Trademark owner · USPTO register · rebuilt nightly

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.

79 live US trademarks, filing since 1977. 6 new applications filed this year.

Live marks
79
registered + pending
Registered
60
on the Principal Register
Pending
19
applications in progress
Filed in 2026
6
2 intent to use
Classes used
7
of 45 Nice classes
First filing
1977
49 years on the register
At a glanceplain-language reads of the register
Mostly insurance & finance: 55 of 79 live marks are in Class 36. Science & technology (SaaS) (Class 42) is next with 31.
Filing faster than usual: 6 applications so far in 2026 against a yearly average of 2.8.
New products ahead: 2 of the 6 filings this year are intent-to-use applications, meaning the goods are not yet on sale.
Entering Class 25 (clothing & footwear): first filings this year in a class with no earlier Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. marks.
8 registrations have a maintenance filing due in the next 12 months.
1 mark was abandoned, cancelled or expired in the last 12 months.
Filing activityapplications per year, by filing date
0 8 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 6 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 Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. filed most recently.

MarkClassFiledBasisStatusSerial
BTCV 35, 42 Oct 7, 2026 — pending 50149014
CMECOIN 9, 35, 36, 42 Sep 11, 2026 — pending 50102609
CME GROUP 25 Jul 7, 2026 — pending 99925719
TREASURY LINK 35, 36 Jul 7, 2026 — pending 99926807
RFR 9, 35, 36, 42 Jan 8, 2026 intent to use published 99584428
REPOFUNDS RATE 9, 35, 36, 42 Jan 8, 2026 intent to use published 99584438
FX TAPE+ 9, 36, 42 Dec 10, 2025 — pending 99540646
FEDWATCH 35, 38, 42 Dec 10, 2025 — published 99540901
CMESC 9, 36, 42 Dec 10, 2025 — published 99540594
CME SC 9, 36, 42 Dec 10, 2025 — published · closes Dec 3 99540600
Maintenance windows aheadnext 12 months · from registration dates
CME GLOBEX · Reg. 3,193,924 · registered Jan 2007
Section 8 & 9 renewal (year 20)
Jan 2, 2026 → Jan 2, 2027
GLOBEX · Reg. 5,166,758 · registered Mar 2017
Section 8 & 9 renewal (year 10)
Mar 21, 2026 → Mar 21, 2027
TACO · Reg. 6,301,725 · registered Mar 2021
Section 8 declaration (years 5–6)
Mar 23, 2026 → Mar 23, 2027
BTIC · Reg. 6,301,726 · registered Mar 2021
Section 8 declaration (years 5–6)
Mar 23, 2026 → Mar 23, 2027
CME SOFR · Reg. 6,329,187 · registered Apr 2021
Section 8 declaration (years 5–6)
Apr 20, 2026 → Apr 20, 2027
CME DIRECT MOBILE · Reg. 5,218,706 · registered Jun 2017
Section 8 & 9 renewal (year 10)
Jun 6, 2026 → Jun 6, 2027
GROWTH AND EMERGING MARKETS · Reg. 2,074,634 · registered Jun 1997
Section 8 & 9 renewal (year 30)
Jun 24, 2026 → Jun 24, 2027
GEM · Reg. 2,088,208 · registered Aug 1997
Section 8 & 9 renewal (year 30)
Aug 12, 2026 → Aug 12, 2027

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

Lapsed or droppedstatus changes · last 12 months
CME CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE · Cl. 9, 42 · was registered
cancelled Oct 19

Recorded as the nightly register update observes them. A cancelled or expired mark no longer blocks a new filing of the same name.

Names on the registerwhat this page merges, and what it leaves out
CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE INC. · 79 live marks
included
Chicago Cubs Baseball Club, LLC · 47 live marks · may be a related company
separate page
Chicago White SOX, Ltd. · 33 live marks · may be a related company
separate page
Chicago Professional Sports Limited Partnership · 24 live marks · may be a related company
separate page
Chicago Bears Football Club, Inc. · 22 live marks · may be a related company
separate page
Chicago Zoological Society · 20 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 Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. trademarks.

How many trademarks does Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. have?

79 live US trademarks as of October 23, 2026: 60 registered and 19 pending applications. 6 were filed in 2026 so far.

What does Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. sell, according to its trademarks?

Mostly insurance & finance (Class 36, 55 live marks). Also science & technology (saas) (Class 42) and electronics & software (Class 9).

Who owns the CME trademark?

CME is owned by Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.. It was registered on February 14, 1978 (Reg. No. 1085681) and is live. The same owner holds 78 other live US marks.

When did Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. first file a trademark?

Its oldest live US filing dates from 1977: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY MARKET, filed July 20, 1977.

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Data: USPTO trademark bulk files, processed nightly by Thorgate. Last rebuilt October 23, 2026. Counts cover the US federal register only, not state or foreign marks. Owner names are shown as recorded by the USPTO. This page reports public-record facts and dates and is not legal advice. For the official record of any mark, follow its serial number to USPTO TSDR.