B INNOVATING AUTOMATION

What this means for you

Registered since 02 Jan 2018. 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 02 Jan 2028: the §71 ten-year affidavit of use).

Record

Serial number

79201987

Registration number

5366851

Mark type

Design + words

Filed

20 Oct 2016

Published for opposition

17 Oct 2017

Registered

02 Jan 2018

Next maintenance filing

§71 ten-year affidavit of use, due by 02 Jan 2028 (grace period to 02 Jul 2028)

Attorney of record

Douglas M. McAllister

Goods and services

• Class 009 — Scientific and electric apparatus: Electrical sensors; electric position switches; [ electric multiple limit switches; ] electric inductive, optoelectronic, capacitive, and magnetic field dependent proximity switches; rotational transmitters, namely, sensors for detecting rotation and rotational angle and transmitting corresponding electronic signals; path transducers, namely, electroacoustic transducers, inductive transducers, optoelectronic transducers, capacitive transducers, and magnetic field dependent transducers; electrical, optical and RFID sensors adapted to be connected to an electrical bus; signal evaluation sensors and electronic circuits, in particular for measuring position, path, rotational speed, angular position, velocity, acceleration, and time; interface converters between electrical buses, and between sensors, transmitters and commutators; path measuring systems comprising electric sensors and transmitters coupled to the sensors; [ electric precision switches; electromechanical switches and parts thereof; detection elements and detector bodies for sensors and commutators, namely, sequence signal cams, and sequence signal cams in the form of a strip or a rack; ] couplers and connectors for electrical cables; couplers and connectors for electrical circuits; ultrasonic and ultrasound sensors, not for medical use; shaft encoders; incremental, absolute and multi-turn encoders; electronic identification systems comprising optical sensors, barcode readers, RFID sensors, and parts thereof; RFID and optical based identification systems comprising optical sensors, RFID sensors, and parts thereof; field bus systems comprising fieldbus trunk wires, fieldbus interfaces, junction boxes, electrical controllers, electrical and optical device couplers, sensor communication hubs, and electrical actor communication hubs; ethernet based fieldbus systems comprising fieldbus trunk wires, fieldbus interfaces, junction boxes, ethernet controllers, electrical and optical device couplers, sensor communication hubs, and electrical fieldbus actor communication hubs; electrical, optical and RFID wireless linked sensors and electronic communication systems comprised of computer hardware and software for the transmission of data; digital electronic fieldbus communication systems comprising sensors, transmitters, electrical fieldbus actuators, and communication hubs; sensors and position switches for safety purposes, namely, electric position switches, [ electric multiple limit switches, ] electric inductive, optoelectronic, capacitive, and magnetic field dependent proximity switches, and path measuring sensors; optical industrial cameras, lights for optical industrial cameras
• Class 037 — Building construction and repair services: Installation consultancy and advisory services for the installation of sensors, switches, electrical fieldbus actuators, communication systems, optical camera systems, and RFID and optical identification systems
• Class 042 — Scientific and technological services: [ Advisory services and consultancy services in the field of industrial engineering; ] consultancy and information services in the field of the design of sensors, switches, electrical fieldbus actuators, communication systems, optical camera systems, RFID and optical identification systems; design and development in the field of sensors, switches, electrical fieldbus actuators, communication systems, optical camera systems, RFID and optical identification systems; engineering services in the field of sensors, switches, electrical fieldbus actors, communication systems, vision systems, identification systems; design for others of communication networks comprising sensors, switches, electrical fieldbus actuators, communication systems, optical camera systems, RFID and optical identification systems

Owner

• BALLUFF GmbH, Neuhausen, DE
• BALLUFF GmbH, DE
• BALLUFF GmbH, DE

Prosecution history

• 01 Oct 2026 — INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION RENEWED
• 16 Apr 2026 — PARTIAL INVALIDATION PROCESSED BY THE IB
• 25 Feb 2026 — PARTIAL INVALIDATION OF REG EXT PROTECTION SENT TO IB
• 25 Feb 2026 — INVALIDATION PROCESSED
• 10 Sept 2025 — PARTIAL INVALIDATION OF REG EXT PROTECTION CREATED
• 07 Sept 2025 — PARTIAL INVALIDATION OF REG EXT PROTECTION CREATED
• 07 Jan 2025 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 71 & 15 - E-MAILED
• 07 Jan 2025 — REGISTERED - SEC. 71 ACCEPTED & SEC. 15 ACK.
• 06 Jan 2025 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
• 19 Jun 2024 — TEAS SECTION 71 & 15 RECEIVED
• 02 Jan 2023 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 71 (6-YR) E-MAILED
• 25 May 2018 — FINAL DECISION TRANSACTION PROCESSED BY IB
• 13 Apr 2018 — FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE SENT TO IB
• 12 Apr 2018 — FINAL DISPOSITION PROCESSED
• 02 Apr 2018 — FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB