SILK DE CHINE

What this record means

The record shows that “SILK DE CHINE” is an abandoned application, not a live registration, and the owner listed is Floral Masters International, Inc., a North Carolina corporation. The filing covered only class 024, specifically “silk flowers and foliage,” with a first use date of March 1981. Because the claim is limited to artificial floral arrangements, a similar name used for anything outside that narrow category—such as clothing, cosmetics, or real‑world silk products—would be the closest area of concern in the USPTO database, but the record does not give the owner control over every possible use of the words “silk” or “de chine.” The prosecution history shows a series of non‑final and final refusals in 1982‑1984, ending with an abandonment on September 7 1984 for failure to respond, and no later maintenance or enforcement actions appear in the file. I'd treat this as a modest concern if you plan to market silk‑style decorative items, but the risk drops sharply for unrelated goods.