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Biggest U.S. trademark owners, 1990

The 100 owners that filed the most U.S. trademark applications in 1990. Together they filed 5,790 of the 110,829 applications that year (5.2%).

Who the top filers of 1990 are

Based inOwners in the top 100ApplicationsRegistered
United States864,94155%
China, individuals00–
China, companies00–
Elsewhere1484954%

Counts are distinct applications with a filing date in 1990, grouped by the owner name and address on record, so one business filing under several names appears more than once. "Registered" means a registration has issued. Source: USPTO daily trademark files.

Top 100: 1990 filings

# Owner Location Type 1990 filings
1 MATTEL INC. HAWTHORNE, CA Company 284
2 KRAFT GENERAL FOODS, INC. GLENVIEW, IL Company 205
3 TONKA CORPORATION PAWTUCKET, RI Company 127
4 THOSE CHARACTERS FROM CLEVELAND, INC. Cleveland, OH Company 125
5 AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY – Company 113
6 GENERAL MILLS, INC. – Company 104
7 RALSTON PURINA COMPANY ST. LOUIS, MO Company 104
8 E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY WILMINGTON, DE Company 93
9 Shell Oil Company Houston, TX Company 87
10 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION ARMONK, NY Company 83
11 KABUSHIKI KAISHA HITACHI SEISAKUSHO CHIYODA-KU, TOKYO, JP Company 83
12 TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATION LOS ANGELES, CA Company 83
13 MCDONALD'S CORPORATION OAK BROOK, IL Company 81
14 Nabisco, Inc. East Hanover, NJ Company 81
15 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PROPERTIES, INC. NEW YORK, NY Company 78
16 CONOPCO, INC. Englewood Cliffs, NJ Company 76
17 SARAMAR CORPORATION DOVER, DE Company 76
18 JOHNSON & JOHNSON – Company 69
19 BORDEN, INC. NEW YORK, NY Company 67
20 LENOX, INCORPORATED LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ Company 67
21 MEAD CORPORATION, THE DAYTON, OH Company 67
22 GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION DETROIT 2, MI Company 66
23 REVLON, INC. NEW YORK, NY Company 66
24 SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A. CH-1800 VEVEY, CH Company 66
25 American Group for Innovation and Technology, Inc. Washington, DC Company 65
26 GENCORP INC. AKRON, OH Company 62
27 TITAN SPORTS INC. – Company 60
28 ABBOTT LABORATORIES NORTH CHICAGO, IL Company 58
29 CONAGRA, INC. OMAHA, NE Company 58
30 OHIO MATTRESS COMPANY LICENSING AND COMPONENTS GROUP, THE CLEVELAND, OH Company 58
31 SCHWAN'S SALES ENTERPRISES, INC. MARSHALL, MN Company 58
32 WARNER-LAMBERT COMPANY MORRIS PLAINS, NJ Company 57
33 CIBA-GEIGY CORPORATION ARDSLEY, NY Company 56
34 SPALDING & EVENFLO COMPANIES, INC. TAMPA, FL Company 56
35 STONE CONTAINER CORPORATION CHICAGO, IL Company 56
36 BAUSCH & LOMB INCORPORATED ROCHESTER, NY Company 55
37 ECOLAB INC. ST. PAUL, MN Company 53
38 HALLMARK CARDS, INCORPORATED KANSAS CITY MO Company 53
39 MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY ST. PAUL, MN Company 53
40 American Greetings Corporation Cleveland, OH Company 52
41 MOTOROLA, INC. – Company 52
42 CARTER-WALLACE, INC. NEW YORK, NY Company 51
43 MAX FACTOR & CO. – Company 51
44 S.C. JOHNSON & SON, INC. RACINE, WI Company 51
45 SCHERING CORPORATION KENILWORTH, NJ Company 51
