NICE Class 31 covers raw and unprocessed agricultural, horticultural, aquacultural and forestry products — fresh fruits and vegetables, grains and seeds, natural plants and flowers, seeds for planting, live animals, and animal feed. It is the agriculture goods class, hugely relevant in farming-based Nepal. You register a Class 31 trademark with the Department of Industry, and protection covers only the class you file in. The key line: fresh, unprocessed produce is Class 31, but once it is processed or preserved it becomes Class 29 or 30.
Key Takeaways
- Class 31 is the agriculture class — fresh produce, raw grains and seeds, plants and flowers, seeds for planting, live animals and animal feed.
- Fresh, unprocessed produce is Class 31; once processed or preserved it moves to Class 29 or 30.
- It includes seeds for planting, natural plants and flowers, and foodstuffs for animals.
- It excludes dietary supplements and medicated animal feed (Class 5), semi-worked wood (Class 19), and tobacco (Class 34).
- Nepal's seed companies, fresh-produce brands, nurseries and animal-feed makers file in Class 31.
- Register with the Department of Industry for a renewable 7-year term.
What does Trademark Class 31 cover?
Class 31 covers raw and unprocessed agricultural, aquacultural, horticultural and forestry products; raw and unprocessed grains and seeds; fresh fruits and vegetables and fresh herbs; natural plants and flowers; bulbs, seedlings and seeds for planting; live animals; foodstuffs and beverages for animals; and malt. The unifying idea is land and sea products in their natural, unprocessed state, plus live animals and the feed for them. Produce that has only been washed or waxed is still Class 31; once it is preserved, dried or cooked, it moves to Class 29 or 30.
Full list of goods in Class 31
Below is the complete alphabetical list of Class 31 goods indications from the WIPO NICE Classification (13-2026 edition) — 179 entries in total. Use it to find the exact wording for your specification when you file in Nepal:
- Algarovilla for animal consumption
- Almonds [fruits]
- Aloe vera plants
- Animal fattening preparations / livestock fattening preparations
- Animal foodstuffs
- Aromatic sand [litter] for pets
- Arrangements of fresh fruit
- Bagasses of cane [raw material]
- Barley*
- Beverages for pets
- Birch sauna whisks
- Bird food
- Bran
- Bran mash for animal consumption
- Bred stock
- By-products of the processing of cereals, for animal consumption / residual products of cereals for animal consumption
- Cannabis plants
- Catnip
- Chicory roots
- Christmas trees*
- Coconut shell
- Coconuts
- Copra
- Cuttle bone for birds
- Distillery waste for animal consumption
- Dog biscuits
- Draff
- Dried flowers for decoration
- Dried plants for decoration
- Edible chews for animals
- Fertilized eggs for hatching / fertilised eggs for hatching
- Fish meal for animal consumption
- Fish spawn
- Flax meal [fodder]
- Flower bulbs / bulbs
- Fodder / cattle food / forage
- Freeze-dried fishing bait
- Fresh artichokes
- Fresh avocados
- Fresh beans
- Fresh beet
- Fresh berries
- Fresh chestnuts
- Fresh chicory
- Fresh citrus fruit
- Fresh cucumbers
- Fresh dates
- Fresh edible flowers
- Fresh fruit
- Fresh garden herbs
- Fresh garlic
- Fresh ginger
- Fresh grapes
- Fresh hazelnuts
- Fresh leeks
- Fresh lemons
- Fresh lentils
- Fresh lettuce
- Fresh mushrooms
- Fresh olives
- Fresh onions
- Fresh oranges
- Fresh peanuts
- Fresh peas
- Fresh potatoes
- Fresh rhubarb
- Fresh soya beans
- Fresh spinach
- Fresh squash
- Fresh truffles
- Fresh vegetable marrows
- Fresh vegetables
- Fruit residue [marc] / marc
- Grains [cereals]
- Grains for animal consumption
- Groats for poultry
- Hay
- Juniper berries
- Kola nuts / cola nuts
- Lime for animal forage
- Linseed for animal consumption / flaxseed for animal consumption
- Linseed meal for animal consumption / flaxseed meal for animal consumption
- Litter for animals
- Litter peat
- Live anchovies
- Live animals
- Live crayfish
- Live crustaceans
- Live edible insects
- Live fish
- Live fishing bait
- Live herrings
- Live koi carp
- Live lobsters
- Live molluscs / live mollusks
- Live mussels
- Live oysters
- Live poultry
- Live salmon
- Live sardines
- Live sea cucumbers
- Live shellfish
- Live spiny lobsters
- Live tuna
- Maize cake for cattle
- Maize*
- Malt for brewing and distilling
- Mash for fattening livestock
- Meal for animals
- Menagerie animals
- Mushroom spawn for propagation
- Natural flowers
- Natural turf / sod
- Nettles
- Oats*
- Oil cake / cattle cake
- Palm trees
- Palms [leaves of the palm tree]
- Peanut cake for animals
- Peanut meal for animals
- Peppers [plants]
- Pet food
- Pine cones
- Plants
- Pollen [raw material]
- Preparations for egg laying poultry
- Rape cake for cattle
- Raw barks
- Raw cocoa beans
- Raw locust beans
- Residue in a still after distillation
- Rice meal for forage
- Roots for animal consumption
- Rose bushes
- Rough cork
- Rye
- Salt for cattle
- Sand for pet toilets
- Sanded paper [litter] for pets
- Seed germ for botanical purposes
- Seedlings
- Seeds for planting / plant seeds
- Shrubs / bushes
- Silkworm eggs
- Silkworms
- Stall food for animals
- Straw [forage]
- Straw litter
- Straw mulch
- Strengthening animal forage
- Sugarcane
- Trees
- Trunks of trees
