The trademark OXIFLOW was filed by Refractory Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG, a corporation established under the laws of the Republic of Austria (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on September 18, 2023, and received one opposition filed on December 11, 2023 by OXITENO S.A. INDÚSTRIA E COMÉRCIO on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by ELZABURU, S.L.P. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued December 11, 2023
It was designated 'Basic Application' for International Application 1782525 at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (German was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 7 with Refractory machine parts for machines for casting molten metals or for machines for the flow control of molten metals, in particular, stopper rods, monoblock stoppers, nozzles, ladle shrouds, tubes and slide gate plates and parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods, included in class 07..
The mark was filed in class 19 with following description of goods:
Building and construction materials, not of metal
Refractory building and construction materials, not of metal
Refractory ceramic shaped parts and refractory ceramic compounds
Refractory ceramic masses
Refractory ceramic workpieces
Refractory bricks (not of metal)
Refractory shapes (not of metal)
Refractory moulded parts (not of metal)
Refractory ceramic molding compounds and castings
Refractory ceramic parts, including composite parts
Refractory ceramic mixtures
Refractory cement
Refractory mortar (nonmetallic)
Refractory furnace linings (non-metallic)
The following goods not of metal and in particular for use in machines for casting molten metals or for use in machines for the flow control of molten metals: stopper rods, monoblock stoppers, nozzles, ladle shrouds, tubes and slide gate plates
Parts and fittings for all of the aforesaid goods, included in Class 19.