Class D18: PRINTING AND OFFICE MACHINERY ( Manual of U.S. Patent Classification )

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as of June 30, 2000

Class
D18
PRINTING AND OFFICE MACHINERY

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Subclass		Title
ClassTitle		===> PRINTING AND OFFICE MACHINERY

		EXCLUDED FROM THIS CLASS ARE:
		Coin tray or holder; see D99-34+.
		Computers and data processing equipment; see D14-300+.
		Computer generated image; see D14-485+.
		Icon; see D14-489+.
		Photo processing or printing machine; see D16-246.
		Teletype equipment; see D14-472+.
		Toy printer or printing press; see D21-518.



1		TYPEWRITER OR CALCULATOR (1)
2		. Combined (2)
3.1		. Cash handling machine
3.2		. . Farebox
3.3		. . Currency type
4.1		. Cash register
4.2		. . Mechanical action key
4.3		. . And adjustable screen or display
4.4		. Point-of-sale type terminal
4.5		. . And adjustable screen display
4.6		. . Provision for credit or debit card
5		. Checkwriter (3)
6		. Calculator (12)
7		. . With keyboard
8		. . . With carriage
9		. . Slide rule type
10		. . . Rotary
11		. . Housing or casing
12		. Element or attachment
12.1		. . Cash handling machine
12.2		. . . Keyboard
12.3		. . . Display or screen
36		COPY REPRODUCING EQUIPMENT
37		. Electrostatic type (i.e., specified as such)
38		. . Console or floor type
39		. Console or floor type
40		. Element or attachment (4)
41		. . Control or panel
43		. . Toner or developer container, cassette, etc.
44		. . Paper or film container, cassette, etc.
45		. . Copy stand
46		DOCUMENT HANDLER (13)
47		. Sorter, collator or stacker
48		. . Three or more identical receivers or feeders
49		. Receiver or feeder
50		PRINTING EQUIPMENT (14)
14		. Hand held or manipulated (5)
15		. . Stamp, seal imprinter, or stamp pad
16		. . . Simulative (6)
17		. . . Stamp pad
18		. . . Element or attachment
19		. . Label or tape embossing tool
20		. . Stenograph
21		. . Autographic register
51		. Postal
52		. With typewriter type keyboard
53		. Console or floor type
54		. Text or data printer (e.g., computer peripheral printer, etc.) (15)
54.1		. . Cash register type
55		. . With slot, tray or channel for side feed or discharge (16)
56		. Element or attachment (17)
57		. . Engraving or plate preparation unit (18)
58		. . Inking roller
59		. . Stand or frame
24		TYPE OR TYPE FACE (20)
25		. Foreign alphabet
26		. Segmented display type (7)
27		. Simulative (8)
28		. Script type
29		. Individual panel mount type (9)
30		. Outlined or with shadow
31		. With detached interior embellishment (10)
32		. Border or ornament design (20)
33		. . Animate figure representation
34		BOOKBINDING MACHINES, PRINTERS' STAPLING MACHINES AND EQUIPMENT (11)
35		PNEUMATIC DISPATCH TUBE OR SYSTEM
99		MISCELLANEOUS (19)
		SEARCH NOTES FOR CLASS D18
		(1) To be considered a word processor classified in this subclass, article must include provision for hard copy output; if article lacks same, it is considered to be a computer and is therefore classifiable in D14-300+. Includes casing or frame, per se.
		(2) Includes combination with case.
		(3) Includes element.
		(4) For document handler such as sorter, collator, receiver or feeder, see subclasses 46+.
		(5) Excludes crank operated floor or console type; see subclass 53.
		(6) Includes body, per se.
		(7) Electroluminescent, etc.
		(8) Excludes border design; see subclass 32.
		(9) Example, disclosed on oval, rectangular background, etc
		(10) Example, a dot in the middle of the letter "O".
		(11) Includes machines for cutting paper analogous to guillotines, trimmers, shredders, etc.
		(12) Includes voting machine.
		(13) For document handler which is integral with copier, see subclasses 36+.
		(14) Includes, in this subclass, duplicating machine or printing press.
		(15) For duplicating machine, printing press or manually operated printer, see subclasses 50, 53 or 14+.
		(16) The term "side" includes front or rear surface.
		(17) Includes ink jet unit; For ribbon or ribbon cartridge, see subclass 12; and D14-474+. For sheet handler, per se,
		see subclasses 46+. For typing hammer or daisy wheel type imprinter, see subclass 12.
		(18) Includes engraving machine, per se; For embossing machine, see subclasses 50+.
		(19) Includes mail handling unit.
		(20) For computer generated image or icon; see D14-485+.

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Last Modified: 6 October 2000

Manual of U.S. Patent Classification as of June 30, 2000

Class D18 PRINTING AND OFFICE MACHINERY

Manual of U.S. Patent Classification
as of June 30, 2000

Class
D18
PRINTING AND OFFICE MACHINERY