Class 6: Common metals and their alloys
Nice Classification goods class, NCL 13-2026.
Class heading
Common metals and their alloys, ores; metal materials for building and construction; transportable buildings of metal; non-electric cables and wires of common metal; small items of metal hardware; metal containers for storage or transport; safes
Explanatory note
Class 6 includes mainly unwrought and partly wrought common metals, including ores, as well as certain goods made of common metals.
This class includes, in particular:
- metals in foil or powder form for further processing, for example, for 3D printers
- metal building materials, for example, materials of metal for railway tracks, pipes and tubes of metal
- small items of metal hardware, for example, bolts, screws, nails, furniture casters, window fasteners
- transportable buildings or structures of metal, for example, prefabricated houses, swimming pools, cages for wild animals, skating rinks
- certain dispensing apparatus of metal, automatic or non-automatic, for example, towel dispensers, queue ticket dispensers, dispensers for dog waste bags, toilet paper dispensers
- certain goods made of common metals not otherwise classified by function or purpose, for example, all-purpose boxes of common metal, statues, busts and works of art of common metal
This class does not include, in particular:
- metals and ores used as chemicals in industry or scientific research for their chemical properties, for example, bauxite, mercury, antimony, alkaline and alkaline-earth metals (Class 1)
- metals in foil and powder form for use in painting, decorating, printing and art (Class 2)
- certain dispensing apparatus that are classified according to their function or purpose, for example, fluid dispensing machines for industrial use (Class 7), ticket dispensing terminals, electronic (Class 9), dosage dispensers for medical use (Class 10), adhesive tape dispensers (Class 16)
- certain goods made of common metals that are classified according to their function or purpose, for example, hand-operated hand tools (Class 8), paper clips (Class 16), furniture (Class 20), kitchen utensils (Class 21), household containers (Class 21)
- electric cables (Class 9) and non-electric cables and ropes, not of metal (Class 22)
- pipes being parts of sanitary installations (Class 11), flexible pipes, tubes and hoses, not of metal (Class 17) and rigid pipes, not of metal (Class 19)
- cages for household pets (Class 21)
Common terms in Class 6
A sample of official terms from the WIPO alphabetical list. Search the full list in the Nice Class Finder.
- aluminium
- anchor plates
- anchors
- anvils
- barbed wire
- beak-irons
- bells
- bolts, flat
- bronze
- cadmium
- cast steel
- cattle chains
- cermets
- chrome iron
- chrome ores
- chromium
- cobalt, raw
- copper rings
- door scrapers
- eye bolts
- germanium
- gold solder
- handcuffs
- indium
- iron ores
- iron slabs
- iron strip
- iron wire
- ironmongery
- jets of metal
Indicative only. Classification and specifications should be confirmed by an attorney before filing. This is general information, not legal advice.