The trademark application VAI-CON was filed by Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Republic of Austria (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on March 15, 1998, and it was registered by office on October 6, 1998 without any oppositions.
The application was filed in German (English was selected as the second language).
Two renewals of the trademark were recorded, one on July 30, 2006, and the other one on May 4, 2016.
Deletion of the representative of the trademark registration was recorded on December 21, 2006. Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on September 23, 2007. Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on December 20, 2007. Change of name and address of the trademark registration was recorded on January 20, 2008. A transfer of the trademark registration was recorded on February 3, 2008. Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on January 11, 2009. Change of name and address of the trademark registration was recorded on February 3, 2010. A transfer of the trademark registration was recorded on May 11, 2011. Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on December 13, 2012. Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on May 1, 2016. Change of name and address of the trademark registration was recorded on June 13, 2016.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 7 with following description of goods:
Machines for steel works
Converters for the production of steel and iron alloys
Blasting and heating lances for steel works
Converters and lances fitted with a cooling device
Blasting and heating lances for converters
Temperature measuring lances for steel works
Temperature measuring lances for converters
Sampling lances for converters
Waste gas collecting devices and suction devices for converters
Brick lining devices for converters and tiles and floors of converters
Machines and apparatus for degassing and desulphurisation of metals
Machines and apparatus for degassing and desulphurisation of steel
Foundry ladles
Tundishes and spreaders for metals
Foundry ladles, tundishes and spreaders for steel
Charging machines for converters
Work platforms for converters
Cogged wheels, pinions and pinion shafts, control rods for converters
Lifting lug bearings and bearing parts for converters
Bearing brackets and bearing blocks for converters
Lifting rings for converters
Slag spout shutting devices for converters
Tap hole centering apparatus
Slag tapping machines for steel ladles
Devices for rinsing and blasting converter floors
Drive motors for converters and for vehicles used in steel works
Control mechanisms for converters
Ladle rinsing devices
Probe manipulators
Probe magazines
Lance cleaning machines
Lance-head cleaning machines
All the aforesaid goods being machines or parts for machines.
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Measuring apparatus and instruments
Measuring lances
Measuring and sampling lances for metallurgical operations, in particular for measuring the metallurgical characteristic quantities of molten material and for removing melt testing devices from metallurgical containers
Control circuits and parts for control circuits, not included in other classes, for converter cooling devices
Data processing installations and programs for data processing installations for converters
Data processing apparatus for use in connection with control circuits and parts thereof for converters
Control circuits and parts for control circuits for the rinsing and blasting of converter floors
Data processing installations and programs for data processing installations for the rinsing and blasting of converter floors
Measuring installations for preparations for rinsing and blasting converter floors.
The mark was filed in class 11 with Regulating and safety accessories for converters in steel works.
The mark was filed in class 12 with following description of goods: