ABSOLUTE BRINING
Live / Registered — Registered — Sections 8 & 15 accepted and acknowledged (as of 28 Jul 2023)
What this means for you
Registered since 02 Aug 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 (the §8 & §9 renewal was filed 24 Jul 2026 and is awaiting the USPTO's acceptance).
Record
- Serial number
- 86837726
- Registration number
- 5012226
- Mark type
- Word mark
- Filed
- 03 Dec 2015
- Published for opposition
- 17 May 2016
- Registered
- 02 Aug 2016
- Next maintenance filing
- §8 & §9 renewal, filed 24 Jul 2026 — awaiting the USPTO's acceptance
- Attorney of record
- Louise Arnott
Goods and services
- Class 011 — Environmental control apparatus: Water filters; Water softening units
Owner
- A. O. SMITH WATER TREATMENT (NORTH AMERICA), INC., AUSTIN, TX, US
- A. O. SMITH WATER TREATMENT (NORTH AMERICA), INC., AUSTIN, TX, US
- William R. Hague, Inc., Columbus, OH, US
- William R. Hague, Inc., Columbus, OH, US
- William R. Hague, Inc., Columbus, OH, US
Prosecution history
- 24 Jul 2026 — TEAS SECTION 8 & 9 RECEIVED
- 02 Aug 2025 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (10-YR)/SEC. 9 E-MAILED
- 24 Jan 2024 — AUTOMATIC UPDATE OF ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP
- 28 Jul 2023 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 15 - E-MAILED
- 28 Jul 2023 — REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (6-YR) ACCEPTED & SEC. 15 ACK.
- 28 Jul 2023 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
- 01 Feb 2023 — TEAS SECTION 8 & 15 RECEIVED
- 02 Aug 2021 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (6-YR) E-MAILED
- 22 Jan 2021 — APPLICANT/CORRESPONDENCE CHANGES (NON-RESPONSIVE) ENTERED
- 22 Jan 2021 — TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED
- 22 Jan 2021 — ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED
- 22 Jan 2021 — TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED
- 22 Jan 2021 — TEAS CHANGE OF OWNER ADDRESS RECEIVED
- 20 Mar 2019 — AUTOMATIC UPDATE OF ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP
- 02 Aug 2016 — REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER