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Design Class 12: Means of transport or hoisting

The subclasses of Class 12 with their notes, and the goods listed in each. Used to state the class of the article in a design application in India.

Locarno Classification, 15th Edition18 subclasses
Subclasses18

Each has its own list of goods.

Locarno · 15th Edition · Class 12
Listed goods363

Indications in the list of goods of this class.

Locarno · 15th Edition · Class 12
Classes per applicationOne

The same design in another class needs a separate application.

Designs Rules 2001 · rule 11(3)
Classification followedLocarno

Current edition published by WIPO.

Designs Rules 2001 · rule 10(1)
Class 12

Subclasses of Design Class 12

  • Including all vehicles: land, sea, air, space and others.
  • Including parts, components and accessories which exist only in connection with a vehicle and cannot be placed in another class; these parts, components and accessories of vehicles are to be placed in the subclass of the vehicle in question, or in Class 12-16 if they are common to several vehicles included in different subclasses.
  • Not including, in principle, parts, components and accessories of vehicles which can be placed in another class; these parts, components and accessories are to be placed in the same class as articles of the same type, in other words, having the same function. Thus, carpets or mats for automobiles are to be placed with carpets (Class 06-11); electric motors for vehicles are to be placed in Class 13-01, and non-electric motors for vehicles in Class 15-01 (the same applies to the components of such motors); automobile headlamps are to be placed with lighting apparatus (Class 26-06).
  • Not including scale models of vehicles (Class 21-01).
SubclassArticles coveredListed goods
12-01Vehicles drawn by animals3
12-02Handcarts, wheelbarrows21
12-03Locomotives and rolling stock for railways and all other rail vehicles30
12-04Telpher carriers, chair lifts and ski lifts4
12-05Elevators and hoists for loading or conveyingIncluding passenger lifts, goods lifts, cranes, forklift trucks and conveyor belts.37
12-06Ships and boats43
12-07Aircraft and space vehicles14
12-08Motor cars, buses and lorriesIncluding ambulances and refrigerated lorries.21
12-09Tractors2
12-10Road vehicle trailersIncluding caravans.4
12-11Cycles and motorcycles46
12-12Perambulators, wheelchairs, stretchers"Perambulators" means hand-pushed carriages for carrying babies. Not including toy perambulators or strollers (Class 21-01).11
12-13Special-purpose vehiclesIncluding only vehicles not specifically intended for transport, such as street-cleaning vehicles, watering lorries, fire engines, snowploughs and breakdown lorries. Not including mixed-purpose agricultural machines (Class 15-03), or…15
12-14Other vehiclesIncluding sleighs and air-cushion vehicles.15
12-15Tyres and anti-skid chains for vehicles8
12-16Parts, equipment and accessories for vehicles, not included in other classes or subclassesNot including safety belts for the seats of vehicles (Class 29-02), door handles for vehicles (Class 08-06). Not including pantographs for electric locomotives or trams (Class 13-03).83
12-17Railway infrastructure componentsNot including railway rails and sleepers (Class 25-01), buffers for railway terminals (Class 25-99) and railway signals (Class 10-06).4
12-99Miscellaneous2

Open a subclass for its list of goods. A subclass ending in 99 is the miscellaneous one for the class.

Filing in India

Using Class 12 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 3 questions readers ask most on this topic.

Class 12 of the Locarno Classification covers means of transport or hoisting. It has 18 subclasses and 363 listed goods in the 15th Edition.

Under rule 10(1) of the Designs Rules, 2001, as substituted in 2021, articles are classified as per the current edition of the Locarno Classification published by WIPO.

No. Under section 5(3) of the Designs Act, 2000 a design is registered in not more than one class, and rule 11(3) requires a separate application in each class of article.