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PLAIN ENGLISH FOUNDATION

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Active USPTO registrationType: CombinedOffice: US

Quick snapshot

PLAIN ENGLISH FOUNDATION

ST13

US500000079196347

Class

9, 16, 35, 41

Filing

79196347

Registration

5735913

Risk and opportunity diagnosis

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USPTO status

Active USPTO registration

Case type

Application and registration

Recorded events

53

Latest update

07/14/2026

Classification

Registered

Trademark type

Combined

Nice classes

9, 16, 35, 41

Filing date

06/20/2016

Registration date

04/30/2019

Expiration date

-

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Complete case details

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Status date

11/14/2025

Last transaction

07/14/2026

Responsible office

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Status code

709

Official register

Principal Register

Drawing code

3

Owner type

99

Owner location

AU

Examiner

ABRAMS, JACQUELINE WILLETTE

Law office

L10

Current location

PUBLICATION AND ISSUE SECTION

Mark description

The mark consists of the words "PLAIN ENGLISH FOUNDATION" in blue, to the left of which is the design of a caliper in green and blue.

Holders and representatives

Holders

Plain English Foundation Pty Ltd

Representatives

Catherine M.C. Farrelly FRANKFURT KURNIT KLEIN & SELZ PC

Technical classification

Nice Classes

Class 9Class 16Class 35Class 41

Vienna Codes

No Vienna codes available.

Goods and services

Class 9

Computer based training apparatus, namely, downloadable software in the fields of teaching writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills; interactive computers in the fields of training; teaching apparatus, namely, computer programs and flash card readers, in the fields of teaching writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills; downloadable training manuals in electronic format in the fields of teaching writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills downloadable training guides in the form of a computer program in the fields of teaching writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills; downloadable training manuals in the form of a computer program in the fields of teaching writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills; downloadable training manuals in electronic format in the fields of teaching writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills; training apparatus in the fields of teaching writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills; business programmes for computers; downloadable computer software in the fields of teaching writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills; computer software for business purposes; apparatus for plain language text recognition; downloadable electronic publications, namely, books, magazines, newsletters, articles, training manuals and brochures in the fields of teaching writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills; downloadable computer programs and recorded software distributed online in the fields of teaching writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills; downloadable electronic publications, namely, books, magazines, newsletters, articles, training manuals, and brochures sold and distributed online in the fields of teaching writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills; Downloadable computer programs accessible remotely in the fields of teaching writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills; computer programs, namely, downloadable software in the fields of teaching writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills; training aids, namely, apparatus for teaching people; training apparatus, namely, teaching apparatus for teaching people; visual display apparatus

Class 16

Educational materials in printed form consisting of manuals and guides in the fields of teaching writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills; educational materials in written form consisting of manuals and guides in the fields of teaching writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills; printed matter, namely, booklets, manuals, guides, templates and hand-outs, in the fields of teaching writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills; books containing information in the fields of teaching about writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching about editing and written content reviewing skills; booklets in the fields of conducting training workshops, namely, manuals and writing samples guides in the fields of teaching writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills; instruction manuals relating to training seminars in the fields of teaching writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills; manuals for business training courses; printed training guides, namely, educational resources in the fields of teaching writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills; training booklets, namely, educational resources in the fields of teaching writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills; training manuals in the form of printed matter, namely, booklets, manuals, guides, templates and hand-outs, in the fields of teaching writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills; Journals in the fields of teaching writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills; training materials excluding training apparatus, namely, instruction manuals in the fields of teaching writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills; books pertaining to grammar; instructional material, namely, writing guides in the fields of teaching writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills; teaching materials excluding teaching apparatus, namely, instruction manuals in the fields of teaching writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills

Class 35

Writing advertising copy; writing of business project reports; writing of business project studies; writing of business reports; writing of publicity texts; compilation of directories for publishing on the internet; business advisory services; advertising; advisory services relating to advertising

