OF MARKS
(VIENNA CLASSIFICATION)
NINTH EDITION
C O N T E N T S
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Vienna Agreement
Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative
Elements of Marks ............................................................................... (ix)
Recommendations concerning the application of the Vienna Classification (xx) Vienna Classification:
Table of Categories and Divisions, with Explanatory Notes................................................................................................... 3
List of Categories, Divisions and Sections, with Explanatory Notes ... 15 General Notes 16
Examples of Figurative Elements relating to certain divisions........................................................................................................ 109
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HISTORY OF THE VIENNA CLASSIFICATION
The countries party to the Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks (hereinafter referred to as “the Vienna Agreement” and “the Classification,” respectively) have adopted and apply a common classification for the figurative elements of marks.
The Vienna Agreement entered into force on August 9, 1985. The following countries are party to it (September 1, 2021): Albania, Armenia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cuba, France, Guinea, India, Jamaica, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Montenegro, Netherlands,
North Macedonia, Poland, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania,
Saint Lucia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovenia, Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay (35).
PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE VIENNA CLASSIFICATION
Article 4 of the Vienna Agreement provides that, subject to the requirements prescribed by the Agreement itself, the scope of the Classification is that attributed to it by each of the countries party to the Vienna Agreement, and that, in particular, the Classification does not bind those countries in respect of the extent of the protection afforded to the mark. Thus, any of those countries may give the Classification the legal scope that best suits its needs, over and above the purely administrative implications under the Vienna Agreement.
STRUCTURE OF THE VIENNA CLASSIFICATION
The sections are of two kinds. In addition to main sections, there are auxiliary sections intended for figurative elements that are already covered by the main sections, but which it is considered useful to group according to a particular criterion for ease of anticipation searching.
Every category, division and section has been given a number according to a special coding system. Every figurative element in a section is referred to by three numbers: the first, which may be any number from 1 to 29, denotes the category;
the second, which may be any number from 1 to 19, the division; and the third, which may be any number from 1 to 30, the section. For instance, the representation of “a little girl eating” belongs to Category 2 (Human beings), Division 5 (Children), Main Section 3 (Girls). If auxiliary sections are used, the figurative element can be identified additionally with the Auxiliary Section 18 (Children drinking or eating, code A 2.5.18). The codification of this example will be then indicated as
follows: 2.5.3, 18.
The number of divisions and sections varies according to the categories and divisions to which they belong. Within the divisions and sections, certain numbers have been left vacant in order to permit the introduction of new divisions or sections when necessary.
This publication contains the ninth edition of the Classification, which comprises a total of:
29 categories,
145 divisions,
841 main sections, and 930 auxiliary sections.
The examples of figurative elements relating to certain divisions, which are reproduced on pages 113 to 127, are included for information purposes only, and are therefore not an integral part of the Classification.
USE OF THE VIENNA CLASSIFICATION
The competent offices of countries party to the Vienna Agreement are obliged to include in the official documents and publications relating to registrations and renewals of marks the numbers of the categories, divisions and sections in which the figurative elements of those marks have been placed. “Documents and publications” mean, in particular, entries in the trademark register, registration and renewal certificates and publications of registrations and renewals in office journals, gazettes or web sites.
The numbers of the categories, divisions and sections appearing in official documents and publications relating to registrations should be preceded, for ease of comprehension, by the full name “Classification of Figurative Elements” or by the abbreviation CFE (see page (xx)). It is recommended that the edition of the Vienna
The Classification is sufficiently detailed for each section to contain only a relatively small number of figurative elements, even when used by large industrial property offices, thereby facilitating anticipation searches. It is perhaps too detailed, however, for offices that register relatively few marks. Countries party to the Vienna Agreement may therefore declare that they reserve the right not to include the numbers of all or some of the sections in official documents and publications relating to registrations and renewals of marks (Article 4(5) of the Vienna Agreement).
Moreover, the “auxiliary” sections, the numerical code of which is preceded by an “A” in the Classification, are in any event not mandatory; national offices may use them at their discretion.
REVISIONS OF THE VIENNA CLASSIFICATION
Pending the entry into force of the Vienna Agreement, a provisional Committee of Experts, set up under a resolution adopted by the Vienna Diplomatic Conference on June 8, 1973, met in 1975 and 1976 to draw up proposals for amendments and additions to the original version of the Classification. Those proposals, after having been incorporated in the original version of the Classification, were published in a provisional edition in 1977.
Following the entry into force of the Vienna Agreement, the Committee of Experts set up under Article 5 of the Agreement, at its first session, in Geneva in May 1987, approved the majority of the amendments and additions proposed by the provisional Committee of Experts. At its second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth sessions, held in Geneva, respectively in June 1992, October 1996,
October 2001, November 2006, October 2011, October 2016 and February 2021, the Committee of Experts adopted a number of amendments and additions. The corresponding changes have been incorporated in the Classification.
At its third session in 1996, the Committee of Experts adopted a new presentation of the Classification which consists in placing, within each division, the auxiliary sections at the end of the division, marking the principal sections to which auxiliary sections are associated with an asterisk and placing the auxiliary sections under appropriate headings.
EDITIONS OF THE VIENNA CLASSIFICATION
This edition (the ninth), published online in 2022, will enter into force on January 1, 2023. It replaces the previous editions.
LANGUAGES OF THE VIENNA CLASSIFICATION
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Geneva, June 2022
ESTABLISHING AN INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF THE FIGURATIVE ELEMENTS OF MARKS
T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S *
Article 1: Establishment of a Special Union; Adoption of an International Classification Article 2: Definition and Deposit of the Classification of Figurative Elements
Article 3: Languages of the Classification of Figurative Elements Article 4: Use of the Classification of Figurative Elements
Article 5: Committee of Experts
Article 6: Notification, Entry Into Force and Publication of Amendments and Additions and of Other Decisions
Article 7: Assembly of the Special Union Article 8: International Bureau
Article 9: Finances
Article 10: Revision of the Agreement
Article 11: Amendment of Certain Provisions of the Agreement Article 12: Becoming Party to the Agreement
Article 13: Entry Into Force of the Agreement Article 14: Duration of the Agreement
Article 15: Denunciation
Article 16: Disputes
Article 17: Signature, Languages, Depositary Functions, Notifications
* This Table of Contents is added for the convenience of the reader. It does not appear in the signed text of the Agreement.
(ix)
The Contracting Parties,
Having regard to Article 19 of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, of March 20, 1883, as revised at Brussels on December 14, 1900, at Washington on June 2, 1911, at The Hague on November 6, 1925, at London on June 2, 1934, at Lisbon
on October 31, 1958, and at Stockholm on July 14, 1967, Have agreed as follows:
Article 1
The countries to which this Agreement applies constitute a Special Union and adopt a common classification for the figurative elements of marks (hereinafter designated as “the Classification of Figurative Elements”).
(1) The Classification of Figurative Elements comprises a list of categories, divisions and sections in which the figurative elements of marks are classified, together with, as the case may be, explanatory notes.
(2) The Classification of Figurative Elements is contained in one authentic copy, in the English and French languages, signed by the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (hereinafter designated respectively as “the Director General” and “the Organization”) and deposited with him at the time that this Agreement is opened for signature.
(3) The amendments and additions referred to in Article 5(3)(i) shall also be contained in one authentic copy, in the English and French languages, signed by the Director General and deposited with him.
(1) The Classification of Figurative Elements shall be established in the English and French languages, both texts being equally authentic.
(2) The International Bureau of the Organization (hereinafter designated as
“the International Bureau”) shall establish, in consultation with the interested Governments, official texts of the Classification of Figurative Elements in the languages which the Assembly referred to in Article 7 may designate in accordance with paragraph (2)(a)(vi) of that Article.
(1) Subject to the requirements prescribed by this Agreement, the scope of the Classification of Figurative Elements shall be that attributed to it by each country of the Special Union. In particular, the Classification of Figurative Elements shall not bind the countries of the Special Union in respect of the extent of the protection afforded to the mark.
(2) The competent Offices of the countries of the Special Union shall have the right to use the Classification of Figurative Elements either as a principal or as a subsidiary system.
(3) The competent Offices of the countries of the Special Union shall include in the official documents and publications relating to registrations and renewals of marks the numbers of the categories, divisions and sections in which the figurative elements of those marks are to be placed.
(4) The said numbers shall be preceded by the words “Classification of Figurative Elements” or an abbreviation thereof to be determined by the Committee of Experts referred to in Article 5.
(5) Any country may, at the time of its signature or of the deposit of its instrument of ratification or accession, declare that it does not undertake to include the numbers of all or some of the sections in official documents and publications relating to registrations and renewals of marks.
