Class 21: Household or kitchen utensils and containers
Nice Classification goods class, NCL 13-2026.
Class heading
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
Explanatory note
Class 21 includes mainly small, hand-operated utensils and apparatus for household and kitchen use, as well as cosmetic utensils, glassware and certain goods made of porcelain, ceramic, earthenware, terra-cotta, clay or glass.
This class includes, in particular:
- household and kitchen utensils, for example, fly swatters, clothes-pegs, mixing spoons, basting spoons and corkscrews, as well as serving utensils, for example, sugar tongs, ice tongs, pie servers and serving ladles
- household, kitchen and cooking containers, for example, vases, bottles, piggy banks, pails, cocktail shakers, and non-electric kettles, pressure cookers, cooking pots and pans
- small hand-operated kitchen apparatus for mincing, grinding, pressing or crushing, for example, garlic presses, nutcrackers, pestles and mortars
- coasters and place mats, not of paper or textile
- trivets
- cosmetic utensils, for example, electric and non-electric combs and toothbrushes, dental floss, foam toe separators for use in pedicures, powder puffs, fitted vanity cases
- gardening articles, for example, gardening gloves, window-boxes, watering cans
- indoor aquaria, terrariums and vivariums
This class does not include, in particular:
- cleaning preparations (Class 3)
- certain goods made of glass, porcelain and earthenware that are classified according to their function or purpose, for example, porcelain for dental prostheses (Class 5), spectacle lenses (Class 10), glass wool for insulation, semi-processed acrylic or organic glass (Class 17), earthenware tiles (Class 19), building glass (Class 19), glass fibres for textile use (Class 22)
- containers for storage and transport of goods, of metal (Class 6), not of metal (Class 20)
- small apparatus for mincing, grinding, pressing or crushing, which are driven by electricity (Class 7)
- razors and shaving apparatus, hair and nail clippers, electric and non-electric implements for manicure and pedicure, for example, manicure sets, emery boards, cuticle nippers (Class 8)
- table cutlery (Class 8) and hand-operated cutting tools for kitchen use, for example, vegetable shredders, pizza cutters, cheese slicers (Class 8)
- lice combs (Class 10)
- electric cooking utensils (Class 11)
- toilet mirrors (Class 20)
Common terms in Class 21
A sample of official terms from the WIPO alphabetical list. Search the full list in the Nice Class Finder.
- baking mats
- beer mugs
- bird baths
- birdcages
- boot jacks
- boot trees
- bottles
- bread bins
- brooms
- brushes
- buckets
- buttonhooks
- cauldrons
- chopsticks
- coin banks
- comb cases
- combs
- cruets
- cups
- currycombs
- decanters
- demijohns
- dishcloths
- dishes
- dustpans
- egg cups
- epergnes
- flasks
- fly traps
- funnels
Indicative only. Classification and specifications should be confirmed by an attorney before filing. This is general information, not legal advice.