What Trademark Class 13 Covers
Class 13 includes mainly firearms and pyrotechnic products.
This class includes, in particular
- rescue flares, explosive or pyrotechnic
- flare pistols
- sprays for personal defence purposes
- explosive fog signals, signal rocket flares
- air pistols being weapons
- bandoliers for weapons
- sporting firearms, hunting firearms
What Class 13 Does Not Cover
These look close to Class 13 but are classified elsewhere. Filing them here draws an objection, so pick the class named in brackets.
- grease for weapons (Class 4)
- blades being weapons (Class 8)
- side arms, other than firearms (Class 8)
- non-explosive fog signals, rescue laser signalling flares (Class 9)
- telescopic sights for firearms (Class 9)
- flaming torches (Class 11)
- crackers (party novelties) (Class 28)
- percussion caps being toys (Class 28)
- toy air pistols (Class 28)
- matches (Class 34)
Goods in Trademark Class 13
Use these wordings in the specification of your application. Each carries its basic number in the Nice list. A description outside the list is allowed, but it must be specific enough for the Registry to classify.
| Basic No. | Goods |
|---|---|
| 130001 | acetyl-nitrocellulose |
| 130059 | air pistols [weapons] |
| 130005 | ammonium nitrate explosives |
| 130027 | ammunition |
| 130042 | ammunition for firearms |
| 130016 | apparatus for filling cartridge belts |
| 130014 | artillery guns [cannons] |
| 130075 | automatic firearm ammunition belts |
| 130015 | ballistic weapons / ballistic missiles |
| 130074 | belts adapted for ammunition |
| 130017 | Bengal lights |
| 130031 | breeches of firearms |
| 130020 | cannons |
| 130019 | cartridge cases |
| 130024 | cartridge loading apparatus |
| 130025 | cartridge pouches |
| 130023 | cartridges* |
| 130010 | cleaning brushes for firearms |
| 130083 | cruise missiles |
| 130066 | detonating caps, other than toys / percussion caps, other than toys |
| 130062 | detonating fuses for explosives / firing lanyards for explosives |
| 130018 | detonating plugs |
| 130006 | detonators |
| 130032 | dynamite |
| 130003 | explosive cartridges |
| 130051 | explosive powders |
| 130034 | explosives |
| 130009 | firearms |
| 130072 | firecrackers |
| 130013 | fireworks |
| 130057 | firing platforms |
| 130079 | flare pistols |
| 130064 | fog signals, explosive |
| 130060 | fuses for explosives |
| 130044 | fuses for explosives, for use in mines |
| 130002 | gun carriages [artillery] |
| 130030 | guncotton / pyroxylin |
| 130050 | gunpowder |
| 130036 | guns [weapons] |
| 130037 | gunstocks |
| 130028 | hammers for guns and rifles / hammers for guns / hammers for rifles |
| 130078 | hand grenades |
| 130069 | harpoon guns |
| 130082 | harpoons adapted for harpoon guns |
| 130026 | hunting firearms / sporting firearms |
| 130041 | lead shot for hunting |
| 130046 | machine guns |
| 130045 | mines [explosives] |
| 130047 | mortars [firearms] |
| 130007 | motorized weapons |
| 130070 | noise-suppressors for guns |
| 130049 | pistols [arms] |
| 130029 | powder horns |
| 130061 | primings [fuses] |
| 130052 | projectiles [weapons] |
| 130053 | pyrophoric substances |
| 130054 | pyrotechnic products |
| 130080 | rescue flares, explosive or pyrotechnic |
| 130055 | revolvers |
| 130021 | rifle barrels / gun barrels |
| 130033 | rifle cases / gun cases |
| 130022 | rifles / carbines |
| 130043 | rocket launchers |
| 130068 | rockets [projectiles] |
| 130048 | shells [projectiles] |
| 130063 | shoulder straps for weapons / bandoliers for weapons |
| 130077 | side arms [firearms] |
| 130038 | sighting mirrors for guns and rifles / sighting mirrors for guns / sighting mirrors for rifles |
| 130065 | sights, other than telescopic sights, for artillery |
| 130058 | sights, other than telescopic sights, for firearms |
| 130035 | signal rocket flares |
| 130073 | sprays for personal defence purposes / sprays for personal defense purposes |
| 130081 | starting pistols / starter pistols |
| 130071 | tanks [weapons] |
| 130008 | tear-gas weapons |
| 130076 | torpedoes |
| 130040 | trigger guards for guns and rifles / trigger guards for rifles |
| 130056 | trunnions for heavy weapons |
A slash separates alternative wordings of the same item. An asterisk marks an item whose name also appears in other classes, depending on its purpose.
Filing a Trademark in Class 13
The Trade Marks Registry classifies goods and services by the current edition of the Nice Classification (rule 20, Trade Marks Rules, 2017). One application in Form TM-A can cover Class 13 alone or several classes together; the fee is charged for each class.
| Applicant | E-filing, per class | Physical filing, per class |
|---|---|---|
| Individual, start-up or small enterprise | ₹4,500 | ₹5,000 |
| Any other applicant | ₹9,000 | ₹10,000 |
Government fee for Form TM-A under the First Schedule to the Trade Marks Rules, 2017. Professional charges are separate.
- Search the mark in Class 13 and in the related classes before filing.
- Describe the goods in the words of the list wherever they fit.
- File in every class you trade in; protection does not extend to a class you left out.
Official documents behind this page
- WIPO, Nice Classification, 13th Edition, Version 2026In force from 1 January 2026: class heading, explanatory note and the list of goods and services. Source: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), which holds the copyright in the Classification.
- Trade Marks Rules, 2017, rule 20Goods and services are classified as in the current edition of the Nice Classification published by WIPO.
- Trade Marks Rules, 2017, First Schedule, entry 1Fee for Form TM-A, payable for each class.
- Trade Marks Act, 1999, section 18(2)One application may cover different classes, with the fee payable for each class.
Disclaimer: This guide is general information based on the law and notifications in force when it was last updated. It is not professional advice for your case — rates, thresholds and due dates change, so check the current position with the official source before you act on it.