NICE Class 21 covers household and kitchen utensils and containers, cookware and tableware (except knives, forks and spoons), combs and sponges, brushes, cleaning articles, and glassware, porcelain and earthenware. It is a goods class for housewares. In Nepal — home to a rich tradition of brass and copper utensils — you register a Class 21 trademark with the Department of Industry, and protection covers only the class you file in. Two key lines: table cutlery is Class 8, and electric kitchen appliances are Class 7 or 11.
Key Takeaways
- Class 21 is the housewares class — non-electric kitchen and household utensils, cookware, tableware, glassware and cleaning articles.
- It includes pots, pans, non-electric kettles and pressure cookers, brushes, combs and toothbrushes.
- Table cutlery (knives, forks, spoons) is Class 8, not Class 21.
- Electric kitchen appliances are Class 7 (machines) or Class 11 (cooking), not Class 21.
- Nepal's brass and copper utensil makers, cookware and glassware brands file in Class 21.
- Register with the Department of Industry for a renewable 7-year term.
What does Trademark Class 21 cover?
Class 21 covers household or kitchen utensils and containers; cookware and tableware, except knives, forks and spoons; combs and sponges; brushes (except paintbrushes); articles for cleaning purposes; and glassware, porcelain and earthenware. The unifying idea is non-electric household and kitchen articles — the pots, pans, dishes, glasses and cleaning tools of daily life, along with combs, toothbrushes and sponges. It is defined against electric appliances (other classes) and table cutlery (Class 8).
Full list of goods in Class 21
Below is the complete alphabetical list of Class 21 goods indications from the WIPO NICE Classification (13-2026 edition) — 445 entries in total. Use it to find the exact wording for your specification when you file in Nepal:
- Abrasive mitts for scrubbing the skin
- Abrasive pads for kitchen purposes
- Abrasive sponges for scrubbing the skin
- Adhesive refill sheets for rollers for cleaning
- Adhesive rollers for cleaning
- Alabaster glass, not for building
- Animal bristles [brushware]
- Animal grooming gloves
- Apparatus for wax-polishing, non-electric
- Aquarium hoods
- Aromatic oil diffusers, other than reed diffusers, electric and non-electric
- Autoclaves, non-electric, for cooking / pressure cookers, non-electric
- Automatic opening and closing trash cans for household purposes
- Baby baths, portable
- Bags for use in cooking
- Baking cases of paper
- Baking cases of silicone
- Baking mats
- Barbecue forks
- Barbecue tongs
- Basins [receptacles]
- Baskets for household purposes
- Basting brushes
- Basting spoons [cooking utensils]
- Bath sponges
- Bathroom ladles
- Beaters, non-electric
- Beer mugs
- Beverage urns, non-electric
- Bird baths*
- Birdcages
- Blackhead extractors for cosmetic purposes / comedone extractors for cosmetic purposes
- Blenders, non-electric, for household purposes
- Boot jacks
- Boot trees
- Bottle openers, electric and non-electric
- Bottles*
- Bowls [basins] / basins [bowls]
- Boxes for sweets / candy boxes
- Boxes of glass
- Bread baskets for household purposes
- Bread bins
- Bread boards
- Broom handles
- Brooms
- Brushes for cleaning tanks and containers
- Brushes*
- Buckets / pails
- Buckets made of woven fabrics
- Bulb basters
- Busts of porcelain, ceramic, earthenware, terra-cotta, clay or glass
- Butter dishes
- Butter-dish covers
- Buttonhooks
- Cabarets [trays]
- Cages for collecting insects / insect collecting cages
- Cages for household pets
- Cake decorating tips and tubes
- Cake moulds / cake molds
- Cake stands
- Candelabra [candlesticks] / candlesticks
- Candle drip rings / bobeches
- Candle extinguishers
- Candle holders*
- Candle jars [holders]
- Candle warmers, electric and non-electric
- Car washing mitts
- Carpet beaters [hand instruments]
- Carpet sweepers
- Cauldrons
- Ceramics for household purposes
