Class 9 Computers and Scientific Devices
Nice Class 9 is the goods class for computers and scientific devices. Signa tracks 7,333,006 marks in this class at 11 offices, 55% still active.
- Trademarks in this class
- 7,333,006
- Still active55% of the class
- 4,000,441
- Filed in 2025
- 404,459
- Offices
- 11
What Class 9 covers
The official class heading, plus common goods terms filed under it.
Class heading
Scientific, research, navigation, surveying, photographic, cinematographic, audiovisual, optical, weighing, measuring, signalling, detecting, testing, inspecting, life-saving and teaching apparatus and instruments; apparatus and instruments for conducting, switching, transforming, accumulating, regulating or controlling the distribution or use of electricity; apparatus and instruments for recording, transmitting, reproducing or processing sound, images or data; recorded and downloadable multimedia files, computer software, blank digital or analogue recording and storage media; mechanisms for coin-operated apparatus; cash registers, calculating devices; computers and computer peripheral devices; diving suits, divers' masks, ear plugs for divers, nose clips for divers, gloves for divers, breathing apparatus for underwater swimming; fire-extinguishing apparatus
Who files most in Class 9
Ranked by unique Class 9 marks. Subsidiaries and owner-name variants count toward the parent company.
LG Electronics Inc
South Korea
7,621 Class 9 marks69% of portfolioMicrosoft Corp
MSFT · United States
6,967 Class 9 marks71% of portfolioSamsung Electronics Company Limited
South Korea
5,465 Class 9 marks84% of portfolioInternational Business Machines Corporation
IBM · United States
5,453 Class 9 marks71% of portfolioApple Inc.
AAPL · United States
4,956 Class 9 marks73% of portfolioSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
SIE · Germany
3,181 Class 9 marks73% of portfolioDeutsche Telekom AG
DTE · Germany
2,558 Class 9 marks54% of portfolioHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
China
2,381 Class 9 marks89% of portfolioHonor Device Co., Ltd.
China
1,158 Class 9 marks96% of portfolio
Where Class 9 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
- USPTO1,848,16325%
- WIPO1,793,77224%
- EUIPO873,52412%
- UKIPO804,97311%
- INPI France560,5878%
- CIPO464,7456%
- IP Australia355,9675%
- IPI260,1454%
+3 more
By status
Filings per year
New Class 9 applications each year across every office Signa tracks. The current year is year to date.
- Peak year · 404,459 filed
- 2025
- 2022 to 2026 · filed
- 1,676,772
- First filing
- 1876
Filings by year: 1876: 16, 1877: 5, 1882: 4, 1884: 6, 1885: 5, 1886: 9, 1887: 12, 1888: 11, 1889: 7, 1890: 2, 1891: 11, 1892: 2, 1893: 3, 1894: 3, 1895: 6, 1896: 1, 1897: 4, 1898: 2, 1899: 8, 1900: 7904, 1901: 14, 1902: 13, 1903: 21, 1904: 12, 1905: 25, 1906: 42, 1907: 42, 1908: 45, 1909: 23, 1910: 27, 1911: 42, 1912: 51, 1913: 43, 1914: 42, 1915: 22, 1916: 23, 1917: 48, 1918: 44, 1919: 64, 1920: 95, 1921: 113, 1922: 95, 1923: 135, 1924: 130, 1925: 134, 1926: 163, 1927: 136, 1928: 145, 1929: 189, 1930: 223, 1931: 160, 1932: 328, 1933: 168, 1934: 139, 1935: 181, 1936: 198, 1937: 254, 1938: 198, 1939: 289, 1940: 167, 1941: 203, 1942: 200, 1943: 213, 1944: 262, 1945: 346, 1946: 429, 1947: 777, 1948: 828, 1949: 748, 1950: 1217, 1951: 1033, 1952: 1819, 1953: 1528, 1954: 1691, 1955: 2044, 1956: 2183, 1957: 1459, 1958: 1825, 1959: 2271, 1960: 2345, 1961: 2450, 1962: 3349, 1963: 3194, 1964: 3582, 1965: 4563, 1966: 8482, 1967: 3727, 1968: 4295, 1969: 4401, 1970: 4928, 1971: 4769, 1972: 5198, 1973: 4915, 1974: 5365, 1975: 8839, 1976: 11739, 1977: 12117, 1978: 15637, 1979: 14432, 1980: 17144, 1981: 17322, 1982: 21650, 1983: 22887, 1984: 25770, 1985: 29175, 1986: 34348, 1987: 37907, 1988: 48681, 1989: 55912, 1990: 65997, 1991: 61164, 1992: 59143, 1993: 64639, 1994: 68132, 1995: 82626, 1996: 107797, 1997: 102112, 1998: 105665, 1999: 130100, 2000: 166612, 2001: 133847, 2002: 113568, 2003: 116352, 2004: 125638, 2005: 145450, 2006: 165152, 2007: 158038, 2008: 154625, 2009: 137385, 2010: 155920, 2011: 176741, 2012: 183205, 2013: 191630, 2014: 202653, 2015: 252919, 2016: 277389, 2017: 271938, 2018: 280922, 2019: 282460, 2020: 295609, 2021: 324508, 2022: 324898, 2023: 320198, 2024: 357230, 2025: 404459, 2026: 269987.
Recently registered in Class 9
A few of the newest registrations. Search the class to see them all.
Search Class 9 trademarks| Mark | Status | Office | Classes | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smyk Club | registered | EUIPO | 9, 35, 36, 38 | 2026-04-25 |
| EsDeeKid | registered | EUIPO | 9, 16, 25, 34, 35, 38 | 2026-04-27 |
| ESTA-ON PROPTECH FOR SMARTER GROWTH | registered | EUIPO | 9, 35, 36, 37, 42, 45 | 2026-04-24 |
| fbrq.ai | registered | EUIPO | 9, 35, 42 | 2026-04-24 |
| Now Nudge | registered | EUIPO | 9 | 2026-05-08 |
| EPIKNIGHT | registered | EUIPO | 9, 35, 38, 41, 42, 43 | 2026-05-11 |
About Class 9
What does Nice Class 9 cover?
Scientific, research, navigation, surveying, photographic, cinematographic, audiovisual, optical, weighing, measuring, signalling, detecting, testing, inspecting, life-saving and teaching apparatus and instruments; apparatus and instruments for conducting, switching, transforming, accumulating, regulating or controlling the distribution or use of electricity; apparatus and instruments for recording, transmitting, reproducing or processing sound, images or data; recorded and downloadable multimedia files, computer software, blank digital or analogue recording and storage media; mechanisms for coin-operated apparatus; cash registers, calculating devices; computers and computer peripheral devices; diving suits, divers' masks, ear plugs for divers, nose clips for divers, gloves for divers, breathing apparatus for underwater swimming; fire-extinguishing apparatus
Which office has the most Class 9 trademarks?
USPTO leads with 1,848,163 Class 9 trademarks tracked by Signa.
Which company has the most Class 9 trademarks?
Among the companies Signa resolves, LG Electronics Inc holds the most, with 7,621 unique Class 9 marks.
Get this data via the API
Every number on this page comes from the Signa API. Pull Class 9 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=9Search trademarks filed in Class 9
ID=9
curl https://api.signa.so/v1/analytics/classifications/$ID \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SIGNA_API_KEY"{
"object": "classification_analytics",
"nice_class": 9,
"total_marks": 7333006,
"active_count": 4000441,
"by_office": {
"US": 1848163,
"WO": 1793772,
"EM": 873524
}
}