Trademark owner · USPTO register · rebuilt nightly

Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc.

32 live US trademarks, filing since 1977. 4 new applications filed this year.

Live marks
32
registered + pending
Registered
26
on the Principal Register
Pending
6
1 open to opposition
Filed in 2026
4
by filing date
Classes used
2
of 45 Nice classes
First filing
1977
49 years on the register
At a glanceplain-language reads of the register
Mostly staple foods: 28 of 32 live marks are in Class 30. Meats & processed foods (Class 29) is next with 11.
Filing faster than usual: 4 applications so far in 2026 against a yearly average of 0.5.
One mark is open to opposition now; the window closes Nov 12.
1 registration has a maintenance filing due in the next 12 months.
Filing activityapplications per year, by filing date
0 4 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 4 so far

Marks held on the register, by filing date. 2026 is year to date.

Portfolio by classlive marks · rank among filers in that class

A multi-class mark counts once per class. Rank shown where the owner is in the class's top 50.

Latest activity

What Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc. filed most recently.

MarkClassFiledBasisStatusSerial
BUTCHER BOY SINCE 1950 30 May 5, 2026 — published · closes Nov 12 99805173
PETITE CUISINE 29 Mar 16, 2026 — registered Oct 13 99705165
LING LING 30 Mar 16, 2026 — published · closes Dec 3 99705205
TAI PEI 29 Mar 16, 2026 — published · closes Dec 3 99705242
FRED'S 29, 30 Jan 28, 2025 — published 99021358
POSADA 30 Jan 16, 2025 — published 99002533
CRUNCHEROS 30 Oct 14, 2024 — registered Aug 26 98800833
SUGARMOON SWEETS 30 Mar 11, 2024 — published 98443637
CRUNCHEROS 30 Oct 30, 2019 — registered Nov 29 88673697
VIP 30 Oct 10, 2019 — registered Jul 12 88649178
Open to opposition now30-day windows from publication
BUTCHER BOY SINCE 1950 · Cl. 30 · published Oct 13
closes Nov 12

Anyone who believes they would be harmed by registration can oppose during this window.

Recently registeredlast 12 months
PETITE CUISINE · Cl. 29 · Reg. 8,500,084
Oct 13, 2026

Registration starts the maintenance clock: a Section 8 declaration is due between years 5 and 6.

Maintenance windows aheadnext 12 months · from registration dates
GOLDEN TIGER · Reg. 3,221,403 · registered Mar 2007
Section 8 & 9 renewal (year 20)
Mar 27, 2026 → Mar 27, 2027

A filing missed by the due date enters a six-month grace period, then the registration cancels.

Names on the registerwhat this page merges, and what it leaves out
AJINOMOTO FOODS NORTH AMERICA, INC. · 32 live marks
included
Ajinomoto Cambrooke, Inc. · 19 live marks · may be a related company
separate page
Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition North America, Inc · 15 live marks · may be a related company
separate page

Spellings are merged when they differ only in punctuation or legal suffix. Anything else stays separate rather than guessed.

Common questions

About Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc. trademarks.

How many trademarks does Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc. have?

32 live US trademarks as of October 23, 2026: 26 registered and 6 pending applications. 4 were filed in 2026 so far.

What does Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc. sell, according to its trademarks?

Mostly staple foods (Class 30, 28 live marks). Also meats & processed foods (Class 29).

Who owns the BAR-B-Q-SNAK trademark?

BAR-B-Q-SNAK is owned by Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc.. It was registered on October 2, 1979 (Reg. No. 1125687) and is live. The same owner holds 31 other live US marks.

When did Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc. first file a trademark?

Its oldest live US filing dates from 1977: BAR-B-Q-SNAK, filed May 12, 1977.

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