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Design Class 18-02: Printing machines

Subclass 18-02 of Class 18 (printing and office machinery), with the goods listed in it.

Locarno Classification, 15th Edition19 listed goods
Class18

Printing and office machinery

Locarno · 15th Edition
Listed goods19

Indications in the list of goods of this subclass.

Locarno · 15th Edition · 18-02
Classes per applicationOne

The same design in another class needs a separate application.

Designs Rules 2001 · rule 11(3)
List of goods

Goods in Design Class 18-02

  • Including typesetting machines, stereotype machines and apparatus, typographic machines and other reproducing machines such as duplicators and offset equipment, as well as addressing machines, franking and cancelling machines.
  • Not including computer printers (Class 14-02) and photocopying machinery (Class 16-03).
ID No.Article
102994Address plates
102991Address plates for addressing machines
102990Addressing machines
103008Anti-noise casings for printing machines
103001Cancelling machines
102996Duplicators
102992Franking machines
102998Inking apparatus for printing machinery
103007Inking rollers for printing machines
102997Mimeograph apparatus and machines
102999Offset printing machines
103000Printing machines
103006Printing presses
103003Stamping machines
102993Stereotype machines and apparatus
103009Toner cartridges for printing machines
103005Typecasting machines
102995Typesetting apparatus
103004Typographic machines

Words in square brackets explain the article; they are part of the indication.

Class 18

Other Subclasses of Class 18

SubclassArticles coveredListed goods
18-01Typewriters and calculating machines16
18-02Printing machines19
18-03Type and type faces10
18-04Bookbinding machines, printers' stapling machines, guillotines and trimmers (for bookbinding)8
18-99Miscellaneous7
Filing in India

Using Class 18-02 in a Design Application

The Designs Office classifies articles by the current edition of the Locarno Classification (rule 10(1), Designs Rules, 2001). The application in Form 1 must state the class and the article to which the design is applied.

  • Name the article in the words of the list where they fit, and give the class and subclass.
  • One application covers one class. To register the same design in another class of article, file a separate application in that class.
  • If the class is in doubt, the Controller decides it, in consultation with the applicant where required.

Official documents behind this page

  1. WIPO, Locarno Classification, 15th EditionIn force from 1 January 2025: classes, subclasses, explanatory notes and the list of goods. Source: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), which holds the copyright in the Classification.
  2. Designs Rules, 2001, rule 10(1), as substituted by the Designs (Amendment) Rules, 2021Articles are classified as per the current edition of the Locarno Classification published by WIPO.
  3. Designs Act, 2000, section 5(3), and Designs Rules, 2001, rule 11(2) and (3)A design is registered in one class; the application states the class and the article; the same design in another class needs a separate application.

Disclaimer: This guide is general information based on the law and notifications in force when it was last updated. It is not professional advice for your case — rates, thresholds and due dates change, so check the current position with the official source before you act on it.

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Questions, answered

Short, direct answers to the 2 questions readers ask most on this topic.

Subclass 18-02 covers printing machines. Examples from the list: Address plates; Address plates for addressing machines; Addressing machines; Anti-noise casings for printing machines; Cancelling machines; Duplicators.

Form 1 must state the class in which the design is to be registered and the article to which it is applied (rule 11(2), Designs Rules, 2001). Give the Locarno class and subclass, here 18-02.