WHISPER VALVE
Live / Registered — Registered — partial invalidation of extension of protection (as of 16 Jun 2026)
What this means for you
Registered since 07 Jun 2016. 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 §71 ten-year affidavit of use).
Record
- Serial number
- 79158013
- Registration number
- 4970869
- Mark type
- Word mark
- Filed
- 10 Oct 2014
- Published for opposition
- 15 Dec 2015
- Registered
- 07 Jun 2016
- Next maintenance filing
- §71 ten-year affidavit of use, due by 07 Jun 2036 (grace period to 07 Dec 2036)
- Attorney of record
- Todd A. Sullivan
Goods and services
- Class 007 — Machines and machine tools: [ Micro valves for use with fluids, including liquids and gases for dosing micro quantities; magnetic ] [ and electrodynamic ] [ micro valves for dosing micro quantities of fluids and gases; all excluding valves and regulators used for cryogenic applications ]
- Class 009 — Scientific and electric apparatus: [ Apparatus and instruments for the measurement and control of fluids, namely, flowmeters and dosimeters for measuring and dosing micro quantities; ] solenoid operated valves [ and electrodynamically controlled valves ], namely, electronic valves for controlling micro quantities of gas or fluids; micro valves and mircopumps being parts of physical apparatus and instruments, namely, laboratory robots, chemical reactors, inkjet printers and automated fluid-dispensing apparatus; all excluding valves and requlators used for cryogenic applications
Owner
- Bürkert Werke GmbH & Co. KG, Ingelfingen, DE
- Bürkert Werke GmbH, DE
- Bürkert Werke GmbH, DE
- Bürkert Werke GmbH, DE
Board proceedings on this mark
- Extension of Time to Oppose No. 79158013 — Fisher Controls International LLC v. Bürkert Werke GmbH, filed 15 Dec 2015 (Terminated)
Prosecution history
- 16 Jun 2026 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 71 - E-MAILED
- 16 Jun 2026 — REGISTERED - PARTIAL SEC 71 ACCEPTED
- 15 Jun 2026 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
- 23 Feb 2026 — TEAS SECTION 71 RECEIVED
- 08 Jun 2025 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 71 (10-YR) E-MAILED
- 10 Oct 2024 — INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION RENEWED
- 21 Feb 2022 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 71 & 15 - E-MAILED
- 20 Feb 2022 — REGISTERED - SEC. 71 ACCEPTED & SEC. 15 ACK.
- 16 Feb 2022 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
- 22 Jul 2021 — TEAS SECTION 71 & 15 RECEIVED
- 07 Jun 2021 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 71 (6-YR) E-MAILED
- 21 Dec 2017 — CHANGE OF OWNER RECEIVED FROM IB
- 21 Apr 2017 — FINAL DECISION TRANSACTION PROCESSED BY IB
- 18 Apr 2017 — INVALIDATION REVIEWED - NO ACTION REQUIRED BY OFFICE
- 27 Feb 2017 — PARTIAL INVALIDATION OF REG EXT PROTECTION CREATED