Class 4 Lubricants and Fuels
Nice Class 4 is the goods class for lubricants and fuels. Signa tracks 519,490 marks in this class at 11 offices, 61% still active.
- Trademarks in this class
- 519,490
- Still active61% of the class
- 316,514
- Filed in 2025
- 25,669
- Offices
- 11
What Class 4 covers
The official class heading, plus common goods terms filed under it.
Class heading
Industrial oils and greases, wax; lubricants; dust absorbing, wetting and binding compositions; fuels and illuminants; candles and wicks for lighting
Who files most in Class 4
Ranked by unique Class 4 marks. Subsidiaries and owner-name variants count toward the parent company.
Exxon Mobil Corporation
XOM · United States
1,987 Class 4 marks47% of portfolioShell Brands International AG
Switzerland
1,952 Class 4 marks52% of portfolioCastrol Limited
United Kingdom
1,901 Class 4 marks66% of portfolioChevron Intellectual Property
United States
1,513 Class 4 marks52% of portfolioMotul
France
545 Class 4 marks85% of portfolioComité International Olympique (CIO)
Switzerland
392 Class 4 marks30% of portfolioFédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
Switzerland
366 Class 4 marks31% of portfolioFuchs SE
FPE · Germany
301 Class 4 marks85% of portfolioPublic Joint Stock Company Gazprom Neft
Russia
149 Class 4 marks85% of portfolio
Where Class 4 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
- WIPO178,80034%
- USPTO76,16615%
- INPI France56,15111%
- UKIPO52,28210%
- EUIPO49,3099%
- CIPO36,8877%
- IPI21,3714%
- IP Australia19,1864%
+3 more
By status
Filings per year
New Class 4 applications each year across every office Signa tracks. The current year is year to date.
- Peak year · 25,669 filed
- 2025
- 2022 to 2026 · filed
- 107,040
- First filing
- 1876
Filings by year: 1876: 9, 1877: 2, 1879: 1, 1881: 1, 1882: 2, 1884: 4, 1885: 8, 1886: 6, 1887: 7, 1888: 11, 1889: 11, 1890: 5, 1891: 4, 1892: 2, 1893: 2, 1894: 4, 1895: 1, 1896: 6, 1897: 5, 1898: 8, 1899: 14, 1900: 1560, 1901: 7, 1902: 9, 1903: 7, 1904: 5, 1905: 25, 1906: 39, 1907: 28, 1908: 22, 1909: 24, 1910: 25, 1911: 59, 1912: 38, 1913: 23, 1914: 34, 1915: 29, 1916: 28, 1917: 31, 1918: 22, 1919: 83, 1920: 98, 1921: 77, 1922: 81, 1923: 67, 1924: 71, 1925: 71, 1926: 100, 1927: 85, 1928: 144, 1929: 108, 1930: 92, 1931: 118, 1932: 143, 1933: 148, 1934: 183, 1935: 131, 1936: 125, 1937: 123, 1938: 104, 1939: 99, 1940: 131, 1941: 110, 1942: 68, 1943: 53, 1944: 86, 1945: 205, 1946: 167, 1947: 482, 1948: 436, 1949: 316, 1950: 455, 1951: 630, 1952: 748, 1953: 387, 1954: 644, 1955: 980, 1956: 978, 1957: 545, 1958: 674, 1959: 809, 1960: 611, 1961: 669, 1962: 775, 1963: 955, 1964: 915, 1965: 869, 1966: 2659, 1967: 841, 1968: 880, 1969: 928, 1970: 820, 1971: 1051, 1972: 1021, 1973: 782, 1974: 1115, 1975: 2045, 1976: 2263, 1977: 2083, 1978: 2704, 1979: 2623, 1980: 2866, 1981: 2213, 1982: 2321, 1983: 2131, 1984: 2532, 1985: 2703, 1986: 3281, 1987: 3302, 1988: 4441, 1989: 4933, 1990: 5441, 1991: 5166, 1992: 4769, 1993: 4547, 1994: 4150, 1995: 4913, 1996: 6660, 1997: 5343, 1998: 6097, 1999: 6454, 2000: 7553, 2001: 6525, 2002: 7071, 2003: 7817, 2004: 8132, 2005: 9126, 2006: 11251, 2007: 10640, 2008: 12247, 2009: 10039, 2010: 11756, 2011: 12041, 2012: 12463, 2013: 12657, 2014: 13712, 2015: 17494, 2016: 18289, 2017: 17527, 2018: 18554, 2019: 19219, 2020: 18728, 2021: 22855, 2022: 21287, 2023: 22277, 2024: 24074, 2025: 25669, 2026: 13733.
Recently registered in Class 4
A few of the newest registrations. Search the class to see them all.
Search Class 4 trademarksAbout Class 4
What does Nice Class 4 cover?
Industrial oils and greases, wax; lubricants; dust absorbing, wetting and binding compositions; fuels and illuminants; candles and wicks for lighting
Which office has the most Class 4 trademarks?
WIPO leads with 178,800 Class 4 trademarks tracked by Signa.
Which company has the most Class 4 trademarks?
Among the companies Signa resolves, Exxon Mobil Corporation holds the most, with 1,987 unique Class 4 marks.
Get this data via the API
Every number on this page comes from the Signa API. Pull Class 4 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=4Search trademarks filed in Class 4
ID=4
curl https://api.signa.so/v1/analytics/classifications/$ID \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SIGNA_API_KEY"{
"object": "classification_analytics",
"nice_class": 4,
"total_marks": 519490,
"active_count": 316514,
"by_office": {
"WO": 178800,
"US": 76166,
"FR": 56151
}
}