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, covering medical devices used in vascular and intravascular procedures such as stents, stent delivery systems, and catheters. A similar name would raise the closest concern in the medical device field, particularly for products that fall under that class. The record does not give the owner control over every use of the word “PETAL”; it only covers the specific goods listed. The prosecution history shows a series of Statement of Use extensions and an eventual abandonment, but no opposition or enforcement actions are recorded. The latest event is the abandonment notice on July 16, 2008. For someone considering a similar name, the risk is that the abandoned mark still signals prior use in the medical device sector, so caution is advised.