Trademark Class 21 Search India: Household Items and Kitchen Utensils

Protect your kitchen utensils, glassware, and cleaning products with Trademark Class 21.
Trademark Class 21 grants exclusive rights in the household and kitchen goods sectors.
Get 10-year brand protection for your products in both local and global markets with Trademark Class 21.

Class 21

Eligibility

What Cannot be Registered

List of Goods

Related Classes

FAQs

Trademark Class 21 - Overview

Trademark Class 21 covers such a wide range of the household and kitchen type of items. Kitchen utensils, unworked or semi-worked glass, combs, sponges, and articles for cleaning purposes are included in this category. Earthenware and glassware offered by a trademark will be very broad protection of your brand in such everyday and functional categories.

Trademark registration under Class 21 lets these markets know that competitors may have similar products, but yours is the original and only one since it has been registered under your company. Your hallmark items-anything from frying openers and dishwashing implements to glasses are protected if somebody else decides to copy.

The business activities of manufacturers of kitchen and cleaning products or businesses involving the distribution of the same would be significantly hamstrung without the protection of Class 21 trademark. This will keep competitors from infringing your brand, deepening the market penetration of it and reinforcing its distinct characteristics.

The Class 21 of trademark is one of those classes that guarantees protection for every 10 years, hence giving your brand continuous legal security to guarantee your branded product stays protected and recognised over the long term.

What is a Trademark Class 21?

A Class 21 trademark protects household and kitchen utensils, cookware, and cleaning equipment. It covers glassware, porcelain, and earthenware not intended for use in buildings. Combs, sponges, brushes (other than paint brushes), and cleaning cloths are also protected under this class. Class 21 also protects containers for domestic use, non-electric cooking equipment, and small domestic goods like toothpicks and napkin rings.

Eligibility for Trademark Class 21

Trademark Class 21 is eligible for businesses manufacturing, selling, or retailing household goods, kitchen utensils, and cleaning tools. This class of products includes those that are primarily designed for domestic, kitchen, and cleaning purposes. Home goods manufacturing, kitchenware retail, and companies developing cleaning products can protect their brand by registering products such as cookware, glassware, and cleaning accessories under Class 21. You can register different types of trademark under this class. Here is a detailed outline of the same:

Major Business Types Eligible for Registration

Manufacturers of household and kitchen utensils, including cookware, cutlery, glassware, and porcelain, can apply for trademark registration under Class 21. This way, they will be able to protect their designs and brand identities in a competitive market
Retailers of home goods and kitchenware, including pots, pans, cups, mugs, and porcelain plates, can register their trademarks to protect their unique offerings
Cleaning Tool Manufacturers: Companies that manufacture cleaning instruments including brushes, mops, and buckets can be registered under Class 21 to get legal protection for essential home tools.

What Cannot Be Registered Under Trademark Class 21

Trademark Class 21 covers a wide range of household goods, kitchen utensils, and cleaning tools, but some items do not fall under this class. Proper classification is essential to ensure that your trademark application is processed smoothly and to avoid potential delays or rejections. As per trademark class 21 description here are some of the key exclusions from Class 21:

Containers for storage and transport of goods: Containers made of metal (Class 6) or nonmetal (Class 20) fall under different categories based on the material used and their purpose. These products are primarily industrial or for commercial use, not household items.
Small apparatus for mincing, grinding, pressing, or crushing: Electric appliances for food preparation, such as mincers, grinders, and presses, are covered under Class 7 (Machines and machine tools) due to their mechanical or electrical nature.
Razors and shaving apparatus: These items, including hair clippers, nail clippers, and manicure/pedicure tools like emery boards and cuticle nippers, belong in Class 8 because they are tools used for personal grooming or non-electrical hand tools.
Table cutlery and kitchen hand tools: Items like cutlery, vegetable shredders, pizza cutters, and cheese slicers are classified under Class 8 as they are manually operated instruments for cutting, shaping, or slicing food.
Lice combs, tongue scrapers: These personal care items are categorized under Class 10, which covers medical and dental apparatus and tools related to personal hygiene.
Electric cooking utensils: Cooking appliances that require electricity, such as electric cookers and electric fryers, are found in Class 11, which covers heating, cooling, and steam-producing appliances.
Toilet mirrors: These fall under Class 20 (Furniture, mirrors, and other household goods) as they are primarily decorative and related to furniture items rather than household utensils.
Certain goods made of glass, porcelain, and earthenware: Items made from porcelain for dental prostheses (Class 5), spectacle lenses (Class 9), glass wool for insulation (Class 17), or building glass (Class 19) are excluded from Class 21. These goods have a specific industrial function and are classified according to their intended use.

