NOVAFLOAT

What this record means

The record shows that the mark NOVAFLOAT is dead, having been abandoned because the applicant did not respond to an Office action. The owner listed is Novafloat, inc., a corporation organized in Washington. The mark covered dock floatation systems for marinas, boat docks, floating buildings, and wave breaks under class 012, with first use in January 2001 and use in commerce in 2002. A similar name would raise the closest concern in the area of marine or dock‑related equipment and structures. The abandonment means the mark no longer controls use of the wording, but it does not eliminate the possibility that other rights exist for related goods. The prosecution history shows a single Office action and a late abandonment notice; no enforcement actions appear in the supplied history. For someone considering a similar name, the risk is that the abandoned mark still signals prior use in the dock‑floatation niche, so caution is advised.