FLOWERING FIELDS

What this record means

The record shows that “FLOWERING FIELDS” is an abandoned application – the USPTO marked it dead after the owner, Anne Geddes, failed to file a required Statement of Use or an extension after the Notice of Allowance was issued, with the abandonment entered on November 5 2000. The only goods listed are in class 016 and include bookmarks, diaries, greeting cards, note cards, gift‑enclosure cards, color prints, framed pictures, photographic prints, matted prints, stationery, posters, post cards, calendars, paper gift bags, paper gift wrap, paper gift tags, paper banners, picture books, tissue paper and photographic albums. A similar name used for any of those paper‑based products would raise the closest record‑based concern, while uses outside that narrow scope are farther from what the record covers and do not automatically fall under this filing. The prosecution history shows the application moved through the normal examination steps, received a Notice of Allowance and then two extensions of time for a Statement of Use before being abandoned; it never reached the Supplemental Register. The latest meaningful event is the abandonment entry in 2000, and the supplied history shows no oppositions, cancellations or other enforcement actions. I'd treat this as a meaningful concern if you plan to market paper goods or printed matter under a similar name, but the record does not block unrelated product categories.