Technology sector trademark report
The 12 companies in the Technology sector hold 57,561 unique trademarks between them, led by IBM with 11,685. Class 9 (computers and scientific devices) is the most covered class, and USPTO holds the most marks.
- Unique trademarks
- 57,561
- Still active
- 58%
- Most used classComputers and Scientific Devices
- Class 9
- Largest office15,815 marks
- USPTO
Who holds the most: IBM leads
Ranked by unique trademarks. Each company includes its subsidiaries and every owner name filed under its ticker.
| # | Company | Marks | Share | Top class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | IBMIBM | 11,685 | 20.3% | Class 9 |
| 02 | MicrosoftMSFT | 11,232 | 19.5% | Class 9 |
| 03 | AmazonAMZN | 10,575 | 18.4% | Class 9 |
| 04 | AppleAAPL | 9,148 | 15.9% | Class 9 |
| 05 | AlphabetGOOGL | 5,196 | 9% | Class 9 |
| 06 | IntelINTC | 2,543 | 4.4% | Class 9 |
| 07 | OracleORCL | 1,819 | 3.2% | Class 9 |
| 08 | MetaMETA | 1,587 | 2.8% | Class 9 |
| 09 | SalesforceCRM | 1,319 | 2.3% | Class 42 |
| 10 | AdobeADBE | 1,274 | 2.2% | Class 9 |
| 11 | NvidiaNVDA | 1,103 | 1.9% | Class 9 |
| 12 | CiscoCSCO | 80 | 0.1% | Class 9 |
Where the Technology 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
By class
- Class 9Computers and Scientific Devices39,74169%
- Class 42Computer and Scientific Services22,18439%
- Class 41Education and Entertainment12,60722%
- Class 35Advertising and Business11,48320%
- Class 38Telecommunications9,10216%
- Class 16Paper Goods and Printed Matter8,44715%
- Class 45Legal and Personal3,4346%
- Class 28Toys and Sporting Goods3,0995%
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Filings per year
New trademarks Technology sector companies filed each year, counting each mark once.
- Peak year · 3,279 filed
- 2018
- 2022 to 2026 · filed
- 6,669
- First filing
- 1900
Filings by year: 1900: 10, 1907: 1, 1935: 1, 1937: 2, 1939: 2, 1941: 2, 1945: 1, 1947: 2, 1948: 1, 1949: 8, 1950: 1, 1952: 5, 1954: 2, 1955: 1, 1956: 1, 1957: 1, 1959: 4, 1960: 7, 1961: 7, 1962: 1, 1963: 2, 1964: 1, 1965: 1, 1966: 4, 1967: 5, 1968: 12, 1969: 8, 1970: 18, 1971: 3, 1972: 4, 1973: 7, 1974: 12, 1975: 8, 1976: 2, 1977: 6, 1978: 10, 1979: 42, 1980: 22, 1981: 30, 1982: 85, 1983: 74, 1984: 144, 1985: 200, 1986: 199, 1987: 313, 1988: 412, 1989: 599, 1990: 1044, 1991: 662, 1992: 929, 1993: 1101, 1994: 1083, 1995: 894, 1996: 1302, 1997: 1096, 1998: 903, 1999: 1338, 2000: 1374, 2001: 1075, 2002: 1140, 2003: 1145, 2004: 1206, 2005: 1470, 2006: 1362, 2007: 1389, 2008: 949, 2009: 865, 2010: 1215, 2011: 1399, 2012: 1670, 2013: 1965, 2014: 2152, 2015: 2564, 2016: 2342, 2017: 2743, 2018: 3279, 2019: 2778, 2020: 2311, 2021: 1853, 2022: 1908, 2023: 1276, 2024: 1367, 2025: 1263, 2026: 855.
How this report is built
What is in the group, what is counted, and how to reference it.
- Membership
- Membership as of June 2026. 12 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.
Signa, "Technology sector trademark portfolio analysis", signa.so/collections/sector/technology, data as of October 28, 2026.
About the Technology sector's trademarks
How many trademarks do Technology sector companies own?
The 12 companies in the Technology sector hold 57,561 unique trademarks, counting each mark once and including subsidiaries.
Which Technology sector company has the most trademarks?
IBM has the largest portfolio in the Technology sector, with 11,685 unique marks.
Which Nice class do Technology sector companies file in most?
Class 9, Computers and Scientific Devices, appears on 39,741 of their marks.
Get this data via the API
This report sums one analytics call per company. Rebuild it for any group of tickers, starting with IBM.
GET/v1/entities/{id}/analyticsOne company's portfolio: marks, classes, offices, years
GET/v1/entities?ticker=IBM&publicly_traded=trueEvery owner record listed under a ticker
ID=ent_019f286c-a0ea-761e-b055-c0cce82fb06b
curl https://api.signa.so/v1/entities/$ID/analytics \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SIGNA_API_KEY"