SAMSUNG

What this record means

The record shows that the mark “SAMSUNG” was abandoned and is no longer live. The owner listed is Samsung Co., Ltd., a corporation organized in Korea. The abandoned application covered medical and surgical instruments such as sphygmomanometers, stethoscopes, abdominal belts, syringes, electric surgical knives, and tables for medical, surgical and dental use. A similar name would raise the closest concern in the area of medical devices and related equipment. The record does not give the owner control over every use of the word “Samsung” in other industries. The prosecution history shows that after the Notice of Allowance the applicant repeatedly filed extensions of time to submit a Statement of Use, but ultimately no use statement was filed, leading to abandonment on May 8, 1994. No oppositions, cancellations, or enforcement actions appear in the supplied history. For someone considering a similar name, the visible risk is that the abandoned mark still signals a prior claim in medical device goods, so caution is advised.