(6) If any country of the Special Union entrusts the registration of marks to an intergovernmental authority, it shall take all possible measures to ensure that that authority uses the Classification of Figurative Elements in accordance with this Article.
(1) A Committee of Experts shall be set up in which each country of the Special Union shall be represented.
(2) (a) The Director General may, and, if requested by the Committee of Experts, shall, invite countries not members of the Special Union which are members of the Organization or party to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property to be represented by observers at meetings of the Committee of Experts.
(b) The Director General shall invite intergovernmental organizations specialized in the field of marks, of which at least one of the member countries is party to this Agreement, to be represented by observers at meetings of the Committee of Experts.
(c) The Director General may, and, if requested by the Committee of Experts, shall, invite representatives of other intergovernmental and international non-governmental organizations to participate in discussions of interest to them.
(3) The Committee of Experts shall:
(i) make amendments and additions to the Classification of Figurative
Elements;
(ii) address recommendations to the countries of the Special Union for the
purpose of facilitating the use of the Classification of Figurative Elements and promoting its uniform application;
(iii) take all the other measures which, without entailing financial implications for the budget of the Special Union or for the Organization, contribute towards facilitating the application of the Classification of Figurative Elements by developing countries;
(iv) have the right to establish subcommittees and working groups.
(4) The Committee of Experts shall adopt its own rules of procedure. The latter shall provide for the possibility of participation in meetings of the subcommittees and working groups of the Committee of Experts by those intergovernmental organizations referred to in paragraph 2(b) which can make a substantial contribution to the development of the Classification of Figurative Elements.
(5) Proposals for amendments or additions to the Classification of Figurative Elements may be made by the competent Office of any country of the Special Union, the International Bureau, any intergovernmental organization represented in the Committee of Experts pursuant to paragraph 2(b) and any country or organization specially invited by the Committee of Experts to submit such proposals. The proposals shall be communicated to the International Bureau, which shall submit them to the members of the Committee of Experts and to the observers not later than two months before the session of the Committee of Experts at which the said proposals are to be considered.
(6) (a) Each country member of the Committee of Experts shall have one vote.
(b) The decisions of the Committee of Experts shall require a simple majority of the countries represented and voting.
(c) Any decision which is regarded by one-fifth of the countries represented and voting as giving rise to a modification of the basic structure of the Classification of Figurative Elements or as entailing a substantial amount of reclassification shall require a majority of three-fourths of the countries represented and voting.
(d) Abstentions shall not be considered as votes.
(1) Every decision of the Committee of Experts concerning the adoption of amendments and additions to the Classification of Figurative Elements, and the recommendations of the Committee of Experts, shall be notified by the International Bureau to the competent Offices of the countries of the Special Union. The amendments and additions shall enter into force six months after the date of dispatch of the notifications.
(2) The International Bureau shall incorporate in the Classification of Figurative Elements amendments and additions which have entered into force. Announcements of the amendments and additions shall be published in such periodicals as may be designated by the Assembly referred to in Article 7.
(1) (a) The Special Union shall have an Assembly consisting of the countries of the Special Union.
(b) The Government of each country of the Special Union shall be represented by one delegate, who may be assisted by alternate delegates, advisors and experts.
(c) Any intergovernmental organization referred to in Article 5(2)(b) may be represented by an observer in the meetings of the Assembly, and, if the Assembly so decides, in those of such committees or working groups as may have been established by the Assembly.
(d) The expenses of each delegation shall be borne by the Government which has appointed it.
(2) (a) Subject to the provisions of Article 5, the Assembly shall:
(i) deal with all matters concerning the maintenance and development of the Special Union and the implementation of this Agreement;
(ii) give directions to the International Bureau concerning the preparation for revision conferences;
(iii) review and approve the reports and activities of the Director General concerning the Special Union, and give him all necessary instructions concerning matters within the competence of the Special Union;
(iv) determine the program and adopt the biennial budget of the Special Union, and approve its final accounts;
(v) adopt the financial regulations of the Special Union;
(vi) decide on the establishment of official texts of the Classification of Figurative Elements in languages other than English and French;
(vii) establish such committees and working groups as it deems appropriate to achieve the objectives of the Special Union;
(viii) determine, subject to paragraph (1)(c), which countries not members of the Special Union and which intergovernmental and international non-governmental organizations shall be admitted as observers to its meetings, and to those of any committee or working group established by it;
(ix) take any other appropriate action designed to further the objectives of the Special Union;
(x) perform such other functions as are appropriate under this Agreement.
(b) With respect to matters which are of interest also to other Unions administered by the Organization, the Assembly shall make its decisions after having heard the advice of the Coordination Committee of the Organization.
(3) (a) Each country member of the Assembly shall have one vote.
(b) One-half of the countries members of the Assembly shall constitute a quorum.
(c) In the absence of the quorum, the Assembly may make decisions but, with the exception of decisions concerning its own procedure, all such decisions shall take effect only if the conditions set forth hereinafter are fulfilled. The International Bureau shall communicate the said decisions to the countries members of the Assembly which were not represented and shall invite them to express in writing their vote or abstention within a period of three months from the date of the communication. If, at the expiration of this period, the number of countries having thus expressed their vote or abstention attains the number of countries which was lacking for attaining the quorum in the session itself, such decisions shall take effect provided that at the same time the required majority still obtains.
(d) Subject to the provisions of Article 11(2), the decisions of the Assembly shall require two-thirds of the votes cast.
(e) Abstentions shall not be considered as votes.
(f) A delegate may represent, and vote in the name of, one country only.
(4) (a) The Assembly shall meet once in every second calendar year in ordinary session upon convocation by the Director General and, in the absence of exceptional circumstances, during the same period and at the same place as the General Assembly of the Organization.
(b) The Assembly shall meet in extraordinary session upon convocation by
the Director General, at the request of one-fourth of the countries members of the Assembly.
(c) The agenda of each session shall be prepared by the Director General.
(5) The Assembly shall adopt its own rules of procedure.
(1) (a) Administrative tasks concerning the Special Union shall be performed by the International Bureau.
(b) In particular, the International Bureau shall prepare the meetings and provide the secretariat of the Assembly, the Committee of Experts and such other committees or working groups as may have been established by the Assembly or the Committee of Experts.
(c) The Director General shall be the chief executive of the Special Union and shall represent the Special Union.
(2) The Director General and any staff member designated by him shall participate, without the right of vote, in all meetings of the Assembly, the Committee of Experts and such other committees or working groups as may have been established by the Assembly or the Committee of Experts. The Director General or a staff member designated by him shall be ex officio secretary of those bodies.
(3) (a) The International Bureau shall, in accordance with the directions of the Assembly, make the preparations for revision conferences.
(b) The International Bureau may consult with intergovernmental and international non-governmental organizations concerning preparations for revision conferences.
(c) The Director General and persons designated by him shall take part, without the right to vote, in the discussions at revision conferences.
(4) The International Bureau shall carry out any other tasks assigned to it.
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the Special Union, its contribution to the budget of expenses common to the Unions administered by the Organization and, where applicable, the sum made available to the budget of the Conference of the Organization.
(c) Expenses not attributable exclusively to the Special Union but also to one or more other Unions administered by the Organization shall be considered as expenses common to the Unions. The share of the Special Union in such common expenses shall be in proportion to the interest the Special Union has in them.
(2) The budget of the Special Union shall be established with due regard to the requirements of coordination with the budgets of the other Unions administered by the Organization.
(3) The budget of the Special Union shall be financed from the following sources:
(i) contributions of the countries of the Special Union;
(ii) fees and charges due for services rendered by the International Bureau in relation to the Special Union;
(iii) sale of, or royalties on, the publications of the International Bureau concerning the Special Union;
(iv) gifts, bequests and subventions;
(v) rents, interests and other miscellaneous income.
(4) (a) For the purpose of establishing its contribution referred to in paragraph 3(i), each country of the Special Union shall belong to the same class as it belongs to in the Paris Union for the Protection of Industrial Property, and shall pay its annual contribution on the basis of the same number of units as is fixed for that class in that Union.
(b) The annual contribution of each country of the Special Union shall be an amount in the same proportion to the total sum to be contributed to the budget of the Special Union by all countries as the number of its units is to the total of the units of all contributing countries.
(c) Contributions shall become due on the first of January of each year.
(d) A country which is in arrears in the payment of its contributions may not exercise its right to vote in any organ of the Special Union if the amount of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the contributions due from it for the preceding two full years. However, any organ of the Special Union may allow such a country to continue to exercise its right to vote in that organ if, and as long as, it is satisfied that the delay in payment is due to exceptional and unavoidable circumstances.
