Trademark owner · USPTO register · rebuilt nightly

Grande Cheese Company

98 live US trademarks, filing since 1969. The 29th largest trademark holder in Class 29 (meats & processed foods). 1 new application filed this year.

Live marks
98
registered + pending
Registered
87
on the Principal Register
Pending
11
applications in progress
Filed in 2026
1
by filing date
Classes used
12
of 45 Nice classes
First filing
1969
57 years on the register
At a glanceplain-language reads of the register
Mostly meats & processed foods: 71 of 98 live marks are in Class 29. Advertising & business (Class 35) is next with 17.
8 registrations have a maintenance filing due in the next 12 months.
Filing activityapplications per year, by filing date
0 7 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 1 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 Grande Cheese Company filed most recently.

MarkClassFiledBasisStatusSerial
SLICES OF SUCCESS 16, 41 Feb 5, 2026 — published 99636449
OPERATOR EXCHANGE 35, 41 Apr 22, 2025 — pending 99148463
ADVOCATE OF THE INDEPENDENT 35 Dec 3, 2024 in use published 98883270
LEADING THE WHEY 1 Feb 20, 2024 — published 98411908
GRANDE DURATO 1, 29 Oct 24, 2023 — published 98237458
AFINO BY GRANDE MOZZARELLA 29 Apr 4, 2023 — published 97872520
AFÍNO BY GRÄNDE MOZZARELLA 29 Mar 31, 2023 — published 97866789
AFINO 29, 35 Mar 31, 2023 — published 97866776
AFINO BY GRANDE 29, 35 Mar 31, 2023 — published 97866780
AFÍNO BY GRÄNDE 29, 35 Mar 31, 2023 — published 97866785
Maintenance windows aheadnext 12 months · from registration dates
GRANDE · Reg. 1,051,976 · registered Nov 1976
Section 8 & 9 renewal (year 50)
Nov 2, 2025 → Nov 2, 2026
GRANDE GUSTO · Reg. 6,212,335 · registered Dec 2020
Section 8 declaration (years 5–6)
Dec 1, 2025 → Dec 1, 2026
PACE · Reg. 6,224,964 · registered Dec 2020
Section 8 declaration (years 5–6)
Dec 22, 2025 → Dec 22, 2026
PACE PRODUCERS ASSURING CONSUMERS OF EXCELLENCE · Reg. 6,224,965 · registered Dec 2020
Section 8 declaration (years 5–6)
Dec 22, 2025 → Dec 22, 2026
AVORIO · Reg. 6,235,277 · registered Dec 2020
Section 8 declaration (years 5–6)
Dec 29, 2025 → Dec 29, 2026
GRANDE BRAND FRESH·CURD · Reg. 3,198,461 · registered Jan 2007
Section 8 & 9 renewal (year 20)
Jan 16, 2026 → Jan 16, 2027
THE CILIEGINE · Reg. 3,213,196 · registered Feb 2007
Section 8 & 9 renewal (year 20)
Feb 27, 2026 → Feb 27, 2027
ROTONDINO · Reg. 3,213,198 · registered Feb 2007
Section 8 & 9 renewal (year 20)
Feb 27, 2026 → Feb 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
GRANDE CHEESE COMPANY · 98 live marks
included
Grande Cosmetics, LLC · 32 live marks · may be a related company
separate page
Grande Johnson Enterprises LLC · 11 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 Grande Cheese Company trademarks.

How many trademarks does Grande Cheese Company have?

98 live US trademarks as of October 23, 2026: 87 registered and 11 pending applications. 1 were filed in 2026 so far.

What does Grande Cheese Company sell, according to its trademarks?

Mostly meats & processed foods (Class 29, 71 live marks). Also advertising & business (Class 35) and chemicals (Class 1).

Who owns the CONTESSA trademark?

CONTESSA is owned by Grande Cheese Company. It was registered on July 6, 1971 (Reg. No. 0915965) and is live. The same owner holds 97 other live US marks.

When did Grande Cheese Company first file a trademark?

Its oldest live US filing dates from 1969: CONTESSA, filed December 12, 1969.

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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.