Class 2: Paints, varnishes, inks

Class heading

• Paints, varnishes, lacquers
• preservatives against rust and against deterioration of wood
• colorants, dyes
• inks for printing, marking and engraving
• raw natural resins
• metals in foil and powder form for use in painting, decorating, printing and art

What class 2 covers

Class 2 includes mainly paints, colorants and preparations used for protection against corrosion.

This class includes in particular:

• paints, varnishes and lacquers for industry, handicrafts and arts
• thinners, thickeners, fixatives and siccatives for paints, varnishes and lacquers
• mordants for wood and leather
• anti-rust oils, oils for the preservation of wood
• dyestuffs for clothing
• colorants for foodstuffs and beverages

This class does not include in particular:

• mordants for metals (Class 1)
• unprocessed artificial resins (Class 1), semi-processed artificial resins (Class 17)
• laundry blueing, laundry bleaching preparations (Class 3)
• cosmetic dyes (Class 3)
• paint boxes (articles for use in school) (Class 16)
• inks for stationery purposes (Class 16)
• insulating paints and varnishes (Class 17)

Class heading and explanatory note adapted from WIPO’s Nice Classification explanatory notes (NCL 13-2026), © WIPO, CC BY. Changes: shortened layout; references to other classes turned into links. CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · WIPO terms of use (opens in a new tab)

Turkish list (Tebliğ 2026/2) for class 2

Unofficial English translation. Filings in Türkiye use the official Turkish text of TÜRKPATENT Communiqué 2026/2.

• Paints, varnishes, lacquers, preparations against rust, wood preservatives, binding agents and thinners for paints, pigments, coatings (in the nature of paints), anti-corrosive preparations for metals, shoe dyes; printing inks and printers' inks, toner (including filled toner cartridges); colorants for foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals and beverages
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  Boyalar, vernikler, laklar, pas önleyiciler, ahşabı koruyucu maddeler, boyalar için bağlayıcı ve inceltici maddeler, boya pigmentleri, kaplama maddeleri (boya formunda), metali koruyucu maddeler, ayakkabı boyaları; matbaa boyaları ve mürekkepleri, tonerler (dolu halde toner kartuşları dahil); besin maddelerini, ispençiyari ürünleri ve içecekleri boyamaya mahsus maddeler.

• Raw natural resins
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  İşlenmemiş doğal reçineler.

• Metals in foil and powder form for use in painting, decorating, printing and art
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  Boyacılar, dekoratörler, matbaacılar ve sanatçılar için metal levhalar ve toz halde metaller.

Example terms in class 2

A selection of 100 terms from the 756 USPTO ID Manual terms in this class.

• Acid dyes
• Alcohol soluble dyes
• Aluminum paints
• Anti-corrosion oils
• Anti-corrosive coatings
• Anti-fouling paints
• Anti-microbial varnishes
• Anti-slip topcoats for floors
• Anticorrosive paints
• Architectural protective coatings
• Bactericidal and fungicidal paints
• Bitumen varnish
• Camouflage paints for military equipment
• Ceramic paints
• Clear protective coatings for vehicles
• Coatings for lead encapsulation
• Coatings used for furniture finishing
• Color pigments
• Colorants for cellulosic materials
• Colorants for food and beverages
• Colorants for wood
• Colorings for liqueurs
• Colourings for butter
• Copaiba-based fixatives for paints
• Copying inks
• Damp proofing paints
• Distempers
• Drying agents for colours
• Drying preparations for colours
• Dye toners
• Dyes for wood
• Dyestuffs for wood
• Edible varnish for decorating food
• Enamels for painting
• Fabric paints
• Filled ink jet cartridges
• Filled toner cartridges for facsimile machines
• Filled toner cartridges for printing machines
• Fire retardant coatings
• Fireproof paints
• Flame-retardant lacquers
• Floor topcoats
• Food and beverage colouring
• Food colorants for domestic
• French polish
• Glazes
• Gum turpentine being paint thinner
• Holographic pigments
• Ink for photocopiers
• Ink jet printer ink
• Inks for printing
• Lacquers
• Leather stains
• Lower hull paints
• Malt caramel food colouring
• Masterbatches for coloring of plastics
• Metallic printing inks
• Mixed paints
• Naphthol dyes
• Oil colours
• Orange lead
• Paint for industrial equipment and machinery
• Paint hardeners
• Paint thickeners
• Paints and lacquers
• Paints for machinery
• Paints in handheld stick form
• Paper for dyeing eggs
• Photochromic pigments
• Pigments
• Polyurethane coatings for floors
• Pottery enamels
• Preparations for drying varnishes
• Primers
• Protective coatings for display screens
• Rapid dyes
• Reducers for paints
• Sandarac
• Siccatives for colors
• Silk screen printing inks
• Solvents for thinning paints
• Sulphur dyes
• Synthetic resin paints
• Tattoo colors
• Tattooing ink
• Thermographic ink
• Thickeners for inks
• Thickening substances for paints
• Thinners for varnishes
• Toner for photocopiers
• Turmeric used as a colorant
• Turpentine substitute being thinner for varnishes
• Undercoating for surfaces to be painted
• Urethane-based paints for aircraft exteriors
• Varnishes for decoupage
• Vitreous enamel paints
• Watercolour paints
• White lead
• Wood floor finishes
• Wood preserving oils

Example terms: Source: USPTO ID Manual (public domain), retrieved 18 October 2026.

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