SANITEC, INC.

What this record means

The record shows that “SANITEC, INC.” is a cancelled Principal Register registration; the USPTO marked it dead on May 12 2007 because the owner, SANITEC INDUSTRIES, INC., failed to file a required Section 8 declaration, and no renewal was recorded. The registration covered only class 011 goods described as “disinfection units for the treatment of medical wastes,” with first use in February 1990, so a similar name used on unrelated products would be a farther concern, while any use on comparable waste‑treatment equipment would raise the closest record‑based issue. The record does not give the owner control over every use of the word “SANITEC” in any context. The prosecution history shows the mark was approved for publication in early 1996, registered in August 1996, and later maintained through Section 8 filings in 2002 before the eventual cancellation. No opposition, cancellation proceeding, or other enforcement activity appears in the supplied history. I'd treat this as a meaningful concern if you plan to market disinfection units for medical waste under a similar name.