IPC 6 English version G09F !A-G09F 27/00

IPC ⁶ English version

G09F-G09F02700

SECTION G

– PHYSICS

G 09

EDUCATING; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS

G 09 F

DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS (display cases A 47 F; designs or pictures characterised by special or unusual light effects, e.g. changing, B 44 F 1/00; disposition of road signs or traffic signals E 01 F 9/00; lighting in general F 21; arrangements for controlling light beams G 02 F 1/00; visible signalling arrangements or devices G 08 B 5/00; traffic control systems G 08 G; arrangements or circuits for control of indicating devices using static means to present variable information G 09 G; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a plurality of light sources H 01 J, H 01 K, H 01 L, H 05 B 33/12)

Note

In this subclass, the following term is used with the meaning indicated:

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"sign" designates a mark or indication serving to make something recognisable, the information presented being non-varying, even if it is flashing; by way of example it covers, therefore, advertising hoardings, or luminous, or light reflecting, safety arrangements. [3]

Cardboard or like show-cards of foldable or flexible material

Single substantially-flat cards

Folded cards

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to be erected in three dimensions (G 09 F 1/08 takes precedence)

wholly or partly imitating the form of an object, e.g. of the article to be advertised

Supports or holders for show-cards

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Frames therefor

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in the form of legs

Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means (medals or badges A 44 C 3/00; making labels B 31 D 1/02; sheets temporarily attached together B 42 F; labelling B 65 C; tags attached to, or associated with, an object, in order to enable detection of the object G 01 V 15/00; labels on record carriers G 11 B 23/38); Seals; Postage or like stamps

Forms or constructions (layered products B 32 B)

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of security seals

to be fastened or secured by the material of the label itself, e.g. by thermo-adhesion (by a separate adhesive layer G 09 F 3/10)

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by clamping action (by separate clamps G 09 F 3/16)

Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself

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by an adhesive layer

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by pins, staples, or the like

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by strings, straps, chains, or wires

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by clamps

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Casings, frames, or enclosures for labels

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for adjustable, removable, or interchangeable labels

Means for displaying samples

Portable sample cases

Cards of samples; Books of samples (packages comprising articles attached to cards, sheets, or webs for removal therefrom B 65 D 73/00)

Signs, name or number plates, letters, numerals, or symbols (vehicle registration number plates B 60 R 13/10); Panels or boards (show-cards G 09 F 1/00; indicating arrangements for variable information G 09 F 9/00, G 09 F 11/00; illuminated signs G 09 F 13/00; boards for notices or posters G 09 F 15/00)

Signs, plates, panels, or boards using readily-detachable elements bearing or forming symbols

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the elements being secured or adapted to be secured by magnetic means

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the elements being secured or adapted to be secured by means of pins and holes

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the elements being secured or adapted to be secured by means of grooves, rails, or slits

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and slidably mounted

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the elements being secured or adapted to be secured by self-adhesion, moisture, suction, slow-drying adhesive, or the like

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Constructional features of the symbol-bearing or -forming elements

Letters, numerals, or other symbols, adapted for permanent fixing to a support

Means for attaching signs, plates, panels, or boards to a supporting structure

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for adjustably mounting

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for rotatably or swingably mounting, e.g. for boards adapted to be rotated by the wind

Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements (in which the variable information is permanently attached to a movable support G 09 F 11/00; light guides G 02 B 6/00; abacus G 06 C 1/00; slide rules G 06 G 1/00)

in which the desired character or characters are formed by combining individual elements (panels comprising a number of electrodes in a single cell controlling light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. electro-optical or magneto-optical cell, G 02 F 1/00)

307

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being incandescent filaments (incandescent panels comprising a number of separate incandescnnt bodies, per se H 01 K 9/00) [3]

313

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being gas discharge devices (gas discharge panels comprising a number of discharge gaps, per se H 01 J 17/49) [3]

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being semiconductor devices, e.g. diodes (semiconductor integrated circuits comprising components adapted for emission of light, per se H 01 L 27/15) [3]

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being liquid crystals (liquid crystal materials C 09 K 19/00) [3]

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being movable elements [3]

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the position of a single light source determining which elements are combined to form the display

in which the desired character is selected from a number of characters arranged one beside the other, e.g. on a common carrier plate

in which the desired character is selected from a number of characters arranged one behind the other

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Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the complete information is permanently attached to a movable support which brings it to the display position (using static means to present variable information G 09 F 9/00; showcases or show-cabinets with arrangements for continuously or intermittently moving the merchandise A 47 F 3/08)

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the display elements being secured to rotating members, e.g. drums, spindles

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the elements being secured to rotating discs

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the elements being stiff plates or cards (on rotating discs G 09 F 11/04)

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the elements being flexible sheets (on rotating discs G 09 F 11/04)

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Electric control therefor

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the display elements being carried by endless belts, chains, or the like

