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What this means for you

Registered since 20 Feb 1996. 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 20 Feb 2016).

Record

Serial number

74474663

Registration number

1957036

Mark type

Word mark

Filed

30 Dec 1993

Published for opposition

28 Nov 1995

Registered

20 Feb 1996

Next maintenance due

20 Feb 2016

Attorney of record

John D. Dellinger

Goods and services

• Class 041 — Education and entertainment services: educational services, namely developing and disseminating educational materials to the public on the environmentally responsible use of off-highway vehicles in forests and other wild lands, and developing and disseminating advertising guidelines on environmentally responsible use of off-highway vehicles to advertisers of such vehicles and their equipment

Owner

• UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, The, Washington, DC, US
• UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, The, Washington, DC, US
• UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, The, Washington, DC, US

Prosecution history

• 16 Jan 2026 — TEAS SECTION 8 & 9 RECEIVED
• 16 Jan 2026 — TEAS SECTION 7 REQUEST RECEIVED
• 20 Feb 2025 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (10-YR)/SEC. 9 E-MAILED
• 18 Jul 2016 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 9 - E-MAILED
• 18 Jul 2016 — REGISTERED AND RENEWED (SECOND RENEWAL - 10 YRS)
• 18 Jul 2016 — REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (10-YR) ACCEPTED/SEC. 9 GRANTED
• 18 Jul 2016 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
• 29 Apr 2016 — TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED
• 26 Apr 2016 — TEAS SECTION 8 & 9 RECEIVED
• 22 Dec 2006 — REGISTERED AND RENEWED (FIRST RENEWAL - 10 YRS)
• 22 Dec 2006 — REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (10-YR) ACCEPTED/SEC. 9 GRANTED
• 15 Feb 2006 — REGISTERED - COMBINED SECTION 8 (10-YR) & SEC. 9 FILED
• 25 Nov 2006 — REINSTATED
• 25 Nov 2006 — CANCELLED SEC. 8 (10-YR)/EXPIRED SECTION 9
• 25 Aug 2006 — CASE FILE IN TICRS