Everyone knows that before registering a trademark, you need to design the style of the trademark first, and then confirm the trademark category to be registered to conduct a trademark search. There are many ways for trademark applicants to check trademark categories, and they can be checked on the official website of the National Trademark Office.

Trademarks are divided into 45 categories. Categories 1-34 are commodity trademarks, and categories 35-45 are service trademarks. The scope of protection for each category is different. Before applying for a trademark, you need to confirm the category of trademark you want to protect. When choosing a trademark classification, protect it as comprehensively as possible and learn more about the content of the 45 categories to avoid brand disputes, brand infringement and other issues in the future.

In the trademark "Services and Goods Classification Table", 45 major categories include: category titles, notes, and names of goods or services. The category title indicates the scope of goods or services included in this category; the annotation explains which goods or services are mainly included and excluded in this category.

How to check the trademark classification number?

Determine the trademark registration category based on the goods or services to be protected by trademark registration, combined with the title, annotation, and name of the goods or services in the "Service and Goods Classification Table" of the trademark.

Generally speaking, when a product has a formal name in the commodity classification table, the standard name in the classification table should be used. Certain product names that are commonly used in people's daily lives are not allowed to be used when applying for trademark registration. Using the standardized names of goods and services in the "Classification Table of Similar Goods and Services" is helpful for quickly and accurately searching trademark categories, determining the trademark application category, and is more conducive to saving trademark application time.