Lightfathom Name Report · Sample
Brand Name Check: Saltgrove
Here is what we found for Saltgrove on 21 October 2026. We searched the US and Brazil trademark registers, and the UK register by hand, for exact matches, near-matches and sound-alikes in the classes that fit your description, then checked domains, social handles and app stores. Each of those registers gets a status and a short note on the closest marks. For the EU and international filings, we don’t search ourselves: you get each office’s own search with the name filled in. Where a source could not be reached, we say so rather than report no match.
Data dates. Brazil: INPI open data as of RPI 2910 (13 Oct 2026), plus a manual check of INPI’s public search on 21 Oct 2026 for filings published since. United States: USPTO data as of 21 Oct 2026. United Kingdom (UKIPO): searched by hand on 21 October 2026 using the IPO’s public search; not yet verified. New applications appear in any search, including the offices’ own, only once they’re published.
If any of our data is more than 30 days old on the day we deliver, we say so here, at the top of the report.
1. Bottom line
Overall: High similarity
There is a live mark in Brazil that sounds almost the same and covers software, like yours. The US and UK searches found no mark above our similarity threshold in the classes we checked. We didn’t search the EU or international filings; since you plan to sell in the EU, run the official searches linked below, or ask your lawyer to.
Risk is our score from 0 to 100 for the closest mark in each register we searched: 0 means no similarity, 100 means an identical mark covering the same goods or services.
| Jurisdiction | Status | Closest match | Risk (0-100) |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States USPTO | No close match | SALT GROVE FARMS | Risk 16/100 |
| European Union EUIPO | Official search link | Not searched by us | n/a |
| United Kingdom UKIPO | No close match Searched by hand, 21 Oct 2026 | SAULTGROVE (dead) | Risk 2/100 |
| International WIPO GBD | Official search link | Not searched by us | n/a |
| Brazil INPI | High similarity | SALGROVE | Risk 85/100 |
Verified registers: none yet. USPTO and INPI: searched, not yet verified. UKIPO: searched by hand, not yet verified. A register is verified once it passes our public test.
No close match: no live marks with a similarity score above our threshold in the classes searched. Some similarity: marks similar in sound, look or meaning; worth a lawyer’s look. High similarity: a live mark that is identical or very close, in a related class. Couldn’t check: the source didn’t respond, so we can’t say nothing was found. Each closest match comes from that register’s own entries in the full hit list. Official search link: we don’t search that register; the link opens the office’s own search with the name filled in (EUIPO’s TMview, which also covers EU national offices, and the WIPO Global Brand Database).
2. What you told us
- Name: Saltgrove
- Product: a meal-planning app for home cooks, sold by subscription
- Classes searched: 9 (software, apps) and 42 (software as a service); adjacent classes considered
- Markets: United States, European Union, United Kingdom, Brazil, international filings
3. The closest marks, in plain language
SALGROVE High similarity
Owner: Exemplo Apps Ltda (fictional). It differs from your name by one letter and sounds almost the same when spoken in Portuguese. It covers downloadable software, like yours. This is the mark most worth a lawyer’s look before launching in Brazil.
SALT GROVE FARMS No close match
Owner: Example Orchards LLC (fictional). Very similar wording, but it covers fresh produce, which is far from a software app. Low risk in the classes we checked.
4. Full hit list
| Register | Mark | No. | Class | Status | Owner | Match type | Risk (0-100) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR | SALGROVE | FX-BR-000417 | 9 | live | Exemplo Apps Ltda (fictional) | sound-alike | 85 |
| US | SALT GROVE FARMS | FX-US-090311 | 31 | live | Example Orchards LLC (fictional) | contained word | 16 |
| UK | SAULTGROVE | FX-UK-300127 | 30 | dead | Demo Provisions Ltd (fictional) | sound-alike | 2 |
Swipe the table sideways to see every column.
5. Domains
| Domain | Status |
|---|---|
| saltgrove.com | Taken |
| saltgrove.co | Available |
| saltgrove.ai | Available |
| saltgrove.io | Couldn’t check |
| saltgrove.com.br | Taken |
Availability changes quickly. Check again right before you buy.
6. Social handles and app stores
| Platform | @saltgrove |
|---|---|
| Profile exists, appears inactive | |
| X | Not found |
| TikTok | Not found |
| Couldn’t check |
App stores: no app named Saltgrove on the Apple App Store. One recipe app with “Salt” in its name in a related category on Google Play; different enough that we list it for context only.
7. Three alternatives
Because Brazil shows high similarity, here are three other names to consider. We ran a quick exact and sound-alike search for each in the same three registers (US, UK and Brazil).
| Name | Why | .com |
|---|---|---|
| Saltmere | Keeps “salt”, new ending | Available |
| Grovetable | Keeps “grove”, adds the kitchen table | Taken |
| Pinchwell | A new name with a cooking feel | Available |
These showed no exact or close match in our quick search only. Run a full check before choosing one.
8. Method and limits
- Searched: USPTO and INPI on 21 Oct 2026. Exact, look-alike, sound-alike, translation and contained-word matches.
- United Kingdom (UKIPO): searched by hand on 21 October 2026 using the IPO’s public search; not yet verified.
- Verified registers: none yet. Every register above is “not yet verified” until it passes our public test.
- Official search links only, not searched by us: EUIPO (through TMview) and the WIPO Global Brand Database. Results from those searches are not in this report.
- Not covered: unregistered use beyond what the web and app-store checks show, national registers not listed above, company-name registers, and marks filed in the last few weeks that are not yet published.
- Registers that could not be reached: none. Any source we can’t reach is marked “Couldn’t check”, never “No close match”.
- Your inputs are deleted 30 days after delivery. If this report is late or wrong, tell us within 7 days for a full refund.
Brazil data: INPI, Dados Abertos, licensed under CC BY-ND 3.0, transformed by Lightfathom into a search index. Not an official INPI service.
Counsel Summary
One-page summary for your lawyer
Proposed mark: Saltgrove · Goods/services: a meal-planning app for home cooks, sold by subscription · Classes: 9, 42
Searched: USPTO, INPI on 21 Oct 2026 (exact, sound-alike, look-alike, translation, contained word). UKIPO searched by hand on 21 Oct 2026 using the IPO’s public search. EUIPO and WIPO GBD not searched by us; official search links given. Verified registers: none yet.
Results: US no close match · UK no close match · BR high similarity · EU and Intl: official search links only
Marks to review:
- SALGROVE · INPI · FX-BR-000417 · class 9 · registered · Exemplo Apps Ltda (fictional)
- SALT GROVE FARMS · USPTO · FX-US-090311 · class 31 · registered · Example Orchards LLC (fictional)
Questions for counsel: scope of goods in the Brazilian registration; likelihood of coexistence in Brazil; whether to narrow the specification in classes 9 and 42; what the EUIPO and WIPO searches show, since the client plans to sell in the EU.
Automated preliminary search. Not a legal opinion.