Class 9 Trademark: Electrical and Scientific Apparatus
Class Description
Class 9 includes mainly apparatus and instruments for scientific or research purposes, audiovisual and information technology equipment, as well as safety and life-saving equipment.
Includes
- apparatus and instruments for scientific research in laboratories
- training apparatus and simulators, for example, resuscitation mannequins, simulators for the steering and control of vehicles
- apparatus and instruments for controlling and monitoring aircraft, watercraft and unmanned vehicles, for example, navigational instruments, transmitters, compasses for measuring, GPS apparatus, automatic steering apparatus for vehicles
- safety and security apparatus and instruments, for example, safety nets, signalling lights, traffic-light apparatus, sound alarms, security token hardware for user authentication
- clothing that protects against serious or life-threatening injuries, for example, clothing for protection against accidents, irradiation and fire, bullet-proof clothing, protective helmets, head guards for sports, mouth guards for sports, protective suits for aviators, knee-pads for workers
- optical apparatus and instruments, for example, magnifying glasses, mirrors for inspecting work, peepholes
- magnets
- smartwatches, wearable activity trackers
- joysticks for use with computers, other than for video games, virtual reality headsets, smartglasses
- cases for smartphones, cases especially made for photographic apparatus and instruments
- automated teller machines, point-of-sale (POS) terminals, material testing instruments and machines
- batteries and chargers for electronic cigarettes
- electric and electronic effects units for musical instruments
- laboratory robots, teaching robots, security surveillance robots, humanoid robots with artificial intelligence
Excludes
- coin-operated apparatus that are classified in various classes according to their function or purpose, for example, coin-operated washing machines (
- industrial robots (
- joysticks being parts of machines, other than for game machines (
- nose clips for swimmers (
- pulse meters, heart rate monitoring apparatus, body composition monitors (
- spectacles, contact lenses, sunglasses (
- diving lights (
- laboratory lamps, laboratory burners (
- smart products whose main function remains the same, for example, smart refrigerators (
- emergency and rescue vehicles, for example, ambulances, fire engines, lifeboats, rescue boats, rescue sleds (
- explosive fog signals, signal rocket flares (
- histological sections for teaching purposes, biological samples for use in microscopy as teaching materials (
- clothing and equipment worn for the practice of certain sports, for example, protective paddings being parts of sports suits, fencing masks, boxing gloves (
Class 9 Trademark Classification Details
Scientific, research, navigation, surveying, photographic, cinematographic, audiovisual, optical, weighing, measuring, signalling, detecting, testing, inspecting, life-saving and teaching apparatus and instruments; apparatus and instruments for conducting, switching, transforming, accumulating, regulating or controlling the distribution or use of electricity; apparatus and instruments for recording, transmitting, reproducing or processing sound, images or data; recorded and downloadable media, computer software, blank digital or analogue recording and storage media; mechanisms for coin-operated apparatus; cash registers, calculating devices; computers and computer peripheral devices; diving suits, divers’ masks, ear plugs for divers, nose clips for divers and swimmers, gloves for divers, breathing apparatus for underwater swimming; fire-extinguishing apparatus.