Here are the Following Items in Detail That Are Covered Under Trademark Class 21

Statues, figurines, plaques and works of art, made of materials such as porcelain, terra-cotta or glass, included in the class	busts of porcelain, ceramic, earthenware or glass, china ornaments, figurines [statuettes] of porcelain, ceramic, earthenware or glass/statuettes of porcelain, ceramic, earthenware or glass, majolica, piggy banks, signboards of porcelain or glass, statues of porcelain, ceramic, earthenware or glass, works of art of porcelain, ceramic, earthenware or glass.
Unworked and semi-worked glass, not specified for use	enamelled glass, fiberglass other than for insulation or textile use/fiberglass other than for insulation or textile use, fiberglass thread, not for textile use/fiberglass thread, not for textile use, fused silica [semi-worked product], other than for building, glass, unworked or semi-worked, except building glass, glass wool other than for insulation, glass incorporating fine electrical conductors, glass for vehicle windows [semi-finished product], mosaics of glass, not for building, opal glass, opaline glass, plate glass [raw material], powdered glass for decoration, vitreous silica fibers [fibers], not for textile use.
Gardening articles	flower pots, flower-pot covers, not of paper/covers, not of paper, for flower pots, gardening gloves, holders for flowers and plants [flower arranging], indoor terrariums [vivariums], indoor terrariums [plant cultivation], nozzles for sprinkler hose, nozzles for watering cans/roses for watering cans, sprinklers, syringes for watering flowers and plants/sprinklers for watering flowers and plants, vases, watering devices/sprinkling devices, watering cans, window-boxes.
Cleaning materials	brooms, brush goods, material for brush-making, brushes, brushes for footwear, electric brushes, except parts of machines, brushes for cleaning tanks and containers, dishwashing brushes, hair for brushes, lamp-glass brushes, nail brushes, pig bristles, scrubbing brushes, tar-brushes, long handled, toilet brushes.
Tableware, cookware and containers	aerosol dispensers, not for medical purposes, autoclaves [pressure cookers], non-electric/pressure cookers [autoclaves], non-electric, baking mats, baskets for domestic use, basting spoons, for kitchen use, beaters, non-electric, heat insulated containers for beverages, blenders, non-electric, for household purposes, bottles, boxes of glass, bread boards, bread bins, bread baskets, domestic, butter dishes, butter-dish covers, cabarets [trays], cake molds [moulds], candelabra [candlesticks]/candlesticks, candle rings, candle extinguishers, candy boxes/boxes for sweetmeats, cauldrons, ceramics for household purposes, cheese-dish covers, chopsticks, closures for pot lids, coasters, not of paper and other than table linen, coffee grinders, hand-operated, coffee percolators, non-electric, coffee filters, non-electric, coffee services [tableware], coffeepots, non-electric, non-electric portable coldboxes/non-electric portable coolers (Am.), confectioners' decorating bags [pastry bags], containers for household or kitchen use, cookery molds [moulds], cookie jars, cookie [biscuit] cutters, cooking utensils, non-electric, cooking pot sets, cooking pots, cooking skewers of metal/cooking pins of metal, cruet sets for oil and vinegar, cruets, crystal [glassware], cups of paper or plastic, cups, cutting boards for the kitchen, deep fryers, non-electric, demijohns/carboys, dish covers/covers for dishes, dishes, disposable table plates, earthenware/crockery, egg cups, epergnes, food cooling devices containing heat exchange fluids, for household purposes, fruit cups, fruit presses, non-electric, for household purposes, frying pans, funnels, garlic presses [kitchen utensils], glass bulbs [receptacles]/glass vials [receptacles], glass flasks [containers], glass jars [carboys], glass [receptacles], glass stoppers/glass caps, glass bowls, painted glassware, glue-pots, graters [household utensils], grill supports/gridiron supports, grills [cooking utensils]/griddles [cooking utensils], heat-insulated containers, heaters for feeding bottles, non-electric, hot pots, not electrically heated, ice cube molds [moulds]/ice cube molds/ice cube moulds, insulating flasks/vacuum bottles, isothermic bags, kettles, non-electric, kitchen containers, kitchen utensils, knife rests for the table, lazy susans, lunch boxes, menu card holders, mess-tins, mills for domestic purposes, hand-operated, mixing machines, non-electric, for household purposes/domestic grinders, non-electric/kitchen mixers, non-electric, mixing spoons [kitchen utensils], moulds [kitchen utensils]/molds [kitchen utensils], mugs, napkin rings, napkin holders, noodle machines, hand-operated, paper plates, pastry cutters, pepper mills, hand-operated, pepper pots, fitted picnic baskets, including dishes, pie servers/tart scoops, plates to prevent milk boiling over, porcelain ware, pot lids, pots, pottery, refrigerating bottles, rolling pins, domestic, salad bowls, salt cellars/salt shakers, earthenware saucepans, saucers, scoops [tableware], services [dishes], sieves [household utensils], sifters [household utensils], soup bowls, spatulas [kitchen utensils], spice sets, spouts, stew-pans, strainers, strainers for household purposes, sugar bowls, table plates, tableware, other than knives, forks and spoons, tea strainers, tea cosies, tea services [tableware], tea infusers/tea balls, tea caddies, teapots, thermally insulated containers for food, toothpick holders, trays for domestic purposes, of paper, trays for domestic purposes, trivets [table utensils], urns, utensils for household purposes, vegetable dishes, vessels of metal for making ices and iced drinks, waffle irons, non-electric, whisks, non-electric, for household purposes.
Glasses, drinking vessels and barware	beer mugs, bottle openers, cocktail stirrers, corkscrews, decanters, drinking glasses, drinking vessels, drinking flasks for travellers/bottle gourds, flasks, drinking horns, ice buckets/coolers [ice pails]/ice pails, jugs/pitchers, liqueur sets, mixers, manual [cocktail shakers]/shakers, pipettes [wine-tasters]/wine tasters [siphons], siphons for carbonated water, straws for drinking/drinking straws, tankards.
Cleaning articles	abrasive pads for kitchen purposes, basins [receptacles], bowls [basins]/basins [bowls], buckets/pails, carpet beaters [hand instruments]/carpet beaters, not being machines, carpet sweepers, chamois leather for cleaning/buckskin for cleaning/skins of chamois for cleaning, cinder sifters [household utensils], rags [cloth] for cleaning/cloths for cleaning/rags for cleaning, cleaning tow, cleaning instruments, hand-operated, cloth for washing floors, cotton waste for cleaning, crumb trays, dusting cloths [rags], dusting apparatus, non-electric, buckets made of woven fabrics, feather-dusters, furniture dusters, gloves for household purposes, litter boxes [trays] for pets/litter trays for pets, mop wringers, mops, plungers for clearing blocked drains, polishing leather, polishing apparatus and machines, for household purposes, non-electric, polishing materials for making shiny, except preparations, paper and stone, polishing gloves, saucepan scourers of metal, scoring pads/pads for cleaning, smoke absorbers for household purposes, sponges for household purposes, steel wool for cleaning, toilet sponges, washing boards, washtubs, apparatus for wax-polishing, non-electric, wool waste for cleaning.
Air fragrancing apparatus	perfume burners.
Dustbins	dustbins/garbage cans/refuse bins/trash cans, waste paper baskets.
Cosmetic and toilet utensils and bathroom articles	abrasive sponges for scrubbing the skin, baby baths, portable, boxes for dispensing paper towels, chamber pots, comb cases, combs, large-toothed combs for the hair, electric combs, cosmetic utensils, deodorizing apparatus for personal use, eyebrow brushes, make-up removing appliances, perfume vaporizers/perfume sprayers, powder puffs, powder compacts, shaving brushes, shaving brush stands/stands for shaving brushes, soap holders/dishes for soap, soap boxes, soap dispensers, sponge holders, toilet cases/fitted vanity cases, toilet paper dispensers, toilet paper holders, toilet utensils, towel rails and rings/rails and rings for towels.
Dental cleaning articles	floss for dental purposes, toothbrushes, toothbrushes, electric, toothpicks, water apparatus for cleaning teeth and gums.
Articles for animals	bird baths, birdcages, animal bristles [brushware], cages for household pets, combs for animals, currycombs, drinking troughs, feeding troughs, horse brushes, mangers for animals, nest eggs, artificial, poultry rings, rings for birds, Aquaria and vivaria, aquarium hoods, indoor aquaria/tanks [indoor aquaria].
Devices for pest and vermin control	electric devices for attracting and killing insects, fly swatters/fly catchers [traps or whisks], insect traps, mouse traps, rat traps.
Articles for clothing and footwear	boot jacks, boot trees [stretchers], buttonhooks, clothes racks, for drying, clothes-pegs/clothes-pins, clothing stretchers/stretchers for clothing, drying racks for washing, flat-iron stands, glove stretchers, ironing board covers, shaped, ironing boards, shoe horns, shoe trees [stretchers], tie presses, trouser presses, wax-polishing appliances, non-electric, for shoes.

