Get it in writing
The official USPTO status record for APP TO DETERMINE SAFE SOCIAL/PHYSICAL DISTANCE FOR ANY AIRBORNE PATHOGEN (ABP) APP CALCULATES SCORE FOR TRANSPORT FACTORS AND SCALES BETWEEN MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM SAFE DISTANCES FOR ANY ESTABLISHED ABP THIS APP IS PARTIALLY DEVELOPED. EQUATIONS AND AIR MODELLING ARE ESTABLISHED VIA PUBLISHED LITERATURE, SOME OF WHICH USED BY EPA TO DEVELOP THE "6-FOOT RULE" HAS BEEN A STANDARD IN CHEMICAL PROCESS ENGINEERING FOR MANY DECADES, INVOLVING EVAPORATION RATES OF DROPLETS IN COOLING TOWERS. PROPOSED PATENT IS FOR AN APP FOR ANY SMARTPHONE, ANDROID DEVICE, OR COMPUTER TO DETERMINE SAFE SOCIAL DISTANCE FOR THE EFFECTIVE (CONTAGIOUS) TRANSMISSION OF ANY AIRBORNE PATHOGEN. THE DISTANCE IS DEPENDENT ON AND CALCULATED FROM ENVIRONMENTAL, SITE-SPECIFIC, REAL-TIME FACTORS SUCH AS METEOROLOGY, AIR POLLUTION AND AEROSOL AND DROPLET TRANSPORT PHENOMENA. THE APP HAS BEEN CODED WITH THREE SEPARATE APPS TO DETERMINE SITE-SPECIFIC METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND FORECAST. OTHER DATA FROM EPA'S GROWING STORY MAPS THAT HAVE BEEN SHOWN IN LITERATURE TO AFFECT AIRBORNE PATHOGEN TRANSMISSIBILITY CAN BE INCORPORATED, SUCH AS POPULATION DENSITY, AIR QUALITY, SOCIO ECONOMIC FACTORS SUCH AS THOSE HIGHLIGHTED IN BIDEN'S ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE MAPPING, AND MORE AS THEY ARE DISCOVERED. THE OUTPUT WOULD BE A SCORE THAT IS RELATIVE TO THE SOCIAL/PHYSICAL DISTANCE NEEDED TO BE CONSIDERED BIOLOGICALLY SAFE, OR IN OTHER WORDS TO ACHIEVE BIOSAFETY FROM AN AIRBORNE PATHOGEN STANDPOINT. THE RANGE OF SCORES WOULD BE DIVIDED INTO CATEGORIES SIMILAR TO THOSE USED BY EPA TO SHOW RELATIVE BIOSAFETY AND WHAT RANGE OF PHYSICAL DISTANCE WOULD BE NEEDED AT THE USER'S CONDITIONS. IT WOULD ALSO SHOW DISTANCES FOR MORE COMPROMISED USERS. THE FACTORS OF EACH DISEASE WOULD INCLUDE WHETHER THAT PARTICULAR PATHOLOGY IS TRANSMITTED PRIMARILY THROUGH AEROSOL OR DROPLETS, OR BOTH. THE WEATHER DATA USED COMES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, WHO IS UPDATING THEIR API DATA INFRASTRUCTURE TO ACCOMMODATE A LARGE INCREASE IN REAL-TIME DEMAND FOR THESE DATA., serial 97684018, 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
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Serial 97684018 · Principal Register
Dead · Refused
Owner: Kozak, Jeannie Marie
Class 009 - Electrical & Scientific Apparatus
Class 042 - Scientific & Technology Services
Filed
The record shows a dead application that was refused and is not live; it was filed by Jeannie Marie Kozak as an individual and the USPTO marked it “void because it did not meet minimum filing date requirements.” The goods listed are downloadable compiler software and downloadable medical software that calculates social distance for airborne pathogens (class 009), plus a range of software‑related services such as software authoring, design, development and maintenance for smartphones and other computers (class 042). If you were to use a name that includes “Social Distancing App” for any software or tech service in these categories, the closest area of concern would be this filing, because the record specifically ties that wording to those types of software. The record does not give the owner control over every possible use of the words in unrelated fields. Because the application never moved beyond the initial filing and was refused, there is no later maintenance event or future deadline shown, and the prosecution history only notes the entry of a new application on Nov 22 2022. The supplied history shows no oppositions, cancellations or court actions, so no enforcement signal appears. I'd treat this as a modest concern if you plan a similar name for software or tech services, but the record’s reach is limited to the described goods and services.
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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.