Live / Registered — Registered (as of 01 Sept 2020)
What this means for you
Registered since 01 Sept 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 (the §8 declaration of use was filed 31 Aug 2026 and is awaiting the USPTO's acceptance).
Record
- Serial number
- 86804170
- Registration number
- 6142062
- Mark type
- Word mark
- Filed
- 29 Oct 2015
- Published for opposition
- 25 Apr 2017
- Registered
- 01 Sept 2020
- Next maintenance filing
- §8 declaration of use, filed 31 Aug 2026 — awaiting the USPTO's acceptance
- Attorney of record
- Karen A. Webb
Goods and services
- Class 009 — Scientific and electric apparatus: Computer software development tools; Computer software for use as an application programming interface (API)
Owner
- WHATSAPP LLC, MENLO PARK, CA, US
- WhatsApp Inc., Menlo Park, CA, US
- WhatsApp Inc., Menlo Park, CA, US
- WhatsApp Inc., Mountain View, CA, US
Prior registrations
Board proceedings on this mark
- Extension of Time to Oppose No. 86804170 — NINETEN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. v. WhatsApp Inc., filed 19 May 2017 (Terminated)
The owner also pleads this mark in 19 other Board proceedings.
Prosecution history
- 31 Aug 2026 — TEAS SECTION 8 & 15 RECEIVED
- 01 Sept 2025 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (6-YR) E-MAILED
- 03 Feb 2021 — AUTOMATIC UPDATE OF ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP
- 01 Sept 2020 — REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER
- 30 Jul 2020 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF STATEMENT OF USE E-MAILED
- 29 Jul 2020 — ALLOWED PRINCIPAL REGISTER - SOU ACCEPTED
- 27 Jul 2020 — STATEMENT OF USE PROCESSING COMPLETE
- 29 Jun 2020 — USE AMENDMENT FILED
- 29 Jun 2020 — TEAS STATEMENT OF USE RECEIVED
- 28 Apr 2020 — NOTICE OF APPROVAL OF EXTENSION REQUEST E-MAILED
- 27 Apr 2020 — SOU EXTENSION 5 GRANTED
- 13 Apr 2020 — SOU EXTENSION 5 FILED
- 13 Apr 2020 — SOU TEAS EXTENSION RECEIVED
- 16 Oct 2019 — NOTICE OF APPROVAL OF EXTENSION REQUEST E-MAILED
- 14 Oct 2019 — SOU EXTENSION 4 GRANTED