DECLARATION OF INTERDEPENDENCE
Live / Applied — Ex parte appeal pending (as of 15 May 2026)
Now
Refused — a final office action was mailed 14 Jan 2026.
The response was due 14 Apr 2026. Unless a response reached the USPTO that its records do not show yet, the application will be abandoned.
What this means for you
Not registered yet, but its 12 Nov 2024 filing date beats anything filed after it. If it registers, the owner can stop confusingly similar uses in the classes it covers.
Record
- Serial number
- 98849390
- Mark type
- Word mark
- Filed
- 12 Nov 2024
- Attorney of record
- MARK E. TETREAULT
Goods and services
- Class 035 — Advertising and business services: Promoting educational programs and competitions for others in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
- Class 041 — Education and entertainment services: Education services, namely, conducting educational programs and competitions in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
Owner
- International FIRST Committee Association, Manchester, NH, US
Board proceedings on this mark
- Ex Parte Appeal No. 98849390 — International FIRST Committee Association, filed 01 Aug 2025 (Awaiting Expiration of Appeal Period)
Board decisions about this mark
Prosecution history
- 28 Sept 2026 — EX PARTE APPEAL-REFUSAL AFFIRMED
- 15 May 2026 — NOTIFICATION OF EXAMINERS STATEMENT E-MAILED
- 15 May 2026 — EXAMINERS STATEMENT E-MAILED
- 15 May 2026 — EXAMINERS STATEMENT - COMPLETED
- 16 Mar 2026 — JURISDICTION RESTORED TO EXAMINING ATTORNEY
- 14 Jan 2026 — NOTIFICATION OF SUBSEQUENT FINAL EMAILED
- 14 Jan 2026 — SUBSEQUENT FINAL EMAILED
- 14 Jan 2026 — SUBSEQUENT FINAL REFUSAL WRITTEN
- 21 Nov 2025 — TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED
- 21 Nov 2025 — CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE
- 21 Nov 2025 — TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED
- 09 Oct 2025 — NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED
- 09 Oct 2025 — NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED
- 09 Oct 2025 — NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN
- 26 Sept 2025 — JURISDICTION RESTORED TO EXAMINING ATTORNEY