Nice class 17

Explanatory note

Class 17 includes mainly electrical, thermal and acoustic insulating materials and plastics for use in manufacture in the form of sheets, blocks and rods, as well as certain goods made of rubber, gutta-percha, gum, asbestos, mica or substitutes therefor.

This class includes, in particular:

• rubber material for recapping tyres
• floating anti-pollution barriers
• adhesive tapes, other than stationery and not for cosmetic, medical or household purposes
• plastic films, other than for wrapping and packaging, for example, anti-glare films for windows
• elastic threads and threads of rubber or plastic, not for textile use
• certain goods made of the materials in this class not otherwise classified by function or purpose, for example, foam supports for flower arrangements, padding and stuffing materials of rubber or plastics, rubber stoppers, shock-absorbing buffers of rubber, rubber bags or envelopes for packaging

This class does not include, in particular:

• certain goods made of the materials in this class that are classified according to their function or purpose, for example, gum resins (Cl. 2), rubber for dental purposes (Cl. 5), asbestos screens for firefighters (Cl. 9), adhesive rubber patches for repairing inner tubes (Cl. 12), erasers (Cl. 16)
• fire hoses (Cl. 9)
• pipes being parts of sanitary installations (Cl. 11), rigid pipes of metal (Cl. 6) and not of metal (Cl. 19)
• insulating glass for building (Cl. 19)