Class 44: Medical services
Nice Classification services class, NCL 13-2026.
Class heading
Medical services; veterinary services; hygienic and beauty care for human beings or animals; agriculture, aquaculture, horticulture and forestry services
Explanatory note
Class 44 includes mainly medical care, including alternative medicine, hygienic and beauty care given by persons or establishments to human beings and animals, as well as services relating to the fields of agriculture, aquaculture, horticulture and forestry.
This class includes, in particular:
- hospital services
- telemedicine services
- dentistry, optometry and mental health services
- medical clinic services and medical analysis services for diagnostic and treatment purposes provided by medical laboratories, such as x-ray examinations and taking of blood samples
- therapy services, for example, physiotherapy and speech therapy
- pharmacy advice and preparation of prescriptions by pharmacists
- blood bank and human tissue bank services
- convalescent home and rest home services
- dietary and nutritional advice
- health spa services
- artificial insemination and in vitro fertilization services
- animal breeding
- animal grooming
- body piercing and tattooing
- services relating to gardening, for example, plant nursery services, landscape design, landscape gardening, lawn care
- services relating to floral art, for example, flower arranging, wreath making
- weed killing, vermin and pest control for agriculture, aquaculture, horticulture and forestry
This class does not include, in particular:
- rental of pastures (Class 36)
- installation and repair services for irrigation devices (Class 37)
- vermin and pest control, other than for agriculture, aquaculture, horticulture and forestry (Class 37)
- ambulance transport (Class 39)
- slaughtering of animals, taxidermy (Class 40)
- timber felling and processing (Class 40)
- animal training services (Class 41)
- health clubs for physical exercise (Class 41)
- scientific research services for medical purposes (Class 42)
- boarding for animals (Class 43)
- retirement homes (Class 43)
- funerary undertaking (Class 45)
Common terms in Class 44
A sample of official terms from the WIPO alphabetical list. Search the full list in the Nice Class Finder.
- acupuncture
- aerial seeding
- animal breeding
- animal grooming
- aquaculture services
- art therapy
- barber shop services
- beautician services
- blood bank services
- body piercing
- chiropractic
- cupping therapy
- dance therapy
- dentistry services
- depilatory waxing
- flower arranging
- gardening
- hair dyeing services
- hair implantation
- hairdressing
- health care
- health counselling
- health spa services
- horticulture
- hospice services
- hospital services
- landscape design
- landscape gardening
- lawn care
- manicuring
Indicative only. Classification and specifications should be confirmed by an attorney before filing. This is general information, not legal advice.