Who owns the THINKPAD trademark?

The THINKPAD trademark is owned by LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL.

What is the serial number for THINKPAD?

The USPTO serial number for THINKPAD is 74526170.

What is the registration number for THINKPAD?

THINKPAD is registered under USPTO registration number 1977221.

THINKPAD - Owned by LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL - (Class 009, Class 018)

Q: What class is the THINKPAD trademark registered in?

The THINKPAD trademark is registered in Class 009 (Electronics, software & scientific instruments), Class 018 (Leather goods, bags & accessories).

What to file next

Section 9 renewal, filed with a Section 8 declaration

When: Due between the ninth and tenth anniversary of registration, then before each tenth anniversary after that.
Extensions and grace: A six-month grace period follows, with an added per-class fee.
If it is missed: A missed renewal cancels the registration, and there is no revival route for it.

How Section 9 renewal works

General information about USPTO practice, not legal advice. The register is the authority, and a filing that has not yet posted can change what is owed.

Full Goods & Services

Class 009Electronics, software & scientific instruments

US codes: 021, 023, 026, 036, 038

First use anywhere: Apr 30, 1994

First use in commerce: Apr 30, 1994

Scientific, research, navigation, surveying, photographic, cinematographic, audiovisual, optical, weighing, measuring, signalling, detecting, testing, inspecting, life-saving and teaching apparatus and instruments; apparatus and instruments for conducting, switching, transforming, accumulating, regulating or controlling the distribution or use of electricity; apparatus and instruments for recording, transmitting, reproducing or processing sound, images or data; recorded and downloadable multimedia files, computer software, blank digital or analogue recording and storage media; mechanisms for coin-operated apparatus; cash registers, calculating devices; computers and computer peripheral devices; diving suits, divers' masks, ear plugs for divers, nose clips for divers, gloves for divers, breathing apparatus for underwater swimming; fire-extinguishing apparatus.

Class 018Leather goods, bags & accessories

US codes: 001, 002, 003, 022, 041

First use anywhere: Apr 30, 1994

First use in commerce: Apr 30, 1994

Leather and imitations of leather; animal skins and hides; luggage and carrying bags; umbrellas and parasols; walking sticks; whips, harness and saddlery; collars, leashes and clothing for animals.

This description is as filed with the USPTO and defines the scope of trademark protection.

Filing Basis & Declarations

Standard Characters ClaimedUse Application CurrentlySection 8 AcceptedSection 15 AcknowledgedTrademark

Status History

47 events

CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL

Jun 11, 2026

Code APRE

REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (10-YR) ACCEPTED/SEC. 9 GRANTED

Jun 11, 2026

Code 89AG

REGISTERED AND RENEWED (THIRD RENEWAL - 10 YRS)

Jun 11, 2026

Code RNL3

NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 9 - E-MAILED

Jun 11, 2026

Code NA89

TEAS SECTION 8 & 9 RECEIVED

Apr 07, 2026

Code E89R

COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (10-YR)/SEC. 9 E-MAILED

May 28, 2025

Code REM2

CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL

May 19, 2016

Code APRE

REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (10-YR) ACCEPTED/SEC. 9 GRANTED

May 19, 2016

Code 89AG

REGISTERED AND RENEWED (SECOND RENEWAL - 10 YRS)

May 19, 2016

Code RNL2

NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 9 - E-MAILED

May 19, 2016

Code NA89

TEAS SECTION 8 & 9 RECEIVED

Mar 08, 2016

Code E89R

AUTOMATIC UPDATE OF ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP

Dec 16, 2015

Code ASGN

COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (10-YR)/SEC. 9 E-MAILED

May 28, 2015

Code REM2