SAMSUNG

What this record means

The record shows that the mark “SAMSUNG” was abandoned by Samsung Corporation, a corporation organized in Korea, and is no longer live. The abandoned application covered a very narrow set of goods: anti‑aircraft guns, cannons, firing platforms, gun barrels, gun carriages, machine guns, mortars, and rockets. Because the scope is limited to these specific weapons, a similar name used for unrelated products would raise a much weaker concern, but the record still indicates that Samsung once claimed rights in that narrow field. The prosecution history shows the mark was approved for publication, published for opposition, and then allowed, but the applicant never filed a Statement of Use or Extension Request, leading to abandonment on August 23, 1996. No opposition, cancellation, or enforcement activity appears in the supplied history. For someone considering a similar name, the closest record‑based concern is the narrow weapons category, and the abandoned status means the mark no longer protects that wording.