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COOPERATIVE PATENT CLASSIFICATION
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B42D
BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS (book stands A47B 19/00; book-rests A47B 23/00)<br/>
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B42D 1/00
Books or other bound products (match books A24F 27/12; picture books with additional toy effects A63H 33/38; indexing features B42F 21/00; educational or demonstration appliances G09B, e.g. textbooks for teaching foreign languages G09B 19/08)
B42D 1/001
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with at least two separate sets of sheets (loose-leaf binders with two or more filing appliances B42F 13/0033)
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B42D 1/002
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Back of leaves or signatures prepared for binding
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B42D 1/003
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characterised by shape or material of the sheets (B42D 1/08 and B42D 1/10 take precedence)
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B42D 1/004
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Perforated or punched sheets
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B42D 1/005
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having plural perforation lines, e.g. for detaching parts of the sheets
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B42D 1/006
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with at least one foldable or folded sheet
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B42D 1/007
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Sheets or sheet blocks combined with other articles
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B42D 1/008
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Sheet materials
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B42D 1/009
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characterised by printed matter not otherwise provided for
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B42D 1/02
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in which the fillings and covers are connected by end papers
B42D 1/04
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in which the fillings and the spine portions of the covers are secured integrally, e.g. paper-backs ("livres brochès", "Broschüren")
B42D 1/06
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in which the fillings and covers are united by other means
B42D 1/08
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Albums (filing features thereof B42F)
B42D 1/10
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Files with adhesive strips for mounting papers
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B42D 3/00
Book covers (loose-leaf binders B42F)
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Details of covers which are the same for book covers and covers of loose-leaf binders, are classified in B42D 3/00 only

B42D 3/002
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Covers or strips provided with adhesive for binding
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B42D 3/004
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Devices for protecting or reinforcing edges or corners of covers (attaching said devices B42C 7/007; for loose-leaf binders B42F 13/004)
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B42D 3/006
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Indexing means on book covers (on loose-leaf binders B42F 13/0053)
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B42D 3/008
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applied on the back of book covers
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B42D 3/02
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made of special materials
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(covers of loose-leaf binders made of special materials B42F 13/0013)
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B42D 3/04
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loose
B42D 3/045
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Protective cases for books
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B42D 3/06
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with hinges
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(covers of loose-leaf binders with hinges B42F 13/002)
}
B42D 3/08
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Ornamented covers
B42D 3/10
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with locks or closures
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(covers of loose-leaf binders with locks or closures B42F 13/0006)
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B42D 3/12
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combined with other articles
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(loose leaf-binders combined with other articles B42F 13/40)
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B42D 3/123
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incorporating sound producing or light emitting means or carrying sound records
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B42D 3/126
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enabling the book to be positioned upright (for loose-leaf binders B42F 13/402)
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B42D 3/14
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with column markers or line or heading indicators
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with devices for indicating a page
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B42D 3/145
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attached to the back of the cover
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B42D 3/16
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with means for holding books open
B42D 3/18
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Other accessories
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B42D 5/00
Sheets united without binding to form pads or blocks (processes therefor B42B)
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B42D 5/001
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perforated or punched sheets (B42D 5/06 takes precedence)
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B42D 5/002
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having plural perforation lines, e.g. for detaching parts of the sheets
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B42D 5/003
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Note-pads
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B42D 5/005
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Supports for note-pads (B42F 9/00 takes precedence; underlays B43L 3/00)
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B42D 5/006
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combined with auxiliary devices
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B42D 5/007
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with light emitting devices
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B42D 5/008
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with means for engaging sheet perforations or slots
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B42D 5/02
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Form sets (book-keeping forms B42D 12/02)
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B42D 5/021
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Cheque-books
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B42D 5/022
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Holders for cheque-books; Articles combined with cheque-books
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B42D 5/023
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Continuous form sets
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B42D 5/025
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Mailer assemblies
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B42D 5/026
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with return letter or return card
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B42D 5/027
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Sheets or cards attached to a carrier strip or web (shipping forms B42D 15/006)
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B42D 5/028
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Form set holders; Articles combined therewith
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B42D 5/04
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Calendar blocks (special apparatus for printing calendars B41F 17/04)