(e) If the budget is not adopted before the beginning of a new financial period, it shall be at the same level as the budget of the previous year, as provided in the financial regulations.
(5) The amount of the fees and charges due for services rendered by the International Bureau in relation to the Special Union shall be established, and shall be reported to the Assembly, by the Director General.
(6) (a) The Special Union shall have a working capital fund which shall be constituted by a single payment made by each country of the Special Union. If the fund becomes insufficient, the Assembly shall decide to increase it.
(b) The amount of the initial payment of each country to the said fund or of its participation in the increase thereof shall be a proportion of the contribution of that country for the year in which the fund is established or the decision to increase it is made.
(c) The proportion and the terms of payment shall be fixed by the Assembly on the proposal of the Director General and after it has heard the advice of the Coordination Committee of the Organization.
(7) (a) In the headquarters agreement concluded with the country on the territory of which the Organization has its headquarters, it shall be provided that, whenever the working capital fund is insufficient, such country shall grant advances. The amount of those advances and the conditions on which they are granted shall be the subject of separate agreements, in each case, between such country and the Organization.
(b) The country referred to in subparagraph (a) and the Organization shall each have the right to denounce the obligation to grant advances, by written notification. Denunciation shall take effect three years after the end of the year in which it was notified.
(8) The auditing of the accounts shall be effected by one or more of the countries of the Special Union or by external auditors, as provided in the financial regulations. They shall be designated, with their agreement, by the Assembly.
(1) This Agreement may be revised from time to time by a special conference of the countries of the Special Union.
(2) The convocation of any revision conference shall be decided by the Assembly.
(3) Articles 7, 8, 9 and 11 may be amended either by a revision conference or according to the provisions of Article 11.
(1) Proposals for the amendment of Articles 7, 8, 9 and of the present Article may be initiated by any country of the Special Union or by the Director General. Such proposals shall be communicated by the Director General to the countries of the Special Union at least six months in advance of their consideration by the Assembly.
(2) Amendments to the Articles referred to in paragraph (1) shall be adopted by the Assembly. Adoption shall require three-fourths of the votes cast, provided that any amendment to Article 7 and to the present paragraph shall require four-fifths of the votes cast.
(3) (a) Any amendment to the Articles referred to in paragraph (1) shall enter into force one month after written notifications of acceptance, effected in accordance with their respective constitutional processes, have been received by the Director General from three- fourths of the countries members of the Special Union at the time the amendment was adopted.
(b) Any amendment to the said Articles thus accepted shall bind all the countries which are members of the Special Union at the time the amendment enters into force, provided that any amendment increasing the financial obligations of countries of the Special Union shall bind only those countries which have notified their acceptance of such amendment.
(c) Any amendment accepted in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph (a) shall bind all countries which become members of the Special Union after the date on which the amendment entered into force in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph (a).
(1) Any country party to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property may become party to this Agreement by:
(i) signature followed by the deposit of an instrument of ratification, or
(ii) deposit of an instrument of accession.
(2) Instruments of ratification or accession shall be deposited with the Director General.
(3) The provisions of Article 24 of the Stockholm Act of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property shall apply to this Agreement.
(4) Paragraph (3) shall in no way be understood as implying the recognition or tacit acceptance by a country of the Special Union of the factual situation concerning a territory to which this Agreement is made applicable by another country by virtue of the said paragraph.
(1) With respect to the first five countries which have deposited their instruments of ratification or accession, this Agreement shall enter into force three months after the fifth instrument of ratification or accession has been deposited.
(2) With respect to any country other than those for which this Agreement has entered into force in accordance with paragraph (1), it shall enter into force three months after the date on which its ratification or accession was notified by the Director General, unless a subsequent date has been indicated in the instrument of ratification or accession. In the latter case, this Agreement shall enter into force with respect to that country on the date thus indicated.
(3) Ratification or accession shall automatically entail acceptance of all the clauses and admission to all the advantages of this Agreement.
This Agreement shall have the same duration as the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property.
(1) Any country of the Special Union may denounce this Agreement by notification addressed to the Director General.
(2) Denunciation shall take effect one year after the day on which the Director General has received the notification.
(3) The right of denunciation provided by this Article shall not be exercised by any country before the expiration of five years from the date upon which it becomes a member of the Special Union.
(1) Any dispute between two or more countries of the Special Union concerning the interpretation or application of this Agreement, not settled by negotiation, may, by any one of the countries concerned, be brought before the International Court of Justice by application in conformity with the Statute of the Court, unless the countries concerned agree on some other method of settlement. The country bringing the dispute before the Court shall inform the International Bureau; the International Bureau shall bring the matter to the attention of the other countries of the Special Union.
(2) Each country may, at the time it signs this Agreement or deposits its instrument of ratification or accession, declare that it does not consider itself bound by the provisions of paragraph (1). With regard to any dispute between any country having made such a declaration and any other country of the Special Union, the provisions of paragraph (1) shall not apply.
(3) Any country having made a declaration in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (2) may, at any time, withdraw its declaration by notification addressed to the Director General.
(1) (a) This Agreement shall be signed in a single original in the English and French languages, both texts being equally authentic.
(b) This Agreement shall remain open for signature at Vienna until December 31, 1973.
(c) The original of this Agreement, when no longer open for signature, shall be deposited with the Director General.
(2) Official texts shall be established by the Director General, after consultation with the interested Governments, in such other languages as the Assembly may designate.
(3) (a) The Director General shall transmit two copies, certified by him, of the signed text of this Agreement to the Governments of the countries that have signed it and, on request, to the Government of any other country.
(b) The Director General shall transmit two copies, certified by him, of any amendment to this Agreement to the Governments of all countries of the Special Union and, on request, to the Government of any other country.
(c) The Director General shall, on request, furnish the Government of any country that has signed this Agreement, or that accedes to it, with two copies of the Classification of Figurative Elements, certified by him, in the English or French language.
(4) The Director General shall register this Agreement with the Secretariat of the United Nations.
(5) The Director General shall notify the Governments of all countries party to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property of:
(i) signature under paragraph (1);
(ii) deposits of instruments of ratification or accession under Article 12(2);
(iii) the date of entry into force of this Agreement under Article 13(1);
(iv) declarations made under Article 4(5);
(v) declarations and notifications made in accordance with Article 12(3);
(vi) declarations made under Article 16(2);
(vii) withdrawals of any declarations, notified under Article 16(3);
(viii) acceptances of amendments to this Agreement under Article 11(3);
(ix) the dates on which such amendments enter into force;
(x) denunciations received under Article 15.
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V I E N N A C L A S S I F I C A T I O N
The Committee of Experts set up under Article 5 of the Vienna Agreement recommended, at its sessions in May 1987, June 1992 and October 1996, to the member countries of the Vienna Union that they apply, in their official documents and publications relating to registrations and renewals of marks, the International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks in the following manner:
(a) The numbers of the category and division, and of the division and section should be separated by a point, and the numbers of two different sections by a comma (e.g., Category 3, Division 9, Sections 10, 24 and 25 should be written as follows:
CFE 3.9.10,24,25)*; moreover, a dash will be used to indicate an uninterrupted range of
sections (e.g., Category 3, Division 9, Sections 16 to 18 should be written as follows:
CFE 3.9.16-18); if the numbers of the sections are not included in the classification, the numbers of categories and divisions should still be separated by a point (e.g., Category 3, Division 9 should be written as follows: CFE 3.9).
(b) If the numbers of several categories and divisions are necessary for the classification of one and the same registration, the classification for every category and division should be indicated separately, in numerical order; the various indications should be separated by a semicolon (e.g., CFE 1.1.2,10,25; 1.15.17; 2.9.1 or, if the section numbers are not included in the classification: CFE 1.1; 1.15; 2.9).
(c) The edition of the Vienna Classification according to which figurative elements of marks are classified should be indicated by an Arabic numeral in round brackets, for example, CFE (9).
* The Committee of Experts, at its session in May 1987, determined that the abbreviation referred to in Article 4(4) of the Vienna Agreement and which is to precede the classification numbers where a country chooses to use an abbreviation instead of the words “Classification of Figurative Elements,” is to be CFE.
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In accordance with Article 4(1) of the Vienna Agreement, the scope of the International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks (hereinafter referred to as “the Classification”) is that attributed to it by each country party to the Agreement. Its main purpose, however, is in all cases to facilitate anticipation searching. For that searching to be effective, the following two operations have first to be completed:
(i) consistent and correct classification (coding) of the figurative elements of the marks that are to constitute the search file, due account being taken of the future needs of anticipation searching;
(ii) correct definition of the sections in which the prior marks have to be searched, due account being taken of the specific characteristics of coding.