- Chamber pots
- Chamois leather for cleaning / buckskin for cleaning / skins of chamois for cleaning
- Cheese-dish covers
- China ornaments
- Chopsticks
- Cinder sifters [household utensils]
- Cleaning instruments, hand-operated
- Cleaning tow
- Closures for pot lids
- Cloth for washing floors
- Clothes-pegs / clothes-pins
- Clothing stretchers / stretchers for clothing
- Cloths for cleaning / rags for cleaning
- Coasters, not of paper or textile
- Cocktail shakers
- Cocktail stirrers
- Coffee filters, non-electric
- Coffee grinders, hand-operated
- Coffee percolators, non-electric
- Coffee services [tableware]
- Coffeepots, non-electric
- Coin banks
- Cold packs for chilling food and beverages
- Comb cases
- Combs for animals
- Combs*
- Commemorative statuary cups of porcelain, ceramic, earthenware, terra-cotta or glass
- Containers for household or kitchen use
- Cookery moulds / cookery molds
- Cookie [biscuit] cutters
- Cookie jars
- Cooking mesh bags
- Cooking pots, non-electric
- Cooking skewers of metal / cooking pins of metal
- Cooking utensils, non-electric
- Corkscrews, electric and non-electric
- Cosmetic apparatus for microdermabrasion
- Cosmetic spatulas
- Cosmetic stamps, empty
- Cosmetic utensils
- Cotton waste for cleaning
- Couscous cooking pots, non-electric
- Covers for tissue boxes
- Cruet sets for oil and vinegar
- Cruets
- Crumb trays
- Crushers for kitchen use, non-electric
- Crystal [glassware]
- Cups
- Cups of paper or plastic
- Currycombs
- Cutting boards for the kitchen
- Decanter tags
- Decanters
- Decorating bags for confectioners / piping bags / pastry bags
- Decorative glass spheres
- Deep fryers, non-electric
- Demijohns / carboys
- Deodorizing apparatus for personal use / deodorising apparatus for personal use
- Diaper disposal pails / nappy disposal bins
- Dish covers / covers for dishes
- Dish drying racks
- Dishcloths
- Dishes
- Dishwashing brushes
- Disposable aluminium foil containers for household purposes / disposable aluminum foil containers for household purposes
- Disposable portable potties for adults and children
- Disposable table plates
- Drinking bottles for sports
- Drinking glasses
- Drinking horns
- Drinking troughs
- Drinking vessels
- Dripping pans
- Droppers for cosmetic purposes
- Droppers for household purposes
- Dryer balls
- Drying racks for laundry
- Dustbins for household purposes / garbage cans for household purposes / refuse bins for household purposes / trash cans for household purposes
- Dusting apparatus, non-electric
- Dusting cloths [rags]
- Dustpans
- Earthenware / crockery
- Earthenware saucepans
- Egg cups
- Egg poachers
- Egg separators, non-electric, for household purposes
- Egg yolk separators
- Electric brushes, except parts of machines
- Electric combs
- Electric devices for attracting and killing insects
- Electric facial cleansers
- Electronic pill organizers for personal use
- Enamelled glass, not for building
- Epergnes
- Eyebrow brushes
- Eyebrow thread
- Eyelash brushes
- Eyelash separators
- Facial cleansing brushes, electric and non-electric
- Feather-dusters
- Feeding troughs
- Fibreglass thread, other than for textile use / fiberglass thread, other than for textile use
- Fibreglass, other than for insulation or textile use / fiberglass, other than for insulation or textile use
- Figurines of porcelain, ceramic, earthenware, terra-cotta or glass for cakes
- Figurines of porcelain, ceramic, earthenware, terra-cotta, clay or glass / statuettes of porcelain, ceramic, earthenware, terra-cotta, clay or glass
- Fishing nets for aquaria
- Fitted picnic baskets, including dishes
- Flasks*
- Floss for dental purposes
- Flower pots
- Flower-pot covers, not of paper / covers, not of paper, for flower pots
- Fly swatters
- Fly traps
- Foam toe separators for use in pedicures
- Food steamers, non-electric
- Fruit bowls
- Fruit presses, non-electric, for household purposes
- Frying pans, non-electric
- Funnels
- Furniture dusters
