Caterpillar Inc. (P) vs Wenchao Gao (D)
Pending
Oppositions
Proceeding Details
Proceeding Number
Filing Date
Feb 25, 2026
Last Status Update
Feb 26, 2026
Interlocutory Attorney
KATIE BUKRINSKY
Parties
Plaintiff
Caterpillar Inc.




1150 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, NW, SUITE 600
WASHINGTON, DC 20036
Attorney / Correspondent:
Marks:
CAT
Registered
|Reg #: 6754584|S/N: 88080934
CAT
LIVE - REGISTERED
TrademarkCombinedOwner: Caterpillar Inc.
Status: REGISTERED

Record Details
Serial No.
88080934
Registration No.
6754584
Status
LIVE
Important Dates
Filed
Aug 16, 2018
Registered
Jun 7, 2022
First Use
Mar 1, 2020
Goods & Services
Class 007Class 012
Motors and engines not for land vehicles, namely, boat motors; a full line of machines, machine tools and attachments thereof, motors, engines and generators not for land vehicles, machine coupling and transmission components not for land vehicles for use in agriculture, compaction, construction, demolition, earth conditioning, earth contouring, earth moving, forestry, landscaping, lifting, marine, material handling, material scrapping, mining, mulching, oil and gas distribution, exploration and production, paving, pipelaying, power generation, road building and repair, site preparation and remediation, waste management, air and space, quarry, aggregate and cement, vegetation management, transportation, and government and defense, namely, asphalt pavers, backhoe loaders, cold planers, compactors, compact track and multi terrain loaders, dozers, draglines, drills, electric rope shovels, excavators, forest machines, hydraulic mining shovels, material handlers, motor graders, pipelayers, road reclaimers, site prep tractors, skidders, skid steer loaders, telehandlers, track loaders, underground hard rock mining machines, underground longwall mining machines, underground room and pillar mining systems, wheel dozers, wheel excavators, wheel loaders, wheel tractor scrapers, log loaders; electricity generators; machines, machine tools and attachments thereof, motors, engines and generators not for land vehicles, machine coupling and transmission components not for land vehicles, namely, articulated trucks in the nature of dump trucks and articulated truck bare chassis, asphalt paving machines, backhoe loaders, cold planers, waste compactors, compact track and multi terrain front end loaders, bulldozers, dragline excavators, drilling machines, electric rope shovels, excavators, forest machines in the nature of timber harvesting machinery, and excavators used for forestry applications, hydraulic mining shovels, material handlers in the nature of trucks configured to allow specific attachments, motor graders, pipelayers, road reclaimers, site prep tractors, skidders in the nature of skid steer loaders, surface mining conveyors being machines, telehandlers, crawler-track loaders, underground hard rock mining machines in the nature of rock flow conveyer systems, underground mining load-haul-dump loaders, underground mining trucks, rock straight conveyor system, longwall mining machines in the nature of armored face material conveyors, plows, roof supports, shearers, room and pillar mining systems consisting of shearers, plow systems, roof supports, conveyor systems, drive systems, and roof support carriers, wheel bulldozers, wheel excavators, wheel loaders, wheel tractor scrapers, log loaders, marine engines, industrial engines, diesel engines for machines; electric, industrial, diesel, gas and natural gas generators and gensets; attachments, namely, augers, brooms, brushcutters, cold planers, flail mowers, grapples, hammers, mulchers, multi-processors, pulverizers, rakes, saws, shears, silage defacers, snow blowers, snow pushes, stump grinders, tillers, all of the foregoing for earth moving, earth conditioning and material handling machines; a full line of machine parts for use in compaction, compressing gas, demolition, earth conditioning, earth contouring, earth moving, forestry, namely, cutting and clearing trees and brush, compaction, demolition, earth conditioning, earth contouring, earth moving, landscaping, lawn care, lifting, marine propulsion, material handling, mining, mulching, paving, pipelaying, powering oil and gas drilling operations, producing power from engines and generators, pumping oil, waste management, air and space, and vegetation management, namely, filters for use in machines for the forementioned; motors and engines except for land vehicles; agricultural implements other than hand-operated, namely, mulchers, rakes, tillers, for use in agriculture, compaction, construction, demolition, earth conditioning, earth contouring, earth moving, forestry, landscaping, lifting, marine propulsion, material handling, mining, mulching, oil and gas distribution, oil and gas exploration, oil and gas production, paving, pipelaying, power generation, road building and repair, site preparation and remediation, tunnel boring, and vegetation management; oil filters; water separators for use in engines; electric, diesel, and gas generators; current generators; Vehicles and apparatus for locomotion by land, air or water for use in agriculture, compaction, construction, demolition, earth conditioning, earth contouring, earth moving, forestry, landscaping, lifting, marine, material handling, material scrapping, mining, mulching, oil and gas distribution, exploration and production, paving, pipelaying, power generation, road building and repair, site preparation and remediation, waste management, air and space, quarry, aggregate and cement, vegetation management, transportation, and government and defense, namely, trucks, off-highway trucks, articulated trucks, underground mining trucks, internal combustion fork-lift trucks, electric fork-lift trucks, site prep tractors; vehicles and apparatus for locomotion by land, air or water, namely, trucks, off-highway trucks, articulated trucks, underground mining trucks, internal combustion fork-lift trucks, electric fork-lift trucks, electric pallet movers in the nature of forklift trucks, manual pallet movers in the nature of hand trucks; engines for land vehicles; diesel engines for land vehicles
CAT
Registered
|Reg #: 3525811|S/N: 78815915
CAT
LIVE - REGISTERED
TrademarkCombinedOwner: Caterpillar Inc.