The two operations are thus interdependent, and responsibility for them must be entrusted to persons with proven skills in the trademark field. Those persons should among other things be able to assess the figurative elements of marks according to their distinguishing properties.
Before starting to use the Classification, it is essential that the user familiarize himself with the Preface (pages (v) to (viii)), the Recommendations of the Committee of Experts (page (xx)) and the General Notes (page 16).
When using the Classification, the user should abide strictly by the Explanatory Notes and the references given in them.
The Classification itself is reproduced under the following three headings:
(1) the Table of Categories (page 2), which affords rapid guidance as to the categories available in the Classification;
(2) the Table of Categories and Divisions, with Explanatory Notes (pages 3 to 13), which gives an outline of the divisions available in a given category and makes it possible to confine the subject matter to the division that seems the most appropriate;
(3) the List of Categories, Divisions and Sections, with Explanatory Notes
(pages 15 to 108), which, with the aid of the complete information given by the explanatory notes on the categories, divisions and sections, makes it possible to decide finally where the figurative element concerned is classified.
The explanatory notes on a category apply also to all its divisions, even if they are not repeated every time.
The divisions are reproduced in the order of their categories, each division being followed by the sections relating to it.
Sections with a letter “A” before their numerical code are auxiliary sections, which group figurative elements contained in the main sections according to specific criteria. The letter “A” should not however appear in the numerical code assigned to the figurative element of a mark at the time of coding.
The examples of figurative elements reproduced on pages 113 to 127 are given for information purposes only and therefore do not form an integral part of the Classification.
Category 1 Celestial bodies, natural phenomena, geographical maps
Category 2 Human beings
Category 3 Animals
Category 4 Supernatural, fabulous, fantastic or unidentifiable beings
Category 5 Plants
Category 6 Landscapes
Category 7 Constructions, structures for advertisements, gates or barriers
Category 8 Foodstuffs
Category 9 Textiles, clothing, sewing accessories, headwear, footwear
Category 10 Tobacco, smokers’ requisites, matches, travel goods, fans, toilet articles
Category 11 Household utensils
Category 12 Furniture, sanitary installations
Category 13 Lighting, wireless valves, heating, cooking or refrigerating equipment, washing machines, drying equipment
Category 14 Ironmongery, tools, ladders
Category 15 Machinery, motors, engines
Category 16 Telecommunications, sound recording or reproduction, computers, photography, cinematography, optics
Category 17 Horological instruments, jewelry, weights and measures
Category 18 Transport, equipment for animals
Category 19 Containers and packing, representations of miscellaneous products
Category 20 Writing, drawing or painting materials, office requisites, stationery and booksellers’ goods
Category 21 Games, toys, sporting articles, roundabouts
Category 22 Musical instruments and their accessories, music accessories, bells, pictures, sculptures
Category 23 Arms, ammunition, armour
Category 24 Heraldry, coins, emblems, symbols
Category 25 Ornamental motifs, surfaces or backgrounds with ornaments
Category 26 Geometrical figures and solids Category 27 Forms of writing, numerals Category 28 Inscriptions in various characters Category 29 Colours
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E X PLAN AT O R Y NOTES
1.1 STARS, COMETS
Notes: (a) Including stars which indicate military rank.
(b) Not including sparks (1.15.7), star-shaped throwing weapons such as ninja stars (23.1.25), the Star of David (24.11.15) and asterisks (24.17.3).
1.3 SUN
Note: Not including representations of the sun consisting solely of a disk without rays, which will be placed in the appropriate sections of division 26.1.
1.5 EARTH, TERRESTRIAL GLOBES, PLANETS
1.7 MOON
Note: Including representations of the moon with star(s).
1.11 CONSTELLATIONS, GROUPS OF STARS, STARRY SKY, CELESTIAL GLOBES, CELESTIAL MAPS
1.13 ARMILLARY SPHERES, PLANETARIA, ASTRONOMIC ORBITS, ATOMIC MODELS, MOLECULAR MODELS
1.15 NATURAL PHENOMENA
Note: Not including sets of lines evoking sound or electromagnetic waves (A 26.11.22).
1.17 GEOGRAPHICAL MAPS, PLANISPHERES
Note: Not including maps of the world in two hemispheres (1.5.1).
Notes: (a) Inscriptions representing a human being will be placed in 27.3.1.
(b) Heads will be placed in the appropriate sections of divisions 2.1, 2.3, 2.5 or 2.7, and not in 2.9.25.
2.1 MEN
2.3 WOMEN
2.5 CHILDREN
Note: Not including adolescents, classified in divisions 2.1, 2.3 or 2.7.
2.7 MIXED GROUPS, SCENES
Notes: (a) A mixed group means a group of men, women and/or children.
A group composed of men, of women or of children will be placed in the appropriate sections of divisions 2.1, 2.3 or 2.5.
(b) However, any group, whatever its composition, which gives the impression of a scene will be placed in the appropriate sections of division 2.7.
2.9 PARTS OF THE HUMAN BODY, SKELETONS, SKULLS
Notes: (a) Heads of quadrupeds and of quadrumana will be placed in the appropriate sections of divisions 3.1 to 3.5 and not in 3.6.25.
(b) Written or typographical matter representing an animal is classified under 27.3.3.
3.1 QUADRUPEDS (SERIES I (FELINES, CANINES, BEARS))
3.2 QUADRUPEDS (SERIES II (ANIMALS SUCH AS ELEPHANTS, GIRAFFES, CAMELS, HIPPOPOTAMUS))
3.3 QUADRUPEDS (SERIES III (EQUINE ANIMALS))
3.4 QUADRUPEDS (SERIES IV (BOVINES, CERVIDS, GOATS, PIGS))
3.5 QUADRUPEDS (SERIES V), QUADRUMANA
3.6 PARTS OF THE BODIES, SKELETONS, SKULLS OF QUADRUPEDS OR OF QUADRUMANA
3.7 BIRDS, BATS
3.9 AQUATIC ANIMALS, SCORPIONS
Note: Not including aquatic animals of divisions 3.7, 3.11 or 3.13.
3.11 REPTILES, AMPHIBIA, SNAILS, SEALS, SEA LIONS
3.13 INSECTS, SPIDERS, MICRO-ORGANISMS
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3.15 OTHER ANIMALS; LARGE PREHISTORIC ANIMALS, DINOSAURS Note: Not including fabulous animals of divisions 4.3 and 4.7.
3.17 GROUPS OF ANIMALS CLASSIFIED IN DIFFERENT DIVISIONS OF CATEGORY 3
Note: Not including human beings and fantastic animals composed of letters or figures and classified in the appropriate sections of division 27.3.
4.1 WINGED OR HORNED PERSONAGES
4.2 BEINGS PARTLY HUMAN AND PARTLY ANIMAL
4.3 FABULOUS ANIMALS
4.5 PLANTS, OBJECTS OR GEOMETRICAL FIGURES REPRESENTING A PERSONAGE OR AN ANIMAL; MASKS OR FANTASTIC OR UNIDENTIFIABLE HEADS
4.7 GROUPS OF FIGURATIVE ELEMENTS CLASSIFIED IN DIFFERENT DIVISIONS OF CATEGORY 4
5.1 TREES, BUSHES
5.3 LEAVES, NEEDLES, BRANCHES WITH LEAVES OR NEEDLES
5.5 FLOWERS, BLOSSOMS Note: Including heraldic flowers.
5.7 GRAIN, SEEDS, FRUITS
5.9 VEGETABLES
5.11 OTHER PLANTS
5.13 DECORATIONS MADE OF PLANTS
6.1 MOUNTAINS, ROCKS, GROTTOES
6.3 LANDSCAPES WITH WATER, RIVER OR STREAM
Note: Not including urban landscapes or village scenes with water, river or stream (6.7.11).
6.6 DESERT OR TROPICAL-TYPE LANDSCAPES
6.7 URBAN LANDSCAPES OR VILLAGE SCENES
6.19 OTHER LANDSCAPES
7.1 DWELLINGS, BUILDINGS, ADVERTISEMENT HOARDINGS OR PILLARS, CAGES OR KENNELS FOR ANIMALS
7.3 PARTS OF DWELLINGS OR OF BUILDINGS, INTERIORS
7.5 MONUMENTS, STADIUMS, FOUNTAINS
7.11 STRUCTURAL WORKS
7.15 BUILDING MATERIALS, WALLS, GATES OR BARRIERS, SCAFFOLDING
8.1 BAKERS’ PRODUCTS, PASTRY, CONFECTIONERY, CHOCOLATE
8.3 MILK, DAIRY PRODUCTS, CHEESES
8.5 BUTCHERS’ MEAT, PORK PRODUCTS, FISHMONGERS’ PRODUCTS
8.7 OTHER FOODSTUFFS
9.1 TEXTILES OTHER THAN CLOTHING, SHUTTLES
9.3 CLOTHING
Note: Not including headwear (9.7) and footwear (9.9).
