Who owns the GOTCHA! trademark?

The GOTCHA! trademark is owned by RAB Lighting Inc..

What class is the GOTCHA! trademark registered in?

The GOTCHA! trademark is registered in Class 009 (Electronics, software & scientific instruments).

What is the serial number for GOTCHA!?

The USPTO serial number for GOTCHA! is 78947738.

What is the registration number for GOTCHA!?

GOTCHA! is registered under USPTO registration number 3298039.

GOTCHA! - Owned by RAB Lighting Inc. - (Class 009)

What to file next

Section 9 renewal, filed with a Section 8 declaration

When: Due between the ninth and tenth anniversary of registration, then before each tenth anniversary after that.
Extensions and grace: A six-month grace period follows, with an added per-class fee.
If it is missed: A missed renewal cancels the registration, and there is no revival route for it.

How Section 9 renewal works

General information about USPTO practice, not legal advice. The register is the authority, and a filing that has not yet posted can change what is owed.

Full Goods & Services

Class 009Electronics, software & scientific instruments

US codes: 021, 023, 026, 036, 038

First use anywhere: Dec 31, 1987

First use in commerce: Dec 31, 1987

Scientific, research, navigation, surveying, photographic, cinematographic, audiovisual, optical, weighing, measuring, signalling, detecting, testing, inspecting, life-saving and teaching apparatus and instruments; apparatus and instruments for conducting, switching, transforming, accumulating, regulating or controlling the distribution or use of electricity; apparatus and instruments for recording, transmitting, reproducing or processing sound, images or data; recorded and downloadable multimedia files, computer software, blank digital or analogue recording and storage media; mechanisms for coin-operated apparatus; cash registers, calculating devices; computers and computer peripheral devices; diving suits, divers' masks, ear plugs for divers, nose clips for divers, gloves for divers, breathing apparatus for underwater swimming; fire-extinguishing apparatus.

This description is as filed with the USPTO and defines the scope of trademark protection.

Filing Basis & Declarations

Standard Characters ClaimedFiled as Use ApplicationUse Application CurrentlySection 8 AcceptedSection 15 AcknowledgedTrademark

Status History

36 events

COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (10-YR)/SEC. 9 E-MAILED

Sep 25, 2026

Code REM2

TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED

Dec 28, 2018

Code REAP

ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED

Dec 28, 2018

Code ARAA

CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL

Feb 01, 2017

Code APRE

REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (10-YR) ACCEPTED/SEC. 9 GRANTED

Feb 01, 2017

Code 89AG

REGISTERED AND RENEWED (FIRST RENEWAL - 10 YRS)

Feb 01, 2017

Code RNL1

NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 9 - E-MAILED

Feb 01, 2017

Code NA89

TEAS SECTION 8 & 9 RECEIVED

Nov 27, 2016

Code E89R

COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (10-YR)/SEC. 9 E-MAILED

Sep 25, 2016

Code REM2

TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED

Mar 21, 2014

Code TCCA

TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED

May 31, 2013

Code TCCA

NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 15 - E-MAILED

Dec 31, 2012

Code NA85

CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL

Dec 30, 2012

Code APRE

REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (6-YR) ACCEPTED & SEC. 15 ACK.

Dec 30, 2012

Code C15A

TEAS SECTION 8 & 15 RECEIVED

Nov 29, 2012

Code E815

TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED

Sep 27, 2010

Code TCCA

TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED

Feb 10, 2010

Code TCCA

TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED

Oct 07, 2009

Code TCCA

TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED

Jun 03, 2008

Code REAP

ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED

Jun 03, 2008

Code ARAA

TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED

Jun 03, 2008

Code REAP

ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED

Jun 03, 2008

Code ARAA

REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER

Sep 25, 2007

Code R.PR

PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION

Jul 10, 2007

Code PUBO

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

Jun 20, 2007

Code NPUB

APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER

Jun 07, 2007

Code CNSA

LAW OFFICE PUBLICATION REVIEW COMPLETED

Jun 07, 2007

Code PREV

ASSIGNED TO LIE

May 17, 2007

Code ALIE

CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE

May 17, 2007

Code CRFA

TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED

May 17, 2007

Code TEME

TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED

Apr 26, 2007

Code TROA

NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN

Dec 12, 2006

Code CNRT

NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED

Dec 12, 2006

Code GNRT

ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER

Nov 29, 2006

Code DOCK

NOTICE OF PSEUDO MARK MAILED

Aug 15, 2006

Code MPMK

NEW APPLICATION ENTERED

Aug 14, 2006

Code NWAP

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