gankdat / stats / uk-trademark-journal / class 42
Class 42 trade mark applications: Scientific, technological and software services
UK trade mark applications published for opposition (Trade Marks Journal) — Every UK trade mark application and international registration designating the UK accepted and published in the Intellectual Property Office’s weekly Trade Marks Journal — application number, mark text and type, Nice classes and goods/services, applicant organisation and country, representative firm, filing and priority dates, journal issue, publication date and the two-month opposition deadline. Rolling 52 weekly issues (about a year); the change feed lists each week’s new publications. Applicant names are kept only for organisations; addresses reduced to country; mark images never stored.
headline
| trade mark applications in class 42 | 35,412 |
| share of the dataset | 18.0% |
| last refreshed | 2026-11-03 |
summary
As of 3 November 2026, UK trade mark applications published for opposition (Trade Marks Journal) holds 35,412 trade mark applications in class 42 (Scientific, technological and software services) published between November 2025 and October 2026: 18.0% of the 197,195 trade mark applications in the dataset window, which makes it the 4th largest of the 45 class pages on this register.
In October 2026, the last full month in view, 3,884 trade mark applications in class 42 were published, up 1,193 (44.3%) on the 2,691 of September 2026. Across the 12 months in view the average is 2,951 a month; the busiest was October 2026 with 3,884 and the quietest February 2026 with 2,527.
Looking at applications published per weekly journal issue, the latest, 2026/044, carried 855 trade mark applications and the one before it, 2026/043, 790; the busiest of the 52 in view was 2026/021 with 965. Looking at UK filings vs international designations, UK application leads with 28,349 trade mark applications (80.1% of the total), followed by International registration designating the UK (7,063). Looking at organisations with most applications, Frontier Physics Ltd leads with 99 trade mark applications (0.3% of the total), followed by LIGHT & WONDER, INC. (71) and Lemon Inc. (53).
Next to it by number sit class 41 (Education, training, entertainment and sport) with 37,417 and class 43 (Food, drink and accommodation services) with 9,122. The largest class pages on the register are class 09 (Computers, software and electronics, 47,331), class 35 (Advertising, business management and retail services, 47,156), class 25 (Clothing, footwear and headgear, 24,951); each has its own page, trend and feed.
A record counts in class 42 when its classes field matches 42, exactly as the API filter classes=42 selects it. The numbers cover the current window of the register, not all-time totals, and every table and sentence on this page is recomputed after each daily refresh of UK trade mark applications published for opposition (Trade Marks Journal), so a figure quoted with this page's URL and its date can be checked later.
Applications published by month
| month | count |
|---|---|
| 2025-11 | 2,581 |
| 2025-12 | 2,567 |
| 2026-01 | 2,632 |
| 2026-02 | 2,527 |
| 2026-03 | 2,957 |
| 2026-04 | 2,703 |
| 2026-05 | 3,497 |
| 2026-06 | 2,999 |
| 2026-07 | 3,757 |
| 2026-08 | 2,617 |
| 2026-09 | 2,691 |
| 2026-10 | 3,884 |
Applications published per weekly journal issue
| value | records |
|---|---|
| 2025/045 | 579 |
| 2025/046 | 671 |
| 2025/047 | 680 |
| 2025/048 | 651 |
| 2025/049 | 681 |
| 2025/050 | 701 |
| 2025/051 | 758 |
| 2025/052 | 427 |
| 2026/001 | 184 |
| 2026/002 | 575 |
| 2026/003 | 650 |
| 2026/004 | 615 |
| 2026/005 | 608 |
| 2026/006 | 611 |
| 2026/007 | 704 |
| 2026/008 | 590 |
| 2026/009 | 622 |
| 2026/010 | 826 |
| 2026/011 | 685 |
| 2026/012 | 705 |
| 2026/013 | 741 |
| 2026/014 | 709 |
| 2026/015 | 589 |
| 2026/016 | 677 |
| 2026/017 | 728 |
| 2026/018 | 713 |
| 2026/019 | 264 |
| 2026/020 | 779 |
| 2026/021 | 965 |
| 2026/022 | 776 |
| 2026/023 | 860 |
| 2026/024 | 864 |
| 2026/025 | 547 |
| 2026/026 | 728 |
| 2026/027 | 708 |
| 2026/028 | 848 |
| 2026/029 | 790 |
| 2026/030 | 710 |
| 2026/031 | 701 |
| 2026/032 | 630 |
| 2026/033 | 696 |
| 2026/034 | 615 |
| 2026/035 | 676 |
| 2026/036 | 560 |
| 2026/037 | 810 |
| 2026/038 | 695 |
| 2026/039 | 626 |
| 2026/040 | 684 |
| 2026/041 | 728 |
| 2026/042 | 827 |
| 2026/043 | 790 |
| 2026/044 | 855 |
UK filings vs international designations
| value | records |
|---|---|
| UK application | 28,349 |
| International registration designating the UK | 7,063 |
Organisations with most applications
| value | records |
|---|---|
| Frontier Physics Ltd | 99 |
| LIGHT & WONDER, INC. | 71 |
| Lemon Inc. | 53 |
| Google LLC | 37 |
| The Harwell Science and Innovation Campus General Partner Limited | 37 |
| DECENT CYBERSECURITY LTD | 32 |
| Ecolab USA Inc. | 31 |
| IGEL Technology GmbH | 31 |
| Amazon Technologies, Inc. | 29 |
| Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | 29 |
other class pages
- Class 41: Education, training, entertainment and sport — 37,417 trade mark applications, the page before
- Class 43: Food, drink and accommodation services — 9,122 trade mark applications, the page after
- Class 09: Computers, software and electronics — 47,331 trade mark applications
- Class 35: Advertising, business management and retail services — 47,156 trade mark applications
- Class 25: Clothing, footwear and headgear — 24,951 trade mark applications
Every class on the register has a page like this one; the UK trade mark applications published for opposition (Trade Marks Journal) page lists them all with their counts.
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methodology
Computed from the same records the gankdat API serves — official
government feeds, refreshed daily, no scraping. A record counts here when its
classes field matches 42, exactly as
GET /v1/data/uk-trademark-journal?classes=42 filters it. This dataset's
licence and personal-data posture are stated in the terms. Counts
reflect the current dataset window, not all-time totals. Cite this page with its URL and
the last-refreshed date.