Trademark Class 40: Treatment of Materials

Trademark Class 40 is the class that deals with service concerns of the treatment of materials. Included in this class are many types of processes in the manufacturing of finished products, for example, manufacturing, treatment, and processing services.
Registration under Class 40 grants your brand rights only in the fields of material treatment and manufacturing. Registration protects your services, such as material processing and treatment to the operation of manufacturing, against infringement and gives your brand a monopoly both domestically and internationally.
Class 40 protection is very important to any business worried about the treatment of materials and manufacturing processes. Registration deters infringement, enhances market presence, and further underlines your brand uniqueness.
Because Class 40 receives renewable protection every 10 years, ongoing legal security continues for your brand, protecting not only the fact that it will remain protected but recognised in the long term.

Here are the Items under Class 40

Custom manufacture and assembly services	cloth edging, cloth cutting, clothing alteration, coppersmithing/boiler-making, custom fashioning of fur, custom assembling of materials for others, services of a dental technician, dressmaking, embroidery services, framing of works of art, glass-blowing, key cutting, knitting machine rental, tailoring, taxidermy.
Energy production	production of energy, rental of generators, rental of boilers.
Treatment and transformation of materials	abrasion, blacksmithing, burnishing by abrasion, cadmium plating, chromium plating, cryopreservation services, decontamination of hazardous materials, electroplating, engraving, flour milling, galvanization, gilding, gold-plating, grinding, laminating, laser scribing, magnetization, material treatment information, metal plating, metal treating, metal tempering, metal casting, millworking, nickel plating, optical glass grinding, paper finishing, paper treating, planing [saw mill], pottery firing/firing pottery, processing of oil, refining services, saddlery working, sandblasting services, sawing [saw mill], silver-plating, soldering, stripping finishes, tanning, timber felling and processing, tin-plating, vulcanization [material treatment], warping [looms], window tinting treatment, being surface coating, woodworking, wool treating.
Textile, leather and fur treatment	applying finishes to textiles, cloth waterproofing/fabric waterproofing, cloth fireproofing/fabric fireproofing/textile fireproofing, cloth dyeing, cloth pre-shrinking, crease-resistant treatment for clothing, dyeing services, textile dyeing, fabric bleaching, fulling of cloth, fur dyeing, fur conditioning, fur mothproofing, fur glossing, fur satining, leather staining, leather working, permanent-press treatment of fabrics, quilting, shoe staining, skin dressing, textile treating/cloth treating, textile mothproofing.
Recycling and waste treatment	destruction of waste and trash, incineration of waste and trash, recycling of waste and trash, sorting of waste and recyclable material [transformation], waste treatment [transformation], Printing, and photographic and cinematographic development, bookbinding, processing of cinematographic films, color separation services, lithographic printing, offset printing, pattern printing, photocomposing services, photographic printing, photographic film development, photogravure, printing, silkscreen printing.
Duplication of audio and video recordings, Air and water conditioning and purification	air purification, air freshening, air deodorizing, rental of air conditioning apparatus, rental of space heating apparatus, water treating.
Slaughtering	slaughtering of animals.
Food and beverage treatment	food smoking, food and drink preservation, freezing of foods, fruit crushing.

Related (Coordinated) Classes: Business Services, Class 36 - Insurance and Finance Services, Class 37 - Construction and Repair Services, Class 38 - Telecommunications Services, Class 39 - Shipping and Travel Services, Class 41 - Education and Entertainment Services, Class 42 - Science and Technology Services, Class 43 - Food Services, Class 44 - Medical and Vet Services, Class 45 - Legal and Security Services.

NOTE: Class 40 is NOT used if you are registering:

repair services

FAQ's

Trademark Class 40 is specifically designated for services involving the treatment or transformation of materials. This class covers a wide range of processes, including chemical and mechanical treatment, that alter the properties or appearance of substances or objects.

Yes, custom manufacturing services, including the custom assembly of materials or the custom fashioning of various products, fall under Class 40. This encompasses a variety of activities from tailoring and dressmaking to coppersmithing and custom fashioning of fur.

Recycling and waste treatment, which involve the transformation of waste materials into reusable forms, are classified under Class 40. This includes sorting, incineration, and other forms of waste material processing.

Yes, services related to the treatment of food and beverages, such as smoking, preservation, and freezing, are included in Class 40. These processes are aimed at extending the shelf life and enhancing the safety of food products.

A wide range of material treatment services, including metal plating, engraving, dyeing, tanning, and polishing, are classified under Class 40. These services can apply to various materials, including textiles, metals, and leathers.

Energy production services, such as the generation of electricity or the rental of generators and boilers, are included in Class 40. This class covers the transformation of natural resources into usable energy forms.

Yes, printing services, including lithographic and silkscreen printing, as well as bookbinding services, fall under the scope of Trademark Class 40. These services involve the mechanical processing of materials to produce printed materials and bound books.