MERIT SCHOLARSHIP
Live / Registered — Registered and renewed (as of 04 Aug 2026)
What this means for you
Registered since 07 Jun 1966. The owner can stop confusingly similar uses in the classes it covers; it stays on the register as long as the owner keeps up the maintenance filings (next due by 07 Jun 2036: the §8 & §9 renewal).
Record
- Serial number
- 72196894
- Registration number
- 0809702
- Mark type
- Word mark
- Filed
- 01 Jul 1964
- Registered
- 07 Jun 1966
- Current term from
- 07 Jun 2026
- Next maintenance filing
- §8 & §9 renewal, due by 07 Jun 2036 (grace period to 07 Dec 2036)
- Attorney of record
- Gene K. Park
Goods and services
- Class 041 — Education and entertainment services: SELECTING STUDENTS TO RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIPS AND THE ADMINISTERING AND SUPERVISING OF SCHOLARSHIPS
Owner
- NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP CORPORATION, EVANSTON, IL, US
Prosecution history
- 04 Aug 2026 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 9 - E-MAILED
- 04 Aug 2026 — REGISTERED AND RENEWED (FOURTH RENEWAL - 10 YRS)
- 04 Aug 2026 — REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (10-YR) ACCEPTED/SEC. 9 GRANTED
- 04 Aug 2026 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
- 04 Jun 2026 — TEAS SECTION 8 & 9 RECEIVED
- 08 Jun 2025 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (10-YR)/SEC. 9 E-MAILED
- 12 Dec 2015 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 9 - E-MAILED
- 12 Dec 2015 — REGISTERED AND RENEWED (THIRD RENEWAL - 10 YRS)
- 12 Dec 2015 — REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (10-YR) ACCEPTED/SEC. 9 GRANTED
- 12 Dec 2015 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
- 16 Oct 2015 — TEAS SECTION 8 & 9 RECEIVED
- 05 Feb 2009 — CASE FILE IN TICRS
- 07 Aug 2006 — REGISTERED AND RENEWED (SECOND RENEWAL - 10 YRS)
- 07 Aug 2006 — REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (10-YR) ACCEPTED/SEC. 9 GRANTED
- 27 Jul 2006 — ASSIGNED TO PARALEGAL