MERIT AMERICA
Live / Registered — Registered — Sections 8 & 15 accepted and acknowledged (as of 21 Jan 2026)
What this means for you
Registered since 26 Nov 2019. The owner can stop confusingly similar uses in the classes it covers.
Record
- Serial number
- 88128306
- Registration number
- 5922279
- Mark type
- Stylized text
- Filed
- 23 Sept 2018
- Published for opposition
- 23 Apr 2019
- Registered
- 26 Nov 2019
- Attorney of record
- Patrick J. Jennings
Goods and services
- Class 035 — Advertising and business services: Employment counseling and recruiting; Personnel recruiting; Providing employment information; Employment staffing consultation services; Employment outplacement services; Testing to determine employment skills; Employment hiring, recruiting, placement, staffing and career networking services; Charitable services, namely, employment counseling services for those living in poverty in the areas of preparing for, obtaining, maintaining and advancing in employment opportunities
- Class 041 — Education and entertainment services: Education services, namely, conducting classes, seminars, conferences, and training in the field of career skills, employment and recruiting and the distribution of course materials in connection therewith
Owner
- Rebecca Taber Staehelin, Washington, DC, US
- Rebecca Taber Staehelin, Washington, DC, US
- Rebecca Taber Staehelin, Washington, DC, US
Prosecution history
- 21 Jan 2026 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 15 - E-MAILED
- 21 Jan 2026 — REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (6-YR) ACCEPTED & SEC. 15 ACK.
- 21 Jan 2026 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
- 15 Oct 2025 — TEAS SECTION 8 & 15 RECEIVED
- 26 Nov 2024 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (6-YR) E-MAILED
- 26 Nov 2019 — REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER
- 23 Oct 2019 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF STATEMENT OF USE E-MAILED
- 22 Oct 2019 — ALLOWED PRINCIPAL REGISTER - SOU ACCEPTED
- 02 Oct 2019 — ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER
- 24 Sept 2019 — STATEMENT OF USE PROCESSING COMPLETE
- 04 Sept 2019 — USE AMENDMENT FILED
- 24 Sept 2019 — CASE ASSIGNED TO INTENT TO USE PARALEGAL
- 04 Sept 2019 — TEAS STATEMENT OF USE RECEIVED
- 18 Jun 2019 — NOA E-MAILED - SOU REQUIRED FROM APPLICANT
- 23 Apr 2019 — OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED