Class 12: Vehicles

Class heading

Vehicles; apparatus for locomotion by land, air or water

Explanatory note

Class 12 includes mainly vehicles and apparatus for the transport of people or goods by land, air or water.

This class includes, in particular:

• motors and engines for land vehicles
• couplings and transmission components for land vehicles
• air cushion vehicles
• remote control vehicles, other than toys
• parts of vehicles, for example, bumpers, windscreens, steering wheels
• treads for vehicles, as well as tyres for all kinds of vehicle wheels

This class does not include, in particular:

• railway material of metal (Class 6)
• motors, engines, couplings and transmission components, other than for land vehicles (Class 7)
• parts of all kinds of motors and engines, for example, starters, mufflers and cylinders for motors and engines (Class 7)
• rubber tracks being parts of crawlers for construction, mining, agricultural and other heavy-duty machines (Class 7)
• tricycles for infants, scooters being toys (Class 28)
• certain special vehicles or wheeled apparatus not for transportation purposes, for example, self-propelled road sweeping machines (Class 7), tea carts (Class 20)
• certain parts of vehicles, for example, electric batteries, mileage recorders and radios for vehicles (Class 9), lights for automobiles and bicycles (Class 11), automobile carpets (Class 27)

Common terms in Class 12

A sample of official terms from the WIPO alphabetical list. Search the full list in the Nice Class Finder.

• aeroplanes
• aircraft
• airships
• ambulances
• barges
• battleships
• bicycles
• boat hooks
• boats
• canoes
• caravans
• cars
• carts
• chairlifts
• ferry boats
• fire boats
• funiculars
• gyrocopters
• handcars
• helicams
• helicopters
• horse vans
• hose carts
• hub caps
• hydroplanes
• kayaks
• kickbikes
• launches
• lifeboats
• locomotives

Indicative only. Classification and specifications should be confirmed by an attorney before filing. This is general information, not legal advice.