RAY-BAN

What this record means

The record shows the mark RAY‑BAN is dead – it was abandoned by the applicant on Jan 11 1996 after an express abandonment filing, and it never moved beyond the principal‑register application stage; the owner listed is Bausch & Lomb Incorporated, a New York corporation. The only goods covered are “retail stores featuring sunglasses and sunglass related accessories” in International Class 042, so a similar name used for eyewear retail or related accessories would raise the closest record‑based concern, while uses outside that narrow retail context fall farther from the scope shown. Because the filing was on the Principal Register, there is no supplemental‑register sequence to explain. The latest meaningful event is the express abandonment in 1996, and the supplied history contains no oppositions, cancellations or other enforcement actions. I'd treat this as a meaningful concern if you plan a name for sunglass‑related retail, but it doesn’t automatically block other unrelated uses.