EASY HITCH STEP
Live / Registered — Registered (as of 18 Feb 2020)
What this means for you
Registered since 18 Feb 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 13 Aug 2026 and is awaiting the USPTO's acceptance).
Record
- Serial number
- 87353602
- Registration number
- 5987130
- Mark type
- Word mark
- Filed
- 28 Feb 2017
- Published for opposition
- 03 Dec 2019
- Registered
- 18 Feb 2020
- Next maintenance filing
- §8 declaration of use, filed 13 Aug 2026 — awaiting the USPTO's acceptance
- Attorney of record
- Michael J. Bootcheck
Goods and services
- Class 012 — Vehicles: truck hitch accessories, namely, steps which are partially received into, and solely supported by, a truck's hitch receiver for users to utilize to access parts of the truck; hitch mounted steps, namely, steps for attachment to land vehicles; steps for attachment to land vehicles, namely, truck steps; steps for attachment to land vehicles, namely, hitch steps; steps for attachment to land vehicles, namely, receiver steps
Owner
- Terry Ray Atkins, Fair Play, SC, US
- Terry Ray Atkins, Fair Play, SC, US
- Terry Ray Atkins, Fair Play, SC, US
Prosecution history
- 13 Aug 2026 — TEAS SECTION 8 & 15 RECEIVED
- 18 Feb 2025 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (6-YR) E-MAILED
- 18 Feb 2020 — REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER
- 03 Dec 2019 — OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED
- 03 Dec 2019 — PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION
- 13 Nov 2019 — NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED
- 25 Oct 2019 — APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER
- 09 Sept 2019 — SUSPENSION CHECKED - TO ATTORNEY FOR ACTION
- 28 Feb 2019 — REPORT COMPLETED SUSPENSION CHECK CASE STILL SUSPENDED
- 16 Aug 2018 — REPORT COMPLETED SUSPENSION CHECK CASE STILL SUSPENDED
- 16 Feb 2018 — NOTIFICATION OF LETTER OF SUSPENSION E-MAILED
- 16 Feb 2018 — LETTER OF SUSPENSION E-MAILED
- 16 Feb 2018 — SUSPENSION LETTER WRITTEN
- 22 Jan 2018 — TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED
- 22 Jan 2018 — CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE