FREE THE ELECTRON
Live / Allowed — Notice of allowance issued (as of 27 Jan 2026)
What this means for you
Approved and waiting on proof of use. It will register unless the applicant drops it, and its 23 Oct 2024 filing date already counts against anyone who files later.
Record
- Serial number
- 98816744
- Mark type
- Stylized text
- Filed
- 23 Oct 2024
- Published for opposition
- 02 Dec 2025
- Attorney of record
- Matthew R. Wilmot
Goods and services
- Class 009 — Scientific and electric apparatus: Cathode materials and components being scientific apparatus and instruments, namely, grid cap assemblies, grid cap and anode assemblies, electron gun assemblies, and electron columns for use with microscopy, lithography, metrology, tomography and non-scale displays; free electronic lasers, x-ray generators and microwave generators, namely, thermionic and field emission cathodes, lanthanum hexaboride and cerium hexaboride cathodes, transition metal carbide thermionic and field emission cathodes, cathodes for plasma light sources, and guard ring cathodes made of pyrolytic carbon, graphite or colloidal carbon coating on transition metal carbides; deposited, structured field emitter array cathodes; field emitters, namely, single-crystal etched cathodes for thermal and field electron emitters, STM (Scanning Tunnel Microscopes) probes for scientific purposes, and Schottky electron sources; tungsten wire electrodes for use in electron emission sources; single-crystal carbide probes for STM (Scanning Tunneling Microscopes) probes for scientific purposes; scientific apparatus in the nature of liquid metal ion sources (LMIS) for microscopes, namely, liquid-metal ion sources and plasma sources; ion gun assemblies for use in mass spectrometry; scientific apparatus and instruments, namely, ion columns for use with microscopy, lithography, metrology, tomography, and nanofabrication
- Class 042 — Scientific and technological services: Scientific and technological research and development related to electron emission testing and new product development and transition metal carbides, thermionic electron emission cathodes, and field electron sources; providing expert advice and consultation to others on the subject of scientific and technological research and development related to emission testing and new product development of transition metal carbides, thermionic electron emission cathodes, and field electron sources; custom design and development of electron emitting materials and electron emission sources; research for others in the field of fundamental electron emissions, and preparing reports in connection therewith; scientific analysis of auger surfaces and field emission measurements over a large range of currents and operating atmospheres
Owner
- Applied Physics Technologies, Inc., McMinnville, OR, US
- Applied Physics Technologies, Inc., McMinnville, OR, US
Prosecution history
- 31 Mar 2026 — TEAS STATEMENT OF USE RECEIVED
- 27 Jan 2026 — NOA E-MAILED - SOU REQUIRED FROM APPLICANT
- 02 Dec 2025 — OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED
- 02 Dec 2025 — PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION
- 26 Nov 2025 — NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED
- 03 Nov 2025 — APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER
- 31 Oct 2025 — TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED
- 31 Oct 2025 — CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE
- 31 Oct 2025 — TEAS REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION RECEIVED
- 31 Jul 2025 — NOTIFICATION OF FINAL REFUSAL EMAILED
- 31 Jul 2025 — FINAL REFUSAL E-MAILED
- 31 Jul 2025 — FINAL REFUSAL WRITTEN
- 26 Jun 2025 — TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED
- 26 Jun 2025 — CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE
- 26 Jun 2025 — TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED