XCELL

What this record means

The record shows that the mark “XCELL” is dead, having been abandoned after an appeal of the examining attorney’s final refusal. The owner listed is United States Filter Corporation, a Delaware corporation. The mark was registered on the Principal Register for traveling bridge filters used in industrial water and wastewater applications, with first use in commerce on May 27 1997. A similar name would raise the closest concern for products or services that involve industrial water filtration or related equipment, because that is the exact scope shown. The record does not give the mark control over every use of the word “XCELL.” The prosecution history reveals that the examiner refused the application, the applicant appealed, and the mark was ultimately abandoned; no supplemental registration or extensions are shown. No enforcement actions, oppositions, or cancellations appear in the supplied history. For someone considering a similar name, the visible risk is that the mark’s abandoned status does not eliminate the possibility of future claims in the same industrial filtration niche.