Introduction to Trademark Class 7
Trademark Class 7 encompasses a wide range of machinery and tools that drive manufacturing, construction, and innovation across various sectors.
This class assembles gears, motors, and intricate mechanisms that support manufacturing processes and drive technological advancement and covers a diverse range of products such as Machines, machine tools, power-operated tools; motors and engines, except for land vehicles; machine coupling and transmission components, except for land vehicles; agricultural implements, other than hand-operated hand tools; incubators for eggs; automatic vending machines. It primarily includes mainly machines and machine tools, motors, and engines.
Let us discuss the products covered under Trademark Class 7 briefly:
a. Industrial Machines: This includes various industrial machines used in industrial processes such as manufacturing, assembly lines, and packaging, from heavy-duty manufacturing equipment to specialized tools for specific industrial tasks.
Example: TATA is India’s largest conglomerate providing various industrial machinery and equipment, including Tata Motors’ commercial vehicles and construction equipment.
b. Motors and Engines: This includes various types of motors and engines used in machinery, including electric motors, combustion engines, and hydraulic motors.
Example: Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited is one of India’s leading manufacturers of diesel engines and generator sets for all residential and commercial usage.
c. Machine Tools: This includes machine tools used for cutting, shaping, machining, or forming metal and other materials in manufacturing processes. Examples such as lathes, drills, milling machines, and grinders.
Example: L&T (Larsen & Toubro) is an Indian multinational conglomerate, engaged in a wide range of engineering, construction, and manufacturing services, including heavy machinery and equipment.
d. Agricultural Machines: This includes agriculture, housing machinery used in farming, and agribusiness.
Example: Mahindra & Mahindra is an Indian automobile manufacturing company known for its range of agricultural machinery and tractors.
e. Automated Systems: This includes automated systems and robots used in manufacturing and industrial environments.
Example: Kuka a subsidiary of the KUKA Robot Group, is one of the world’s leading suppliers of industrial robots, with core competencies in the development of robots, controllers, and software.
Inclusions and Exclusions under Trademark Class 7
Trademark Class 7 covers a wide range of products as discussed above. Below is a detailed breakdown of the specific items included and excluded from this classification.
Specific Inclusions in Trademark Class 7:
✔ Parts of motors and engines of all kinds, for example, starters, mufflers, and cylinders for motors and engines of any type;
✔ Electric cleaning and polishing apparatus, for example, electric shoe polishers, electric machines and apparatus for carpet shampooing, and vacuum cleaners.
✔ 3D printers
✔ Industrial robots
✔ Certain special vehicles are not for transportation purposes, for example, road sweeping machines, road-making machines, bulldozers, snow ploughs, as well as rubber tracks as parts of those vehicles’ crawlers.
Specific Exclusions in Trademark Class 7:
✘ Hand tools and implements, hand-operated (Class 8).
✘ Humanoid robots with artificial intelligence, laboratory robots, teaching robots, security surveillance robots (Class 9), surgical robots (Class 10), robotic cars (Class 12), robotic drums (Class 15), and toy robots (Class 28).
✘ Motors and engines for land vehicles (Class 12).
✘ Treads for vehicles, as well as tyres for all kinds of vehicle wheels (Class 12).
✘ Certain special machines, for example, automated teller machines (Class 9), respirators for artificial respiration (Class 10), refrigerating apparatus and machines (Class 11).
Steps involved in registering a Trademark under Class 7
Initial Trademark Search for Trademark Class 7
Before starting with the registration process under Trademark Class 7, a detailed Trademark Search is required to be conducted to ensure that the proposed trademark is unique and does not conflict with existing trademarks under Trademark Class 7. Search can be carried out online through the official website of the Trademarks Registry (https://tmrsearch.ipindia.gov.in/tmrpublicsearch).