- Fused silica [semi-worked product], other than for building
- Gardening gloves
- Garlic presses [kitchen utensils]
- Glass bulbs [receptacles] / glass vials [receptacles]
- Glass flasks [containers]
- Glass for vehicle windows [semi-finished product]
- Glass incorporating fine electrical conductors
- Glass jars [carboys]
- Glass stoppers
- Glass wool, other than for insulation
- Glass, unworked or semi-worked, except building glass
- Glasses [receptacles]
- Glove stretchers
- Gloves for household purposes
- Glue pots, non-electric
- Graters for kitchen use
- Grill supports / gridiron supports
- Grills [cooking utensils] / griddles [cooking utensils]
- Hair for brushes
- Hand-operated pasta makers
- Heads for electric toothbrushes
- Heat-insulated containers
- Heat-insulated containers for beverages
- Heaters for feeding bottles, non-electric
- Heating packs for preparing food and beverages
- Hip flasks
- Holders for flowers and plants [flower arranging]
- Honey dippers
- Horse brushes
- Horsehair for brush-making
- Hydroponic growing containers for household purposes
- Ice buckets / coolers [ice pails] / ice pails
- Ice cream scoops
- Ice cube moulds / ice cube molds
- Ice tongs
- Indoor aquaria / tanks [indoor aquaria]
- Indoor terrariums [plant cultivation]
- Indoor terrariums [vivariums]
- Inflatable bath tubs for babies
- Insect collectors' boxes
- Insect traps
- Insulating flasks / vacuum bottles
- Ironing board covers, shaped
- Ironing boards
- Isothermic bags
- Jam spoons
- Jugs / pitchers
- Kettles, non-electric
- Kitchen containers
- Kitchen grinders, non-electric
- Kitchen utensils
- Knife rests for the table
- Ladles for serving wine
- Lamp-glass brushes
- Large-toothed combs for the hair
- Laundry balls, empty / washing balls, empty
- Lazy susans
- Lint removers, electric or non-electric
- Liqueur sets
- Litter boxes for pets / litter trays for pets
- Lunch boxes
- Majolica
- Make-up brushes
- Make-up removing appliances
- Make-up sponges
- Mangers for animals
- Material for brush-making
- Mats, not of paper or textile, for beer glasses
- Meat grinders, non-electric
- Menu card holders
- Mess-tins
- Mills for household purposes, hand-operated
- Mixing spoons [kitchen utensils]
- Mop wringer buckets
- Mop wringers
- Mops*
- Mortars for kitchen use
- Mosaics of glass, not for building
- Moulds [kitchen utensils] / molds [kitchen utensils]
- Mouse traps
- Mug cosies / mug sleeves
- Mugs
- Nail brushes
- Napkin rings
- Nest eggs, artificial
- Non-electric hot pots
- Noodle machines, hand-operated
- Nozzles for watering cans / roses for watering cans
- Nutcrackers
- Opal glass
- Opaline glass
- Oven mitts / kitchen mitts / barbecue mitts
- Painted glassware
- Paper plates
- Paper towel holders
- Pasta boards
- Pastry cutters
- Pepper mills, hand-operated
- Pepper pots
- Perfume burners, electric and non-electric
- Perfume vaporizers / perfume sprayers
- Personal hydration packs comprising a fluid reservoir and a delivery tube
- Pestles for kitchen use
- Pet feeding bowls
- Pet feeding bowls, automatic
- Pet lick mats
- Pie funnels
- Pie servers / tart scoops
- Pig bristles for brush-making
- Piggy banks
- Pill organizers for personal use
- Place mats, not of paper or textile
- Plate glass [raw material]
- Plates for diffusing aromatic oil
- Plates to prevent milk boiling over
- Plug-in diffusers for mosquito repellents
- Plungers for clearing blocked drains
- Polishing apparatus and machines, for household purposes, non-electric
- Polishing cloths
- Polishing gloves
- Polishing leather
- Polishing materials for making shiny, except preparations, paper and stone
- Porcelain ware
- Portable cool boxes, non-electric / portable coolers, non-electric
- Pot lids
- Potholders
- Pots
- Pottery
- Potties for children
- Poultry rings
- Pouring spouts
- Powder compacts, empty
- Powder puffs
- Powdered glass for decoration
- Prize cups of porcelain, ceramic, earthenware, terra-cotta or glass