11/

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the elements being in the form of stiff flaps, boards, cards, or the like

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the elements being flexible sheets

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Electric control therefor

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the display elements being carried by belts, chains, or the like, other than endless

11/

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the elements being in the form of stiff flaps, boards, cards, or the like

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the elements being flexible sheets

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Electric control therefor

11/

the advertising or display material forming part of rotating members, e.g. in the form of perforations, prints, or transparencies on a drum or disc

11/

235

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Electric control therefor

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the advertising or display material forming part of a moving band, e.g. in the form of perforations, prints, or transparencies

11/

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of an endless band

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Electric control therefor

11/

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of a band other than endless

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Electric control therefor

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the display elements being fed one by one from a storage place to a display position

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the feeding means comprising belts or chains, e.g. endless belts or chains

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the feeding means comprising electromagnets

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Illuminated signs; Luminous advertising (G 09 F 9/00, G 09 F 11/00 take precedence; control of displays in general using static means to present variable information G 09 G)

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Signs, boards, or panels, illuminated by artificial light sources positioned in front of the insignia

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Signs, boards, or panels, illuminated from behind the insignia

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using individual cut-out symbols or cut-out silhouettes, e.g. perforated signs

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using both translucent and non-translucent layers

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using transparencies

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using a transparent mirror or other light- reflecting surface transparent to transmitted light whereby a sign, symbol, picture, or other information is visible only when illuminated

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Arrangements of reflectors therein

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Signs formed of, or incorporating, reflecting elements or surfaces, e.g. warning signs having triangular or other geometrical shape

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Edge-illuminated signs

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with luminescent surfaces or parts (luminescent materials C 09 K 11/00; light sources using luminescence F 21 K 2/00)

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electroluminescent (electroluminescent light sources per se H 05 B 33/00)

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using tubes or the like filled with liquid, e.g. bubbling liquid

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Signs formed by electric discharge tubes (by selective lighting G 09 F 9/00)

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Signs formed by filament-type lamps (by selective lighting G 09 F 9/00)

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with moving light sources, e.g. rotating luminous tubes

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with moving optical part or parts, e.g. mirrors

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with light sources co-operating with movable members, e.g. with shutters to cover or uncover the light source (apparatus wherein advertising or display material is moved in a continuous or intermittent succession G 09 F 11/00; construction of details of lighting devices F 21 V 11/00)

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co-operating with rotating screening means

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with light sources activated by non-visible radiation (cathode ray image or pattern display tubes H 01 J 31/10; lamps with luminescent screens excited by cathode rays H 01 J 63/06)

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with gas as lighting source

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Advertising by fireworks

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Boards, hoardings, pillars, or like structures for notices, placards, posters, or the like

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Bills, posters, or the like therefor

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Flags; Banners; Mountings therefor (devices specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material B 65 H 75/34)

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Miscellaneous advertising or display means not provided for elsewhere

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incorporating moving display members

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operated by the opening or closing of doors, e.g. shop door

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Writing devices

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Dolls, faces, or other representations of living forms with moving parts (in the nature of toys A 63 H)

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Devices demonstrating the action of an article to be advertised

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using special optical effects (designs or pictures characterised by special light effects B 44 F 1/00; e.g. changing pictures B 44 F 1/10; projecting decorations in stage lighting F 21 P 5/04)

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displaying different signs depending upon the view-point of the observer

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involving the use of mirrors

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involving the use of optical projection means, e.g. projection of images on clouds (projection apparatus per se G 03 B)

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with colour-mixing effects

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Advertising or display means on roads, walls, or similar surfaces, e.g. illuminated (illuminated signs in general G 09 F 13/00)

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Mobile visual advertising

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by a carrier person or animal

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by land vehicles

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by aeroplanes, airships, balloons, or kites

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the advertising matter being arranged on the aircraft

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illuminated

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the advertising matter being towed by the aircraft (kites per se B 64 C 31/06)

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illuminated

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Sky-writing (aircraft adaptation for sky-writing B 64 D 1/20)

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by ships or other floating means

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illuminated

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Dispensing devices for pamphlets or similar advertising matter from vehicles (from aircraft B 64 D 1/00)

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Advertising on or in specific articles, e.g. ashtrays, letter-boxes (on or in vehicles G 09 F 21/00; containers, packaging-elements, or packages, with auxiliary means or provisions for displaying articles B 65 D)

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the advertising matter being displayed by the operation of the article

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illuminated

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the advertising matter being combined with articles for restaurants, shops, or offices (on paper articles G 09 F 23/10)

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with tableware

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on paper articles, e.g. booklets, newspapers

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on toilet paper

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on toys, games, puzzles, or similar devices

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on clocks, e.g. controlled by the clock mechanism

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Audible advertising (sound-recording or reproducing in general G 11 B; public address systems H 04 R 27/00)

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Combined visual and audible advertising or displaying, e.g. for public address