Trademark Class 21: Kitchenware and housewares
Kitchen and household goods — cookware, drinkware, cleaning implements and ceramics. A very common class for homeware and merch brands.
“Household or kitchen utensils and containers; cookware and tableware, except forks, knives and spoons; combs and sponges; brushes, except paintbrushes; brush-making materials; articles for cleaning purposes; unworked or semi-worked glass, except building glass; glassware, porcelain and earthenware.”
Official class heading, Nice Agreement, Eleventh Edition. Published by the USPTO.
Typical goods and services in class 21
- Mugs, tumblers, water bottles and glassware
- Pots, pans and bakeware
- Kitchen utensils and containers
- Combs, brushes and sponges
- Porcelain, ceramics and earthenware
Example of pre-approved USPTO wording for this class: Drinking vessels; cookware. Using the USPTO’s own ID Manual language keeps your filing fee at the base rate — describing your goods in your own words carries a surcharge of $200 per class.
Commonly confused with class 21
These look like they belong here and do not. Each one is a separate class with a separate $350 government fee, and a class cannot be added to an application once it has been filed.
Knives, forks and spoons
Class 8 — Hand tools and cutlery
Powered kitchen appliances
Class 7 — Machines and power tools
Kettles, toasters and coffee machines
Class 11 — Lighting, heating and sanitary appliances
Cleaning preparations, as opposed to cleaning implements
Class 3 — Cosmetics and cleaning preparations
Filing in one class
A single-class application in class 21 costs $350 in USPTO government fees, paid to the government, plus our flat fee of $199 — $549 in total. Every additional class is another $350. Government fees are current as of 18 January 2025.
Work out how many classes you need Check if the name is taken
This page describes how the USPTO groups goods and services in general. It is not legal advice about your application, and the lists above are written for the common case rather than being exhaustive. Which classes you actually need depends on what you sell, and a licensed attorney confirms them before anything is filed.
Classes either side of this one
Class 19 — Non-metal building materials
Construction materials that are not metal — timber, stone, concrete, glass and the rest.
Class 20 — Furniture
Furniture of every kind, plus mirrors, frames and non-metal storage containers.
Class 22 — Ropes, tents and textile materials
Rope, netting, tents, tarpaulins and raw textile fibre.
Class 23 — Yarns and threads
The narrowest class on the register: yarn and thread, and nothing else.