Trademark Class 10 Search India: Surgical and Medical Instruments

Protect your medical tools, surgical instruments, and orthopedic products with Trademark Class 10.
Trademark Class 10 ensures exclusive rights in the healthcare and veterinary sectors.
Get 10-year brand protection for your medical products in both local and global markets with Trademark Class 10.

Class 10

Eligibility

What Cannot be Registered

List of Goods

Related Classes

FAQs

Trademark Class 10 - Overview

Trademark Class 10 covers products in the medical and veterinary fields, including dental and veterinary tools, surgical and artificial limbs, medical apparatus, suturing materials, and orthopedic articles. This class provides comprehensive protection for your brand in these sensitive areas.

Trademark registration under Class 10 grants your brand exclusive rights in the medical and healthcare industries. This ensures that products such as dental tools, orthopedic instruments, and surgical supplies are protected from unauthorised use, preserving your brand’s authenticity in both national and international markets.

Class 10 protection is essential for companies providing or selling medical and veterinary products. It prevents competitors from misusing your brand, while also enhancing your brand value and market presence. You can register different types of trademark under this class. With renewable protection every 10 years, Class 10 offers long-term legal security, ensuring that your brand remains protected and recognisable over time in these critical sectors.

What is a Trademark Class 10?

A Class 10 trademark in India protects medical and surgical apparatus, instruments, and devices. These are medical tools, surgical instruments, orthopedic implants, prosthetics, diagnostic equipment, syringes, and hospital furniture. They also protect hearing aids, thermometers, and pacemakers. Class 10 is crucial for healthcare, medical, and biotechnology companies.

Eligibility for Trademark Class 10

Businesses that deal with the following products can register under Trademark Class 10:

Medical Instruments: Manufacturers and suppliers of surgical tools, medical devices, and apparatus used in healthcare.
Dental Instruments: Providers of dental equipment like dental drills, scalers, and x-ray machines.
Veterinary Instruments: Businesses offering veterinary tools and devices for animal healthcare.
Diagnostic Equipment: Companies that produce diagnostic devices such as thermometers, blood pressure monitors, and medical imaging equipment.
Healthcare Devices: Manufacturers of devices that assist in medical procedures and treatments, such as stethoscopes, syringes, and diagnostic kits.

What Cannot be Registered Under Trademark Class 10

As per trademark class 10 description here are some of the key exclusions from Class 10:

Medical dressings and absorbent sanitary articles, for example, plasters, bandages, and gauze for dressings, breast-nursing pads, diapers for babies and for incontinence, and tampons (Class 5)
Surgical implants consisting of living tissue (Class 5)
Tobacco-free cigarettes for medical purposes (Cl. 5) and electronic cigarettes (Class 34)
Wheelchairs and mobility scooters (Class 12)
Massage tables (Class 20).

