Class 1 Chemicals
Nice Class 1 is the goods class for chemicals. Signa tracks 1,381,147 marks in this class at 11 offices, 58% still active.
- Trademarks in this class
- 1,381,147
- Still active58% of the class
- 801,600
- Filed in 2025
- 55,843
- Offices
- 11
What Class 1 covers
The official class heading, plus common goods terms filed under it.
Class heading
Chemicals for use in industry, science and photography, as well as in agriculture, horticulture and forestry; unprocessed artificial resins, unprocessed plastics; fire extinguishing and fire prevention compositions; tempering and soldering preparations; substances for tanning animal skins and hides; adhesives for use in industry; compost, manures, fertilizers; biological preparations for use in industry and science
Who files most in Class 1
Ranked by unique Class 1 marks. Subsidiaries and owner-name variants count toward the parent company.
BASF SE
BAS · Germany
3,859 Class 1 marks64% of portfolioHenkel AG & Co. KGaA
HEN · Germany
3,538 Class 1 marks27% of portfolioMERCK Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
MRK · Germany
2,128 Class 1 marks36% of portfolioEvonik Operations GmbH
EVK · Germany
1,406 Class 1 marks80% of portfolioSyngenta Crop Protection AG
Switzerland
1,365 Class 1 marks36% of portfolioDSM IP Assets
Netherlands
1,206 Class 1 marks54% of portfolioGivaudan SA
GIVN · Switzerland
916 Class 1 marks67% of portfolioEcolab Inc.
ECL · United States
698 Class 1 marks30% of portfolioRoche Diagnostics GmbH
Germany
625 Class 1 marks39% of portfolio
Where Class 1 marks are filed
Office totals add up each office's own register, so an international registration counts at WIPO and again at each covered office where it is designated.
By office
- WIPO495,37736%
- USPTO222,12316%
- EUIPO133,51110%
- UKIPO121,8709%
- INPI France113,7378%
- CIPO89,4146%
- IPI63,8885%
- IP Australia61,4934%
+3 more
By status
Filings per year
New Class 1 applications each year across every office Signa tracks. The current year is year to date.
- Peak year · 55,843 filed
- 2025
- 2022 to 2026 · filed
- 233,594
- First filing
- 1876
Filings by year: 1876: 5, 1877: 5, 1878: 1, 1879: 1, 1880: 1, 1881: 2, 1882: 3, 1884: 7, 1885: 11, 1886: 12, 1887: 9, 1888: 10, 1889: 16, 1890: 5, 1891: 8, 1892: 2, 1893: 5, 1894: 8, 1895: 7, 1896: 8, 1897: 8, 1898: 25, 1899: 25, 1900: 5486, 1901: 13, 1902: 25, 1903: 23, 1904: 20, 1905: 58, 1906: 68, 1907: 43, 1908: 43, 1909: 32, 1910: 33, 1911: 38, 1912: 48, 1913: 51, 1914: 64, 1915: 43, 1916: 38, 1917: 43, 1918: 40, 1919: 88, 1920: 96, 1921: 89, 1922: 86, 1923: 108, 1924: 135, 1925: 149, 1926: 162, 1927: 190, 1928: 229, 1929: 206, 1930: 260, 1931: 227, 1932: 293, 1933: 210, 1934: 229, 1935: 191, 1936: 264, 1937: 263, 1938: 250, 1939: 243, 1940: 230, 1941: 197, 1942: 257, 1943: 321, 1944: 387, 1945: 365, 1946: 535, 1947: 946, 1948: 1206, 1949: 861, 1950: 1232, 1951: 1899, 1952: 2451, 1953: 1966, 1954: 2184, 1955: 3409, 1956: 3856, 1957: 1961, 1958: 2698, 1959: 2303, 1960: 3024, 1961: 2879, 1962: 3104, 1963: 3733, 1964: 3766, 1965: 3908, 1966: 10738, 1967: 3242, 1968: 3703, 1969: 4036, 1970: 3590, 1971: 3609, 1972: 4742, 1973: 3727, 1974: 4115, 1975: 7024, 1976: 7998, 1977: 7032, 1978: 9489, 1979: 7968, 1980: 8872, 1981: 7709, 1982: 8427, 1983: 7875, 1984: 8533, 1985: 9989, 1986: 11977, 1987: 11748, 1988: 16538, 1989: 18377, 1990: 18830, 1991: 17387, 1992: 15969, 1993: 15811, 1994: 14898, 1995: 17289, 1996: 23241, 1997: 18586, 1998: 18690, 1999: 21025, 2000: 23197, 2001: 22341, 2002: 21494, 2003: 24326, 2004: 24281, 2005: 28706, 2006: 31510, 2007: 28926, 2008: 28741, 2009: 24248, 2010: 28478, 2011: 30626, 2012: 31533, 2013: 31193, 2014: 32097, 2015: 40745, 2016: 44557, 2017: 39876, 2018: 40739, 2019: 42431, 2020: 42223, 2021: 45151, 2022: 46221, 2023: 46650, 2024: 51355, 2025: 55843, 2026: 33525.
Recently registered in Class 1
A few of the newest registrations. Search the class to see them all.
Search Class 1 trademarks| Mark | Status | Office | Classes | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UVIVA | registered | EUIPO | 1, 6, 42 | 2026-06-26 |
| VTA Aquacarb | registered | EUIPO | 1, 40, 42 | 2026-07-13 |
| FERVEO | registered | EUIPO | 1, 6, 35 | 2026-07-14 |
| IBERIAN DEFENCE PROPULSION HUB | registered | EUIPO | 1, 13, 42 | 2026-07-14 |
| LigniLabs | registered | EUIPO | 1, 5 | 2026-07-15 |
| NOVIBAY | registered | EUIPO | 1, 9, 11, 35 | 2026-07-15 |
About Class 1
What does Nice Class 1 cover?
Chemicals for use in industry, science and photography, as well as in agriculture, horticulture and forestry; unprocessed artificial resins, unprocessed plastics; fire extinguishing and fire prevention compositions; tempering and soldering preparations; substances for tanning animal skins and hides; adhesives for use in industry; compost, manures, fertilizers; biological preparations for use in industry and science
Which office has the most Class 1 trademarks?
WIPO leads with 495,377 Class 1 trademarks tracked by Signa.
Which company has the most Class 1 trademarks?
Among the companies Signa resolves, BASF SE holds the most, with 3,859 unique Class 1 marks.
Get this data via the API
Every number on this page comes from the Signa API. Pull Class 1 statistics and terms into your own product with one request.
GET/v1/analytics/classifications/{id}Totals, status mix, office split and filings per year
GET/v1/classifications/{id}Official heading and every goods or services term
GET/v1/trademarks?nice_classes=1Search trademarks filed in Class 1
ID=1
curl https://api.signa.so/v1/analytics/classifications/$ID \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SIGNA_API_KEY"{
"object": "classification_analytics",
"nice_class": 1,
"total_marks": 1381147,
"active_count": 801600,
"by_office": {
"WO": 495377,
"US": 222123,
"EM": 133511
}
}