TODAY’S TRADEMARK – SCOTCHGARD TRADEMARK

The SCOTCHGARD mark is filed in the category of MetalProducts. The trademark class is 006. The legal correspondent for SCOTCHGARD trademark is TravisL.Bachman, 3M Innovative Properties Company, 220-9E-01 3M Center, 2501 Hudson Road St. Paul MN 55144. The SCOTCHGARD trademark is used in the following business: Chemical composition for application to various surfaces to repel grease and oil therefrom.

The owner of the trademark is 3M COMPANY. The 3M Company is an American multinational conglomerate corporation operating in the fields of industry, worker safety, US health care, and consumer goods. Mike Roman is the CEO of the company.

The original formula for Scotchgard was discovered accidentally in 1952 by 3M chemists Patsy Sherman and Samuel Smith. 3M reformulated Scotchgard and since June 2003 has replaced PFOS with perfluorobutanesulfonic acid (PFBS). PFBS has a much shorter half-life in people than PFOS (a little over one month vs. 5.4 years). 3M states that Scotchgard utilizes a proprietary fluorinated urethane.

The SCOTCHGARD trademark was assigned a Serial Number #71694655 – by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).  Its registration number is 0630698. The trademark was registered on 17-07-1956. The current status of the SCOTCHGARD filing is REGISTERED AND RENEWED.