Here are the Following Items in Detail That Are Covered Under Trademark Class 10

Physical therapy equipment	belts, electric, for medical purposes, galvanic therapeutic appliances, heating cushions [pads], electric, for medical purposes/heating cushions, electric, for medical purposes/heating pads, electric, for medical purposes, hot air therapeutic apparatus, hot air vibrators for medical purposes, physical exercise apparatus, for medical purposes, physiotherapy apparatus.
Massage apparatus	esthetic massage apparatus, gloves for massage, massage apparatus, vibromassage apparatus.
Physiotherapy and rehabilitation equipment	body rehabilitation apparatus for medical purposes.
Hearing protection devices	ear plugs [ear protection devices], hearing protectors.
Feeding aids and pacifiers	breast pumps, dummies [teats] for babies/babies' pacifiers [teats]/pacifiers for babies/teats, feeding bottle teats, feeding bottles/babies' bottles, feeding bottle valves, teething rings.
Sex aids	love dolls [sex dolls].
Medical and veterinary apparatus and instruments	abdominal pads, acupuncture needles, aerosol dispensers for medical purposes, armchairs for medical or dental purposes, apparatus for artificial respiration, bandages for joints, anatomical/supportive bandages, basins for medical purposes, bed pans/hygienic basins, cases fitted for medical instruments, obstetric apparatus for cattle, containers especially made for medical waste, cupping glasses, defibrillators, dialyzers, douche bags, drainage tubes for medical purposes, dropper bottles for medical purposes, droppers for medical purposes, elastic stockings for surgical purposes/elastic stockings [surgery], electric acupuncture instruments, electrodes for medical use, enema apparatus for medical purposes, fumigation apparatus for medical purposes, hypodermic syringes, ice bags for medical purposes, incubators for medical purposes, incubators for babies, inhalers, injectors for medical purposes, instrument cases for use by doctors, insufflators, lamps for medical purposes, lancets, lasers for medical purposes, medical apparatus and instruments, needles for medical purposes, nursing appliances, obstetric apparatus, quartz lamps for medical purposes, radiotherapy apparatus, radium tubes for medical purposes, receptacles for applying medicines, respirators for artificial respiration, resuscitation apparatus, spittoons for medical purposes, spoons for administering medicine, stockings for varices, suspensory bandages, syringes for injections, syringes for medical purposes, thermal packs for first aid purposes, tongue scrapers, traction apparatus for medical purposes, trusses/hernia bandages, ultraviolet ray lamps for medical purposes, urinals [vessels], urological apparatus and instruments, vaporizers for medical purposes/sprayers for medical purposes, veterinary apparatus and instruments, water bags for medical purposes.
Contraceptive devices	condoms, contraceptives, non-chemical.
Diagnostic, examination, and monitoring equipment,	blood testing apparatus, diagnostic apparatus for medical purposes, electrocardiographs, gastroscopes, hematimeters, ophthalmometers, ophthalmoscopes, probes for medical purposes, pulse meters, sphygmotensiometers/arterial blood pressure measuring apparatus/sphygmomanometers, spirometers [medical apparatus], stethoscopes, temperature indicator labels for medical purposes, testing apparatus for medical purposes/apparatus for use in medical analysis, thermometers for medical purposes.
Medical imaging apparatus	filters for ultraviolet rays, for medical purposes, radiological apparatus for medical purposes, radiology screens for medical purposes, X-ray tubes for medical purposes, X-ray photographs for medical purposes.
X-ray apparatus for medical purposes	apparatus and installations for the production of X-rays, for medical purposes, protection devices against X-rays, for medical purposes.
Surgical and wound treating equipment	anaesthetic apparatus, anaesthetic masks, balling guns, appliances for washing body cavities, bougies [surgery], brushes for cleaning body cavities, cannulae, castrating pincers, catheters, compressors [surgical], corn knives, cutlery [surgical], ear picks, finger guards for medical purposes, forceps, knives for surgical purposes, medical guidewires, microdermabrasion apparatus, mirrors for surgeons, pumps for medical purposes, saws for surgical purposes, scalpels, scissors for surgery, splints, surgical, surgical sponges, surgical apparatus and instruments, thermo-electric compresses [surgery], trocars, urethral probes, urethral syringes, uterine syringes, vaginal syringes.
Suture and wound closing materials and products	catgut, clips, surgical, suture needles, suture materials, thread, surgical.
Dental equipment	dental burs, dental apparatus and instruments, dental apparatus, electric, mirrors for dentists, orthodontic appliances, pins for artificial teeth.
Medical furniture and bedding, equipment for moving patients	air pillows for medical purposes, air cushions for medical purposes, air mattresses, for medical purposes, ambulance stretchers, bed vibrators, hydrostatic [water] beds for medical purposes/hydrostatic beds for medical purposes/water beds for medical purposes, beds, specially made for medical purposes, blankets, electric, for medical purposes, childbirth mattresses, commode chairs, cushions for medical purposes, dentists' armchairs, draw-sheets for sick beds, furniture especially made for medical purposes, incontinence sheets, invalids' hoists, operating tables, pads [pouches] for preventing pressure sores on patient bodies, soporific pillows for insomnia, sterile sheets, surgical, stretchers, wheeled, surgical drapes.
Medical clothing	abdominal corsets, abdominal belts, belts for medical purposes, boots for medical purposes, clothing especially for operating rooms, galvanic belts for medical purposes, gloves for medical purposes, hypogastric belts, masks for use by medical personnel, maternity belts, strait jackets, umbilical belts.
Prosthetics and artificial implants	artificial limbs, hair prostheses, pessaries.
Artificial organs and implants	artificial skin for surgical purposes, artificial breasts, artificial eyes, heart pacemakers, lenses [intraocular prostheses] for surgical implantation/intraocular prostheses [lenses] for surgical implantation, stents, surgical implants [artificial materials], Hearing aids, apparatus for the treatment of deafness, ear trumpets, hearing aids for the deaf.
Dental prostheses	artificial teeth, artificial jaws, dentures/sets of artificial teeth.
Orthopedic and mobility aids	arch supports for footwear, bandages, elastic, orthopaedic [orthopedic] belts/orthopaedic belts/orthopedic belts, corsets for medical purposes, crutches, knee bandages, orthopedic, orthopaedic footwear/orthopedic footwear, orthopedic articles/orthopaedic articles, plaster bandages for orthopaedic purposes/plaster bandages for orthopedic purposes, slings [supporting bandages], orthopaedic [orthopedic] soles/orthopaedic soles/orthopedic soles, supports for flat feet, tips for crutches for the disabled.

