle shears, swing shears, blanking presses, press feeds, coil slitting machines, edge trim machines, edge feed machines, precision sheet and strip levellers, and process levellers; coining systems consisting of coin loaders, coining presses, open front presses, doubled sided presses, press brakes, press brake tooling, knuckle presses, hot, warm and cold forging presses, and change over tooling for alternative coin sizes; material handling systems consisting of transfer presses, conveyors, pick and place devices, and roll feeders; pipe, tube and bar finishing equipment consisting of pipe, tube and bar straightening machines, polishing machines, roll position indicators, pressure sensing indicators, hydraulic lift, electric motors, gear, and control panel, roll feeders, pipe cut off machines, pipe and facing machines, coupling screw on machines, coupling torque tighteners, pipe drifting machines, weighting, measuring and marking machines, plate levellers, and plate bending machines-sold as a unit; roll forming machines; roll levellers; tension levellers; scroll sheeting lines consisting of metal cutting machines, metal forming machines, metal handling machines, and metal packaging machines; and pick and place devices-consisting of 2 automated axes pick-up units to load and unload machinery; and marking machines
Goods and Servicesautomated machinery and machine tools primarily used to alter the surface, shape, thickness, and size of metal sheets, coils, pipe, bars, tubes, coins, and formed metal; namely, automated presses and press brakes; automated welders; automated metal coating machines; automated metal slitting machines; digital knife positioning; automated blanking presses; automated bar, pipe and tube measuring devices; namely, automated drifters, automated swages, and automated end facers; flying saws with digital measuring equipment all sold as a unit; hydrostatic testers; automated conveyors and industrial robots; computerized roll setting units for controlling movement of cylindrical rollers within metal processing machinery; weighing and measuring machines

Classification Information


International Class007 - 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 Codes023
Class Status Code2 - Sec. 8 - Entire Registration
Class Status DateSaturday, March 13, 2004
Primary Code007
First Use Anywhere DateThursday, March 31, 1988
First Use In Commerce DateThursday, March 31, 1988

International Class009 - 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 Codes021, 026
Class Status Code2 - Sec. 8 - Entire Registration
Class Status DateSaturday, March 13, 2004
Primary Code009
First Use Anywhere DateThursday, March 31, 1988
First Use In Commerce DateThursday, March 31, 1988

Trademark Owner History


Party NameLITTELL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Party Type40 - New Owner After Registration
Legal Entity Type03 - Corporation
AddressADDISON, IL 60101-140

Party NameVERSON INTERNATIONAL GROUP plc
Party Type30 - Original Registrant
Legal Entity Type03 - Corporation
AddressLondon SW1X 7HH
GB

Party NameVERSON INTERNATIONAL GROUP plc
Party Type20 - Owner at Publication
Legal Entity Type03 - Corporation
AddressLondon SW1X 7HH
GB

Party NameVERSON INTERNATIONAL GROUP plc
Party Type10 - Original Applicant
Legal Entity Type03 - Corporation
AddressLondon SW1X 7HH
GB

Trademark Events


Event DateEvent Description
Saturday, March 13, 2004CANCELLED SEC. 8 (10-YR)/EXPIRED SECTION 9
Tuesday, September 21, 1999REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (6-YR) ACCEPTED & SEC. 15 ACK.
Tuesday, May 11, 1999REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (6-YR) & SEC. 15 FILED
Tuesday, June 8, 1993REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER
Tuesday, March 16, 1993ALLOWED PRINCIPAL REGISTER - SOU ACCEPTED
Monday, December 28, 1992NON-FINAL ACTION MAILED
Tuesday, December 1, 1992ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER
Tuesday, December 1, 1992ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER
Friday, November 27, 1992STATEMENT OF USE PROCESSING COMPLETE
Monday, November 9, 1992USE AMENDMENT FILED
Tuesday, September 1, 1992NOA MAILED - SOU REQUIRED FROM APPLICANT
Tuesday, June 9, 1992PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION
Monday, May 11, 1992NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
Tuesday, February 25, 1992APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER
Monday, January 6, 1992CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE
Tuesday, December 3, 1991NON-FINAL ACTION MAILED
Wednesday, October 23, 1991CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE
Tuesday, October 8, 1991FINAL REFUSAL MAILED
Friday, August 9, 1991CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE
Thursday, February 28, 1991NON-FINAL ACTION MAILED
Tuesday, February 5, 1991ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER