Scientific, nautical, surveying, photographic, cinematographic, optical, weighing, measuring, signalling, checking (supervision), life-saving and teaching apparatus and instruments;
apparatus and instruments for conducting, switching, transforming, accumulating, regulating or controlling electricity;
apparatus for recording, transmission or reproduction of sound or images;
magnetic data carriers, recording discs;
automatic vending machines and mechanisms for coin-operated apparatus;
cash registers, calculating machines, data processing equipment and computers;
fire-extinguishing apparatus.
Explanatory Note
This Class includes, in particular:
– apparatus and instruments for scientific research in laboratories;
– apparatus and instruments for controlling ships, such as apparatus and instruments for measuring and for transmitting orders;
– the following electrical apparatus and instruments:
(a) certain electrothermic tools and apparatus, such as electric soldering irons, electric flat irons which, if they were not electric, would belong to Class 8;
(b) apparatus and devices which, if not electrical, would be listed in various classes, i.e., electrically heated clothing, cigar-lighters for automobiles;
– protractors;
– punched card office machines;
– amusement apparatus adapted for use with an external display screen or monitor;
– all computer programs and software regardless of recording media or means of dissemination, that is, software recorded on magnetic media or downloaded from a remote computer network.
This Class does not include, in particular:
– the following electrical apparatus and instruments:
(a) electromechanical apparatus for the kitchen (grinders and mixers for foodstuffs, fruit presses, electrical coffee mills, etc.), and certain other apparatus and instruments driven by an electrical motor, all coming under Class 7;
(b) electric razors and clippers (hand instruments) (Cl. 8);
(c) electric toothbrushes and combs (Cl. 21);
(d) electrical apparatus for space heating or for the heating of liquids, for cooking, ventilating, etc. (Cl. 11);
– clocks and watches and other chronometric instruments (Cl. 14);
– control clocks (Cl. 14).
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| abacuses | encoded identification bracelets, magnetic | polarimeters |
| accumulator boxes | encoded identification bracelets, magnetic | portable media players |
| accumulator jars | encoded magnetic cards | portable telephones |
| accumulator jars | encoded magnetic cards | portable telephones |
| accumulators, electric | enlarging apparatus [photography] | precision balances |
| accumulators, electric, for vehicles | epidiascopes | precision balances |
| acid hydrometers | ergometers | precision measuring apparatus |
| acidimeters for batteries | exposure meters [light meters] | pressure gauges |
| acoustic [sound] alarms | eyeglass cases | pressure indicator plugs for valves |
| acoustic conduits | eyeglass cases | pressure indicators |
| acoustic conduits | eyeglass chains | pressure measuring apparatus |
| acoustic couplers | eyeglass chains | printed circuit boards |
| acoustic couplers | eyeglass cords | printed circuits |
| actinometers | eyeglass frames | printers for use with computers |
| adding machines | eyeglasses | printers for use with computers |
| aerials | eyepieces | prisms [optics] |
| aerometers | facsimile machines | probes for scientific purposes |
| air analysis apparatus | false coin detectors | processors [central processing units] |
| alarm bells, electric | fibre [fiber (Am.)] optic cables | projection apparatus |
| alarm bells, electric | fibre [fiber (Am.)] optic cables | projection screens |
| alarms* | film cutting apparatus | protection devices against X-rays, not for medical purposes |
| alcoholmeters | films, exposed | protection devices against X-rays, not for medical purposes |
| alidades | filters [photography] | protection devices for personal use against accidents |
| altimeters | filters for respiratory masks | protective helmets |
| ammeters | filters for ultraviolet rays, for photography | protective helmets |
| amplifiers | fire alarms | protective helmets for sports |
| amplifying tubes | fire alarms | protective helmets for sports |
| amplifying valves | fire beaters | protective helmets for sports |
| anemometers | fire blankets | protective masks* |
| animated cartoons | fire boats | protective masks* |
| animated cartoons | fire boats | protective suits for aviators |
| anode batteries | fire engines | protective suits for aviators |
| anodes | fire escapes | protractors [measuring instruments] |
| answering machines | fire extinguishers | punched card machines for offices |
| antennas | fire extinguishing apparatus | push buttons for bells |
| anticathodes | fire hose | pyrometers |
| anti-dazzle shades | fire hose | quantity indicators |
| anti-glare glasses | fire hose nozzles | quantity indicators |
| anti-glare visors | fire hose nozzles | radar apparatus |
| anti-interference devices [electricity] | fire pumps | radio pagers |