9.5 SEWING ACCESSORIES, PATTERNS FOR DRESSMAKING
9.7 HEADWEAR
9.9 FOOTWEAR
10.1 TOBACCO, SMOKERS’ REQUISITES, MATCHES
10.3 TRAVEL GOODS, FANS, BAGS
10.5 TOILET ARTICLES, MIRRORS
Note: Not including household utensils classified in categories 12, 13 or 19.
11.1 KNIVES, FORKS AND SPOONS, KITCHEN UTENSILS AND MACHINES
11.3 CONTAINERS FOR BEVERAGES, PLATES AND DISHES, KITCHEN UTENSILS FOR SERVING, PREPARING OR COOKING FOOD OR DRINK
Note: Not including kitchen utensils classified in 11.1.
11.7 OTHER HOUSEHOLD UTENSILS
12.1 FURNITURE
Note: Including office furniture.
12.3 SANITARY INSTALLATIONS
13.1 LIGHTING, WIRELESS VALVES
13.3 HEATING, COOKING OR REFRIGERATING EQUIPMENT, WASHING MACHINES, DRYING EQUIPMENT
14.1 TUBES, CABLES, HEAVY IRONMONGERY ARTICLES
Note: Including representations of non-metallic ironmongery articles.
14.3 SMALL IRONMONGERY ARTICLES, SPRINGS
14.5 KEYS FOR LOCKS, LOCKS, PADLOCKS
14.7 TOOLS
Notes: (a) Including handles.
(b) Not including agricultural or horticultural implements classified in division 14.9.
14.9 AGRICULTURAL OR HORTICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, ICE AXES
14.11 LADDERS
15.1 MACHINES FOR INDUSTRY OR AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIAL INSTALLATIONS, MOTORS, ENGINES, VARIOUS MECHANICAL APPLIANCES
Note: Not including machines for household use and spinning wheels (15.3) or office machines (15.5).
15.3 MACHINES FOR HOUSEHOLD USE, SPINNING WHEELS
15.5 OFFICE MACHINES
Note: Not including fax machines, printers, scanners, photocopiers (A 16.1.12).
15.7 WHEELS, BEARINGS
15.9 ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
Note: Not including electric lamps and wireless valves (13.1.6) or electric cables (14.1.5).
16.1 TELECOMMUNICATIONS, SOUND RECORDING OR REPRODUCTION, COMPUTERS
16.3 PHOTOGRAPHY, CINEMATOGRAPHY, OPTICS
17.1 HOROLOGICAL AND OTHER TIME-MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
17.2 JEWELRY
17.3 BALANCES, WEIGHTS
17.5 MEASURES
Note: Including calculating instruments.
18.1 LAND VEHICLES
18.2 EQUIPMENT FOR ANIMALS
18.3 VEHICLES FOR USE ON WATER AND AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLES
18.4 ANCHORS; BUOYS OR LIFEBELTS
18.5 AERIAL OR SPACE VEHICLES
18.7 TRAFFIC SIGNS AND INDICATOR BOARDS
19.1 LARGE CONTAINERS
Note: Not including containers classified in 19.9.
19.3 SMALL CONTAINERS
Note: Not including containers classified in 11.3, 19.7, 19.9 or 19.11.
19.7 BOTTLES, FLASKS
19.8 PARTS OR ACCESSORIES OF BOTTLES
19.9 AMPHORAE, PITCHERS, VASES, FLOWER POTS, FLOWER STANDS
19.10 COFFINS, FUNERARY URNS
19.11 RECEPTACLES FOR LABORATORY USE AND FOR PHARMACY
19.13 MEDICAL OR SURGICAL APPARATUS, INSTRUMENTS OR UTENSILS, PROSTHESES, MEDICINES
19.19 REPRESENTATIONS OF MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTS
Note: Includes all representations of products not classified in other categories, divisions and sections, such as coal, coke, briquettes, ingots.
20.1 WRITING, DRAWING OR PAINTING MATERIALS, SMALL OFFICE REQUISITES
20.5 PAPERS, DOCUMENTS
20.7 BOOKS, BOOKBINDINGS, NEWSPAPERS
21.1 GAMES, TOYS
21.3 SPORTING ARTICLES, ROUNDABOUTS
22.1 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, MUSICAL INSTRUMENT ACCESSORIES, MUSIC ACCESSORIES
22.3 BELLS
22.5 PICTURES, SCULPTURES
Note: Not including military tanks (18.1.14), military aircraft (18.5.1) and warships, which are classified in division 18.3.
23.1 SIDE ARMS, OTHER WEAPONS NOT BEING FIREARMS
23.3 FIREARMS, AMMUNITION, EXPLOSIVES
23.5 ARMOUR
24.1 SHIELDS
24.3 SEALS, STAMPS
24.5 MEDALS, COINS, DECORATIONS, ORDERS
24.7 FLAGS
24.9 CROWNS, DIADEMS
24.11 EMBLEMS, INSIGNIA
24.13 CROSSES
24.15 ARROWS
Note: Including darts.
24.17 SIGNS, NOTATIONS, SYMBOLS
25.1 ORNAMENTAL MOTIFS
Note: Not including ornamental motifs composed of plants, which are classified in division 5.13, or horizontally elongated ornamental surfaces, which are classified in division 25.3.
25.3 HORIZONTALLY ELONGATED ORNAMENTAL SURFACES
Note: Not including elongated elliptical surfaces, which are classified in division 26.1, elongated triangular surfaces, which are classified in division 26.3, or elongated quadrilateral surfaces, which are classified in division 26.4.
25.5 BACKGROUNDS DIVIDED INTO TWO OR FOUR
Note: Includes backgrounds divided into two or four by lines or bands or by areas of different appearance.
25.7 SURFACES OR BACKGROUNDS COVERED WITH REPEATED GEOMETRICAL FIGURES, FIGURATIVE ELEMENTS OR INSCRIPTIONS
25.12 SURFACES OR BACKGROUNDS COVERED WITH OTHER ORNAMENTS
Notes: (a) Including geometrical figures and solids composed of human beings, animals, plants or objects.
(b) Not including inscriptions forming geometrical figures, which are classified in division 27.1.
26.1 CIRCLES, ELLIPSES
26.2 SEGMENTS OR SECTORS OF CIRCLES OR ELLIPSES
26.3 TRIANGLES, LINES FORMING AN ANGLE
26.4 QUADRILATERALS
26.5 OTHER POLYGONS
Note: Not including elongated polygons (25.3.1).
26.7 DIFFERENT GEOMETRICAL FIGURES, JUXTAPOSED, JOINED OR INTERSECTING
26.11 LINES, BANDS
Note: Not including lines or bands forming an angle (26.3.23).
26.13 OTHER GEOMETRICAL FIGURES, INDEFINABLE DESIGNS
26.15 GEOMETRICAL SOLIDS
27.1 LETTERS OR NUMERALS FORMING GEOMETRICAL FIGURES, WRITTEN OR TYPOGRAPHICAL MATTER IN PERSPECTIVE
Note: Includes both a single letter or a single numeral and a group of letters or a group of numerals.
27.3 LETTERS OR NUMERALS REPRESENTING A HUMAN BEING, AN ANIMAL, A PLANT, A HEAVENLY BODY, A NATURAL PHENOMENON OR AN OBJECT
Notes: (a) Includes also punctuation marks representing a human being, an animal, a plant, a heavenly body, a natural phenomenon or an object.
(b) Includes both a single letter, a single numeral or a single punctuation mark and a group of letters, a group of numerals or a group of punctuation marks representing a human being, an animal, a plant, a heavenly body, a natural phenomenon or an object.
27.5 LETTERS PRESENTING A SPECIAL FORM OF WRITING
Note: Includes both one or more letters and a series of letters forming a word.
27.7 NUMERALS PRESENTING A SPECIAL FORM OF WRITING
Note: Naturally, no account should be taken, in a given country, of the divisions relating to inscriptions in characters normally used in that country. In such cases, the inscriptions constitute word marks.
