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Design Class 24-02: Hand-operated instruments and tools for medical and laboratory use

Subclass 24-02 of Class 24 (medical and laboratory equipment), with the goods listed in it.

Locarno Classification, 15th Edition80 listed goods
Class24

Medical and laboratory equipment

Locarno · 15th Edition
Listed goods80

Indications in the list of goods of this subclass.

Locarno · 15th Edition · 24-02
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 24-02

ID No.Article
103895Acupuncture instruments
104909Anti-snoring devices
103838Apparatus for keeping the mouth open [dentistry]
103863Apparatus for taking blood samples
103888Blood pressure measuring apparatus
103889Breast pumps for nursing mothers
103854Castrating instruments
105266Catheters
105267Cell culture plates
103878Chains for calving cattle
103892Clips for surgical purposes
103887Cooling coils [for laboratories]
103843Crucibles [for laboratories]
103844Curettes [medicine]
103845Cystoscopes
103846Dental forceps
103847Dental instruments
103869Dentists' spatulas
103885Devices for calculating blood sedimentation rate
103834Dilators [medical instruments]
103833Douches for injections
103841Droppers for medical or laboratory purposes
103873Dropping tubes
103881Ear cleaners [medical]
103886Ear syringes
103851Forceps
103852Gastroscopes
103891Graduated glassware
103880Grinding wheels for dentists
104615Gua sha scrapers
103883Haemostatic clamps
103855Hand-operated instruments and tools for laboratories
103858Hand-operated medical instruments
103835Hypodermic needles
103839Injection tubes
103893Instruments and utensils for medical or laboratory diagnosis
103842Knives for surgical purposes
103890Laboratory glassware
103867Laboratory siphons
103856Lancets
103857Laryngoscopes
103859Medical instruments
103868Medical probes
103866Medical syringes
103874Medical thermocauteries
103853Medicine injectors
103860Mirrors for doctors and dentists
103896Mortars [for laboratories]
104638Moxibustion instruments
104639Needles for acupuncture
103836Needles for medical purposes
105268Otorhinolaryngological retractors
103882Oxygen masks
105269Pharmaceutical mixing devices
103861Pipettes
105270Pulse oximeters
103837Retorts
103864Retractors
105271Roller clamps for intravenous apparatus
103884Saws for surgical purposes
103865Scalpels
104818Specimen cups with lids
103870Specula
103871Sphygmometers
105272Spot plates for laboratories
103872Stethoscopes
103840Surgical instruments
103894Surgical staplers
103848Swabs for taking mucus smears
103849Syringe nozzles
103897Test strips for medical or laboratory purposes
103850Test tubes
103879Tooth extractors
105273Trays [medical]
105274Trays for test tubes
103875Trepans [surgery]
103876Trocars
105141Tweezers for removing ticks
103877Urinometers
103862Washing bottles [for laboratories]

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

Class 24

Other Subclasses of Class 24

SubclassArticles coveredListed goods
24-01Apparatus and equipment for medical and laboratory use64
24-02Hand-operated instruments and tools for medical and laboratory use80
24-03Prosthetic articles13
24-04Materials for dressing wounds, nursing and medical care50
24-05Walking aids7
24-99Miscellaneous8
Filing in India

Using Class 24-02 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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Subclass 24-02 covers hand-operated instruments and tools for medical and laboratory use. Examples from the list: Acupuncture instruments; Anti-snoring devices; Apparatus for keeping the mouth open [dentistry]; Apparatus for taking blood samples; Blood pressure measuring apparatus; Breast pumps for nursing mothers.

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 24-02.