Prepare and Draft the Trademark Application for Trademark Class 7
For preparing and drafting the trademark application form (TM-A), the following information and documents are required to be collated:
- A clear representation of the trademark
- Details of the applicant, including name, address, and nationality
- Description of goods or services associated with the trademark
- Date of first use (if applicable)
- Power of Attorney (if filed through an attorney)
- Digital Signature of the Applicant
The application can be filed online through the official website or a physical application can be submitted at the nearest Trademarks Registry office.
Submit the Application for Trademark Class 7
The trademark application can be submitted online or offline by paying the requisite fees. The fee varies depending on whether you’re an individual, a startup, a small enterprise, or a large corporation.
Examination by the Trademarks Registry
The Trademarks Registry will review the application to ensure it complies with the relevant laws and regulations. They will assess the distinctiveness of the mark, potential conflicts, and other requirements.
Publication in the Trademarks Journal
If the Registrar finds no objections or issues with your application, your trademark will be published in the Trademarks Journal. This publication allows interested parties to oppose the registration within a specific period (usually four months).
Objection and Opposition Period
During the publication period, objections or oppositions can be filed by third parties against the proposed trademark. If an objection is filed, the opportunity to respond shall be granted.
Registration Certificate of Trademark Class 7
If there are no valid objections or if you successfully resolve any objections, the Registrar will issue a Certificate of Registration for trademark under Class 7. This certificate confirms your exclusive rights to the mark within Trademark Class 7.
Detailed List of goods classified under Trademark Class 7
A - 3D bioprinters
- 3D printers
- 3D printing pens
- acetylene cleaning apparatus
- adhesive bands for pulleys
- aerating pumps for aquaria
- aerocondensers
- aeronautical engines
- aeroplane engines
- agitators
- agricultural elevators
- agricultural implements, other than hand-operated
- agricultural machines
- air brushes for applying colour
- air condensers
- air cushion devices for moving loads
- air pumps [garage installations]
- air suction machines
- alternators
- anti-friction bearings for machines / anti-friction pads for machines
- anti-pollution devices for motors and engines
- apparatus for aerating beverages
- apparatus for aerating water
- apparatus for drawing up beer under pressure
- aprons [parts of machines] / carriage aprons
- automatic grapnels for marine purposes
- automatic tool changers for industrial robots
- axles for machines
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B - ball rings for bearings
- ball-bearings
- basket presses
- bearing brackets for machines
- bearings [parts of machines]
- bearings for transmission shafts
- beaters, electric
- beating machines
- beer pumps
- bellows [parts of machines]
- belt conveyors
- belts for conveyors
- belts for machines
- belts for motors and engines
- bending machines
- beverage preparation machines, electromechanical
- bicycle assembling machines
- bicycle dynamos
- binding apparatus for hay / trussing apparatus for hay
- bioreactors for use in manufacturing biopharmaceuticals
- bitumen making machines
- blade holders [parts of machines]
- blade sharpening [stropping] machines / stropping machines
- blades [parts of machines]
- blenders, electric, for household purposes
- blowing machines
- blowing machines for the compression, exhaustion and transport of gases
- blowing machines for the compression, sucking and carrying of grain / blowing machines or fans for the compression, sucking and carrying of grain / fans for the compression, sucking and carrying of grain
- bobbins for weaving looms / reels for weaving looms
- boiler tubes [parts of machines]
- bookbinding apparatus and machines for industrial purposes
- bottle capping machines
- bottle filling machines
- bottle sealing machines
- bottle stoppering machines
- bottle washing machines
- boxes for matrices [printing]
- braiding machines
- brake linings, other than for vehicles
- brake pads, other than for vehicles
- brake segments, other than for vehicles
- brake shoes, other than for vehicles
- bread cutting machines
- brewing machines
- brushes [parts of machines]
- brushes for vacuum cleaners
- brushes, electrically operated [parts of machines]
