Who owns the MUST BE THE MONEY trademark?

The MUST BE THE MONEY trademark is owned by Minnesota Public Radio.

What class is the MUST BE THE MONEY trademark registered in?

The MUST BE THE MONEY trademark is registered in Class 009 (Electronics, software & scientific instruments), Class 036 (Insurance, financial & real estate services), Class 041 (Education & entertainment services).

What is the serial number for MUST BE THE MONEY?

The USPTO serial number for MUST BE THE MONEY is 99262620.

What is the registration number for MUST BE THE MONEY?

MUST BE THE MONEY is registered under USPTO registration number 0.

MUST BE THE MONEY - Owned by Minnesota Public Radio - (Class 009, Class 036, Class 041)

What to file next

Response to the outstanding office action

When: Three months from the issue date for most applications filed on or after 3 December 2022, extendable once by three months for a fee.
Extensions and grace: A Madrid Section 66(a) application keeps a six-month response period instead, with no extension available.
If it is missed: The application goes abandoned. A petition to revive runs two months from the notice of abandonment, on an unintentional-delay standard.

Office action response deadlines

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: May 07, 2026

First use in commerce: May 07, 2026

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 036Insurance, financial & real estate services

US codes: 100, 101, 102

First use anywhere: May 07, 2026

First use in commerce: May 07, 2026

Financial, monetary and banking services; insurance services; real estate services.

Class 041Education & entertainment services

US codes: 100, 101, 107

First use anywhere: May 07, 2026

First use in commerce: May 07, 2026

Education; providing of training; entertainment; sporting and cultural activities.

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

Filing Basis & Declarations

Standard Characters ClaimedTrademark

Status History

18 events

APPLICATION EXTENSION TO RESPONSE PERIOD - RECEIVED

Oct 21, 2026

Code XELR

APPLICATION EXTENSION GRANTED/RECEIPT PROVIDED

Oct 21, 2026

Code XELG

SOU TEAS EXTENSION RECEIVED

Aug 10, 2026

Code EEXT

SU - NON-FINAL ACTION - WRITTEN

Jul 24, 2026

Code CNRT

NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED

Jul 24, 2026

Code GNRT

NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED

Jul 24, 2026

Code GNRN

STATEMENT OF USE PROCESSING COMPLETE

Jul 21, 2026

Code SUPC

TEAS STATEMENT OF USE RECEIVED

May 18, 2026

Code EISU

USE AMENDMENT FILED

May 18, 2026

Code IUAF

NOA E-MAILED - SOU REQUIRED FROM APPLICANT

Feb 10, 2026

Code NOAM

PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION

Dec 16, 2025

Code PUBO

OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED

Dec 16, 2025

Code NPUB

NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED

Dec 10, 2025

Code NONP

ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER

Nov 19, 2025

Code DOCK

APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER

Nov 19, 2025

Code CNSA

NEW APPLICATION ENTERED

Jul 01, 2025

Code NWAP

NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED

Jul 01, 2025

Code NWOS

APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED

Jul 01, 2025

Code MAFR

What usually happens from here

Of the 3,127 marks on the USPTO register that reached application extension granted/receipt provided:

Registered29% (899)

Abandoned35% (1,089)

Still pending36% (1,139)

Historical frequencies across the whole register, not a prediction about this mark. The outcome of any one application depends on what is filed and when.

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