Trademark Registration – Classification Guide Class 11 in Japan

It seems that high-end bread is popular, so I wonder what it would be like to launch a high-performance “electric toaster”. First of all, we have prepared a product name and logo that will convey the appeal of my goods, and we would like to register it as a trademark so that others will not imitate us.

Then you need to remember to designate Class 11, which includes “household electrothermic appliances”!
Class 11 includes a lot of goods related to household cooking appliances! Let’s check it out.

Considering the future product development of cooking utensils, it would be better to designate other goods in class 11. Is it possible to designate “pressure cookers, non-electric” in Class 11 as well, although the cost would be the same for the same classification…?

Class 11 is a classification of environmental control apparatus and devices, etc.

It may be easier to understand if you associate them with lighting and cooking appliances sold at electronics retailers.

It may be easier to understand if you associate them with lighting and cooking appliances sold at electronics retailers.

Goods included in Class 11 and Goods NOT included in Class 11.

List of main goods in Class 11.

The main goods included in Class 11 are listed below.
These goods can be designated by Amazing DX.

• toilet bowls and seats sold as a unit
• prefabricated bath installations sold as a unit
• drying apparatus for chemical processing
• recuperators for chemical processing
• steamers for chemical processing
• evaporators for chemical processing
• distillers for chemical processing
• heat exchangers for chemical processing
• drying apparatus for textile manufacture
• milk sterilizers
• ice-cream making machines for industrial purposes
• bread-making machines for industrial purposes
• plywood drying machines
• industrial furnaces
• nuclear reactors [atomic piles]
• drying apparatus for harvest
• forage drying apparatus
• boilers, other than parts of non-electric prime movers or engines
• air conditioners for industrial purposes
• freezing machines and apparatus for industrial purposes
• laundry dryers, electric, for industrial purposes
• towel steamers for hairdressing purposes
• hair drying machines for beauty salon use
• hair steamers for beauty salon use
• shampoo basins for barbers’ shop use
• cooking apparatus and installations for commercial use
• dish drying machines for commercial use
• dish disinfectant apparatus for commercial use
• kitchen sinks incorporating integrated worktops for commercial use
• kitchen sinks for commercial use
• tap water faucets
• level controlling valves for tanks
• pipe line cocks
• waste water treatment tanks for industrial purposes
• septic tanks for industrial purposes
• garbage incinerators for industrial purposes
• garbage incinerators for household purposes
• solar water heaters
• water purifying apparatus for industrial purposes
• electric lamps and other lighting apparatus
• household electrothermic appliances, other than for beauty or sanitary purposes
• household electrothermic appliances for beauty or sanitary purposes
• washers for water taps
• washers for water taps
• gas water heaters for household purposes
• non-electric cooking heaters for household purposes
• kitchen sinks incorporating integrated worktops for household purposes
• kitchen sinks for household purposes
• household tap-water filters, non-electric
• standing paper lanterns [Andon]
• portable paper lanterns [Chochin]
• gas lamps
• oil lamps
• lamp chimneys
• warming pans, non-electric
• pocket warmers, non-electric
• hot water bottles for warming one’s feet in bed
• waste water treatment tanks for household purposes
• septic tanks for household purposes
• toilet stool units with a washing water squirter
• toilet bowls
• seats for use with Japanese style toilet bowls
• bath fittings
• stoves [space heaters] for household purposes, non-electric

The above list of “the main goods included in Class 11” is just an example.
Let’s take a closer look at what other goods are included in Class 11 and what goods are not.

What should you do if you want to specify such items? (Goods included in Class 11)

Goods related to household appliances and industrial cooking equipment

→When you want to specify such a product in Amazing DX, please specify the item that the product is included.

For example, ……

Goods related to lighting apparatus

It includes so-called lights and other lighting apparatus.

→When you want to specify such a product in Amazing DX, please specify the item that the product is included.

For example, ……

Other Goods.

Goods NOT included in Class 11.

Medical electrical instruments

• sprayers for medical purposes
• heating pads, electric, for medical purposes
• lamps for medical purposes

All of the above【class 10】

Non-electric cooking equipment

• vessels for making ices and ice cream, non electric
• “griddles, non-electric”, “grills [cooking utensils]”
• waffle irons, non-electric
• coffee-makers, non-electric
• autoclaves, non-electric, for cooking

All of the above【class 21】

I see, so “medical electrical instruments” and “non-electric cooking equipment” are in a different classification. So, “pressure cookers for cooking” need to be designated in a separate classification.

Right, a separate classification should be designated for these types of cooking appliances.

Other goods NOT included in Class 11.

• dry cells【class 9】
• smartphones【class 9】
• esthetic massage apparatus for commercial use【class 10】

Even if they use electricity, these goods in class 11 aren’t!

File a trademark application, designating goods in Class 11!

Class 11 is for electrical appliances and lighting apparatus. Please consider class 11 first if you are an electrical appliance manufacturer.

Amazing DX allows you to easily select your designated goods and services online.
First, please select as many goods and services as possible. After the search, it is easy to exclude the goods marked with “×” and search again.

If you are not sure which goods or services to select, please feel free to contact us via chat. Our attorneys specializing in trademarks will be happy to answer your questions.

Reference: Japan Patent Office, “Examination Guidelines for Similar Goods and Services (corresponding to the Nice Classification, 11th Edition, Version 2022)”.