- bulldozers
- butter machines
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C - calenders / mangles
- camshafts for vehicle engines
- capstans
- carbon brushes [electricity]
- carburetter feeders
- carburetters
- card clothing [parts of carding machines]
- carding machines
- cartridges for filtering machines
- catalytic converters
- central vacuum cleaning installations
- centrifugal machines / centrifuges [machines]
- centrifugal mills
- centrifugal pumps
- chaff cutter blades
- chain saws
- cheese slicers, electric
- chisels for machines
- chucks [parts of machines]
- churns
- cigarette machines for industrial purposes
- cinder sifters [machines]
- clack valves [parts of machines]
- cleaning appliances utilizing steam
- clippers [machines]
- clutches, other than for land vehicles
- coal-cutting machines
- coffee grinders, other than hand-operated
- coin-operated washing machines
- compressed air engines
- compressed air guns for the extrusion of mastics
- compressed air machines
- compressed air pumps
- compressors [machines]
- compressors for refrigerators
- concrete mixers [machines]
- condensing installations
- connecting rods for machines, motors, and engines
- control cables for machines, engines or motors
- control mechanisms for machines, engines or motors
- converters for steelworks
- conveyors [machines]
- cord making machines
- couplings, other than for land vehicles
- cowlings [parts of machines] / guards [parts of machines] / hoods [parts of machines]
- cranes [lifting and hoisting apparatus]
- crank shafts
- crankcases for machines, motors, and engines
- cranks [parts of machines]
- cream/milk separators
- crushers for kitchen use, electric
- crushing machines
- cultivators [machines]
- current generators
- curtain drawing devices, electrically operated
- cutters [machines]
- cutting blow pipes, gas-operated
- cutting machines
- cylinder heads for engines
- cylinders for machines
- cylinders for motors and engines
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D - dairy machines
- darning machines
- de-aerators for feedwater
- degreasers [machines]
- derricks
- die-cutting and tapping machines / nut-tapping machines
- die-stamping machines
- diggers [machines]
- dishwashers
- disintegrators
- ditchers [ploughs]
- dividing machines
- door closers, electric
- door closers, hydraulic
- door closers, pneumatic
- door openers, electric
- door openers, hydraulic
- door openers, pneumatic
- drainage machines
- drill chucks [parts of machines]
- drilling bits [parts of machines]
- drilling heads [parts of machines]
- drilling machines
- drilling rigs, floating or non-floating
- drive chains, other than for land vehicles
- driving motors, other than for land vehicles
- drums [parts of machines]
- dust exhausting installations for cleaning purposes
- dust removing installations for cleaning purposes
- dyeing machines
- dynamo belts
- dynamo brushes
- dynamos
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E - earth moving machines
- ejectors
- electric arc cutting apparatus
- electric arc welding apparatus
- electric hammers
- electric hand drills
- electric welding apparatus
- electrical apparatus for sealing plastics [packaging]
- electrical discharge machines [EDM]
- electricity generators
- electrodes for welding machines
- electromechanical machines for chemical industry
- electroplating machines
- elevating apparatus
- elevator belts / lift belts
- elevator chains [parts of machines]
- elevators [machines]
- embossing machines
- emergency power generators
- engine mounts, other than for land vehicles
- engines for air cushion vehicles
- engines for boats
- engraving machines
- excavators
- exhaust manifold for engines
- exhausts for motors and engines
- expansion tanks [parts of machines]
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F - fan belts for motors and engines
- fans for motors and engines
- feeders [parts of machines]
- feeding apparatus for engine boilers
- filling machines
- filter presses
- filtering machines
- filters being parts of machines or engines
- filters for cleaning cooling air, for engines
- finishing machines
- fittings for engine boilers
- fleshing machines
- floating production, storage, and offloading [FPSO] units
- flour mill machines
- flues for engine boilers
- fluid dispensing machines for industrial use
- fodder presses
- food preparation machines, electromechanical
- food processors, electric
- forge blowers
- foundry machines
- freewheels, other than for land vehicles
- friezing machines
- fruit presses, electric, for household purposes
