REMEMBRANCE INSTITUTE

What this record means

The record shows that “REMEMBRANCE INSTITUTE” is an abandoned service mark; the USPTO listed it as dead after the applicant failed to file a required Statement of Use following the Notice of Allowance, with the abandonment dated September 24 1999 and the owner shown as REMEMBRANCE INSTITUTE, INC., THE, a Georgia corporation. The registration covered only one class—Class 036, Insurance & Financial—specifically “pre‑paid funeral expense services; funeral insurance underwriting and agency services; and providing financing for funerals.” Because the protection is limited to those funeral‑related financial services, a similar name used in a different field, such as education or retail, would be farther from the scope shown here, though the exact wording could still raise a concern if the goods or services overlap. The prosecution history records the Notice of Allowance on March 23 1999, the subsequent requirement for a Statement of Use, and the final abandonment on January 15 2000; no opposition, cancellation or court action appears in the file. I'd treat this as a meaningful concern if you plan a funeral‑finance brand, but the risk drops sharply for unrelated industries.