| anti-theft warning apparatus | flash-bulbs [photography] | radiological apparatus for industrial purposes |
| apertometers [optics] | flashing lights [luminous signals] | radiology screens for industrial purposes |
| apparatus and installations for the production of X-rays, not for medical purposes |
flashlights [photography] | radios |
| apparatus and instruments for astronomy | floppy disks | radiotelegraphy sets |
| apparatus and instruments for physics | fluorescent screens | radiotelephony sets |
| apparatus for changing record player needles | fog signals, non-explosive | railway traffic safety appliances |
| apparatus for editing cinematographic film | food analysis apparatus | range finders |
| apparatus for fermentation [laboratory apparatus] | frames for photographic transparencies | readers [data processing equipment] |
| apparatus for measuring the thickness of skins | frames for photographic transparencies | record players |
| apparatus for recording distance | frequency meters | reducers [electricity] |
| apparatus to check franking | furnaces for laboratory use | reflecting discs for wear, for the prevention of traffic accidents |
| apparatus to check stamping mail | furniture especially made for laboratories | reflecting discs for wear, for the prevention of traffic accidents |
| appliances for measuring the thickness of leather | fuse wire | refractometers |
| armatures [electricity] | fuses | refractors |
| asbestos clothing for protection against fire | galena crystals [detectors] | regulating apparatus, electric |
| asbestos gloves for protection against accidents | galvanic batteries | relays, electric |
| asbestos screens for firemen | galvanic cells | remote control apparatus |
| asbestos screens for firemen | galvanometers | resistances, electric |
| asbestos screens for firemen | garments for protection against fire | respirators for filtering air |
| audio- and video-receivers | gas testing instruments | respirators, other than for artificial respiration |
| audiovisual teaching apparatus | gasoline gauges | respiratory masks, other than for artificial respiration |
| automated teller machines [ATM] | gasometers [measuring instruments] | resuscitation mannequins [teaching apparatus] |
| automated teller machines [ATM] | gauges | resuscitation mannequins [teaching apparatus] |
| automatic indicators of low pressure in vehicle tires | glass covered with an electrical conductor | retorts |
| automatic indicators of low pressure in vehicle tires [tyres] | glazing apparatus for photographic prints | retorts' stands |
| automatic indicators of low pressure in vehicle tyres | glazing apparatus for photographic prints | revolution counters |
| azimuth instruments | Global Positioning System [GPS] apparatus | rheostats |
| bags adapted for laptops | gloves for divers | riding helmets |
| balances [steelyards] | gloves for protection against accidents | riding helmets |
| balancing apparatus | gloves for protection against X-rays for industrial purposes | road signs, luminous or mechanical |
| bar code readers | goggles for sports | rods [surveying instruments] |
| bar code readers | goggles for sports | rods for water diviners |
| barometers | gradient indicators | rulers [measuring instruments] |
| batteries for lighting | graduated glassware | rules [measuring instruments] |
| batteries for lighting | grids for batteries | saccharometers |
| batteries, electric | hands free kits for phones | safety nets |
| batteries, electric, for vehicles | hands free kits for phones | safety nets |
| battery boxes | head cleaning tapes [recording] | safety restraints, other than for vehicle seats and sports equipment |
| battery chargers | headphones | safety restraints, other than for vehicle seats and sports equipment |
| battery jars | heat regulating apparatus | safety tarpaulins |
| beacons, luminous | heliographic apparatus | salinometers |
| bells [warning devices] | hemline markers | satellite navigational apparatus |
| betatrons | high tension batteries | satellites for scientific purposes |
| binoculars | high-frequency apparatus | scales |
| blinkers [signalling lights] | holders for electric coils | scanners [data processing equipment] |
| blueprint apparatus | holders for electric coils | screens [photography] |
| boiler control instruments | holograms | screens for photoengraving |
| branch boxes [electricity] | horns for loudspeakers | screw-tapping gauges |
| breathing apparatus for underwater swimming | hourglasses | semi-conductors |
| breathing apparatus, except for artificial respiration | hydrometers | sextants |
| bullet-proof vests (Am.) | hygrometers | sheaths for electric cables |
| bullet-proof waistcoats | identification sheaths for electric wires | shoes for protection against accidents, irradiation and fire |
| bullet-proof waistcoats [vests (Am.)] | identification threads for electric wires | shutter releases [photography] |
| buzzers | identification threads for electric wires | shutter releases [photography] |