- fuel conversion apparatus for internal combustion engines
- fuel dispensing pumps for service stations
- fuel economisers for motors and engines
- furnace loading machines
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G - galvanizing machines
- gas-operated blow torches
- gear boxes, other than for land vehicles
- gears for weaving looms
- gears, other than for land vehicles
- glass-working machines
- glaziers’ diamonds [parts of machines]
- glow plugs for Diesel engines
- glue guns, electric
- grain elevators
- grain husking machines / corn and grain husking machines / corn husking machines
- grain separators
- grating machines for vegetables
- grease boxes [parts of machines]
- grease rings [parts of machines]
- grinding machines
- grindstones [parts of machines] / sharpening wheels [parts of machines]
- guides for machines
- guns [tools using explosive cartridges]
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H - hammers [parts of machines]
- hand-held tools, other than hand-operated
- handling apparatus for loading and unloading
- handling machines, automatic [manipulators]
- hangers [parts of machines]
- harrows
- harvesting machines / mowing and reaping machines
- haulage apparatus [mining] / extractors for mines
- heat exchangers [parts of machines]
- hemming machines
- high pressure washers
- hoists
- holding devices for machine tools
- hoppers [mechanical discharging]
- hosiery looms [machines]
- household cleaning and laundry robots with artificial intelligence
- housings [parts of machines]
- hydraulic controls for machines, motors and engines
- hydraulic engines and motors
- hydraulic turbines
- hydrogen dispensing pumps for service stations
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I - igniting devices for internal combustion engines
- igniting magnetos
- incubators for eggs
- industrial inkjet printing machines
- industrial robots
- injectors for engines
- inking apparatus for printing machines
- ironing machines
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J - jacks [machines]
- jet engines, other than for land vehicles
- joints [parts of engines] / sealing joints [parts of engines]
- journal boxes [parts of machines]
- journals [parts of machines]
- joysticks being parts of machines, other than for game machines
- juice extractors, electric
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K - kick starters for motorcycles
- kitchen grinders, electric
- kitchen machines, electric*
- kneading machines
- knitting machines
- knives being parts of machines
- knives for mowing machines
- knives, electric
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L - labellers [machines]
- lace making machines
- lasts for shoes [parts of machines] / shoe lasts [parts of machines]
- lathes [machine tools]
- laundry washing machines incorporating a drying tumbler
- lawnmowers [machines]
- leather paring machines
- leather-working machines
- lifting apparatus
- loading ramps
- loom shafts
- looms [machines]
- lubricating pumps
- lubricators [parts of machines]
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M - machine fly-wheels
- machine tools
- machine wheels
- machine wheelwork
- machines and apparatus for carpet shampooing, electric
- machines and apparatus for cleaning, electric
- machines and apparatus for polishing [electric]
- machines and apparatus for wax-polishing, electric
- machines for generating gas by electrolysis
- machines for processing plastics
- machines for the application of sizing
- machines for the mineralization of drinking water / machines for the mineralisation of drinking water
- machines for the production of sugar
- machines for the textile industry
- machining centers for metalworking
- matrices for use in printing
- meat choppers, electric / meat mincers, electric
- mechanical vehicle stacking lifts
- mechanized livestock feeders
- metal drawing machines
- metalworking machines
- milking machines
- milling machines
- mills [machines]
- mills for household purposes, other than hand-operated
- millstones
- mine borers
- mineworking machines
- miso making machines
- mixers [machines]
- mixing machines
- mobile cranes
- mortising machines / paring machines
- motorized cultivators
- motors for boats
- motors, electric, other than for land vehicles
- motors, other than for land vehicles / engines, other than for land vehicles
- moulding machines / molding machines
- moulds [parts of machines] / molds [parts of machines]
- moving staircases [escalators] / escalators
- moving walkways / moving sidewalks
- mud catchers and collectors [machines]
