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What this means for you

Approved and waiting on proof of use. It will register unless the applicant drops it, and its 24 Feb 2025 filing date already counts against anyone who files later.

Record

Serial number

99054572

Mark type

Design + words

Filed

24 Feb 2025

Published for opposition

16 Dec 2025

Attorney of record

Jeffrey A. Smith

Goods and services

• Class 006 — Metal goods: Common metals and their alloys; alloys of common metal containing calcium and aluminium; ores of metal; building panels of metal; construction elements made of metal, namely, braces; transportable buildings of metal; non-electric cables of common metal; wires of common metal; small items of metal hardware, namely, nuts, springs and washers; metal containers for storage or transport; safes; aluminium and its alloys; ceramic-reinforced aluminium alloys; iron ores; iron slabs; iron, unwrought or semi-wrought; silicon iron; manganese; chrome iron; chrome ores; chromium; ferroalloys; brass, unwrought or semi-wrought; brazing alloys; bronze; cadmium; cast iron, unwrought or semi-wrought; copper, unwrought or semi-wrought; galena ores]; indium; lead, unwrought or semi-wrought; limonite; molybdenum iron; nickel; niobium; steel, unwrought or semi-wrought; steel alloys; tantalum; titanium; titanium iron; ferrotitanium; tungsten iron; unwrought common metals, namely, aluminium, chrome, cobalt, ferrochrome, magnesium, tungsten, and zinc; vanadium; zirconium
• Class 014 — Jewelry: Precious metals and their alloys; jewellery, precious and semi-precious stones; horological and chronometric instruments; gold, unwrought or beaten; iridium; osmium; palladium; platinum; precious metals, unwrought or semi-wrought; rhodium; ruthenium; silver, unwrought or beaten
• Class 035 — Advertising and business services: Marketing services in the field of commodities; advertising services; business management, business organization consulting, and business administration services, all in the field of mining and sale of commodities such as common metals and precious metals; marketing services relating to the mining and sale of commodities such as common metals and precious metals; advertising, marketing and promotion consultancy, advisory, and assistance services in the field of mining and sale of commodities such as common metals and precious metals; business consultancy services; business advisory services; business data analysis; business information services; market research; wholesale and retail store services featuring equipment for mining and commodities extraction; the bringing together, for the benefit of others, consumer goods made from common metals and precious metals, excluding the transport thereof, enabling customers to conveniently view and purchase those goods by means of retail stores; business management of logistics for others; market research services; inventory management services in the field of mining and sale of commodities such as common metals and precious metals; business intermediary services relating to the matching of potential private investors with entrepreneurs needing funding in the field of mining and sale of commodities such as common metals and precious metals; business research in the field of mining and sale of commodities such as common metals and precious metals; providing consumer information services in the field of mining and sale of commodities such as common metals and precious metals; compiling indexes of information for commercial or advertising purposes in the field of mining and sale of commodities such as common metals and precious metals; consumer profiling for commercial or marketing purposes in the field of mining and sale of commodities such as common metals and precious metals; import-export agency services in the field of mining and sale of commodities such as common metals and precious metals; lead generation services in the field of mining and sale of commodities such as common metals and precious metals; negotiation and conclusion of commercial transactions for third parties; negotiation of business contracts for others; price comparison services; procurement, namely, purchasing commodities such as common metals and precious metals for others; providing commercial information and advice for consumers in the choice of products and services; sales promotion for others; sales prospecting for others; transportation logistics services, namely, arranging the transportation of goods for others
• Class 036 — Insurance and financial services: Financial evaluation of development costs relating to the oil, gas and mining industries; investment management; investment management services; financial investment services, namely, administering the issuance, underwriting and distribution of securities; financial consulting services; monetary exchange; banking services; insurance brokerage services; real estate financing services; financing services; project financing; loan financing; commodity brokerage; financial brokerage services in the field of commodities; commodity quotation
• Class 037 — Building construction and repair services: Construction management; construction planning; installation and repair services of machinery, plant, apparatus, equipment, and instruments for use in mining extraction; installation, repair and maintenance of smelting furnaces; repair of installations for use in metal production, metal processing and metal working; mining extraction; oil and gas drilling; mining extraction of common metals and their alloys, precious metals, precious stones and semi-precious stones; excavation services; mining extraction of metals; extraction of oil; extraction of gas
• Class 039 — Transportation and storage services: Transport of goods; packaging and storage of goods; travel arrangement; delivery of goods; freight shipping services; guarded transport of valuables; locating and tracking of cargo for transportation purposes; providing information relating to physical storage services; storage and warehousing of commodities
• Class 040 — Treatment of materials: Metal treatment; providing information to the mining industry relating to metal treatment; metal treatment services for cutting, refining, joining, casting, tempering, shaping, polishing by abrasion, coating, and plating of metal materials; galvanizing metal materials; metal treatment, namely, metallurgical smelting; metal treatment, namely, treatment of raw metal and precious metal materials to improve physical or chemical properties especially in preparation for smelting
• Class 042 — Scientific and technological services: Scientific research in the field of mining and commodities extraction; industrial research in the field of mining and commodities extraction; industrial design services; quality control for others; authentication in the field of metals; design and development of computer hardware and software relating to marketing, logistics, supply chain management, and online business portals in the mining sector; creating website-based indexes of information for others using information technology; designing website-based indexes of information for others using information technology; surveying; exploration services in the field of the oil, gas and mining industries

Owner

• ORE & METAL COMPANY LTD, Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA
• ORE & METAL COMPANY LTD, Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA

Prosecution history

• 10 Feb 2026 — NOA E-MAILED - SOU REQUIRED FROM APPLICANT
• 16 Dec 2025 — OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED
• 16 Dec 2025 — PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION
• 10 Dec 2025 — NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED
• 14 Nov 2025 — APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER
• 13 Nov 2025 — TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED
• 13 Nov 2025 — CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE
• 13 Nov 2025 — TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED
• 22 Aug 2025 — APPLICATION EXTENSION GRANTED/RECEIPT PROVIDED
• 22 Aug 2025 — APPLICATION EXTENSION TO RESPONSE PERIOD - RECEIVED
• 23 May 2025 — NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED
• 23 May 2025 — NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED
• 23 May 2025 — NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN
• 22 May 2025 — ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER
• 21 May 2025 — NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED