CHOPS
"CHOPS" is a word mark owned by TransMedics, Inc., filed at the USPTO on June 16, 2026. It is in its opposition period and covers class 10 (Medical Apparatus).
- Status
- Opposition period
- Since October 27, 2026
- Filed
- June 16, 2026
- Registered
- Not yet
- Expires
- Not recorded
- Application no.
- 99887711
- Registration no.
- Not yet
- Office
- USPTO
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
- Mark type
- Word mark
- 1 class
Who owns CHOPS
The owner on file, matched to the company behind it. Every owner-name spelling for that company is grouped on its page.
Owner
TransMedics, Inc.
Andover, United States
Representative
John V. Hobgood, Esquire
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
What the mark covers
The products and services CHOPS is filed for, grouped by Nice class.
Portable organ preservation systems comprising an organ chamber, perfusion circuit, temperature control means, oxygenation means, and flow control means; organ chambers and perfusion circuits for use in portable organ preservation systems; Medical devices, instruments and consumables for organ transplant, transport, assessment and ex-vivo therapy, namely, thermal devices in the nature of medical devices to regulate organ temperature, perfusion and oxygenation during organ transport and transplantation and disposable accessories for the foregoing goods in the nature of sterile bags, organ chambers and transport coolers, all for use in cold storage of organs
What has happened so far
Steps recorded by the USPTO, newest first.
- Official gazette publication confirmation e-mailed
- Published for opposition
- Notification of notice of publication e-mailed
- Approved for pub - principal register
- Assigned to examiner
- Application filing receipt mailed
- New application office supplied data entered
- New application entered
About CHOPS
Who owns the trademark "CHOPS"?
The USPTO trademark "CHOPS" (application 99887711) is owned by TransMedics, Inc.
What is the status of "CHOPS"?
Its status at the USPTO is: opposition period.
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GET/v1/trademarks/{id}The full record: owners, classes, dates and images
GET/v1/trademarks/{id}/eventsEvery step in the office history
GET/v1/proceedings?trademark_id={id}Oppositions and cancellations against the mark
ID=tm_019ed925-54a7-746e-8514-ee2ab39b6e86
curl https://api.signa.so/v1/trademarks/$ID \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SIGNA_API_KEY"{
"id": "tm_019ed925-54a7-746e-8514-ee2ab39b6e86",
"object": "trademark",
"mark_text": "CHOPS",
"status": {
"primary": "pending",
"stage": "pending_opposition"
},
"office_code": "US",
"application_number": "99887711",
"filing_date": "2026-06-16",
"nice_classes": [
10
],
"owners": [
{
"name": "TransMedics, Inc.",
"entity_id": "ent_019ebbca-d523-77db-97a8-a1c1eebd7127"
}
]
}