- mufflers for motors and engines / silencers for motors and engines
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N - nail extractors, electric / nail pullers, electric
- needles for knitting machines
- needles for sewing machines
- needles for wool combing machines
- net hauling machines [fishing]
- notchers [machine tools]
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O - oil refining machines
- ore treating machines
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P - packing machines
- painting machines
- paper feeders [printing]
- papermaking machines
- parquet wax-polishers, electric
- passenger boarding bridges, electromechanical
- passenger lift operating apparatus / passenger elevator operating apparatus
- passenger lifts / passenger elevators
- pasta making machines, electric
- pedal drives for sewing machines
- peeling machines
- pepper mills, other than hand-operated
- petrol pumps for service stations / gas pumps for service stations
- pigs for cleaning pipes
- piston segments / piston rings
- pistons [parts of machines or engines]
- pistons for cylinders
- pistons for engines
- planing machines
- ploughs
- ploughshares
- pneumatic controls for machines, motors, and engines
- pneumatic hammers
- pneumatic jacks
- pneumatic or hydraulic linear actuators, other than for land vehicles
- pneumatic transporters
- pneumatic tube conveyors / tube conveyors, pneumatic
- pneumatic waste oil drainers
- portable laser engraving machines
- portable ultrasonic washing devices for laundry
- potters’ wheels
- power hammers
- presses [machines for industrial purposes]
- pressure reducers [parts of machines]
- pressure regulators [parts of machines]
- pressure valves [parts of machines]
- printing cylinders
- printing machines
- printing machines for use on sheet metal
- printing plates
- printing presses
- printing rollers for machines
- propulsion mechanisms, other than for land vehicles
- puddling machines
- pulleys [parts of machines]
- pulleys*
- pulverisers [machines] / atomisers [machines] / spraying machines
- pump diaphragms
- pumps [machines]
- pumps [parts of machines, engines or motors]
- pumps for counter-current swimming
- pumps for heating installations
- punches for punching machines
- punching machines
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R - rack and pinion jacks
- racket stringing machines
- radiators [cooling] for motors and engines
- rail-laying machines
- railroad constructing machines
- railway wagon lifts
- rakes for raking machines
- raking machines
- rammers [machines]
- rams [machines]
- reapers
- reapers and binders
- reapers and threshers
- reduction gears, other than for land vehicles
- reeling apparatus, mechanical
- reels [parts of machines]
- reels, mechanical, for flexible hoses
- regulators [parts of machines]
- rinsing machines
- riveting machines
- road making machines / road building machines
- road sweeping machines, self-propelled
- robotic arms for preparing beverages
- robotic exoskeleton suits, other than for medical purposes
- roller bearings
- roller bridges
- rolling mill cylinders
- rolling mills
- rotary printing presses
- rotary steam presses, portable, for fabrics
- rubber tracks being parts of crawlers on agricultural machines
- rubber tracks being parts of crawlers on construction machines
- rubber tracks being parts of crawlers on loading-unloading machines and apparatus
- rubber tracks being parts of crawlers on mining machines
- rubber tracks being parts of crawlers on snow ploughs
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S - sandblasting guns
- satinizing machines
- sausage making machines
- saw benches [parts of machines]
- saw blades [parts of machines]
- saws [machines]
- scale collectors for machine boilers
- scissors, electric
- screwdrivers, electric
- sealing machines for industrial purposes
- self-oiling bearings
- self-regulating fuel pumps
- semiconductor exposure apparatus for use in manufacture
- semiconductor manufacturing machines
- sewage pulverizers / sewage pulverisers
- sewing machines
- shaft couplings [machines]
- sharpening machines
- sheaf-binding machines
- shearing machines for animals / hair clipping machines for animals / hair cutting machines for animals
- shears, electric
- shock absorber plungers [parts of machines] / dashpot plungers [parts of machines] / plunger pistons
- shoe polishers, electric
- shovels, mechanical
- shredders [machines] for industrial use
- shuttles [parts of machines]
- sieves [machines or parts of machines]
- sifting installations
- sifting machines
- size adjustment cutting machines for industrial purposes
