BLUE SHIELD
Live / Registered — Registered and renewed (as of 08 Jun 2017)
What this means for you
Registered since 03 Aug 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 (the §8 & §9 renewal was filed 24 Jul 2026 and is awaiting the USPTO's acceptance).
Record
- Serial number
- 73053442
- Registration number
- 1045586
- Mark type
- Word mark
- Filed
- 27 May 1975
- Registered
- 03 Aug 1976
- Current term from
- 03 Aug 2016
- Next maintenance filing
- §8 & §9 renewal, filed 24 Jul 2026 — awaiting the USPTO's acceptance
- Attorney of record
- Stacey J. Watson, Esq.
Goods and services
- Class 036 — Insurance and financial services: PREPAID FINANCING AND ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICAL, HOSPITAL AND RELATED HEALTH SERVICES
Owner
- BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION, Chicago, IL, US
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLUE SHIELD PLANS, CHICAGO, IL, US
Prior registrations
Board proceedings on this mark
The owner also pleads this mark in 27 other Board proceedings.
Prosecution history
- 05 Oct 2026 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
- 24 Jul 2026 — TEAS SECTION 8 & 9 RECEIVED
- 03 Aug 2025 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (10-YR)/SEC. 9 E-MAILED
- 11 Jan 2024 — TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED
- 11 Jan 2024 — ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED
- 11 Jan 2024 — TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED
- 11 Jan 2024 — APPLICANT/CORRESPONDENCE CHANGES (NON-RESPONSIVE) ENTERED
- 11 Jan 2024 — TEAS CHANGE OF OWNER ADDRESS RECEIVED
- 30 Oct 2018 — ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED
- 30 Oct 2018 — TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED
- 12 Apr 2018 — ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED
- 12 Apr 2018 — TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED
- 08 Jun 2017 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 9 - E-MAILED
- 08 Jun 2017 — REGISTERED AND RENEWED (THIRD RENEWAL - 10 YRS)
- 08 Jun 2017 — REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (10-YR) ACCEPTED/SEC. 9 GRANTED