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(perpetual calendars G09D 3/00)
}
B42D 5/041
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with means for engaging calendar sheet perforations or slots
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B42D 5/042
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Diaries; Memorandum calendars
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B42D 5/043
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Supports for desk-type calendars or diaries
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B42D 5/045
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combined with auxiliary devices
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B42D 5/046
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Suspension devices therefor
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B42D 5/047
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in which the calendar sheet or sheets are combined with other articles
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B42D 5/048
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movable-strip-type calendars
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B42D 5/06
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Tear-off calendar blocks
B42D 5/065
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having plural perforation lines, e.g. for detaching parts of the sheets
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B42D 7/00
Newspapers or the like
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B42D 9/00
Bookmarkers; Spot indicators; Devices for holding books open (combined with covers B42D 3/16, indexing tabs for sheets B42F 21/00); Leaf turners
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B42D 9/001
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Devices for indicating a page in a book, e.g. bookmarkers (B42D 9/02 takes precedence; attached to book covers B42D 3/145)
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B42D 9/002
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permanently attached to the book
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B42D 9/004
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removably attached to the book
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B42D 9/005
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clamped on the sheet
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B42D 9/007
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Loose bookmarkers
}
B42D 9/008
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Devices for indicating a spot on a sheet (B42D 9/001 takes precedence)
}
B42D 9/02
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Automatic bookmarkers
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B42D 9/04
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Leaf turners
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B42D 9/06
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having an arm reset after each operation
B42D 9/065
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magnetically or pneumatically actuated
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B42D 9/08
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having radial arms, one per leaf, operated successively
B42D 9/082
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actuated by hand
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B42D 9/084
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actuated by a single spring
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B42D 9/086
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actuated by a spring for each arm
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B42D 9/088
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actuated by means other than springs
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B42D 11/00
Carrying forward or transferring entries from one page to another, e.g. for book-keeping
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B42D 12/00
Book-keeping books, forms or arrangements (B42D 11/00 takes precedence)
B42D 12/005
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Heading indicators
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B42D 12/02
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Book-keeping forms
B42D 12/025
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specially adapted for wages or salaries
}
B42D 13/00
Loose leaves modified for binding; Inserts (loose leaves modified for temporary attachment B42F 3/00; indexing features B42F 21/00)
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B42D 15/00
Printed matter of special format or style not otherwise provided for (sheets temporarily attached together or with objects so attached thereto B42F; maps, diagrams G09B 29/00; labels G09F 3/00)
B42D 15/0006
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Paper provided with guiding marks, e.g. ruled, squared or scaled paper
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B42D 15/0013
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Securities, e.g. bank-notes, cheques, shares, bonds
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B42D 15/002
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with moirè effects
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B42D 15/0026
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with security threads
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B42D 15/0033
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Owner certificates, insurance policies, guarantees
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B42D 15/004
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Questionnaires, statistics (for manually- or mechanically-operated teaching appliances G09B 3/00)
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B42D 15/0046
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Forms for staff or material planning; Inventories
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B42D 15/0053
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Forms specially designed for commercial use, e.g. bills, receipts, offer or order sheets, coupons
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B42D 15/006
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Shipping forms
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B42D 15/0066
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Timetables, lists or forms for shooter enlistment, e.g. for use at competitions
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B42D 15/0073
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characterised by shape or material of the sheets
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B42D 15/008
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Foldable or folded sheets
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B42D 15/0086
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Sheets combined with other articles
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B42D 15/0093
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Sheet materials
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B42D 15/02
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Postcards; Greeting, menu, business or like cards; Letter cards or letter-sheets (B42D 15/10 takes precedence; envelopes B65D 27/00)
B42D 15/022
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combined with permanently fastened sound-producing or light-emitting means or carrying sound records
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B42D 15/025
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with peel-away layer hiding information (tickets for lottos or bingo games A63F 3/065)
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B42D 15/027
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combined with permanently fastened other articles, e.g. photographs
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B42D 15/04
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Foldable or multi-part cards or sheets
B42D 15/042
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Foldable cards or sheets (B42D 15/045 and B42D 15/08 take precedence)
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B42D 15/045
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Multi-part cards or sheets, i.e. combined with detachably mounted articles
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B42D 15/047
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with photographs or slides
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B42D 15/08