- ski edge sharpening tools, electric
- slide rests [parts of machines]
- sliders for knitting machines / carriages for knitting machines / slides for knitting machines
- smoothing presses
- snow ploughs
- soldering apparatus, electric
- soldering apparatus, gas-operated / welding apparatus, gas-operated
- soldering blow pipes, gas-operated
- soldering irons, electric
- soldering irons, gas-operated
- soldering lamps
- sorting machines for industry
- sowers [machines]
- soy sauce making machines
- sparking plugs for internal combustion engines
- speed governors for machines, engines and motors
- spin dryers [not heated] / spin driers [not heated]
- spinning frames
- spinning machines
- spinning wheels
- spray guns for paint
- springs [parts of machines]
- stalk separators [machines]
- stamping machines
- stands for machines
- starter pinions
- starters for motors and engines
- stators [parts of machines]
- steam condensers [parts of machines]
- steam engine boilers
- steam engines
- steam mops
- steam traps
- steam/oil separators
- steamrollers / road rollers
- stereotype machines
- stitching machines
- stone-working machines
- straw [chaff] cutters / chaff cutters
- stuffing boxes [parts of machines]
- suction cups for milking machines / teat cups for milking machines
- suction machines for industrial purposes
- suction nozzles for vacuum cleaners
- superchargers
- swaging machines
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T - tables for machines
- tambours for embroidery machines
- tape dispensing machines for industrial use
- taps [parts of machines, engines or motors] / faucets [parts of machines, engines or motors]
- tarring machines
- tedding machines
- thermic lances [machines]
- threading machines
- threshing machines
- ticket vending machines
- tilling machines for agricultural purposes
- tilt hammers
- tin openers, electric / can openers, electric
- tobacco processing machines
- tools [parts of machines]
- torque converters, other than for land vehicles
- touchless stationary vacuums
- transmission chains, other than for land vehicles
- transmission mechanisms, other than for land vehicles
- transmission shafts, other than for land vehicles
- transmissions for machines
- trimming machines / apparatus for dressing / apparatus for machining
- trueing machines
- turbines, other than for land vehicles
- turbochargers for motors
- turbocompressors
- turf removing ploughs
- tympans [parts of printing presses]
- type-setting machines [photocomposition]
- type-setting machines [printing]
- typecasting machines
- typographic machines
- typographic presses
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U - universal joints [Cardan joints]
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V - vacuum cleaner attachments for disseminating perfumes and disinfectants
- vacuum cleaner bags
- vacuum cleaner hoses
- vacuum cleaners
- vacuum pumps [machines]
- valves [parts of machines]
- vegetable peelers, electric
- vegetable slicers, electric / vegetable shredders, electric
- vegetable spiralizers, electric
- vending machines
- vibrators [machines] for industrial use
- vulcanization apparatus
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W - washing apparatus
- washing installations for vehicles / vehicle washing installations
- washing machines [laundry]
- waste compacting machines / trash compacting machines
- waste disposal units / garbage disposal units
- water heaters being parts of machines
- water separators / drain cocks
- weeding machines
- welding machines, electric
- whisks, electric, for household purposes
- whitewashing machines / colour-washing machines
- winches
- wind turbines
- window closers, electric
- window closers, hydraulic
- window closers, pneumatic
- window openers, electric
- window openers, hydraulic
- window openers, pneumatic
- wine presses
- winnowers
- woodworking machines
- wrapping machines
- wringing machines for laundry
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Conclusion on Trademark Class 7
Trademark Class 7 forms the foundation of industrial progress and technological advancement covering various types of machines and tools that help industries work better and faster. For businesses operating in the machinery and tool industry, securing a trademark under Class 7 becomes extremely important for establishing brand recognition and reliability. You can visit the ” Trademark Class List 1 to 45 ” to learn about other classes. Ensure your trademark is protected with expert assistance from Registration Arena.
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