28.1 INSCRIPTIONS IN ARABIC CHARACTERS
28.3 INSCRIPTIONS IN CHINESE, JAPANESE OR KOREAN CHARACTERS
28.5 INSCRIPTIONS IN CYRILLIC CHARACTERS
28.7 INSCRIPTIONS IN GREEK CHARACTERS
28.9 INSCRIPTIONS IN HEBREW CHARACTERS
28.11 INSCRIPTIONS IN LATIN CHARACTERS
28.17 INSCRIPTIONS IN HISTORICAL, CUNEIFORM OR HIEROGLYPHIC CHARACTERS
28.19 INSCRIPTIONS IN OTHER CHARACTERS
29.1 COLOURS
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LIST OF C ATEGORIES, DIVIS I ONS AN D SEC TIONS, WITH EXPLAN AT O R Y N O TES
(a) Figurative elements should be placed in the different categories, divisions and sections on the basis of their shape, regardless of their material composition or the purpose of the object in which they are incorporated. Consequently, toys in the form of dolls, animals and vehicles are placed in the categories for human beings, animals and vehicles, respectively. Similarly, persons, animals or objects of any kind represented in pictures or sculptures, for instance, are placed in the categories for human beings, animals, or the objects concerned. If the pictures or sculptures are widely known and famous, they should also be placed in the division provided for that purpose (division 22.5).
(b) The representation of an object forming part of another object should be classified under the same category, division and section as the object of which it forms part, unless expressly classified in another category, division and section. Thus, the bodywork of a motor vehicle is placed in sections 18.1.7 and A 18.1.9, as are motor vehicles, whereas the tyres, wheels or steering wheel of such a vehicle are placed in section 18.1.21, expressly intended for these parts of motor vehicles.
(c) If a figurative element is presented in such a way that it is not possible to determine clearly whether it belongs to a given division or section, it should be placed in both divisions or sections, unless there is a special note to the contrary. If, for example, the representation of a human being is not such that it can be clearly determined whether it is a man or a woman, it is placed in both of the divisions 2.1 and 2.3.
(d) The representation of an object or of a living creature similar to that of an object or of a living creature mentioned in the text of a given section is placed in that section even if it is not expressly mentioned there or in any other section.
(e) It is understood that, if a mark comprises several figurative elements, each of which having its own distinctive characteristic and being classified in a different category, division and section, these figurative elements should be placed in the appropriate different categories, divisions and sections. Thus, the label of a bottle comprising the representation of a castle and a characteristic form of writing is placed in the appropriate divisions and sections of categories 7 and 27; in the same way, the representation of a man in uniform, on horseback and playing a trumpet, is placed in the three sections 2.1.2, 2.1.20 and 2.1.9.
1.1 STARS, COMETS
1.3 SUN
1.5 EARTH, TERRESTRIAL GLOBES, PLANETS
1.7 MOON
1.11 CONSTELLATIONS, GROUPS OF STARS, STARRY SKY, CELESTIAL GLOBES, CELESTIAL MAPS
1.13 ARMILLARY SPHERES, PLANETARIA, ASTRONOMIC ORBITS, ATOMIC MODELS, MOLECULAR MODELS
1.15 NATURAL PHENOMENA
1.17 GEOGRAPHICAL MAPS, PLANISPHERES
1.1 STARS, COMETS
Notes: (a) Including stars which indicate military rank.
(b) Not including sparks (1.15.7), star-shaped throwing weapons such as ninja stars (23.1.25), the Star of David (24.11.15) and asterisks (24.17.3).
* 1.1.1 Stars
* 1.1.15 Comets, stars with tail
1.1.17 Compass cards
Note: Not including compasses, mariners’ compasses (17.5.1).
Auxiliary Sections of Division 1.1
(associated with Principal Sections 1.1.1, 1.1.15)
A 1.1.2 One star
A 1.1.3 Two stars
A 1.1.4 Three stars
A 1.1.5 More than three stars
Note: Not including constellations and groups of stars of division 1.11.
A 1.1.6 Concentric stars
A 1.1.8 Stars with three points A 1.1.9 Stars with four points
A 1.1.10 Stars with more than four points A 1.1.12 Stars with uneven points
Note: Including sparks consisting of uneven-pointed stars.
A 1.1.13 Stars with rays or radiating lines A 1.1.14 Incomplete stars
A 1.1.16 Stars with points ending in spheres
A 1.1.20 Star, personified or representing a human face or the head of an animal A 1.1.25 Other representations of stars, not classified in division 1.11
1.3 SUN
Note: Not including representations of the sun consisting solely of a disk without rays, which will be placed in the appropriate sections of division 26.1.
* 1.3.1 Sun rising or setting
* 1.3.2 Other representations of the sun
1.3.19 Several suns
Note: Not including several suns forming a constellation (1.11).
Auxiliary Sections of Division 1.3
(associated with Principal Sections 1.3.1, 1.3.2)
A 1.3.6 Sun with landscapes
A 1.3.7 Sun with human beings or parts of the human body A 1.3.8 Sun with animals
A 1.3.9 Sun with plants
A 1.3.10 Sun with clouds, rain, drops of water or representations of other natural phenomena
A 1.3.11 Sun with manufactured articles or industrial products A 1.3.12 Sun with other figurative elements
A 1.3.13 Sun with inscriptions
A 1.3.15 Sun with rays constituted by rectilinear lines, sheaves of lines or bands
A 1.3.16 Sun with rays constituted by flames or wavy lines, sheaves of lines or bands A 1.3.17 Sun with rays constituted by triangles
A 1.3.18 Sun with irregular rays (corona)
A 1.3.20 Sun, personified or representing a human face or the head of an animal
1.5 EARTH, TERRESTRIAL GLOBES, PLANETS
* 1.5.1 Terrestrial globes
1.5.15 Parts of terrestrial globes
1.5.24 Saturn
1.5.25 Other planets
Auxiliary Sections of Division 1.5 (associated with Principal Section 1.5.1)
A 1.5.2 Terrestrial globes with representation solely of meridians and parallels A 1.5.3 Terrestrial globes in flattened form
A 1.5.4 Two terrestrial globes, maps of the world in two hemispheres A 1.5.5 Free-standing terrestrial globes
A 1.5.6 Terrestrial globes with a banderole or an inscription
A 1.5.7 Terrestrial globes with human beings or parts of the human body A 1.5.8 Terrestrial globes with animals
A 1.5.9 Terrestrial globes with plants
A 1.5.10 Terrestrial globes with clouds, rain, drops of water or representations of other natural phenomena
A 1.5.11 Terrestrial globes with manufactured articles or industrial products A 1.5.12 Terrestrial globes with other figurative elements
A 1.5.23 Other representations of the Earth or of the terrestrial globe
1.7 MOON
Note: Including representations of the moon with star(s).
* 1.7.1 Full moon, several moons
* 1.7.6 Crescent moon, half-moon
* 1.7.19 Several crescents or half-moons
1.7.22 Lunar globe Auxiliary Sections of Division 1.7
Auxiliary Section Associated with Principal Section 1.7.1
A 1.7.3 Full moon, personified or representing a human face or the head of an animal Auxiliary Sections Associated with Principal Sections 1.7.6, 1.7.19
A 1.7.7 Crescent or half-moon with human beings or parts of the human body A 1.7.8 Crescent or half-moon with animals
A 1.7.10 Crescent or half-moon with clouds, rain, drops of water or representations of other natural phenomena
A 1.7.11 Crescent or half-moon with manufactured articles or industrial products A 1.7.12 Crescent or half-moon with other figurative elements
A 1.7.20 Crescent or half-moon, personified or representing a human face or the head of an animal
Auxiliary Sections Associated with Principal Sections 1.7.1, 1.7.6, 1.7.19
A 1.7.9 Full moon, crescent or half-moon with crescent or half-moon with plants
A 1.7.13 Full moon, crescent or half-moon with crescent or half-moon with inscriptions
1.11 CONSTELLATIONS, GROUPS OF STARS, STARRY SKY, CELESTIAL GLOBES, CELESTIAL MAPS
* 1.11.1 Constellations, galaxies
1.11.12 Starry sky
1.11.15 Celestial globes, celestial maps
Auxiliary Sections of Division 1.11 (associated with Principal Section 1.11.1)
A 1.11.2 Orion
A 1.11.3 Southern Cross
A 1.11.4 Great Bear, Little Bear
A 1.11.8 Stars grouped in circles, ovals or other geometrical figures A 1.11.9 Milky Way, galaxies
A 1.11.10 Other constellations or groups of stars (except A 1.11.8)
Notes: (a) Including groups with sun(s), moon(s) and star(s).
(b) Not including crescent or half-moon with star(s) (1.7.6 and 1.7.19).
1.13 ARMILLARY SPHERES, PLANETARIA, ASTRONOMIC ORBITS, ATOMIC MODELS, MOLECULAR MODELS
* 1.13.1 Armillary spheres, planetaria, astronomic orbits, atomic models, molecular models Auxiliary Sections of Division 1.13
(associated with Principal Section 1.13.1)
A 1.13.2 Armillary spheres, planetaria A 1.13.5 Astronomic orbits
A 1.13.10 Atomic orbits
A 1.13.15 Atomic models, molecular models, representations of human, animal or vegetal cells, images of bacteria or viruses, DNA helixes
1.15 NATURAL PHENOMENA
Note: Not including sets of lines evoking sound or electromagnetic waves (A 26.11.22).
1.15.1 Rainbows
1.15.3 Lightning
1.15.5 Flames
1.15.7 Sparks, explosions, exploding fireworks
Note: Not including sparks represented by stars with irregular tips (1.1.1), nor bombs with sparks (23.3.10).
1.15.9 Luminous sources, rays, shafts of light
1.15.11 Clouds, fog, vapor, smoke
1.15.13 Rain, hail
1.15.14 Puddles (of water)
1.15.15 Drops
1.15.17 Snow, snowflakes or snow crystals
1.15.19 Icicles, stalactites, stalagmites, mineral crystals
1.15.21 Bubbles, frothy masses
Note: Including speech bubbles.
1.15.23 Vortices, rotary movements, tornadoes
Note: Not including astronomic orbits (1.13.1), atomic orbits (1.13.1), concentric circles (26.1.4 or 26.1.5) and spirals (26.1.5).
1.15.24 Waves
Note: Not including waves represented by wavy lines (26.11.1 to 26.11.3).
1.15.25 Other natural phenomena not classified in other divisions or categories Note: Including aurora borealis (northern lights).
1.17 GEOGRAPHICAL MAPS, PLANISPHERES
Note: Not including maps of the world in two hemispheres (1.5.1).
* 1.17.1 Planispheres
* 1.17.2 Continents
* 1.17.7 Groups of countries
* 1.17.11 Isolated countries
* 1.17.12 Islands, archipelagoes
* 1.17.13 Parts of a country
* 1.17.14 Urban plans
* 1.17.15 Polar maps
* 1.17.25 Other geographical maps Auxiliary Sections of Division 1.17
Auxiliary Sections Associated with Principal Section 1.17.2
A 1.17.3 Europe, Asia, Eurasia A 1.17.4 America
Note: Includes the whole of the continent of America (North, South and Central America) or any one or any two of the separate parts of the continent of America.
A 1.17.5 Africa
A 1.17.6 Australia, Oceania
Auxiliary Sections Associated with Principal Sections 1.17.1-1.17.25 A 1.17.16 Physical maps
A 1.17.17 Political maps A 1.17.18 Economic maps A 1.17.19 Tourist maps
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2.7 MIXED GROUPS, SCENES
2.9 PARTS OF THE HUMAN BODY, SKELETONS, SKULLS
2.1 MEN
2.1.1 Heads, busts
* 2.1.2 Armed men or men wearing armour or a uniform
* 2.1.3 Religious figures, men wearing a robe or a toga
* 2.1.4 Men wearing either their traditional clothing, or a folk or historical costume
Notes: (a) Including, for example, cowboys, native Americans, indigenous men, wearing their traditional clothing.
(b) Not including religious figures and men wearing a robe or a toga (2.1.3).
* 2.1.5 Men wearing a dinner jacket or a suit
* 2.1.7 Harlequins, clowns, pierrots, carnival characters or grotesque or freakish figures, gnomes, wizards
* 2.1.8 Acrobats, athletes, dancers, jugglers, men engaging in sport (except 2.1.2, 2.1.12, 2.1.14, 2.1.20 and 2.1.21)
* 2.1.9 Musicians, men with musical instruments, conductors of orchestra
* 2.1.10 Nurses, doctors, dentists, laboratory personnel
* 2.1.11 Butchers, chefs, waiters, pastrycooks
* 2.1.12 Sailors, seamen, fishermen, pirates
* 2.1.13 Peasants, workers in the fields
* 2.1.14 Divers, frogmen
* 2.1.15 Other professionals (men)
Note: Including astronauts.
* 2.1.20 Men mounted on or accompanied by a horse, a mule or a donkey
* 2.1.21 Men mounted on animals or accompanied by animals (except 2.1.20)
* 2.1.22 Allegorical or mythological masculine personages
* 2.1.25 Industrial workers and masons
Note: Including builders, blacksmiths, stonemasons.
* 2.1.26 Cavemen
* 2.1.28 Nude men or men wearing underclothes, a bathing costume, or other light attire
* 2.1.29 Men riding bicycles or motorcycles
* 2.1.30 Other men
* 2.1.32 Men holding umbrellas or walking sticks
* 2.1.33 Men with hands on hips
Auxiliary Sections of Division 2.1
(associated with Principal Sections 2.1.2-2.1.33)
A 2.1.16 Shadows or silhouettes of men
A 2.1.17 Men seated, kneeling or lying down A 2.1.18 Men drinking or eating
A 2.1.19 Men smoking A 2.1.23 Men stylized
Note: Including stick figures of men.
A 2.1.24 Several men A 2.1.27 Santa Claus
2.3 WOMEN
* 2.3.1 Heads, busts
* 2.3.3 Nuns, nurses, doctors, dentists, laboratory personnel
* 2.3.4 Women wearing either their traditional clothing, or a folk or historical costume Notes: (a) Including, for example, cowgirls, native Americans, indigenous
women, wearing their traditional clothing.
(b) Not including women wearing a kimono, a sari or a djellaba (2.3.9).
* 2.3.5 Nude women or women wearing underclothes, a bathing costume, or other light attire
* 2.3.7 Women wearing an evening dress, suit or jacket
* 2.3.8 Women acrobats, athletes, women engaging in sport, women dancers, drum majorettes
* 2.3.9 Women wearing a kimono, a sari, a djellaba
* 2.3.10 Women wearing street clothes
* 2.3.11 Women cooking or doing housework, waitresses
* 2.3.12 Women doing agricultural work
* 2.3.13 Women sewing, spinning or knitting
* 2.3.14 Women with typewriters, computers or doing other office work
* 2.3.15 Other professionals (women)
Note: Including astronauts.
* 2.3.20 Women mounted on or accompanied by a horse, a mule or a donkey
* 2.3.21 Women mounted on animals or accompanied by animals (except 2.3.20)
* 2.3.22 Allegorical or mythological female personages, witches, grotesque women
* 2.3.25 Armed women or women wearing armour or a uniform
* 2.3.26 Musicians, women with musical instruments, conductors of orchestra
* 2.3.28 Pregnant women
* 2.3.29 Women riding bicycles or motorcycles
* 2.3.30 Other women
* 2.3.32 Women holding umbrellas or walking sticks
* 2.3.33 Women with hands on hips
Auxiliary Sections of Division 2.3
Auxiliary Section Associated with Principal Section 2.3.1 A 2.3.2 Heads in silhouette, without facial detail Auxiliary Section Associated with Principal Section 2.3.5
A 2.3.6 Women at their toilet, women putting on make-up
Auxiliary Sections Associated with Principal Sections 2.3.3-2.3.33 A 2.3.16 Shadows or silhouettes of women
A 2.3.17 Women seated, kneeling or lying down A 2.3.18 Women drinking or eating
A 2.3.19 Women smoking A 2.3.23 Women stylized
Note: Including stick figures of women.
A 2.3.24 Several women
2.5 CHILDREN
Note: Not including adolescents, classified in divisions 2.1, 2.3 or 2.7.
2.5.1 Heads, busts
* 2.5.2 Boys
* 2.5.3 Girls
* 2.5.4 Children wearing either their traditional clothing, or a folk or historical costume Note: Including, for example, cowboys, native Americans, indigenous children,
wearing their traditional clothing.
* 2.5.5 Children in working costume or wearing a uniform
* 2.5.6 Babies
* 2.5.8 Children engaging in sport or playing
* 2.5.20 Children with musical instruments
* 2.5.21 Children with animals
* 2.5.29 Children riding bicycles
* 2.5.30 Other children
Auxiliary Sections of Division 2.5
(associated with Principal Sections 2.5.2-2.5.30)
A 2.5.17 Children seated, kneeling, lying down or on all fours A 2.5.18 Children drinking or eating
A 2.5.19 Children crying
A 2.5.22 Pairs of children of different sexes A 2.5.23 Children stylized
Note: Including stick figures of children.