Class 41

Commissioned writing, namely, commissioned writing for plays, musicals or for publications; copy writing; writing for others, namely, commissioned and custom writing; writing of texts excluding publicity texts; writing or adapting documents to plain English for others; Educational services for adults, namely, conducting classes, seminars and workshops, and proving online non-downloadable webinars, in the fields of teaching writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills; advisory services relating to training; training, namely, arranging and conducting of courses, classes seminars and workshops in the fields of teaching writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills; arranging of exhibitions for training purposes, namely, educational workshops in the fields of teaching writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills; association services being the provision of training and education to members of an association through seminars and non-downloadable online courses; business training consultancy services; business training services; career advisory services, namely, education or training advice; career counselling, namely, education or training advice; career information and advisory services, namely, educational and training advice; commercial training services, namely, teaching writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills; computer based training; training, namely, conducting workshops about writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills; consultancy services relating to training; education and training, namely, mentoring; personal development training; practical training by way of demonstrations; providing courses of training, namely, courses for writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills; provision of information relating to training, namely, information relating to writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills; provision of training, namely, training for writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills; provision of training courses, namely, classes and seminars for teaching writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills; training, namely, classes and seminars for teaching writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills; training consultancy, namely, the organization of courses, classes and seminars for teaching writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills; teaching, namely, teaching writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills; business educational services; conducting of educational courses, namely, courses, classes and seminars for teaching writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills; correspondence courses, namely, courses, classes and seminars for teaching writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills provided via correspondence; providing courses of instruction, namely, courses of instruction for teaching writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills; computerised training, namely, non-downloadable workshops in the fields of teaching writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills; language training; vocational training services; providing online electronic publications, namely, non-downloadable online electronic publications for use in teaching writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills; weblog services, namely, online publication of journals or diaries; electronic publication of information, namely, electronic publication of information online and over a global computer network; online electronic publication of news; provision of education services via an online forum, namely, education services via an online forum about writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills; publication of electronic books and journals online; publication of multimedia material online; publishing services; book publishing; publishing of printed matter; advisory services relating to publishing; freelance journalism; publication of journals; providing information, namely, providing information online about education, training, entertainment, sporting and cultural activities; training, namely, mentoring relating to writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills; education services, namely, education about writing and writing assessment and evaluation skills, and teaching editing and written content reviewing skills

Publications

History of USPTO decisions and trademark events.

53 publications found

INTR

TOTAL INVALIDATION OF REG EXT PROTECTION CREATED

07/14/2026

C71T

CANCELLED SECTION 71

11/14/2025

REM3

COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 71 (6-YR) E-MAILED

04/30/2024

TCCA

TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED

10/03/2019

FINO

FINAL DECISION TRANSACTION PROCESSED BY IB

09/13/2019

FICS

FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE SENT TO IB

08/27/2019

FIMP

FINAL DISPOSITION PROCESSED

08/27/2019

FICR

FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB

07/30/2019

R.PR

REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER

04/30/2019

GPNX

NOTIFICATION PROCESSED BY IB

03/08/2019

NPUB

OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED

02/12/2019

PUBO

PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION

02/12/2019

OPNS

NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION SENT TO IB

01/23/2019

OP2R

NOTICE OF START OF OPPOSITION PERIOD CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB

01/23/2019

NONP

NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED

01/23/2019

CNSA

APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER

12/28/2018

TEME

TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED

12/26/2018

CRFA

CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE

12/26/2018

TROA

TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED

12/26/2018

GEAN

NOTIFICATION OF EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT/PRIORITY ACTION E-MAILED

06/26/2018

GEAP

EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT/PRIORITY ACTION E-MAILED

06/26/2018

EPEN

COMBINED EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT/PRIORITY ACTION AUTOMATIC ENTRY

06/26/2018

CPEA

EXAMINERS AMENDMENT AND/OR PRIORITY ACTION - COMPLETED

06/26/2018

XAEC

EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT ENTERED

06/15/2018

GNEN

NOTIFICATION OF EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED

06/15/2018

GNEA

EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED

06/15/2018

CNEA

EXAMINERS AMENDMENT -WRITTEN

06/15/2018

OPNX

NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION - PROCESSED BY IB

05/04/2018

OPNS

NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION SENT TO IB

04/18/2018

OPNR

NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB

04/18/2018

GNFN

NOTIFICATION OF FINAL REFUSAL EMAILED

01/10/2018

GNFR

FINAL REFUSAL E-MAILED

01/10/2018

CNFR

FINAL REFUSAL WRITTEN

01/10/2018

TEME

TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED

12/22/2017

CRFA

CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE

12/22/2017

TROA

TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED

12/22/2017

GNRN

NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED

06/22/2017

GNRT

NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED

06/22/2017

CNRT

NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN

06/22/2017

TEME

TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED

05/31/2017

CRFA

CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE

05/30/2017

TROA

TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED

05/30/2017

ARAA

ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED

05/30/2017

REAP

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

05/30/2017

RFNT

REFUSAL PROCESSED BY IB

12/17/2016

RFCS

NON-FINAL ACTION MAILED - REFUSAL SENT TO IB

11/30/2016

RFRR

REFUSAL PROCESSED BY MPU

11/30/2016

RFCR

NON-FINAL ACTION (IB REFUSAL) PREPARED FOR REVIEW

11/29/2016

CNRT

NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN

11/28/2016

MAFR

APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED

11/25/2016

DOCK

ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER

11/21/2016

NWOS

NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED

11/21/2016

REPR

SN ASSIGNED FOR SECT 66A APPL FROM IB

11/17/2016

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