WORD SLEUTH
Live / Registered — Registered and renewed (as of 05 Mar 2026)
What this means for you
Registered since 06 Jan 1976. 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 06 Jan 2036: the §8 & §9 renewal).
Record
- Serial number
- 73029112
- Registration number
- 1029338
- Mark type
- Word mark
- Filed
- 09 Aug 1974
- Registered
- 06 Jan 1976
- Current term from
- 06 Jan 2026
- Next maintenance filing
- §8 & §9 renewal, due by 06 Jan 2036 (grace period to 06 Jul 2036)
Goods and services
- Class 016 — Paper goods and printed matter: PUZZLES SYNDICATED TO NEWSPAPERS THE OBJECTIVE OF WHICH PUZZLES IS FOR READERS TO FIND APPROPRIATE OR CORRECT WORDS
Owner
- HEARST HOLDINGS, INC., NEW YORK, NY, US
- HEARST CORPORATION, THE, NEW YORK, NY, US
Prosecution history
- 05 Mar 2026 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 9 - E-MAILED
- 05 Mar 2026 — REGISTERED AND RENEWED (THIRD RENEWAL - 10 YRS)
- 05 Mar 2026 — REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (10-YR) ACCEPTED/SEC. 9 GRANTED
- 05 Mar 2026 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
- 10 Dec 2025 — TEAS SECTION 8 & 9 RECEIVED
- 06 Jan 2025 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (10-YR)/SEC. 9 E-MAILED
- 27 Jan 2016 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 9 - E-MAILED
- 27 Jan 2016 — REGISTERED AND RENEWED (SECOND RENEWAL - 10 YRS)
- 27 Jan 2016 — REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (10-YR) ACCEPTED/SEC. 9 GRANTED
- 25 Jan 2016 — TEAS SECTION 8 & 9 RECEIVED
- 25 Jan 2016 — TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED
- 28 Mar 2008 — ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED
- 28 Mar 2008 — TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED
- 24 Oct 2007 — CASE FILE IN TICRS
- 03 Feb 2005 — REGISTERED AND RENEWED (FIRST RENEWAL - 10 YRS)