A 2.5.24 Several children
A 2.5.27 Shadows or silhouettes of children
2.7 MIXED GROUPS, SCENES
Notes: (a) A mixed group means a group of men, women and/or children. A group composed of men, of women or of children will be placed in the appropriate sections of divisions 2.1, 2.3 or 2.5.
(b) However, any group, whatever its composition, which gives the impression of a scene will be placed in the appropriate sections of division 2.7.
2.7.1 Heads or busts of man and woman (couple), heads or busts of adult and child
* 2.7.2 Man and woman (couple)
* 2.7.4 Man and woman (couple wearing either their traditional clothing, or a folk or historical costume)
Note: Including, for example, cowboys, native Americans, indigenous people, wearing their traditional clothing.
2.7.9 Woman (women) and baby (babies)
2.7.10 Woman (women) and child (children)
2.7.11 Man (men) and baby (babies), man (men) and child (children)
2.7.12 A man and a woman with child (children) (family)
2.7.13 Group sporting scenes
2.7.14 Groups of workers in fields or forests
Note: Includes all groups of workers in the open air, engaged in agriculture, horticulture or forestry.
2.7.15 Other groups at work
2.7.16 Theater, variety, concert or dancing scenes
2.7.17 Travelling shows, fairs and fairgrounds, street scenes, groups with vehicle(s)
2.7.18 Groups eating or drinking
2.7.19 Indoor scenes, groups gathered around a table
Note: Groups gathered around a table generally represent indoor scenes.
However, they will be placed in this section in all cases, even if the group is out of doors.
2.7.20 Battle scenes, military troops
2.7.21 Groups mounted on or accompanied by animals (except 2.7.13, 2.7.14, 2.7.17 and 2.7.20)
2.7.23 Groups stylized, shadows or silhouettes of groups Note: Including groups of stick figures.
2.7.25 Other groups or scenes
Auxiliary Sections of Division 2.7
(associated with Principal Sections 2.7.2, 2.7.4)
A 2.7.5 Man and woman (couple) nude or wearing underclothes or other light attire
2.9 PARTS OF THE HUMAN BODY, SKELETONS, SKULLS
2.9.1 Hearts
Note: Including also hearts represented as a symbol or on playing cards.
2.9.4 Eyes
Note: Including eyes with or without eyebrows and eyes with tears.
2.9.6 Ears
2.9.7 Noses
2.9.8 Lips, mouths, tongues
2.9.10 Teeth, dentures
2.9.12 Hair, locks of hair, wigs, beards, moustaches
2.9.13 Fingernails, toenails
Note: Including decorated nails.
* 2.9.14 Hands, folded hands, fingers, handprints or fingerprints, arms
2.9.19 Feet, toes, footprints or toe prints, legs
2.9.21 Bodies or dummies without head or feet
2.9.22 Skeletons, bones (except 2.9.23)
2.9.23 Skulls
2.9.24 Lungs (respiratory system)
2.9.25 Other parts of the human body
Notes: (a) Including human or animal sperm.
(b) Not including heads, which will be placed in the appropriate sections of divisions 2.1, 2.3, 2.5 or 2.7.
2.9.26 Brains
Auxiliary Sections of Division 2.9 (associated with Principal Section 2.9.14)
A 2.9.15 Open hands (palm or back) A 2.9.16 Hands joined in handshake A 2.9.17 Handprints or fingerprints A 2.9.18 Fists
A 2.9.20 Thumbs up or thumbs down
Notes: (a) Heads of quadrupeds and of quadrumana will be placed in the appropriate sections of divisions 3.1 to 3.5 and not in 3.6.25.
(b) Written or typographical matter representing an animal is classified under 27.3.3.
3.1 QUADRUPEDS (SERIES I (FELINES, CANINES, BEARS))
3.2 QUADRUPEDS (SERIES II (ANIMALS SUCH AS ELEPHANTS, GIRAFFES, CAMELS, HIPPOPOTAMUS))
3.3 QUADRUPEDS (SERIES III (EQUINE ANIMALS))
3.4 QUADRUPEDS (SERIES IV (BOVINES, CERVIDS, GOATS, PIGS))
3.5 QUADRUPEDS (SERIES V), QUADRUMANA
3.6 PARTS OF THE BODIES, SKELETONS, SKULLS OF QUADRUPEDS OR OF QUADRUMANA
3.7 BIRDS, BATS
3.9 AQUATIC ANIMALS, SCORPIONS
3.11 REPTILES, AMPHIBIA, SNAILS, SEALS, SEA LIONS
3.13 INSECTS, SPIDERS, MICRO-ORGANISMS
3.15 OTHER ANIMALS; LARGE PREHISTORIC ANIMALS, DINOSAURS
3.17 GROUPS OF ANIMALS CLASSIFIED IN DIFFERENT DIVISIONS OF CATEGORY 3
3.1 QUADRUPEDS (SERIES I (FELINES, CANINES, BEARS))
* 3.1.1 Lions
* 3.1.4 Tigers or other large felines
* 3.1.6 Cats or other small felines
* 3.1.8 Dogs, wolves, foxes
* 3.1.14 Bears, koalas, wombats
* 3.1.15 Pandas
3.1.16 Heads of animals of Series I Auxiliary Sections of Division 3.1
Auxiliary Section Associated with Principal Section 3.1.1 A 3.1.2 Heraldic lions
Auxiliary Sections Associated with Principal Section 3.1.8 A 3.1.9 Boxers, bulldogs
A 3.1.10 Saint Bernards
A 3.1.11 Poodles
Auxiliary Sections Associated with Principal Sections 3.1.1-3.1.15 A 3.1.20 Animals of Series I rearing
A 3.1.21 Animals of Series I bounding
A 3.1.22 Animals of Series I with forepaw(s) resting on an escutcheon or other object A 3.1.23 Animals of Series I facing each other
A 3.1.24 Animals of Series I stylized, in shadow or in silhouette A 3.1.25 Animals of Series I in costume or personified
A 3.1.26 Animals of Series I standing
A 3.1.27 Animals of Series I lying down A 3.1.28 Animals of Series I sitting down
3.2 QUADRUPEDS (SERIES II (ANIMALS SUCH AS ELEPHANTS, GIRAFFES, CAMELS, HIPPOPOTAMUS))
* 3.2.1 Elephants, mammoths
* 3.2.7 Hippopotamus, rhinoceros
* 3.2.9 Giraffes
* 3.2.11 Okapis
* 3.2.13 Camels, dromedaries, llamas, alpacas, vicuñas
3.2.15 Heads of animals of Series II Auxiliary Sections of Division 3.2
Auxiliary Sections Associated with Principal Section 3.2.1
A 3.2.3 Elephants or mammoths facing front A 3.2.4 Two elephants facing each other
Auxiliary Sections Associated with Principal Sections 3.2.1-3.2.13
A 3.2.24 Animals of Series II stylized, in shadow or in silhouette A 3.2.25 Animals of Series II in costume or personified
A 3.2.26 Animals of Series II standing
A 3.2.27 Animals of Series II lying down A 3.2.28 Animals of Series II sitting down
3.3 QUADRUPEDS (SERIES III (EQUINE ANIMALS))
* 3.3.1 Horses, mules
* 3.3.2 Donkeys
* 3.3.3 Zebras
3.3.15 Heads of animals of Series III Auxiliary Sections of Division 3.3
(associated with Principal Sections 3.3.1-3.3.3)
A 3.3.17 Animals of Series III rearing, bounding
A 3.3.24 Animals of Series III stylized, in shadow or in silhouette A 3.3.25 Animals of Series III in costume or personified
A 3.3.26 Animals of Series III standing
A 3.3.27 Animals of Series III lying down A 3.3.28 Animals of Series III sitting down
3.4 QUADRUPEDS (SERIES IV (BOVINES, CERVIDS, GOATS, PIGS))
* 3.4.1 Bovines
* 3.4.7 Deer, stags, elk, reindeer, fawns, antelopes
* 3.4.11 Goats, sheep, mouflons, chamois
3.4.12 Heads of animals of Series IV, without horns (except 3.4.20)
* 3.4.13 Heads of animals of Series IV, with horns
* 3.4.18 Pigs, boars, warthogs
3.4.20 Heads of pigs or of boars Auxiliary Sections of Division 3.4
Auxiliary Sections Associated with Principal Section 3.4.1
A 3.4.2 Cows, calves
A 3.4.4 Bisons, bulls
A 3.4.5 Other bovines
Auxiliary Sections Associated with Principal Section 3.4.13 A 3.4.14 Heads of stags
A 3.4.15 Heads of stags with cross between antlers A 3.4.16 Heads of elk
Auxiliary Sections