GROUNDING INC.
Live / Registered — Registered — Section 71 accepted (as of 25 Jan 2026)
What this means for you
Registered since 18 Nov 2014. 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 18 Nov 2034: the §71 ten-year affidavit of use).
Record
- Serial number
- 79147649
- Registration number
- 4639151
- Mark type
- Stylized text
- Filed
- 14 Nov 2013
- Published for opposition
- 02 Sept 2014
- Registered
- 18 Nov 2014
- Next maintenance filing
- §71 ten-year affidavit of use, due by 18 Nov 2034 (grace period to 18 May 2035)
- Attorney of record
- Daniel M. Gurfinkel
Goods and services
- Class 009 — Scientific and electric apparatus: [ Cell phone straps; ] game programs for mobile phones or computer, downloadable via the Internet; game programs for home video games or portable games with liquid crystal displays, downloadable via the Internet [, digital music downloadable from the Internet ]
- Class 025 — Clothing: [ T-shirts; sweat shirts; hooded sweat shirts ]
- Class 028 — Toys and sporting goods: [ Stuffed toys; bendable toys; ] trading card games; board games; dice; Japanese dice games sugoroku; [ cups for dice; Chinese checkers; chess games; checkers games; ] [ magic tricks; ] [ dominoes; ] playing cards [; Japanese playing cards hanafuda ] [; mah-jong ]
- Class 035 — Advertising and business services: Wholesale and retail store services for computer programs downloadable via the Internet; wholesale and retail store services for home video game and home video game program; advertising and publicity services; provision of information concerning commercial sales via Internet websites
- Class 042 — Scientific and technological services: Design, development, installation and maintenance of computer software
Owner
- Grounding Inc., Fukuoka, JP
- Grounding Inc., Tokyo, JP
- Grounding Inc., Tokyo, JP
Prosecution history
- 25 Sept 2026 — PARTIAL INVALIDATION OF REG EXT PROTECTION CREATED
- 28 Apr 2026 — INVALIDATION REVIEWED - NO ACTION REQUIRED BY OFFICE
- 22 Mar 2026 — PARTIAL INVALIDATION OF REG EXT PROTECTION CREATED
- 25 Jan 2026 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 71 - E-MAILED
- 25 Jan 2026 — REGISTERED-SEC.71 ACCEPTED
- 20 Jan 2026 — TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION-POST REG RECEIVED
- 22 Jul 2025 — OFFICE ACTION ISSUED POU2
- 15 Jul 2025 — TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION-POST REG RECEIVED
- 19 Jan 2025 — OFFICE ACTION ISSUED POU1
- 06 Jan 2025 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
- 12 Nov 2024 — TEAS SECTION 71 RECEIVED
- 18 Nov 2023 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 71 (10-YR) E-MAILED
- 20 Oct 2023 — INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION RENEWED
- 12 Feb 2023 — CHANGE OF NAME/ADDRESS REC'D FROM IB
- 14 Nov 2021 — PARTIAL INVALIDATION PROCESSED BY THE IB