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Class 40 — Treatment of Materials — Trademark Filing Trends

38,012 trademark filings recorded in the national registry in this NICE class.

The IP India register holds 38,012 trademark applications in Class 40 — Treatment of Materials, of which 11,492 were filed in the 28 October 2023 – 28 October 2026 window charted below. Filings are led by Maharashtra, which accounts for 7.4% of the class, followed by Gujarat at 4.3%.

Filing Volume Over Time

Monthly trademark applications in Class 40 — Treatment of Materials, 28 October 2023 – 28 October 2026. 37 monthly data points.

Top Filing States

States ranked by all-time filings in Class 40 — Treatment of Materials, with each state's share of the class total.
StateShare of totalFilings
Maharashtra2,801 (23.1%)
Gujarat1,633 (13.5%)
Delhi1,250 (10.3%)
Tamil Nadu886 (7.3%)
Karnataka743 (6.1%)
Uttar Pradesh731 (6%)
Haryana527 (4.3%)
Telangana483 (4%)
Kerala472 (3.9%)
West Bengal452 (3.7%)
Rajasthan409 (3.4%)
Punjab385 (3.2%)
Other1,352 (11.2%)

About this data

Source
Sourced from the official IP India trademark register and the Trade Marks Journal. Only records published by the registry are counted — never applications filed through Trademarx.
Counted by
Application date as recorded by the registry — not the date we indexed the record.
Charted window
28 October 2023 – 28 October 2026 (11,492 filings). The all-time total above also includes older and undated records.
Refreshed
Hourly.
Known limitation
Figures are counted by the application date recorded in the register. Our index is refreshed hourly, but the registry publishes new applications with a delay, so the most recent days are always under-reported and will rise as records arrive.

Recent Monthly Reports

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Frequently asked questions

How many trademarks are registered under Class 40 — Treatment of Materials?

The register holds 38,012 applications in Class 40 — Treatment of Materials, 11,492 of them filed during 28 October 2023 – 28 October 2026.

Where are Class 40 — Treatment of Materials trademarks filed from?

Maharashtra leads filings in Class 40 — Treatment of Materials with 2,801 applications, 7.4% of the class total.

Do I need more than one class for my class 40 — treatment of materials business?

Each NICE class covers a distinct set of goods or services, and protection only extends to the classes you file in. A business that both manufactures and sells, or that offers a service alongside a product, usually needs more than one class — each is charged as a separate application by the registry.

How current is this data?

Figures are counted by the application date recorded in the register. Our index is refreshed hourly, but the registry publishes new applications with a delay, so the most recent days are always under-reported and will rise as records arrive. Sourced from the official IP India trademark register and the Trade Marks Journal. Only records published by the registry are counted — never applications filed through Trademarx.

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