Nice Classification
Classification de Nice
Class 9
Class 9 covers 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. It is used for trademarks filed for products that fall within this Nice Classification scope.
Official wording for Class 9
What WIPO says
Ce qu’en dit l’OMPI
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 multimedia files, 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, gloves for divers, breathing apparatus for underwater swimming; fire-extinguishing apparatus
✓ Source: OMPI / INPI – NCL(13-2026) – Vérifié
✓ Source: WIPO / INPI — NCL(13-2026) — Verified
Does your trademark fall within Class 9?
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Covered products
- 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 multimedia files, computer software, blank digital or analogue recording and storage media
✕ EXCLUDES — SEE THESE CLASSES
✕ EXCLUSIONS
To be handled in other classs
Pris en charge par d’autres classes
- Some bordering goods or services may instead belong in Class 7 (Machines, Machine Tools and Motors) depending on their nature, function or presentation.
- Some bordering goods or services may instead belong in Class 10 (Medical and Surgical Apparatus) depending on their nature, function or presentation.
- Some bordering goods or services may instead belong in Class 28 (Games, Toys and Sporting Articles) depending on their nature, function or presentation.
- Some bordering goods or services may instead belong in Class 11 (Lighting, Heating and Sanitary Apparatus) depending on their nature, function or presentation.
Frequently asked questions for Class 9
What does Nice Class 9 cover?
Class 9 covers 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. It is used for trademarks filed for products that fall.
What is not covered by Class 9?
Items that belong in Class 7, Class 10 should be filed there instead when their nature, use or presentation moves them outside Class 9.
Should I add another class with Class 9?
Yes, if the offer also reaches class 7, class 10 or another separate category. File every class that matches the real commercial scope.