Get it in writing
The official USPTO status record for CHRISTIAN CREED U.S.A. 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 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. AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY DC, serial 86564435, 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 86564435 · Principal Register
Dead · Refused
Owner: YOUNG, LEPARIS D.
Class 016 - Paper Goods & Printed Matter
Class 020 -
Class 021 -
Class 024 -
Class 025 - Clothing
Filed Mar 15, 2015
The record shows the application for “CHRISTIAN CREED U.S.A.…” is dead – it was abandoned on Dec 11 2017 because the applicant never filed a Statement of Use or an extension after the Notice of Allowance, and the owner listed is YOUNG, LEPARIS D. The filing covered a wide range of paper‑goods and printed matter (class 016), vinyl banners and display assemblies (class 020), glass beverageware and decorative glass (class 021), textile banners and flags (class 024), and various clothing items such as caps, shirts and dresses (class 025). A similar name would raise the closest record‑based concern if used for any of those goods or services, especially the religious‑themed printed materials or apparel. The record does not give the owner control over every possible use of the words “Christian Creed” or “U.S.A.” outside those listed categories. This was a Principal Register filing, not a Supplemental Register entry, and the prosecution history contains only the filing, publication, allowance and the final abandonment; no oppositions or cancellations appear. The supplied history shows no enforcement activity. I'd treat this as a meaningful concern if you plan to market similar paper, banner, glass or clothing products under a comparable name.
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.