Who owns the M trademark?

The M trademark is owned by Regents of the University of Michigan.

What class is the M trademark registered in?

The M trademark is registered in Class 009 (Electronics, software & scientific instruments), Class 020 (Furniture, mirrors & non-metal containers), Class 022 (Ropes, string, nets, tents & sails).

What is the serial number for M?

The USPTO serial number for M is 86771985.

What is the registration number for M?

M is registered under USPTO registration number 4955850.

M - Owned by Regents of the University of Michigan - (Class 009, Class 020, Class 022)

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: Jan 01, 2015

First use in commerce: Jan 01, 2015

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.

Class 020Furniture, mirrors & non-metal containers

US codes: 002, 013, 022, 025, 032, 050

First use anywhere: Jan 01, 2015

First use in commerce: Jan 01, 2015

Furniture, mirrors, picture frames; containers, not of metal, for storage or transport; unworked or semi-worked bone, horn, whalebone or mother-of-pearl; shells; meerschaum; yellow amber.

Class 022Ropes, string, nets, tents & sails

US codes: 001, 002, 007, 019, 022, 042, 050

First use anywhere: Jan 01, 2015

First use in commerce: Jan 01, 2015

Ropes and string; nets; tents and tarpaulins; awnings of textile or synthetic materials; sails; sacks for the transport and storage of materials in bulk; padding, cushioning and stuffing materials, except of paper, cardboard, rubber or plastics; raw fibrous textile materials and substitutes therefor.

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

Filing Basis & Declarations

Filed as Use ApplicationUse Application CurrentlySection 8 AcceptedSection 15 AcknowledgedTrademark

Status History

21 events

CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL

Jan 07, 2026

Code APRE

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

Jan 07, 2026

Code 89AG

REGISTERED AND RENEWED (FIRST RENEWAL - 10 YRS)

Jan 07, 2026

Code RNL1

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

Jan 07, 2026

Code NA89

TEAS SECTION 8 & 9 RECEIVED

Sep 29, 2025

Code E89R

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

May 11, 2025

Code REM2

CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL

May 13, 2022

Code APRE

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

May 13, 2022

Code C15A

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

May 13, 2022

Code NA85

TEAS SECTION 8 & 15 RECEIVED

Nov 21, 2021

Code E815

COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (6-YR) E-MAILED

May 10, 2021

Code REM1

TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED

Jul 03, 2017

Code TCCA

REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER

May 10, 2016

Code R.PR

PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION

Feb 23, 2016

Code PUBO

OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED

Feb 23, 2016

Code NPUB

NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED

Feb 03, 2016

Code NONP

ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER

Jan 19, 2016

Code DOCK

APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER

Jan 19, 2016

Code CNSA

NOTICE OF PSEUDO MARK E-MAILED

Oct 06, 2015

Code MPMK

NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED

Oct 05, 2015

Code NWOS

NEW APPLICATION ENTERED

Oct 02, 2015

Code NWAP

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