MB-FIX

What this means for you

Registered since 28 Apr 2026. The owner can stop confusingly similar uses in the classes it covers.

Record

Serial number

79421262

Registration number

8226692

Mark type

Word mark

Filed

17 Jan 2025

Published for opposition

10 Mar 2026

Registered

28 Apr 2026

Attorney of record

Heather E Balmat

Goods and services

• Class 010 — Medical apparatus: Surgical apparatus and instruments for surgical orthopedics, neurosurgery, and spinal surgery; holding devices for use in implantation surgery, namely, bone holding devices, implant holders, vertebral holding clamps; surgical holding systems comprised of support frames, fixation clamps, holding arms, adjustment mechanisms; surgical patient positioning systems comprised of positioning frames, head fixation devices, spinal supports, pelvic supports, fixation straps; surgical instruments for creating a surgical access; devices and instruments for creating a cranial access, namely, cranial drills, burr hole instruments, craniotomes, trephines; devices and instruments for creating an access in spinal surgery, namely, spinal drills, pedicle access instruments, dilators, tubular access systems; devices and instruments for creating an access in orthopedic surgery, namely, bone drills, reamers, chisels, osteotomes; surgical spreaders for maintaining surgical access to soft tissue and bone structures; surgical drainage devices, namely, surgical suction drains, wound drainage catheters, suction pumps, aspirators; accessories for operating tables, namely, fixation systems comprised of fixation clamps, rails, articulated arms, locking elements, fixation arms for securing surgical instruments and imaging devices, holding arms for positioning retractors, surgical instruments and imaging devices, adapters for connecting surgical instruments and accessories to operating tables or to other devices, retraction for maintaining operative field exposure, distraction for controlled separation of vertebral bodies or bone segments, and locking systems comprised of locking levers, locking screws, clamping mechanisms; neurosurgical retractors and related systems, namely, craniocervical retraction systems comprised of retractor blades, support frames, fixation arms, adjustment mechanisms, cervical retraction systems comprised of retractor blades or frames, blades, blade holders, fixation arms or clams, support frames, adjustment mechanisms, thoracic retraction systems comprised of retractor blades or frames, blades, blade holders, fixation arms or clams, support frames, adjustment mechanisms, thoracolumbar retraction systems comprised of retractor blades or frames, blades, blade holders, fixation arms or clams, support frames, adjustment mechanisms, lumbar retraction systems comprised of retractor blades or frames, blades, blade holders, fixation arms or clams, support frames, adjustment mechanisms, vertebral body distractors for restoring intervertebral height and facilitating spinal fusion; distractors and related sets comprised of distractor bodies, distraction arms, adjustment screws, fixation elements for vertebral distraction and alignment during spinal procedures; retractors and related sets comprised of retractor blades, blade holders, fixation arms, support frames, adjustment elements for endoscopic neurosurgery and spinal surgery; rib spreaders; rib retractors; wound retractors; attachments for microdiscectomy, namely, tubular retractor attachments, microscope attachments, illumination attachments; retractors for laparoscopy; retractors for thoracic surgery; retractors for cardiac surgery; retractors for vascular surgery; retractors for surgical gynecology; navigation devices to be arranged on the patient's head and/or spine for intraoperative surgical navigation and image-guided surgery; stereotactic frames for precise localization and guidance in neurosurgical procedures; accessories and adapters for neurosurgical operating tables, excluding surgical textiles, in particular devices for cranial and spinal stabilization, namely, headrests, head rings, skull clamps, skull pins, stands, clamps, forehead bands, and surgical instrument trays; instrument holders for holding surgical instruments during neurosurgical and spinal procedures; navigation adapters for connecting navigation reference arrays to cranial or spinal fixation devices; microscope adapters and holders for mounting and positioning surgical microscopes; endoscope adapters and holders for mounting and positioning surgical endoscopes; holders for monitors for positioning surgical and navigation monitors within the operating field; hand supports, arm supports, and leg supports for operating tables; surgical navigation systems, consisting of navigation frames and navigation instruments for use in neurosurgery and spinal surgery; surgical apparatus and instruments for use in general surgery, neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery, spinal surgery, microsurgery, minimally invasive surgery, endoscopic surgery, thoracic surgery, cardiac surgery, vascular surgery, dermatological surgery, oral surgery, otolaryngological surgery, foot surgery, obstetric surgery, gynecological surgery, plastic surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, reconstructive surgery, eye surgery, rectal and urogenital surgery; medical instruments for dental and dental surgical purposes; parts and accessories for the aforementioned goods, namely, clamps, holders, fixation elements, adapters, retractor blades, adjustment mechanisms

Owner

• medical bees GmbH, DE
• medical bees GmbH, DE
• medical bees GmbH, DE

Prosecution history

• 09 Sept 2026 — NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION SENT TO IB
• 09 Sept 2026 — NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB
• 28 Jul 2026 — FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB
• 28 Apr 2026 — NOTICE OF REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION EMAILED
• 28 Apr 2026 — REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER
• 10 Mar 2026 — OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED
• 10 Mar 2026 — PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION
• 04 Mar 2026 — NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED
• 13 Feb 2026 — APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER
• 06 Feb 2026 — TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED
• 06 Feb 2026 — CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE
• 06 Feb 2026 — TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED
• 05 Sept 2025 — REFUSAL PROCESSED BY IB
• 17 Aug 2025 — NON-FINAL ACTION MAILED - REFUSAL SENT TO IB
• 17 Aug 2025 — REFUSAL PROCESSED BY MPU