JESSUP, MARYLAND - FEBRUARY 2008: Now approaching its 40th year of designing
and building high-end analog consoles and outboard processors, API Audio
announced that it has been granted a trademark for its signature
dual-concentric knob. Trademark for the knob, which graces every piece of
API gear, and is immediately recognizable as the "look" of API, was issued
on January 1, 2008. Just as API's trademark of its logo prevents other
companies from copying its design, API's trademark of its knob prevents
other companies from copying the knob's distinctive look.
The API knob has been in use by the company for decades, so why did API move
to protect it now? Explained Larry Droppa, president of API, "We secured the
trademark..
..
API's legal team proved to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that the API knob deserved protection
I am curious, so, starting from the fact that it seems that the well known dual-concentric knobs design was indeed invented by Vemaline,
and assuming that the correct web site of "U.S. Patent and Trademark Office" is www.uspto.gov,
I've tried to search in their database, with isd/1/1/2008 as issue date parameter, and then searched for api, knob..
but nothing appeared.
Also, nothing appears with "api" or "Automated Processes Inc" as "inventor name".
Am I missing something?
Do its possible to have a patent not publicly viewable?
and building high-end analog consoles and outboard processors, API Audio
announced that it has been granted a trademark for its signature
dual-concentric knob. Trademark for the knob, which graces every piece of
API gear, and is immediately recognizable as the "look" of API, was issued
on January 1, 2008. Just as API's trademark of its logo prevents other
companies from copying its design, API's trademark of its knob prevents
other companies from copying the knob's distinctive look.
The API knob has been in use by the company for decades, so why did API move
to protect it now? Explained Larry Droppa, president of API, "We secured the
trademark..
..
API's legal team proved to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that the API knob deserved protection
I am curious, so, starting from the fact that it seems that the well known dual-concentric knobs design was indeed invented by Vemaline,
and assuming that the correct web site of "U.S. Patent and Trademark Office" is www.uspto.gov,
I've tried to search in their database, with isd/1/1/2008 as issue date parameter, and then searched for api, knob..
but nothing appeared.
Also, nothing appears with "api" or "Automated Processes Inc" as "inventor name".
Am I missing something?
Do its possible to have a patent not publicly viewable?