Status: REGISTERED AND RENEWED
Record Details
Serial No.
78815915
Registration No.
3525811
Status
LIVE
Important Dates
Filed
Feb 15, 2006
Registered
Oct 28, 2008
First Use
Jan 2, 2007
Goods & Services
Class 007
Attachments, namely, asphalt cutters, hydraulic brooms, vibratory compactors, cutting jaws, multi-processors, tillers, trenchers, all of the foregoing for use with machinery for earth moving, earth conditioning and material handling
CAT
Registered
|Reg #: 2421077|S/N: 75830492
CAT
LIVE - REGISTERED
TrademarkCombinedOwner: Caterpillar Inc.
Status: REGISTERED AND RENEWED
Record Details
Serial No.
75830492
Registration No.
2421077
Status
LIVE
Important Dates
Filed
Nov 12, 1999
Registered
Jan 16, 2001
First Use
Jul 13, 1988
Goods & Services
Class 007Class 012
HYDRAULIC EXCAVATORS; MINI HYDRAULIC EXCAVATORS; WHEELED EXCAVATORS; FRONT SHOVELS; BACKHOE LOADERS; SKID STEER LOADERS; COMPACT WHEEL LOADERS; WHEEL LOADERS; INTEGRATED TOOLCARRIERS; TELESCOPIC HANDLERS; TRACK LOADERS; WHEEL TRACTOR-SCRAPERS; TRACK-TYPE TRACTORS; WHEEL DOZERS; MOTOR GRADERS; SOIL COMPACTORS; COLD PLANERS; ROAD RECLAIMERS; ASPHALT PAVERS; VIBRATORY COMPACTORS; MARINE ENGINES; INDUSTRIAL ENGINES; DIESEL GENERATOR SETS; GAS GENERATOR SETS; DEMOLITION MACHINES AND SCRAP MATERIAL HANDLERS FOR USE THEREWITH, namely, BLADES, BUCKETS, CRUSHERS, GRAPPLERS, HAMMERS, HYDRAULIC BROOMS, MOBILE SHEARS, PALLET FORKS; PULVERIZERS, AND RAKES; LOG LOADERS; [ COMBINES; ] PIPELAYERS; MINING SHOVELS; WASTE HANDLING MACHINES; AND PARTS FOR ALL THE ABOVE; off-highway trucks; articulated trucks; truck engines; agricultural tractors; and parts for all the above
CAT
Registered
|Reg #: 2140606|S/N: 75236985
CAT
LIVE - REGISTERED
TrademarkCombinedOwner: Caterpillar Inc.
Status: REGISTERED AND RENEWED
Record Details
Serial No.
75236985
Registration No.
2140606
Status
LIVE
Important Dates
Filed
Feb 5, 1997
Registered
Mar 3, 1998
First Use
Jul 13, 1988
Goods & Services
Class 007Class 012
machinery for earth moving, earth conditioning and material handling, namely, loaders and engines therefor, and parts for vehicle and internal combustion engines; vehicles for earth and material hauling and handling, namely, tractors and engines therefor
CAT
Registered
|Reg #: 770639|S/N: 72174081
CAT
LIVE - REGISTERED
TrademarkWordOwner: Caterpillar Inc.
Status: REGISTERED AND RENEWED
Record Details
Serial No.
72174081
Registration No.
0770639
Status
LIVE
Important Dates
Filed
Jul 31, 1963
Registered
Jun 2, 1964
First Use
Feb 17, 1949
Goods & Services
Class 012Class 019
Motor Trucks, Dump Wagons, Wheel Tractor-Dump Wagon Combinations, Wheel Tractors, and Parts Therefor
VS
Defendant
Wenchao Gao
PO BOX 320769
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94132
Attorney / Correspondent:
Mark:
VIRTUCAT
Pending
S/N: 99337736
VIRTUCAT
LIVE - PENDING
TrademarkWordOwner: Wenchao Gao
Status: OPPOSITION PENDING
Record Details
Serial No.
99337736
Status
LIVE
Important Dates
Filed
Aug 14, 2025
First Use
May 27, 2025
Goods & Services
Class 007
Electric starter motors; Catalytic converters; Catalytic converters for motors and engines; Emission reduction units for motors and engines, namely, catalytic converters; Catalytic converter units for vehicle exhausts; Exhaust manifold for engines; Exhaust gas treatment systems for diesel engines; Engine exhaust system comprised of a particulate trap
TTAB Documents
Title | Date | Entry # | Category | Code | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
INSTITUTED | Feb 26, 2026 | 3 | Status | 128 | |
NOTICE AND TRIAL DATES SENT; ANSWER DUE: | Feb 26, 2026 | 2 | Scheduling | 707 | |
FILED AND FEE | Feb 25, 2026 | 1 | Fees | 124 |