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Letter-cards or letter-sheets, i.e. cards or sheets each of which is to be folded with the message inside and to serve as its own envelope for mailing
B42D 15/085
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with special means hiding information
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B42D 15/10
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Identity, credit, cheque or like information-bearing cards (
{
B42D 15/002, B42D 15/0026 take precedence; holders for credit cards A45C 11/182
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; recognition of data, cards used as record carriers G06K; record carriers in general G11)
B42D 15/105
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with holograms (holography G03H)
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B42D 17/00
Hanging or securing devices for books, newspapers or the like (suspended filing appliances B42F 15/00)
B42D 17/005
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Hand-held holders for facilitating the reading of newspapers or the like
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B42D 19/00
Movable-strip writing or reading apparatus (manifolding apparatus B41L; adapted for, or incorporated in, cash registers G07G
{
drawing board with moving strip B43L 5/025
}
)
B42D 19/005
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comprising reel to reel type winding and unwinding mechanisms
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B42D 2031/00
Manufacturing identity, credit, cheque or like information-bearing cards
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B42D 2031/02
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Marking
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B42D 2031/04
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by printing
B42D 2031/06
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using letterpress, intaglio, lithographic or screen printing
B42D 2031/08
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by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. laser
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B42D 2031/10
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by chemicals
B42D 2031/12
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by a photographic process
B42D 2031/14
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by deformation
B42D 2031/16
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by removal of material
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B42D 2031/20
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Associating two or more layers
B42D 2031/22
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by heat
B42D 2031/24
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by pressure
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B42D 2031/26
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by chemicals
B42D 2031/28
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by adhesives
B42D 2031/30
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Cutting
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B42D 2031/32
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Controlling the manufacturing process
B42D 2031/34
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by electronic data processing means
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Indexing scheme associated with group B42D 15/10, relating to specific characteristics of identity, credit, cheque or like information-bearing cards
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B42D 2033/00
Structure or construction of identity, credit, cheque or like information-bearing cards
B42D 2033/02
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Single layer structure
B42D 2033/04
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Transparent material
B42D 2033/06
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Translucent material
B42D 2033/08
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Opaque material
B42D 2033/10
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Metallic material
B42D 2033/12
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Pressure sensitive material
B42D 2033/14
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Photosensitive material
B42D 2033/16
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Magnetic or magnetisable material
B42D 2033/18
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Reflecting material
B42D 2033/20
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Coloured material; Pigments or inks
B42D 2033/22
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Perforated or incised material
B42D 2033/24
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Reliefs or indentations
B42D 2033/26
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Liquid-crystal material
B42D 2033/28
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Paper or card board
B42D 2033/30
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Plastic material
B42D 2033/32
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Other material
B42D 2033/40
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with a foldable or removable part
B42D 2033/42
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with separable mating or co-operating elements
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B42D 2033/44
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combined with other objects
B42D 2033/46
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with electrical circuitry
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B42D 2035/00
Nature or shape of the markings provided on identity, credit, cheque or like information-bearing cards
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B42D 2035/02
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Nature of the markings
B42D 2035/04
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Fingerprints
B42D 2035/06
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Picture of the user
B42D 2035/08
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Alphanumerical data
B42D 2035/10
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Signature
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B42D 2035/12
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Shape of the markings
B42D 2035/14
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Dot or raster patterns
B42D 2035/16
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Bars or lines
B42D 2035/18
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Photograph
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B42D 2035/20
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Optical effects
B42D 2035/22
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Diffraction gratings; Holograms
B42D 2035/24
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Colours
B42D 2035/26
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Halftone or interference patterns
B42D 2035/28
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Reliefs
B42D 2035/30
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Indentations
B42D 2035/32
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Perforations
B42D 2035/33
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Watermarks
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B42D 2035/34
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Markings visible under particular conditions or containing coded information
B42D 2035/36
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visible in transmitted light, e.g. in a window region
B42D 2035/38
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visible under infra-red light
B42D 2035/40
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visible under ultra-violet light
B42D 2035/42
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visible under polarised light
B42D 2035/44
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Miniaturised markings
B42D 2035/50
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Corresponding markings appearing in different shapes or at different places
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B42D 2037/00
Particular use of information-bearing cards otherwise than as credit or identity card
B42D 2037/02
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Medical cards
B42D 2037/04
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Access cards
B42D 2037/06
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Banknotes or cheques
B42D 2037/08
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Passports, e.g. laminated data pages for passport books
B42D 2037/10
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Gift cards
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