| cabinets for loudspeakers | identity cards, magnetic | shutters [photography] |
| cables, electric | igniting apparatus, electric, for igniting at a distance | sighting telescopes for firearms |
| calculating disks | inclinometers | sighting telescopes for firearms |
| calculating machines | incubators for bacteria culture | signal bells |
| calibrating rings | inductors [electricity] | signal bells |
| calipers | instruments containing eyepieces | signal lanterns |
| camcorders | integrated circuit cards [smart cards] | signalling buoys |
| cameras [photography] | integrated circuits | signalling buoys |
| capacitors | intercommunication apparatus | signalling panels, luminous or mechanical |
| capillary tubes | interfaces for computers | signalling whistles |
| carpenters' rules | inverters [electricity] | signals, luminous or mechanical |
| carriers for dark plates [photography] | invoicing machines | signs, luminous |
| carriers for dark plates [photography] | ionization apparatus not for the treatment of air or water | simulators for the steering and control of vehicles |
| cases especially made for photographic apparatus and instruments |
jigs [measuring instruments] | sirens |
| cases fitted with dissecting instruments [microscopy] | juke boxes for computers | sleeves for laptops |
| cash registers | juke boxes, musical | slide calipers |
| cash registers | junction boxes [electricity] | slide projectors |
| cassette players | junction sleeves for electric cables | slide-rules |
| cathodes | junction sleeves for electric cables | slides [photography] |
| cathodic anti-corrosion apparatus | junction sleeves for electric cables | slope indicators |
| cell phone straps | kilometer recorders for vehicles | smart cards [integrated circuit cards] |
| cell switches [electricity] | knee-pads for workers | smoke detectors |
| centering apparatus for photographic transparencies | laboratory centrifuges | smoke detectors |
| centering apparatus for photographic transparencies | laboratory trays | sockets, plugs and other contacts [electric connections] |
| central processing units [processors] | lactodensimeters | socks, electrically heated |
| chargers for electric batteries | lactometers | solar batteries |
| chemistry apparatus and instruments | laptop computers | solderers' helmets |
| chips [integrated circuits] | lasers, not for medical purposes | solenoid valves [electromagnetic switches] |
| choking coils [impedance] | lens hoods | solenoid valves [electromagnetic switches] |
| choking coils [impedance] | lenses for astrophotography | sonars |
| chromatography apparatus for laboratory use | lenses for astrophotography | sound alarms |
| chronographs [time recording apparatus] | letter scales | sound locating instruments |
| cinematographic cameras | levelling instruments | sound recording apparatus |
| cinematographic cameras | levelling staffs [surveying instruments] | sound recording carriers |
| cinematographic film, exposed | levels [instruments for determining the horizontal] | sound recording discs |
| cinematographic film, exposed | lever scales [steelyards] | sound recording strips |
| circuit breakers | life belts | sound recording strips |
| circuit closers | life buoys | sound reproduction apparatus |
| cleaning apparatus for phonograph records | life jackets | sound transmitting apparatus |
| cleaning apparatus for sound recording discs | life nets | sounding apparatus and machines |
| clinometers | life saving apparatus and equipment | sounding leads |
| clothing especially made for laboratories | life-saving rafts | sounding lines |
| clothing especially made for laboratories | light conducting filaments [optical fibers [fibres]] | spark-guards |
| clothing for protection against accidents, irradiation and fire | light dimmers [regulators], electric | speaking tubes |
| clothing for protection against fire | light dimmers [regulators], electric | spectacle cases |
| clothing for protection against fire | light regulators [dimmers], electric | spectacle frames |
| coaxial cables | light-emitting diodes [LED] | spectacle lenses |
| coaxial cables | light-emitting electronic pointers | spectacles [optics] |
| coils, electric | light-emitting electronic pointers | spectrograph apparatus |
| coin-operated mechanisms for television sets | lighting ballasts | spectroscopes |
| coin-operated musical automata [juke boxes] | lightning arresters | speed checking apparatus for vehicles |
| collectors, electric | lightning conductors | speed indicators |
| commutators | lightning conductors [rods] | speed indicators |
| compact disc players | limiters [electricity] | speed measuring apparatus [photography] |
| compact discs [audio-video] | locks, electric | speed regulators for record players |
| compact discs [audio-video] | logs [measuring instruments] | spherometers |
| compact discs [read-only memory] | loudspeakers | spirit levels |
| compact discs [read-only memory] | magic lanterns | spools [photography] |
| comparators | magic lanterns | sprinkler systems for fire protection |
