RUST DEFENSE
Live / Registered — Registered — Sections 8 & 15 accepted and acknowledged (as of 19 Apr 2024)
What this means for you
Registered since 31 Oct 2017. 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 is due by 31 Oct 2027, and its filing window is open now).
Record
- Serial number
- 87179482
- Registration number
- 5320735
- Mark type
- Word mark
- Filed
- 22 Sept 2016
- Published for opposition
- 15 Aug 2017
- Registered
- 31 Oct 2017
- Next maintenance filing
- §8 & §9 renewal, due by 31 Oct 2027 (grace period to 30 Apr 2028)
- Attorney of record
- Bradley L. Cohn
Goods and services
- Class 001 — Chemicals: Salt-based compositions for use in water softeners
Owner
- Morton Salt, Inc., Overland Park, KS, US
- Morton Salt, Inc., Chicago, IL, US
- Morton Salt, Inc., Chicago, IL, US
Prosecution history
- 01 Nov 2026 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (10-YR)/SEC. 9 E-MAILED
- 09 Oct 2026 — ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP NOT UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY
- 22 Jul 2025 — TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED
- 22 Jul 2025 — ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED
- 22 Jul 2025 — TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED
- 22 Jul 2025 — APPLICANT/CORRESPONDENCE CHANGES (NON-RESPONSIVE) ENTERED
- 22 Jul 2025 — TEAS CHANGE OF OWNER ADDRESS RECEIVED
- 19 Apr 2024 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 15 - E-MAILED
- 19 Apr 2024 — REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (6-YR) ACCEPTED & SEC. 15 ACK.
- 19 Apr 2024 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
- 23 Oct 2023 — TEAS SECTION 8 & 15 RECEIVED
- 31 Oct 2022 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (6-YR) E-MAILED
- 12 May 2021 — ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP NOT UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY
- 31 Oct 2017 — REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER
- 15 Aug 2017 — OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED