Trademark owner · USPTO register · rebuilt nightly

Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Inc.

55 live US trademarks, filing since 1967. 2 new applications filed this year.

Live marks
55
registered + pending
Registered
53
on the Principal Register
Pending
2
applications in progress
Filed in 2026
2
by filing date
Classes used
13
of 45 Nice classes
First filing
1967
59 years on the register
At a glanceplain-language reads of the register
Mostly advertising & business: 23 of 55 live marks are in Class 35. Education & entertainment (Class 41) is next with 22.
6 registrations have a maintenance filing due in the next 12 months.
Filing activityapplications per year, by filing date
0 6 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2 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 Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Inc. filed most recently.

MarkClassFiledBasisStatusSerial
WATERSTONES BARNES & NOBLE 9, 11, 16, 18, 35, 41 Jan 20, 2026 — pending 99603519
BARNES & NOBLE WATERSTONES 9, 11, 16, 18, 35, 41 Jan 20, 2026 — pending 99603543
COMPASS BOOKS 35 Oct 3, 2025 — registered Aug 11 99427364
AROMA A LIBROS 41 Sep 19, 2024 — registered Jul 1 98758953
B. DALTON BOOKSELLER 35 Apr 25, 2023 — registered May 28 97906419
B. DALTON ..BOOKSELLER.. 35 Apr 25, 2023 — registered May 28 97906435
AROMA A LIBROS 41 Mar 8, 2022 — registered Jun 27 97975624
BARNES & NOBLE CAFÉ 43 Apr 29, 2021 — registered May 16 90680759
BARNES & NOBLE CAFÉ 43 Apr 29, 2021 — registered May 16 90680816
BNCAFÉ 43 Apr 29, 2021 — registered May 16 90680925
Recently registeredlast 12 months
COMPASS BOOKS · Cl. 35 · Reg. 8,388,254
Aug 11, 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
LIBRARY OF ESSENTIAL READING · Reg. 3,178,149 · registered Nov 2006
Section 8 & 9 renewal (year 20)
Nov 28, 2025 → Nov 28, 2026
NOBLE · Reg. 5,106,479 · registered Dec 2016
Section 8 & 9 renewal (year 10)
Dec 20, 2025 → Dec 20, 2026
POURED OVER · Reg. 6,443,178 · registered Aug 2021
Section 8 declaration (years 5–6)
Aug 3, 2026 → Aug 3, 2027
SEARCH & FIND · Reg. 3,281,157 · registered Aug 2007
Section 8 & 9 renewal (year 20)
Aug 14, 2026 → Aug 14, 2027
LIBRARY OF ESSENTIAL WRITERS · Reg. 3,287,099 · registered Aug 2007
Section 8 & 9 renewal (year 20)
Aug 28, 2026 → Aug 28, 2027
READOUTS · Reg. 5,311,958 · registered Oct 2017
Section 8 & 9 renewal (year 10)
Oct 17, 2026 → Oct 17, 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
BARNES & NOBLE BOOKSELLERS, INC. · 55 live marks
included
Barnes Bullets - Mona, LLC · 20 live marks · may be a related company
separate page
Barnes Group, Inc. · 19 live marks · may be a related company
separate page
Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, LLC · 14 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 Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Inc. trademarks.

How many trademarks does Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Inc. have?

55 live US trademarks as of October 23, 2026: 53 registered and 2 pending applications. 2 were filed in 2026 so far.

What does Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Inc. sell, according to its trademarks?

Mostly advertising & business (Class 35, 23 live marks). Also education & entertainment (Class 41) and science & technology (saas) (Class 42).

Who owns the B. DALTON BOOKSELLER trademark?

B. DALTON BOOKSELLER is owned by Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Inc.. It was registered on March 26, 1968 (Reg. No. 0846824) and is live. The same owner holds 54 other live US marks.

When did Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Inc. first file a trademark?

Its oldest live US filing dates from 1967: B. DALTON BOOKSELLER, filed July 18, 1967.

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