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Design Class 20-03: Signs, signboards and advertising devices

Subclass 20-03 of Class 20 (sales and advertising equipment, signs), with the goods listed in it.

Locarno Classification, 15th Edition29 listed goods
Class20

Sales and advertising equipment, signs

Locarno · 15th Edition
Listed goods29

Indications in the list of goods of this subclass.

Locarno · 15th Edition · 20-03
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 20-03

  • a.
  • Including luminous advertising devices and mobile advertising devices.
  • Not including packaging (Class 9), or signalling devices (Class 10-06).
ID No.Article
103316Advertisement boards
103314Advertisement screens
105244Advertising balloons
103317Advertising devices [luminous or not, mobile or static]
103330Advertising pillars
103318Apparatus for animated advertising
103313Barber poles
103324Billboards
103319Boundary markers for hunting and fishing reservations
105008Checkout dividers
105107Digital signs
105108Door signs
105109Electronic door signs
105110Frames for vehicle registration plates Frames for vehicle license plates
103328Game scoreboards
103333Holders for advertising labels
103335Holographic advertising signs
103325Identity plaques
103323Memorial tablets Commemorative plaques
103322Nameplates
103327Nationality plates for vehicles
103329Pictographs
104642Plant labels
105245Price tag holders Price sign holders
103320Registration plates for vehicles License plates for vehicles
104892Shop signs
103334Signboards for taxis
103331Signboards for vehicles
103332Video screens [electronic notice boards]

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

Class 20

Other Subclasses of Class 20

SubclassArticles coveredListed goods
20-01Automatic vending machines14
20-02Display and sales equipment30
20-03Signs, signboards and advertising devices29
20-99Miscellaneous1
Filing in India

Using Class 20-03 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 or speak to our CA team 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 20-03 covers signs, signboards and advertising devices. Examples from the list: Advertisement boards; Advertisement screens; Advertising balloons; Advertising devices [luminous or not, mobile or static]; Advertising pillars; Apparatus for animated advertising.

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 20-03.