Trademark Class 40 in Nepal — Manufacturing & Material Treatment (What It Covers, Full List & How to File)

NICE Class 40 covers the treatment of materials — transforming an object or substance so its essential properties change — plus recycling, air and water treatment, printing, and food and drink preservation. It is a services class. In Nepal it covers tailoring, printing, metalwork and food processing done for others. You register a Class 40 trademark with the Department of Industry, and it protects your service brand — with a key line: transforming a material is Class 40, but repairing without changing it is Class 37.

Key Takeaways

• Class 40 is the material-treatment class — services that transform an object or substance, changing its essential properties.
• It includes tailoring and dressmaking, printing, metal plating and casting, food processing, and custom manufacturing for others.
• Transforming a material is Class 40; repairing or maintaining without changing it is Class 37.
• It also covers recycling of waste, air purification and water treatment.
• Nepal's tailoring, printing, metalwork and food-processing service providers file in Class 40.
• Register with the Department of Industry for a renewable 7-year term.

What does Trademark Class 40 cover?

Class 40 covers treatment of materials; recycling of waste and trash; air purification and treatment of water; printing services; and food and drink preservation. The unifying idea is a service that transforms an object or substance — changing its essential properties — or custom-manufactures goods to another's order. If a process changes what a material fundamentally is (dyeing cloth, plating metal, milling flour), it is Class 40; if it only restores an object without changing it, that is Class 37.

Full list of services in Class 40

The complete list of Class 40 service indications (WIPO NICE 13-2026):

• Abrasion; burnishing by abrasion; grinding; optical glass grinding; jewellery polishing by abrasion; sandblasting services; planing of materials; sawing of materials
• Air deodorising; air freshening; air purification; water treating; bioremediation services; carbon capture
• Applying finishes to textiles; cloth cutting, dyeing, edging, fireproofing, pre-shrinking, waterproofing; fulling of cloth; permanent-press and crease-resistant treatment; textile dyeing, mothproofing and treating; paper finishing and treating
• Beer brewing for others; wine making for others; consultancy in the field of wine making; distillation services
• Blacksmithing; boilermaking; metal casting, plating, tempering and treating; galvanization; electroplating; cadmium, chromium, gold, nickel, silver, tin plating; magnetization; soldering; welding services
• Bookbinding; framing of works of art; joinery services; millworking; woodworking; saddlery working; leather working, staining; skin dressing; tanning; fur conditioning, dyeing, glossing, mothproofing, satining; custom fashioning of fur
• Clothing alteration; custom tailoring; dressmaking; embroidering; quilting; knitting machine rental; warping [looms]
• Colour separation services; lithographic, offset, pattern, photographic, silkscreen printing; photocomposing; photogravure; pottery firing; printing; custom 3D printing for others
• Crushing of concrete; fruit crushing; flour milling
• Custom assembling, biomanufacturing and manufacturing of aircraft, boats, bread, chips [integrated circuits], orthodontic appliances and pharmaceuticals for others
• Destruction, incineration, recycling, sorting, treatment and upcycling of waste and trash; processing of hazardous materials for decontamination
• Encapsulation of semiconductors for others; laser scribing
• Engraving; gilding; glass-blowing; key cutting; laminating; stripping finishes; taxidermy; vulcanization
• Food and drink preservation; food smoking; freezing of foods; irradiation of food; pasteurising of food and beverages; cheese ripening/maturing/aging; herbal medicine decocting services
• Photographic film development; processing of cinematographic films; processing of oil; refining services
• Production of energy; production of renewable green energy
• Providing information relating to material treatment
• Rental of air-conditioning apparatus, air scrubbers, batteries, boilers, electricity generators, industrial robots, printers, space heating apparatus
• Shoe staining; leather staining; tinting of car windows; window tinting treatment; slaughtering of animals; timber felling and processing; wool treating; cryopreservation services

See the exhaustive alphabetical index (140+ entries) on the WIPO Class 40 page.

What Class 40 does not include

The rule of thumb: transforming a material is Class 40, but repairing without changing it is Class 37, and decorating food is Class 43.

Who files in Class 40 in Nepal?

Class 40 is broadly relevant in Nepal. It is filed by tailoring and dressmaking businesses (custom tailoring is a Class 40 service), printing presses offering printing as a service, metalworking, plating and welding shops, food-processing and preservation providers, dyeing and textile-treatment units, and recycling and waste-treatment firms. For a tailor or printer whose brand is the workmanship, Class 40 protects the service name. Confirm your class with the NICE Class Finder.

How to register a trademark in Class 40

Search the register for earlier treatment marks, confirm Class 40 fits (and that repair isn't really Class 37), prepare your mark and a precise service 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.

Do you need more than one class?

Often. A print business offers printing services (Class 40) and sells printed products (Class 16); a tailor offers custom tailoring (Class 40) and may sell ready-made clothes (Class 25). Because Nepal files one class per application with per-class fees, map your business first. See choosing the right class, and the neighbouring Class 39 (Transport) and Class 41 (Education & Entertainment).

A Nepal example

Take a Nepali tailoring house. Its custom tailoring and clothing alteration are Class 40 services, where its brand is registered. But if it also sells its own ready-made garments, those are Class 25, and its fabric would be Class 24. One tailoring brand can span Class 40 for the tailoring service, Class 25 for ready-made clothes, and Class 24 for fabric — filing only in Class 40 leaves the product lines exposed. The transform-versus-product distinction drives the class map.

Getting Class 40 right: common mistakes

The defining Class 40 mistake is the transform-versus-repair line. Changing a material's essential properties — dyeing, plating, milling, tailoring — is Class 40, but repairing or maintaining an object without changing it is Class 37, and cleaning is Class 37 too. Service businesses routinely misfile across this line. A second common error is filing the printed product in Class 40: printing as a service is Class 40, but the printed goods themselves are Class 16.

A third pitfall is food work: processing and preserving food for others is Class 40, but decorating or sculpting food is Class 43. Specify your real services precisely, so your Class 40 registration is clear, and add Class 16, 25 or 37 where your business genuinely extends there.

Why precise Class 40 filing matters

For tailors, printers and processors, the brand is the workmanship, so a precise, early registration protects real value. Naming your real services — "custom tailoring", "printing services", "food preservation" — makes the application easier to register and clearer to enforce, and keeps the boundary clean against Class 37 repair and the product classes. Because Nepal is first-to-file, the date you lodge secures your priority. For a treatment or custom-manufacturing brand, an early, precise Class 40 filing protects the name your service reputation is built on.

In short

Class 40 is the material-treatment class — services that transform an object or substance: tailoring, printing, plating, food processing, recycling. The line to remember: transforming is Class 40, but repairing without changing it is Class 37, and the printed or made product is its own goods class. Get that right, specify precisely, and file early.

Class 40 filing checklist

• Confirm your service transforms a material — repair without change is Class 37.
• Check the exclusions — Class 37, 43, 42 or 44.
• Write a precise service specification and search the register.
• Add the goods class (16, 25) for products you also sell.
• File with the Department of Industry and track to registration.

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Register your Class 40 trademark

Protect your tailoring, printing, metalwork or processing 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 business spans a treatment service and its own products.