Get it in writing
The official USPTO status record for CHRISTIAN CREED USA WE BELIEVE IN GOD, THE FATHER ALMIGHTY, CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH; AND IN JESUS CHRIST, GOD'S ONLY SON, OUR LORD. JESUS WAS CONCEIVED BY THE HOLY GHOST, BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY; HE LIVED AS GOD AND MAN AND WAS BAPTIZED TO FULFILL ALL RIGHTEOUSNESS UNDER PONTIUS PILATE, JESUS SUFFERED, WAS CRUCIFIED, DIED, AND WAS BURIED. JESUS DESCENDED INTO HELL, TO SET HIS CAPTIVES FREE; AND ON THE THIRD DAY JESUS AROSE FROM THE DEAD AND ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN TO BE WITH GOD THE FATHER. FROM THERE JESUS SHALL COME AGAIN TO JUDGE THE LIVING AND THE DEAD, SO THAT THOSE WHO BELIEVED AND SERVED HIM MAY HAVE ETERNAL LIFE WITH GOD IN HEAVEN. GOD IS THE TRINITY: FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT, THREE IN ONE. AMEN. IN THE USA, THIS IS OUR CHRISTIAN BELIEF; AND THIS IS THE FOUNDATION OF OUR NATION., serial 86493974, as a dated PDF. One price, one document, delivered in about a minute.
Trademark Status Report
The USPTO's own status record for this mark, on one dated page.
- Current status with a plain-English verdict
- Owner, classes, filing basis, and every key date
- The mark as it appears on the federal record
- Every prosecution event, filing to today
- Source-cited with the exact retrieval date
Built from the USPTO's TSDR record. Assignment chain of title and TTAB proceeding files sit in separate USPTO systems and are not included.
Serial 86493974 · Principal Register
Dead · Refused
Owner: YOUNG, LEPARIS D.
Class 016 - Paper Goods & Printed Matter
Class 020 -
Class 021 -
Class 024 -
Class 025 - Clothing
Filed Jan 01, 2015
The record shows the application for “CHRISTIAN CREED USA … IN THE USA, THIS IS OUR CHRISTIAN BELIEF; AND THIS IS THE FOUNDATION OF OUR NATION” was filed by individual YOUNG, LEPARIS D. and was never issued a registration; it was abandoned on March 14 2016 after no Statement of Use was filed following the Notice of Allowance. The goods listed span International Classes 016 (paper goods and printed matter such as art prints, books, educational kits and related t‑shirts), 020 (vinyl and plastic banners, flagpoles and accessories), 021 (glass beverageware and candlesticks), 024 (textile banners, flags and wall hangings) and 025 (clothing including shirts, caps, jackets and infant apparel). A similar name used on items in those categories would raise the closest record‑based concern, while uses outside those classes are farther from the scope shown. The record does not give the owner control over every possible use of the wording, and it never reached the Supplemental Register—the prosecution history simply shows an examiner’s amendment, a Notice of Allowance, and then abandonment for lack of use. The latest meaningful event is the abandonment notice on March 14 2016, and no opposition, cancellation or court activity appears in the file. I'd treat this as a moderate concern if you plan to market comparable printed, banner or apparel products under a similar phrase.
Full event history, owner details, and verdict inside.
The way I'd use it, honestly, is as the thing you attach when a bank, a marketplace, or a co-founder asks "are we clear on the name". It answers in one page.