Related (Coordinated) Classes

Trademark Class 3: Household cleaning products, such as detergents, bleaches, and polishes.
Trademark Class 8: Hand tools used for household purposes, including kitchen tools like peelers and graters.
Trademark Class 9: Electrical kitchen appliances, such as blenders, juicers, and food processors.
Trademark Class 20: Furniture, including kitchen furniture like cabinets and storage units.
Trademark Class 24: Household textiles like tablecloths, kitchen towels, and aprons.
Trademark Class 25: Clothing, such as aprons or chef uniforms.
Trademark Class 11: Appliances for heating, cooling, and air-conditioning that may be used in kitchens or homes.
Trademark Class 30: Food products, including packaged meals and beverages often sold alongside kitchen utensils.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Trademark Class 21 covers a wide variety of household goods and kitchen utensils made primarily for domestic use. This includes products like cookware, glassware, cleaning tools, and containers for kitchen or household purposes.

Trademark Class 21 includes tableware and kitchen utensils like dishes, mixing spoons, basting spoons, corkscrews, plates, bowls, and serving utensils (other than knives, forks, and spoons). A notable example is Prestige, a well-known brand in India offering a wide range of tableware, cookware, and kitchen appliances.

Yes, kitchen gadgets and tools are included in Trademark Class 21. This encompasses items like can openers, peelers, whisks, and spatulas, which are designed to help with food preparation and cooking.

Yes, cleaning implements such as brooms, brushes, mops, and dustpans are covered under Trademark Class 21. These products are vital for maintaining cleanliness in homes, offices, or other spaces.

Yes, decorative porcelain and ceramic items are included in Class 21. This category covers items such as vases, figurines, and other decorative objects used for home decoration. Manufacturers or retailers of these items can register their trademarks in Class 21 for legal protection of their unique designs.

Yes, glassware is part of Trademark Class 21. Items like drinking glasses, vases, bowls, and other glass containers for household use are covered. Businesses producing or selling glassware for home or kitchen use can secure their brand by registering their products under this class.

Yes, tableware items such as dishes, plates, bowls, and cutlery fall under Class 21. These items are essential for serving food and eating in domestic settings. Businesses involved in the production or sale of tableware can benefit from registering their trademarks in this class for protection and recognition.

Pet accessories like feeding bowls, water dishes, and pet grooming tools are included under Trademark Class 21. These items are considered household goods, especially for pet owners, and can be trademarked by businesses specializing in pet-related products. This ensures their brand identity is legally protected.

Yes, gardening tools such as flower pots, planters, and watering cans fall under Class 21. These items are used in the maintenance and cultivation of plants and gardens. Businesses manufacturing or retailing these products can register their trademarks in Class 21 for exclusive rights to their designs.