TFOS
Live / Registered — Registered and renewed (as of 21 Feb 2026)
What this means for you
Registered since 24 Nov 2015. 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 24 Nov 2025).
Record
- Serial number
- 86589335
- Registration number
- 4858517
- Mark type
- Design + words
- Filed
- 07 Apr 2015
- Published for opposition
- 08 Sept 2015
- Registered
- 24 Nov 2015
- Next maintenance due
- 24 Nov 2025
- Attorney of record
- Heather E. Balmat
Goods and services
- Class 035 — Advertising and business services: association services, namely, promoting advancement of research, literacy and education in the fields of eye disease and eye health; association services, namely, promoting advancement of research, literacy and education in the field of eye diseases, namely, diseases affecting the ocular surface; association services, namely, promoting the interests of and stimulating interaction among members, including international participants with diverse disciplinary interests and expertise, namely, scientists, clinicians, academic clinicians, pharmaceutical industry representatives, inventors, investors and patients
- Class 041 — Education and entertainment services: educational services, namely, organizing international conferences, meetings, workshops, seminars and events in the field of better understanding of eye disease and eye health; educational services, namely, organizing international conferences, meetings, workshops, seminars and events in the field of better understanding of eye disease, namely, eye disease affecting the ocular surface
Owner
- Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society, Inc., Boston, MA, US
- Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society, Inc., Boston, MA, US
- Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society, Inc., Boston, MA, US
Prosecution history
- 21 Feb 2026 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 9 - E-MAILED
- 21 Feb 2026 — REGISTERED AND RENEWED (FIRST RENEWAL - 10 YRS)
- 21 Feb 2026 — REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (10-YR) ACCEPTED/SEC. 9 GRANTED
- 21 Feb 2026 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
- 24 Nov 2025 — TEAS SECTION 8 & 9 RECEIVED
- 24 Nov 2024 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (10-YR)/SEC. 9 E-MAILED
- 14 May 2022 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 15 - E-MAILED
- 14 May 2022 — REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (6-YR) ACCEPTED & SEC. 15 ACK.
- 14 May 2022 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
- 22 Nov 2021 — TEAS SECTION 8 & 15 RECEIVED
- 24 Nov 2020 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (6-YR) E-MAILED
- 24 Nov 2015 — REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER
- 08 Sept 2015 — OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED
- 08 Sept 2015 — PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION
- 19 Aug 2015 — NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED