PERCY P. NUT

What this record means

The record shows that “PERCY P. NUT” is an abandoned application – the USPTO marked it dead after the applicant failed to file a required Statement of Use, with the abandonment entry dated Jan 15 2000, and no later activity appears. The owner listed is Ralcorp Holdings, Inc., a corporation organized in Missouri, and the filing was based on an intent‑to‑use claim. The only goods covered are “Breakfast cereal” in International Class 030, so a name that looks like “Percy P. Nut” would raise the closest record‑based concern if you’re marketing cereal or a closely related food product. The record does not give Ralcorp control over every possible use of the words “Percy,” “P.,” or “Nut” in other industries. Because the application was on the Principal Register and never moved to the Supplemental Register, there is no supplemental‑register sequence to note. The prosecution history shows standard steps—examination, publication for opposition, notice of allowance—but ends with the abandonment, and the supplied history contains no oppositions, cancellations or court actions. I'd treat this as a moderate concern if you plan to launch a cereal brand with a similar name, since the abandoned filing still signals a prior claim in that product space.