PERCY

What this record means

The record shows that the mark PERCY is dead – it was abandoned on August 29, 2005 after the applicant, Primrose School Franchising Co., failed to respond to an Office action, and the USPTO never issued a registration. The application covered educational services (pre‑school and primary school education) in class 041 and child‑care services in class 043, both tied to the same first use date of July 31, 1995. Because the filing was limited to those school‑related and child‑care offerings, a later business using the name PERCY for unrelated goods – say, software or apparel – would face a much farther concern than the record suggests, though the wording itself is not cleared for all uses. The prosecution history shows a non‑final action in early 2005 and an amendment in late 2004, but no supplemental‑register filing appears. The latest meaningful event is the abandonment notice on August 29, 2005, and the supplied history contains no indication of oppositions, cancellations or other enforcement activity. I'd treat this as a modest concern if you plan a preschool or child‑care service under the same name, but the risk drops sharply for dissimilar industries.