TODAY’S TRADEMARK – 3M

The 3M Company is an American multinational conglomerate corporation operating in the fields of industry, Transportation and Electronics, Health Care, and Consumer. It was founded by J. Danley Budd, Henry. S. Bryan, William A. McGonagle & John Dwan in the year 1902.The company produces over 60,000 products under several brands, including adhesives, abrasives, laminates, passive fire protection, personal protective equipment, window films, paint protection films, dental and orthodontic products, electrical and electronic connecting and insulating materials, medical products, car-care products, electronic circuits, healthcare software and optical films. It is based in Maplewood, a suburb of Saint Paul, Minnesota.

The mark “3M” is considered a combination of numerical, and alphabet registered as both trade and service mark on 14^th February 2012 bearing the serial number. 994543. It has been registered as a Chilean trademark falling under the classes 7 and 8 of the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks. The company made $35.4 billion in total sales in 2021 and ranked number 102 in the Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue. As of 2021, the company had approximately 95,000 employees, and has operations in more than 70 countries including India.