- Undressed timber
- Unprocessed algae for human or animal consumption / unprocessed seaweed for human or animal consumption
- Unprocessed buckwheat
- Unprocessed cannabis
- Unprocessed cereal seeds
- Unprocessed coffee fruit
- Unprocessed edible linseed / unprocessed edible flaxseed
- Unprocessed edible sesame
- Unprocessed hemp seeds
- Unprocessed hop cones
- Unprocessed hops
- Unprocessed nuts
- Unprocessed quinoa
- Unprocessed rice
- Unprocessed small spelt
- Unprocessed spelt
- Unprocessed squash seeds
- Unprocessed sweet corn ears [husked or unhusked]
- Unsawn timber
- Vine plants
- Wheat
- Wheat germ for animal consumption
- Wood chips for the manufacture of wood pulp
- Wood shavings for animal bedding
- Wreaths of natural flowers
- Yeast for animal consumption
What Class 31 does not include
The main line is processing (Classes 29, 30) and medical or worked goods. Note these exclusions:
| Product | Correct class |
|---|---|
| Preserved, dried or cooked fruits and vegetables | Class 29 |
| Processed cereals, flour, rice preparations | Class 30 |
| Dietary supplements and medicated animal feed | Class 5 |
| Semi-worked wood | Class 19 |
| Artificial fishing bait | Class 28 |
| Tobacco | Class 34 |
The rule of thumb: fresh, unprocessed produce, seeds, plants and live animals are Class 31, but once produce is processed or preserved it is Class 29 or 30, and supplements or medicated feed are Class 5.
Who files in Class 31 in Nepal?
Agriculture underpins Nepal's economy, so Class 31 is broadly relevant. It is filed by seed companies, fresh-produce and organic-farm brands, plant nurseries and flower growers, animal-feed (dana) makers, and livestock and aquaculture businesses. For a branded seed or animal-feed supplier, a registered trademark protects the name farmers rely on for yield and quality. Confirm your class with the NICE Class Finder.
How to register a trademark in Class 31
Search the register for earlier agriculture marks, confirm Class 31 fits (and that processed produce isn't really Class 29 or 30), 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. An agri-business that sells fresh produce (Class 31), preserved or dried versions (Class 29 or 30) and fertilizers (Class 1) needs several 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 30 (Tea, Coffee & Bakery) and Class 32 (Beverages).
A Nepal example
Take a Nepali seed and agri-input company. Its seeds for planting and any fresh produce are Class 31, where its brand is registered. But the fertilizers it sells are Class 1, its medicated animal feed is Class 5, and any preserved or milled grain is Class 29 or 30. One agri brand can span Class 31 for seeds and produce, Class 1 for fertilizer, and Class 5 for medicated feed — filing only in Class 31 leaves the input and feed lines exposed. For an agri-input supplier, understanding fresh-versus-processed and feed-versus-medicated is essential.
Getting Class 31 right: common mistakes
The defining Class 31 mistake is the processing line. Fresh, unprocessed produce is Class 31, but once it is dried, preserved, milled or cooked it becomes Class 29 or 30. Farm and food brands routinely file the wrong side of this line. A second common error is filing fertilizers in Class 31 — they are chemical products in Class 1, not agricultural produce.
A third pitfall is animal feed versus supplements: ordinary animal foodstuffs are Class 31, but medicated animal feed and dietary supplements are Class 5. Specify the actual goods you make rather than claiming the whole heading, so your Class 31 registration is precise, and add Class 1, 5, 29 or 30 where your range extends there.
Why precise Class 31 filing matters
In seeds and agri-inputs, farmers choose by a trusted name that signals reliable yield, so a precise registration protects real value. Naming your real goods — "vegetable seeds", "poultry feed", "fresh vegetables" — makes the application easier to register and clearer to enforce, and keeps the boundary clean against Class 29/30 processed foods and Class 1 fertilizers. Because Nepal is first-to-file, the date you lodge secures your priority in an agriculture-driven economy. For a seed, produce or feed brand, an early, precisely scoped Class 31 filing protects the name farmers rely on.
In short
Class 31 is the agriculture class — fresh produce, raw grains and seeds, plants and flowers, live animals and animal feed. The line to remember is processing: fresh produce is Class 31, but once preserved or processed it becomes Class 29 or 30, and fertilizers are Class 1. Get that right, name your real goods, and file early to protect a seed, produce or feed brand.
Class 31 filing checklist
- Confirm your product is fresh and unprocessed — processed produce is Class 29 or 30.
- Check the exclusions — Class 29, 30, 5, 19, 28 or 1.
- Search the register for similar agriculture marks.
- Draft a precise goods specification.
- Add Class 1, 5, 29 or 30 where your range extends there.
- File with the Department of Industry and track to registration.
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Register your Class 31 trademark
Protect your seed, produce, nursery or animal-feed 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 fresh produce, processed foods, fertilizers and feed.
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