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The official USPTO status record for BLUE RIDGE HOPEFUL I GREW UP IN MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA. THIS DELIGHTFUL CITY IS NESTLED IN THE STATE'S SOUTHWEST AND IS GRACED BY THE BREATHTAKING BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS. THESE MOUNTAINS HAVE ALWAYS INSPIRED ME WITH THEIR STUNNING BEAUTY AND REMINDED ME OF THE ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES AND AFTER EARNING MY COLLEGE DEGREES IN ELEMENTARY AND SCHOOL SUPERVISION. I EMBARKED ON AN INCREDIBLE 34-YEAR JOURNEY DEDICATED TO THE NOBLE WORK OF EDUCATING YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOLS. / TAKE IMMENSE PRIDE IN KNOWING / HAVE CONTRIB-UTED TO THE EDUCATIONAL GROWTH OF COUNTLESS YOUNG INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT VIRGINIA. FUELED BY THE MAJESTIC BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS, WHICH HAVE ALWAYS APPEARED IN THE DISTANCE WHILE I LIVED AND WORKED IN DIFFERENT PLACES IN VIRGINIA, AND FORTIFIED BY MY PERSONAL JOURNEY OF SURVIVING CANCER, I FELT COMPELLED TO WRITE THIS BOOK, "BLUE RIDGE HOPEFUL.".THIS WORK REFLECTS MY STEADFAST BELIEF IN THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF MAINTAINING A POSITIVE ATTITUDE, NO MATTER THE CHALLENGES WE FACE. IT'S A CELEBRATION OF RESILIENCE AND HOPE JUST LIKE EVERY LIFE LESSON I SURVIVED TO IMPART TO STUDENTS. I AM THRILLED TO SHARE THE BOOK'S MESSAGE TO EMBRACE LIFE'S JOURNEY WITH OPTIMISM AND STRENGTH. WILBERT NELSON GILBERT BLUE RIDGE HOPEFUL WILBERT NELSON GILBERT WILBERT NELSON GILBERT BLUE RIDGE HOPEFUL REVELATIONS FROM A CANCER SURVIVOR, serial 99178496, 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 99178496 · Principal Register
Dead · Refused
Owner: Wilbert Nelson Gilbert
Class 016 - Paper Goods & Printed Matter
Filed May 09, 2025
The record shows that the mark “BLUE RIDGE HOPEFUL” was filed by Wilbert Nelson Gilbert on May 9 2025 and is now dead because the application was void for missing the minimum filing date. The mark was on the Principal Register and covered book covers in class 016. Because the mark is dead, the owner no longer holds enforceable rights, but the record still indicates that the wording was once considered distinctive for that specific product. A similar name would raise the closest concern for book covers or related printed matter, while other goods or services would be farther from the scope shown. The prosecution history shows only the initial filing and assignment to an examiner; no opposition or cancellation events appear. The supplied history contains no visible enforcement activity. For someone considering a similar name, the dead status reduces risk, but the record still signals that the phrase was once protected for book covers, so caution is advised if using it in that context.
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.