MASTER CHEF

What this record means

The record shows that the mark “MASTER CHEF” is dead, having been abandoned because the applicant did not respond to an office action. The owner listed is American Housewares Mfg. Corporation, a corporation organized in New York, and the mark was filed on December 31, 1990 on an intent‑to‑use basis. The abandoned goods are kitchen tools, including ladles, potato mashers, cooking spoons, spatulas, cooking forks, sugar scoops, strainers, colanders, and splatter screens. Because the mark was never registered, it does not give the owner control over every use of the wording, but the record indicates that a similar name could raise the closest concern for those specific kitchen‑tool goods. The prosecution history shows a non‑final action mailed in July 1991, assignment to an examiner in May 1991, and abandonment in March 1992. No enforcement activity such as oppositions or cancellations appears in the supplied history. For someone considering a similar name, the record suggests a meaningful risk if the name is used for comparable kitchen tools.