PETAL

What this record means

The record shows that the mark “PETAL” is dead and was abandoned by Advanced Stent Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, because no Statement of Use or Extension Request was filed after the Notice of Allowance. The mark was registered on the Principal Register for class 010 goods, specifically medical devices for use in vascular and intravascular procedures such as stents, stent delivery systems, and catheters. A similar name would raise the closest concern in the same medical device field, especially for products that fall under class 010. The abandonment does not give anyone free rein to use the wording in any context; it only indicates that the owner no longer holds the registration. The prosecution history shows a series of extensions granted up to June 2011, after which the abandonment notice was mailed and the mark was declared dead. No oppositions, cancellations, or court actions appear in the supplied history, so there is no visible enforcement activity. For someone considering a similar name, the main risk is that the abandoned mark still represents a prior claim in the specific medical device area, and using the same name for similar products could create a potential conflict.