46 WARNER BROS. INC. NEW YORK, NY Company 51
47 WINDMERE CORPORATION MIAMI LAKES, FL Company 51
48 W. R. GRACE & CO.-CONN. COLUMBIA, MD Company 50
49 BASF CORPORATION FLORHAM PRK, NJ Company 49
50 ESSELTE PENDAFLEX CORPORATION GARDEN CITY, NY Company 49
51 Nalco Chemical Company Chicago, IL Company 48
52 REED PUBLISHING (USA), INC. NEWTON, MA Company 48
53 PFIZER INC. NEW YORK, NY Company 47
54 Universal City Studios, Inc. Universal City, CA Company 46
55 WYANT & COMPANY LIMITED LACHINE, QUEBEC, CA Company 46
56 HASBRO, INC. PAWTUCKET, RI Company 45
57 K MART CORPORATION TROY, MI Company 45
58 LOCTITE CORPORATION HARTFORD, CT Company 45
59 MONSTER CABLE PRODUCTS, INC. SAN FRANCISCO, CA Company 45
60 CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC. PRINCETON, NJ Company 44
61 CONAIR CORPORATION STAMFORD, CT Company 44
62 NIKE, INC. Beaverton, OR Company 44
63 SDI OPERATING PARTNERS, L. P. PHILADELPHIA, PA Company 44
64 ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED PALO ALTO, CA Company 43
65 BARRON, THOMAS ARCHIBALD Denver, CO Individual 42
66 ESTEE LAUDER INC. NEW YORK, NY Company 42
67 BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY NEW YORK, NY Company 41
68 HERCULES INCORPORATED WILMINGTON, DE Company 41
69 IGLOO PRODUCTS CORP. Katy, TX Company 41
70 ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS, INC. Glenview, IL Company 41
71 SCOTT PAPER COMPANY – Company 41
72 US SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP KANSAS CITY, MO Company 41
73 AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY WAYNE, NJ Company 40
74 CHINA PYROTECHNICS, INC. FLORENCE, AL Company 40
75 HUBBELL INCORPORATED Shelton, CT Company 40
76 MOORE BUSINESS FORMS, INC. GRAND ISLAND, NY Company 40
77 Merck & Co., Inc. Rahway, NJ Company 40
78 NINTENDO OF AMERICA INC. Redmond, WA Company 40
79 PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY, THE – Company 40
80 DOWELANCO INDIANAPOLIS, IN Company 39
81 LITTLE ROSEY ENTERPRISES, INC. Los Angeles, CA Company 39
82 MCCAW CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS, INC. KIRKLAND, WA Company 39
83 OSCAR MAYER FOODS CORPORATION MADISON, WI Company 39
84 BELLSOUTH CORPORATION ATLANTA, GA Company 38
85 SCHOLASTIC INC. NEW YORK, NY Company 38
86 ADVANCE MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS INC. NEW YORK, NY Company 37
87 AMERICAN PROMOTIONAL EVENTS, INC. FLORENCE, AL Company 37
88 EXIDE CORPORATION READING, PA Company 37
89 JOSEPH E. SEAGRAM & SONS, INC. NEW YORK, NY Company 37
90 KRAFT FOODS, INC. NORTHFIELD, IL Company 37
91 L.A. GEAR, INC. Los Angeles, CA Company 37
92 TSUMURA INTERNATIONAL INC. SCOTTSDALE, AZ Company 37
93 WESTERN PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. RACINE, WI Company 37
94 Atlantic Richfield Company Los Angeles, CA Company 36
95 DENTSPLY INTERNATIONAL INC. YORK, PA Company 36
96 GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION PORTLAND, OR Company 36
97 MARS, INCORPORATED MCLEAN, VA Company 36
98 PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA,THE NEWARK, NJ Company 36
99 S & J PERFUME COMPANY LIMITED WATFORD, HERTS, GB Company 36
100 GLAXO GROUP LIMITED Brentford, Middlesex, GB Company 35

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