Related (Coordinated) Classes

Trademark Class 5: Pharmaceuticals and medical preparations often used alongside medical devices in Class 10
Trademark Class 9: Scientific and measuring instruments, including diagnostic tools that complement medical devices in Class 10
Trademark Class 11: Medical apparatus related to heating, cooling, or sterilizing, which can overlap with Class 10
Trademark Class 44: Medical and healthcare services utilizing equipment and devices classified under Class 10
Trademark Class 42: Scientific research services, including the design and testing of medical instruments

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Frequently Asked Questions

Trademark Class 10 includes medical and surgical apparatus, instruments, and devices used for diagnostic, therapeutic, and surgical procedures. It covers items like surgical tools, medical implants, orthopedic devices, dental instruments, and diagnostic equipment such as X-ray machines and MRI scanners, specifically designed for healthcare and medical use.

Trademark Class 10 includes surgical instruments like scalpels, forceps, retractors, and clamps used in medical procedures. A notable example is GPC Medical Ltd., a prominent Indian company known for manufacturing and exporting a wide range of surgical equipment and medical supplies.

Yes, physical therapy and rehabilitation equipment can be registered under Trademark Class 10 if they are specifically intended for medical use.

Yes, hearing protection devices such as earplugs, earmuffs, or other medical hearing aids can be registered under Trademark Class 10, provided they are intended for medical or therapeutic use.

Feeding aids and pacifiers that are designed specifically for medical purposes, like feeding bottles for infants with special needs, medically approved pacifiers, or devices used for feeding assistance during recovery, can be trademarked under Class 10.

Yes, diagnostic and monitoring equipment are included in Trademark Class 10. This includes devices like blood pressure monitors, ECG machines, glucose meters, thermometers, and other medical instruments designed for monitoring health conditions, diagnosing diseases, or assessing vital signs in clinical or home settings.

Yes, surgical and wound treating equipment can be protected under Trademark Class 10. This includes surgical instruments, wound dressings, bandages, sutures, and other medical tools used for treating or healing wounds.

Yes, medical furniture and patient mobility equipment, such as hospital beds, wheelchairs, walking aids, and patient lifting devices, are covered under Trademark Class 10.

Yes, contraceptive devices, such as condoms, intrauterine devices (IUDs), and contraceptive implants, are included in Trademark Class 10. These products are categorised as medical devices and can be registered under this class as they are intended for use in health-related fields, specifically for family planning and reproductive health.