PERCY GENTLE

What this record means

The record shows that “PERCY GENTLE” is an abandoned application – the USPTO marked it dead after the applicant, Stan Lee Media, Inc., failed to answer an Office action, with the abandonment dated April 1 2001. The filing covered paper goods and printed matter (a comic strip with animated characters), advertising and business services that present those characters for merchandising such as clothing, toys, games and electronic media, entertainment services via a website featuring a specific animated character, and computer services that provide an ongoing online animated cartoon series. Because the goods and services are limited to animated‑character content and related merchandising, a similar name used in a very different field would be farther from this record’s scope, but a name tied to cartoons, comics or related online media would raise the closest concern. The prosecution history only reflects the non‑final action and the eventual abandonment; no oppositions, cancellations or court actions appear, so the supplied history shows no enforcement activity. I'd treat this as a meaningful concern if you plan a name that overlaps the animated‑character space, but it does not block every possible use of the words “Percy Gentle.”