- Protective mats for induction hobs / protective mats for induction cooktops
- Rat traps
- Refrigerating bottles
- Reusable ice cubes
- Reusable silicone food covers
- Rings for birds
- Roasting pans / roasting tins / roaster pans
- Roller tubes for peeling garlic
- Rolling pins, domestic
- Rotary washing lines
- Salad bowls
- Salad tongs
- Salt cellars / salt shakers
- Saucepan scourers of metal
- Saucers
- Scoops for household purposes
- Scouring pads
- Scrubbing brushes
- Serving forks
- Serving ladles
- Serving spoons
- Shampoo shields
- Shaving brush stands / stands for shaving brushes
- Shaving brushes
- Shoe brushes
- Shoe horns
- Shoe trees
- Sieves [household utensils]
- Sifters [household utensils]
- Signboards of porcelain or glass
- Simmer rings [cooking utensils]
- Siphon bottles for carbonated water / siphon bottles for aerated water
- Ski wax brushes
- Smart medicine bottles, empty
- Smoke absorbers for household purposes
- Soap boxes
- Soap dishes
- Soap dispensing bottles
- Sound wave vibration hairbrushes
- Soup bowls
- Soup tureens
- Soy sauce pitchers / soya sauce pitchers
- Spatulas for kitchen use
- Spectacle cloths / eyeglass cloths
- Spice sets
- Sponge holders
- Sponges for household purposes
- Sprinklers*
- Squeegees [cleaning instruments]
- Stainless steel soap
- Stands for clothes irons
- Stands for portable baby baths
- Statues of porcelain, ceramic, earthenware, terra-cotta, clay or glass
- Steel wool for cleaning
- Stew-pans
- Sticks for frozen confections
- Stirring rods for hot bath water
- Strainers for household purposes
- Straws for drinking / drinking straws
- Sugar bowls
- Sugar tongs
- Syringes for watering flowers and plants
- Table napkin holders
- Table plates
- Tablecloth weights
- Tablemats, not of paper or textile
- Tableware, other than knives, forks and spoons
- Tajines, non-electric / tagines, non-electric
- Tankards
- Tar-brushes, long handled
- Tea bag rests
- Tea caddies
- Tea cosies
- Tea infusers / tea balls
- Tea services [tableware]
- Tea strainers
- Teapots
- Thermally insulated containers for food
- Thermally insulated lunch bags
- Tie presses
- Toilet brushes
- Toilet cases / fitted vanity cases
- Toilet paper holders
- Tongue scrapers
- Toothbrushes
- Toothbrushes, electric
- Toothpick holders
- Toothpicks
- Tortilla presses, non-electric [kitchen utensils]
- Towel rails and rings
- Trays for household purposes
- Trays of paper, for household purposes
- Trivets [table utensils]
- Trouser presses
- Tube squeezers for household purposes
- Ultrasonic pest repellers
- Utensils for household purposes
- Valet trays [receptacles for small objects] for household purposes
- Vases
- Vegetable dishes
- Vessels for making ices and ice cream, non-electric
- Vitreous silica fibres, other than for textile use / vitreous silica fibers, other than for textile use
- Waffle irons, non-electric
- Washing boards
- Washtubs
- Waste paper baskets
- Water apparatus for cleaning teeth and gums
- Water flossers
- Watering cans
- Wax-polishing appliances, non-electric, for shoes
- Whisks, non-electric, for household purposes
- Window-boxes
- Wine aerators
- Wine pourers
- Wine-tasting pipettes / wine-tasting siphons
- Wool waste for cleaning
- Works of art of porcelain, ceramic, earthenware, terra-cotta, clay or glass
- Zesters
What Class 21 does not include
Housewares border cutlery (Class 8) and electric appliances (Classes 7, 11). Note these exclusions:
| Product | Correct class |
|---|---|
| Table cutlery — knives, forks, spoons | Class 8 |
| Razors and manicure implements | Class 8 |
| Electric kitchen machines (mixers, food processors) | Class 7 |
| Electric cooking utensils and appliances | Class 11 |
| Cleaning preparations (soaps, detergents) | Class 3 |
| Building glass | Class 19 |
The rule of thumb: a non-electric household or kitchen article is Class 21, but cutlery is Class 8, an electric appliance is Class 7 or 11, and the cleaning product itself is Class 3.
