Trademark owner · USPTO register · rebuilt nightly

American Psychological Association, Inc.

169 live US trademarks, filing since 1980. The 34th largest trademark holder in Class 16 (paper & printed matter). 3 new applications filed this year.

On the register as American Psychological Association, Inc. · AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

Live marks
169
registered + pending
Registered
156
on the Principal Register
Pending
13
applications in progress
Filed in 2026
3
by filing date
Classes used
9
of 45 Nice classes
First filing
1980
46 years on the register
At a glanceplain-language reads of the register
Mostly paper & printed matter: 96 of 169 live marks are in Class 16. Electronics & software (Class 9) is next with 94.
8 registrations have a maintenance filing due in the next 12 months, 3 already in the grace period.
Filing activityapplications per year, by filing date
0 8 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 3 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 American Psychological Association, Inc. filed most recently.

MarkClassFiledBasisStatusSerial
APA FOUNDATION 35, 36 Sep 17, 2026 — pending 50113982
APA FUND 35, 36 Sep 17, 2026 — pending 50114017
APA STYLE JARS 9, 41 Sep 15, 2026 — pending 50109723
APA DICTIONARY OF PSYCHOLOGY 9, 41, 42 Dec 17, 2025 — registered Oct 13 99552557
APA STYLE MANUAL 42 Dec 6, 2025 — registered Oct 13 99533379
WORK IN AMERICA 9, 35, 41 Mar 5, 2025 — pending 99068313
MAGINATION PRESS 9, 16, 41 Oct 17, 2024 — registered Feb 10 98807127
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATION 35, 36 Jun 28, 2024 — opposition 98624646
APF 35, 36 Jun 28, 2024 — opposition 98624664
SPEAKING OF PSYCHOLOGY 9, 41 Aug 22, 2023 — registered Jan 21 98144268
Recently registeredlast 12 months
APA DICTIONARY OF PSYCHOLOGY · Cl. 9, 41, 42 · Reg. 8,499,040
Oct 13, 2026
APA STYLE MANUAL · Cl. 42 · Reg. 8,498,936
Oct 13, 2026
MAGINATION PRESS · Cl. 9, 16, 41 · Reg. 8,132,313
Feb 10, 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
APA PUBLISHING · Reg. 6,048,002 · registered May 2020
Section 8 declaration (years 5–6) · in grace period until Nov 5, 2026
May 5, 2025 → May 5, 2026
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION · Reg. 6,114,641 · registered Jul 2020
Section 8 declaration (years 5–6) · in grace period until Jan 28, 2027
Jul 28, 2025 → Jul 28, 2026
APA OPEN · Reg. 6,159,435 · registered Sep 2020
Section 8 declaration (years 5–6) · in grace period until Mar 22, 2027
Sep 22, 2025 → Sep 22, 2026
PARTICULARLY EXCITING EXPERIMENTS IN PSYCHOLOGY · Reg. 5,071,712 · registered Nov 2016
Section 8 & 9 renewal (year 10)
Nov 1, 2025 → Nov 1, 2026
PSYCHOLOGICAL METHODS · Reg. 2,016,566 · registered Nov 1996
Section 8 & 9 renewal (year 30)
Nov 12, 2025 → Nov 12, 2026
COUCHED · Reg. 6,241,270 · registered Jan 2021
Section 8 declaration (years 5–6)
Jan 5, 2026 → Jan 5, 2027
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION · Reg. 6,252,108 · registered Jan 2021
Section 8 declaration (years 5–6)
Jan 19, 2026 → Jan 19, 2027
THESAURUS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL INDEX TERMS · Reg. 2,076,703 · registered Jul 1997
Section 8 & 9 renewal (year 30)
Jul 8, 2026 → Jul 8, 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
American Psychological Association, Inc. · 150 live marks
included
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION · 19 live marks
included
American Promotional Events, Inc. · 304 live marks · may be a related company
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American Sports Licensing, LLC · 235 live marks · may be a related company
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American City Business Journals, Inc. · 220 live marks · may be a related company
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American Express Marketing & Development Corp. · 205 live marks · may be a related company
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American Girl, LLC · 196 live marks · may be a related company
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Spellings are merged when they differ only in punctuation or legal suffix. Anything else stays separate rather than guessed.

Common questions

About American Psychological Association, Inc. trademarks.

How many trademarks does American Psychological Association, Inc. have?

169 live US trademarks as of October 23, 2026: 156 registered and 13 pending applications. 3 were filed in 2026 so far.

What does American Psychological Association, Inc. sell, according to its trademarks?

Mostly paper & printed matter (Class 16, 96 live marks). Also electronics & software (Class 9) and education & entertainment (Class 41).

Who owns the JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY: GENERAL trademark?

JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY: GENERAL is owned by American Psychological Association, Inc.. It was registered on June 22, 1982 (Reg. No. 1198661) and is live. The same owner holds 168 other live US marks.

When did American Psychological Association, Inc. first file a trademark?

Its oldest live US filing dates from 1980: AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST, filed September 4, 1980.

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