Sector report

Pharmaceuticals sector trademark report

8 companiesMembership as of June 2026

The 8 companies in the Pharmaceuticals sector hold 100,992 unique trademarks between them, led by Johnson & Johnson with 29,419. Class 5 (pharmaceuticals) is the most covered class, and USPTO holds the most marks.

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Data as of October 28, 2026. Each mark counts once.
Unique trademarks
100,992
Still active
31%
Most used classPharmaceuticals
Class 5
Largest office30,438 marks
USPTO
Members

Who holds the most: Johnson & Johnson leads

Ranked by unique trademarks. Each company includes its subsidiaries and every owner name filed under its ticker.

Pharmaceuticals sector companies ranked by unique trademarks
#CompanyMarksTop class
01
Johnson & JohnsonJNJ
29,419Class 5
02
NovartisNVS
16,868Class 5
03
Bristol Myers SquibbBMY
16,750Class 5
04
PfizerPFE
15,318Class 5
05
Eli LillyLLY
9,079Class 5
06
Merck & Co.MRK
7,165Class 5
07
AstraZenecaAZN
5,387Class 5
08
AbbVieABBV
1,006Class 5
Coverage

Where the Pharmaceuticals sector protects its brands

Each mark counts once here: an international registration is grouped with its country designations, not counted once per country. A mark can cover several classes.

By office

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By class

  • Class 5Pharmaceuticals73,36173%
  • Class 10Medical Apparatus12,89813%
  • Class 44Medical, Beauty, and Agricultural6,4806%
  • Class 3Cosmetics and Cleaning Preparations5,7086%
  • Class 9Computers and Scientific Devices4,7155%
  • Class 16Paper Goods and Printed Matter3,4273%
  • Class 42Computer and Scientific Services3,3753%
  • Class 41Education and Entertainment3,2393%

+37 more

Activity

Filings per year

New trademarks Pharmaceuticals sector companies filed each year, counting each mark once.

Peak year · 3,381 filed
2009
2022 to 2026 · filed
8,615
First filing
1894

Filings by year: 1894: 1, 1899: 1, 1900: 571, 1903: 1, 1905: 10, 1906: 3, 1908: 2, 1909: 1, 1911: 1, 1912: 1, 1913: 3, 1914: 3, 1915: 3, 1916: 1, 1917: 1, 1919: 1, 1920: 13, 1921: 5, 1922: 6, 1923: 20, 1924: 12, 1925: 13, 1926: 6, 1927: 5, 1928: 20, 1929: 16, 1930: 11, 1931: 21, 1932: 32, 1933: 17, 1934: 18, 1935: 19, 1936: 13, 1937: 31, 1938: 25, 1939: 41, 1940: 25, 1941: 25, 1942: 18, 1943: 26, 1944: 27, 1945: 38, 1946: 63, 1947: 75, 1948: 54, 1949: 54, 1950: 78, 1951: 64, 1952: 107, 1953: 126, 1954: 113, 1955: 141, 1956: 143, 1957: 155, 1958: 169, 1959: 210, 1960: 201, 1961: 212, 1962: 207, 1963: 256, 1964: 288, 1965: 389, 1966: 378, 1967: 436, 1968: 429, 1969: 358, 1970: 350, 1971: 408, 1972: 433, 1973: 432, 1974: 386, 1975: 501, 1976: 486, 1977: 486, 1978: 548, 1979: 593, 1980: 712, 1981: 814, 1982: 744, 1983: 656, 1984: 578, 1985: 705, 1986: 700, 1987: 792, 1988: 839, 1989: 933, 1990: 909, 1991: 1084, 1992: 1066, 1993: 992, 1994: 997, 1995: 1173, 1996: 1713, 1997: 1498, 1998: 1981, 1999: 1762, 2000: 2207, 2001: 2610, 2002: 2674, 2003: 1948, 2004: 3264, 2005: 2937, 2006: 3250, 2007: 3051, 2008: 3006, 2009: 3381, 2010: 2877, 2011: 3009, 2012: 2650, 2013: 3055, 2014: 2906, 2015: 2751, 2016: 2952, 2017: 2738, 2018: 2360, 2019: 2419, 2020: 2609, 2021: 2326, 2022: 1955, 2023: 1606, 2024: 1545, 2025: 2029, 2026: 1480.

Methodology

How this report is built

What is in the group, what is counted, and how to reference it.

Membership
Membership as of June 2026. 8 companies.
What counts
Unique trademarks: each mark counts once, and an international registration is grouped with its country designations. A company's count includes its subsidiaries and every owner name under its ticker.
Source
Signa's per-company analytics, summed across members, computed October 28, 2026.
Cite this data

Signa, "Pharmaceuticals sector trademark portfolio analysis", signa.so/collections/sector/pharmaceuticals, data as of October 28, 2026.

FAQ

About the Pharmaceuticals sector's trademarks

How many trademarks do Pharmaceuticals sector companies own?

The 8 companies in the Pharmaceuticals sector hold 100,992 unique trademarks, counting each mark once and including subsidiaries.

Which Pharmaceuticals sector company has the most trademarks?

Johnson & Johnson has the largest portfolio in the Pharmaceuticals sector, with 29,419 unique marks.

Which Nice class do Pharmaceuticals sector companies file in most?

Class 5, Pharmaceuticals, appears on 73,361 of their marks.

API

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This report sums one analytics call per company. Rebuild it for any group of tickers, starting with Johnson & Johnson.

  • GET/v1/entities/{id}/analytics

    One company's portfolio: marks, classes, offices, years

  • GET/v1/entities?ticker=JNJ&publicly_traded=true

    Every owner record listed under a ticker

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GET /v1/entities/{id}/analytics
ID=ent_019eb7ba-67fc-717e-bcfd-996931fa9380
curl https://api.signa.so/v1/entities/$ID/analytics \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SIGNA_API_KEY"