Who files in Class 21 in Nepal?
Class 21 has deep roots in Nepal, home to a celebrated tradition of brass and copper utensils. It is filed by traditional metal-utensil makers, modern cookware and non-stick brands, thermos and vacuum-flask makers, glassware and crockery suppliers, and brush and cleaning-article manufacturers. For a heritage utensil maker, a registered trademark protects the workshop name against imitators trading on its craft. Confirm your class with the NICE Class Finder.
How to register a trademark in Class 21
Search the register for earlier housewares marks, confirm Class 21 fits (and that cutlery isn't really Class 8 or an electric appliance Class 7/11), prepare your mark and specification, and file with the Department of Industry. It examines, publishes for the 90-day opposition window, and registers for a renewable 7-year term. See how to register a trademark in Nepal and how to search first.
Do you need more than one class?
Often. A kitchenware brand that sells pots and pans (Class 21), table cutlery (Class 8) and an electric rice cooker (Class 11) needs three classes. Because Nepal files one class per application with per-class fees, map your range first. See choosing the right class, and the neighbouring Class 20 (Furniture) and Class 22 (Ropes & Textiles).
A Nepal example
Take a traditional brass-and-copper utensil workshop. Its non-electric pots, thalis, glasses and serving utensils are Class 21, where its name is registered. But the table cutlery it also sells is Class 8, and any electric rice cooker it brands is Class 11. One heritage housewares brand can span Class 21 for utensils, Class 8 for cutlery, and Class 11 for electric cookers — filing only in Class 21 leaves the cutlery and appliance lines exposed. For a craft name copied across the market, the Class 21 filing guards its reputation.
Getting Class 21 right: common mistakes
The two defining Class 21 mistakes are cutlery and electric appliances. Non-electric utensils and cookware are Class 21, but table knives, forks and spoons are Class 8, and any electric kitchen machine (Class 7) or electric cooker (Class 11) leaves Class 21. Housewares brands with mixed ranges routinely file in one class and leave the rest unprotected. A second common error is filing cleaning preparations in Class 21: the cleaning brush is Class 21, but the soap or detergent is Class 3.
A third pitfall is glass by use: glassware and semi-worked glass are Class 21, but building glass is Class 19. Specify the actual goods you make rather than claiming the whole heading, so your Class 21 registration is precise, and add Class 8 or Class 11 where your range extends into cutlery or electric appliances.
Why precise Class 21 filing matters
Housewares is a crowded, everyday-purchase market where a trusted name drives repeat buying, so precision protects real value. Naming your real goods — "cooking pots", "vacuum flasks", "glassware" — makes the application easier to register and clearer to enforce, and keeps the boundary clean against Class 8 cutlery and Class 7/11 appliances. Because Nepal is first-to-file, the date you lodge secures your priority — important for heritage utensil names that imitators target. An early, accurate Class 21 filing protects a name customers reach for daily.
In short
Class 21 is the housewares class — non-electric kitchen and household utensils, cookware, tableware, glassware and cleaning articles. The lines to remember: table cutlery is Class 8, and electric kitchen appliances are Class 7 or 11. Get those right, name your real goods, and file early to protect a housewares brand — including Nepal's celebrated brass and copper utensils.
Class 21 filing checklist
- Confirm your product is a non-electric houseware, not cutlery or an electric appliance.
- Check the exclusions — Class 8, 7, 11, 3 or 19.
- Search the register for similar housewares marks.
- Draft a precise goods specification.
- Add Class 8 or Class 11 where your range extends there.
- File with the Department of Industry and track to registration.
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Register your Class 21 trademark
Protect your kitchenware, utensil or glassware brand. Find your class with the NICE Class Finder, screen with the Conflict Checker, then register your trademark with our team. Talk to an IP expert if your range spans utensils, cutlery and electric appliances.
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