SIFORCE
Live / Registered — Registered — partial invalidation of extension of protection (as of 19 Feb 2026)
What this means for you
Registered since 14 Jan 2020. 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 14 Jan 2030: the §71 ten-year affidavit of use).
Record
- Serial number
- 79239171
- Registration number
- 5958166
- Mark type
- Word mark
- Filed
- 27 Jun 2018
- Published for opposition
- 29 Oct 2019
- Registered
- 14 Jan 2020
- Next maintenance filing
- §71 ten-year affidavit of use, due by 14 Jan 2030 (grace period to 14 Jul 2030)
- Attorney of record
- Laura A. Genovese
Goods and services
- Class 007 — Machines and machine tools: Machine tools, namely, clamps for use in the precision clamping of work pieces; pneumatic valve actuators; hydraulic valve actuators; linear actuators; hydraulic linear actuators; pneumatic linear actuators; machine coupling and transmission components, except for land vehicles; clamping units as parts of machines for holding and braking linearly or rotationally moved parts of machines, and fluidic actuators as parts of machines; safety catchers being safety brakes for elevators and industrial machine presses; locking units being clamps as parts of machines; rod attachments in the nature of connecting rods for machines
- Class 009 — Scientific and electric apparatus: [ Optical, measuring, signaling, regulating, controlling, checking, and supervision apparatus and instruments, namely, electronic sensors for sensing pressure, motion, temperature, electric current, voltage, distance, magnetic field, or acceleration for use with safety catchers, safety locks and locking units for securing heavy loads or machinery and electric locking units; brake controllers; brake fluid testers; electropneumatic modules being electric control panels; electropneumatic modules being electronic control systems for machines ]
- Class 042 — Scientific and technological services: [ Engineering services, namely, product research and development in the fields of clamping units for holding and braking linearly moved parts of machines and fluidic actuators ]
Owner
- SITEMA GmbH & Co. KG, Karlsruhe, DE
- SITEMA GmbH & Co. KG, DE
- SITEMA GmbH & Co. KG, DE
Prosecution history
- 19 Oct 2026 — PARTIAL INVALIDATION OF REG EXT PROTECTION CREATED
- 19 Feb 2026 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 71 & 15 - E-MAILED
- 19 Feb 2026 — REGISTERED - PARTIAL SEC. 71 ACCEPTED & SEC. 15 ACK.
- 09 Feb 2026 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
- 10 Oct 2025 — TEAS SECTION 71 & 15 RECEIVED
- 14 Jan 2025 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 71 (6-YR) E-MAILED
- 16 Jul 2022 — NEW REPRESENTATIVE AT IB RECEIVED
- 22 May 2020 — FINAL DECISION TRANSACTION PROCESSED BY IB
- 23 Apr 2020 — FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE SENT TO IB
- 23 Apr 2020 — FINAL DISPOSITION PROCESSED
- 14 Apr 2020 — FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB
- 14 Jan 2020 — REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER
- 29 Oct 2019 — OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED
- 29 Oct 2019 — PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION
- 25 Oct 2019 — NOTIFICATION PROCESSED BY IB