GAPSTAR
Live / Registered — Registered — partial invalidation of extension of protection (as of 12 Jul 2026)
What this means for you
Registered since 01 Dec 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 01 Dec 2030: the §71 ten-year affidavit of use).
Record
- Serial number
- 79272147
- Registration number
- 6207933
- Mark type
- Word mark
- Filed
- 22 Aug 2019
- Published for opposition
- 16 Jun 2020
- Registered
- 01 Dec 2020
- Next maintenance filing
- §71 ten-year affidavit of use, due by 01 Dec 2030 (grace period to 01 Jun 2031)
- Attorney of record
- Cynthia A. Moyer
Goods and services
- Class 006 — Metal goods: [ Welding wire of metal; welding wire for electrodes; filler metal for welding; metal welding rods; metal flux-filled brazing rods; filler metal of copper and copper alloys for welding ]
- Class 009 — Scientific and electric apparatus: [ Wires, electric; electrodes; ] electric wires for electrical discharge machining (EDM); electrical discharge machining (EDM) wire; wire electrodes [ ; fuse wires; magnetic wires; materials for electricity mains, namely, electric wires, cables; electric cables and wires for communications technology ]
Owner
- Berkenhoff GmbH, Heuchelheim, DE
- Berkenhoff GmbH, DE
- Berkenhoff GmbH, DE
Board proceedings on this mark
- Extension of Time to Oppose No. 79272147 — Gap (Apparel), LLC v. Berkenhoff GmbH, filed 29 Jun 2020 (Terminated)
Prosecution history
- 12 Jul 2026 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 71 & 15 - E-MAILED
- 12 Jul 2026 — REGISTERED - PARTIAL SEC. 71 ACCEPTED & SEC. 15 ACK.
- 28 Jun 2026 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
- 06 Mar 2026 — TEAS SECTION 71 & 15 RECEIVED
- 01 Dec 2025 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 71 (6-YR) E-MAILED
- 12 Jun 2025 — NEW REPRESENTATIVE AT IB RECEIVED
- 15 Aug 2023 — TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED
- 15 Aug 2023 — ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED
- 15 Aug 2023 — TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED
- 02 Oct 2021 — NEW REPRESENTATIVE AT IB RECEIVED
- 28 Mar 2021 — FINAL DECISION TRANSACTION PROCESSED BY IB
- 10 Mar 2021 — FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE SENT TO IB
- 10 Mar 2021 — FINAL DISPOSITION PROCESSED
- 01 Mar 2021 — FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB
- 01 Dec 2020 — REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER