STERLING
Live / Registered — Registered and renewed (as of 23 Jun 2026)
What this means for you
Registered since 17 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 (next due by 17 Aug 2036: the §8 & §9 renewal).
Record
- Serial number
- 73072117
- Registration number
- 1046345
- Mark type
- Word mark
- Filed
- 17 Dec 1975
- Registered
- 17 Aug 1976
- Current term from
- 17 Aug 2026
- Next maintenance filing
- §8 & §9 renewal, due by 17 Aug 2036 (grace period to 17 Feb 2037)
- Attorney of record
- Adam S. Baldridge
Goods and services
- Class 016 — Paper goods and printed matter: COATED BOOK AND MAGAZINE PAPER
Owner
- BILLERUD U.S. PRODUCTION HOLDING LLC, Miamisburg, OH, US
- NEWPAGE LLC, Miamisburg, OH, US
- NEWPAGE CORPORATION, MIAMISBURG, OH, US
- CHILLICOTHE PAPER INC., CHILLICOTHE, OH, US
- WESTVACO CORPORATION, NEW YORK, NY, US
Prior registrations
Board proceedings on this mark
The owner also pleads this mark in 2 other Board proceedings.
Prosecution history
- 23 Jun 2026 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 9 - E-MAILED
- 23 Jun 2026 — REGISTERED AND RENEWED (FOURTH RENEWAL - 10 YRS)
- 23 Jun 2026 — REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (10-YR) ACCEPTED/SEC. 9 GRANTED
- 23 Jun 2026 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
- 20 Apr 2026 — TEAS SECTION 8 & 9 RECEIVED
- 18 Aug 2025 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (10-YR)/SEC. 9 E-MAILED
- 12 Jul 2023 — AUTOMATIC UPDATE OF ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP
- 18 Jun 2018 — APPLICANT/CORRESPONDENCE CHANGES (NON-RESPONSIVE) ENTERED
- 18 Jun 2018 — TEAS CHANGE OF OWNER ADDRESS RECEIVED
- 18 Jan 2017 — AUTOMATIC UPDATE OF ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP
- 27 Jan 2016 — ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP NOT UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY
- 09 Oct 2015 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 9 - E-MAILED
- 09 Oct 2015 — REGISTERED AND RENEWED (THIRD RENEWAL - 10 YRS)
- 09 Oct 2015 — REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (10-YR) ACCEPTED/SEC. 9 GRANTED
- 07 Oct 2015 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL