PTO Manual of Classification for US patents

PTO Manual of Classification for US patents

What follows are the subclasses from one class of the Manual of Classification for US patents. As you scroll through the list and encounter a class/subclass of interest, you can jump back to the top and retrieve patent titles by entering the class/subclass in the box below.


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363-131 121-55A 14-.5
that is, no embedded spaces, class and subclass seperated by a dash, and any subclass letters capitalized. Currently Design Patent titles (those in the classes of the form Dxx.yy) are not retreivable.

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Class Number: 231
 Class Title: WHIPS AND WHIP APPARATUS

Subclass  Subclass
Number    Title

  1       WHIP MACHINES
  2.1     WHIP
  3       .Convertible whips and canes
  4       .Lashes
  5       .Lash and snap fastenings
  6       .Caps, buttons and joints
  7       .Electric prod