| compasses [measuring instruments] | magnetic data media | stage lighting regulators |
| computer game software | magnetic data media | stands for photographic apparatus |
| computer keyboards | magnetic encoders | starter cables for motors |
| computer memory devices | magnetic encoders | steelyards [lever scales] |
| computer operating programs, recorded | magnetic tape units for computers | steering apparatus, automatic, for vehicles |
| computer operating programs, recorded | magnetic tape units for computers | step-up transformers |
| computer peripheral devices | magnetic tapes | stereoscopes |
| computer peripheral devices | magnetic wires | stereoscopic apparatus |
| computer programmes [programs], recorded | magnets | stills for laboratory experiments |
| computer programs [downloadable software] | magnifying glasses [optics] | stroboscopes |
| computer programs [downloadable software] | manometers | styli for record players |
| computer software, recorded | marine compasses | sulphitometers |
| computer software, recorded | marine depth finders | sunglasses |
| computers | marking buoys | surveying apparatus and instruments |
| condensers [capacitors] | marking buoys | surveying chains |
| conductors, electric | marking gauges [joinery] | surveying instruments |
| connections for electric lines | masts for wireless aerials | surveyors' levels |
| connections, electric | masts for wireless aerials | switchboards |
| connectors [electricity] | material testing instruments and machines | switchboxes [electricity] |
| contact lenses | materials for electricity mains [wires, cables] | switches, electric |
| contacts, electric | mathematical instruments | tachometers |
| containers for contact lenses | measures | tape recorders |
| containers for contact lenses | measuring apparatus | taximeters |
| containers for microscope slides | measuring devices, electric | teaching apparatus |
| containers for microscope slides | measuring glassware | teeth protectors |
| control panels [electricity] | measuring instruments | telegraph wires |
| converters, electric | measuring spoons | telegraphs [apparatus] |
| copper wire, insulated | mechanical signs | telemeters |
| correcting lenses [optics] | mechanisms for coin-operated apparatus | telephone apparatus |
| cosmographic instruments | mechanisms for counter-operated apparatus | telephone receivers |
| counterfeit [false] coin detectors | megaphones | telephone receivers |
| counters | mercury levels | telephone transmitters |
| couplers [data processing equipment] | metal detectors for industrial or military purposes | telephone wires |
| couplings, electric | metal detectors for industrial or military purposes | telephone wires |
| covers for electric outlets | meteorological balloons | teleprinters |
| crash test dummies | meteorological balloons | teleprompters |
| crucibles [laboratory] | meteorological instruments | telerupters |
| cupels [laboratory] | meters | telescopes |
| current rectifiers | metronomes | teletypewriters |
| cyclotrons | micrometer gauges | television apparatus |
| darkroom lamps [photography] | micrometer screws for optical instruments | temperature indicator labels, not for medical purposes |
| darkroom lamps [photography] | micrometers | temperature indicators |
| darkrooms [photography] | microphones | terminals [electricity] |
| data processing apparatus | microprocessors | test tubes |
| decompression chambers | microscopes | testing apparatus not for medical purposes |
| decorative magnets | microtomes | theft prevention installations, electric |
| demagnetizing apparatus for magnetic tapes | milage recorders for vehicles | theodolites |
| demagnetizing apparatus for magnetic tapes | mirrors [optics] | thermionic tubes |
| densimeters | mirrors for inspecting work | thermionic valves |
| densitometers | modems | thermometers, not for medical purposes |
| detectors | money counting and sorting machines | thermostats |
| diagnostic apparatus, not for medical purposes | monitoring apparatus, electric | thermostats for vehicles |
| diaphragms [acoustics] | monitors [computer hardware] | thread counters |
| diaphragms [photography] | monitors [computer programs] | ticket dispensers |
| diaphragms for scientific apparatus | mouse [data processing equipment] | time clocks [time recording devices] |
| dictating machines | mouse pads | time clocks [time recording devices] |
| diffraction apparatus [microscopy] | mouse pads | time recording apparatus |
| digital photo frames | nautical apparatus and instruments | time switches, automatic |
| directional compasses | naval signalling apparatus | tone arms for record players |
| discharge tubes, electric, other than for lighting | navigation apparatus for vehicles [on-board computers] | totalizators |
| disk drives for computers | navigation apparatus for vehicles [on-board computers] | traffic cones |
| disk drives for computers | navigational instruments | traffic-light apparatus [signalling devices] |
| disks, magnetic | needles for record players | traffic-light apparatus [signalling devices] |
| distance measuring apparatus | neon signs | transformers [electricity] |
| distance recording apparatus | nets for protection against accidents | transistors [electronic] |
| distillation apparatus for scientific purposes | nose clips for divers and swimmers | transmitters [telecommunication] |
| distribution boards [electricity] | nose clips for divers and swimmers | transmitters of electronic signals |
| distribution boxes [electricity] | notebook computers | transmitters of electronic signals |
| distribution consoles [electricity] | objectives [lenses] [optics] | transmitting sets [telecommunication] |
| divers' masks | observation instruments | transparencies [photography] |
| divers' masks | octants | transparency projection apparatus |
| diving suits | ohmmeters | transponders |
| DNA chips | optical apparatus and instruments | triodes |
| DNA chips | optical character readers | tripods for cameras |
| dog whistles | optical character readers | urinometers |
| dosage dispensers | optical condensers | USB flash drives |
| dosimeters | optical condensers | vacuum gauges |
| downloadable image files | optical data media | vacuum tubes [radio] |
| downloadable music files | optical data media | variometers |
| downloadable ring tones for mobile phones | optical discs | vehicle breakdown warning triangles |
| drainers for use in photography | optical discs | vehicle breakdown warning triangles |
| dressmakers' measures | optical fibers [fibres] [light conducting filaments] | vehicle radios |
| drying apparatus for photographic prints | optical glass | vehicle radios |
| drying apparatus for photographic prints | optical goods | verniers |
| drying racks [photography] | optical lamps | video cassettes |
| ducts [electricity] | optical lanterns | video game cartridges |
| DVD players | optical lanterns | video recorders |
| DVD players | optical lenses | video screens |
| dynamometers | optical lenses | video telephones |
| ear plugs for divers | oscillographs | videotapes |
| editing appliances for cinematographic films | ovens for laboratory use | viewfinders, photographic |
| editing appliances for cinematographic films | oxygen transvasing apparatus | viscosimeters |
| egg timers [sandglasses] | ozonisers [ozonators] | voltage regulators for vehicles |
| egg-candlers | parking meters | voltage surge protectors |
| electric apparatus for commutation | particle accelerators | voltage surge protectors |
| electric apparatus for remote ignition | pedometers | voltmeters |
| electric discharge tubes, other than for lighting | peepholes [magnifying lenses] for doors | voting machines |
| electric door bells | periscopes | wafers for integrated circuits |
| electric installations for the remote control of industrial operations |
personal stereos | waling glasses |
| electric installations for the remote control of industrial operations |
personal stereos | walkie-talkies |
| electric loss indicators | Petri dishes | washing trays [photography] |
| electric loss indicators | petrol gauges | water level indicators |
| electricity conduits | phonograph records | water level indicators |
| electricity conduits | photocopiers [photographic, electrostatic, thermic] | wavemeters |
| electrified fences | photographic racks | weighbridges |
| electrified fences | photometers | weighing apparatus and instruments |
| electrified rails for mounting spot lights | phototelegraphy apparatus | weighing machines |
| electro-dynamic apparatus for the remote control of railway points |
photovoltaic cells | weights |
| electro-dynamic apparatus for the remote control of railway points |
pince-nez | whistle alarms |
| electro-dynamic apparatus for the remote control of signals | pince-nez cases | wind socks for indicating wind direction |
| electro-dynamic apparatus for the remote control of signals | pince-nez cases | wire connectors [electricity] |
| electrolysers | pince-nez chains | wires of metal alloys [fuse wire] |
| electromagnetic coils | pince-nez cords | wires of metal alloys [fuse wire] |
| electromagnetic coils | pince-nez mountings | wires, electric |
| electronic agendas | pipettes | workmen's protective face-shields |
| electronic notice boards | Pitot tubes | workmen's protective face-shields |
| electronic notice boards | plane tables [surveying instruments] | wrist rests for use with computers |
| electronic pens [visual display units] | planimeters | X-ray apparatus not for medical purposes |
| electronic pens [visual display units] | plates for batteries | X-ray films, exposed |
| electronic pocket translators | plotters | X-ray films, exposed |
| electronic publications, downloadable | plugs, sockets and other contacts [electric connections] | X-ray photographs, other than for medical purposes |
| electronic publications, downloadable | plumb bobs | X-ray tubes not for medical purposes |
| electronic tags for goods | plumb lines | |
| encoded identification bracelets, magnetic | pocket calculators |
