MAST
Live / Registered — Registered — Sections 8 & 15 accepted and acknowledged (as of 20 Oct 2025)
What this means for you
Registered since 09 Jul 2019. 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 09 Jul 2029: the §8 & §9 renewal).
Record
- Serial number
- 87168593
- Registration number
- 5796717
- Mark type
- Word mark
- Filed
- 12 Sept 2016
- Published for opposition
- 11 Apr 2017
- Registered
- 09 Jul 2019
- Next maintenance filing
- §8 & §9 renewal, due by 09 Jul 2029 (grace period to 09 Jan 2030)
- Attorney of record
- William C. Wright
Goods and services
- Class 009 — Scientific and electric apparatus: automated, modular laboratory equipment for aseptic bioreactor sampling, namely, modular laboratory equipment for collecting samples from bioreactors or sample sources and providing samples to analytical instruments for analysis
Owner
- MERCK KGAA, DARMSTADT, DE
- Bend Research, Inc., Bend, OR, US
- Bend Research, Inc., Bend, OR, US
- Bend Research, Inc., Bend, OR, US
Board proceedings on this mark
- Opposition No. 91236183 — Mast Group Ltd. v. Bend Research, Inc., filed 09 Aug 2017 (Terminated)
- Extension of Time to Oppose No. 87168593 — Mast Group Ltd. v. Bend Research, Inc., filed 10 May 2017 (Terminated)
Prosecution history
- 20 Oct 2025 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 15 - E-MAILED
- 20 Oct 2025 — REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (6-YR) ACCEPTED & SEC. 15 ACK.
- 20 Oct 2025 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
- 18 Jun 2025 — TEAS SECTION 8 & 15 RECEIVED
- 09 Jul 2024 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (6-YR) E-MAILED
- 14 Sept 2022 — AUTOMATIC UPDATE OF ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP
- 09 Jul 2019 — REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER
- 04 Jun 2019 — TTAB RELEASE CASE TO TRADEMARKS
- 04 Jun 2019 — OPPOSITION TERMINATED NO. 999999
- 04 Jun 2019 — OPPOSITION DISMISSED NO. 999999
- 20 May 2019 — ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED
- 20 May 2019 — TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED
- 16 Aug 2017 — OPPOSITION INSTITUTED NO. 999999
- 08 Aug 2017 — ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED
- 08 Aug 2017 — TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED