Documents in our library describe Nudeck (United Gilsonite Laboratories) as “roof cement and liquid asphalt and asbestos roofing”.1 They give it as sold from 1942.1,2,3 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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Pictures
How Nudeck (United Gilsonite Laboratories) looked: labels, photographs and catalog pages from our library. Each picture has its own page and library number, so it can be cited on its own.
Label: Nudeck Plastic Roof Cement, black (United Gilsonite Laboratories)Label or package · ACL Doc 20483
Label: Nudeck roofing in plastic form, 1 gallon (United Gilsonite Laboratories)Label or package · ACL Doc 20485
What each document says
Every statement about Nudeck (United Gilsonite Laboratories) in the documents, in each document's own words.
USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition)
Label: Nudeck roofing in plastic form, 1 gallon (United Gilsonite Laboratories), Image
- Sold from: “Date of First Use in Commerce: October 25, 1942”, said by United Gilsonite Laboratories, as recorded by U.S. Patent Office trademark file2
Label: Nudeck Plastic Roof Cement, black (United Gilsonite Laboratories), Image
Asbestos Magazine, 1943, August 1943
- Description: “roof cement and liquid asphalt and Asbestos roofing”, said by United Gilsonite Laboratories, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), "Trade Marks" column, p. 404
Kind of product
Trades that worked with products like it: Roofers.
References
- USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (March 27, 1943). Not yet published in our library.
- Label: Nudeck roofing in plastic form, 1 gallon (United Gilsonite Laboratories), Image.
- Label: Nudeck Plastic Roof Cement, black (United Gilsonite Laboratories), Image.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1943, August 1943 (August 1, 1943), p. 40.
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