CPC Definition - Subclass A63J
This place covers:
Devices for theatres, circuses or the like, places for public entertainment or amusement, e.g. labyrinths, cinemas;
- Conjuring appliances or the like appliances for performing magic or illusionary effects;
- Stage arrangements;
- Equipment for, or arrangement of, circuses or arenas;
- Auxiliaries for producing special effects on stages, or in circuses or arenas;
- Auxiliary apparatus for artistes;
- Centrifugal tracks, loop-the-loops, or the like;
- Labyrinths;
- Panoramas, dioramas, stereoramas, or the like;
- Peep-shows; Kaleidoscopic or the other opalescence exhibitions;
- Apparatus for performing colour-music;
- Puppet, marionette, or shadow shows or theatres;
- Conjuring appliances; Auxiliary apparatus for conjurers;
- Equipment specially adapted for cinemas.
E04B covers general building constructions; walls, e.g. partitions; roofs; floors; ceilings; insulation or other protection of buildings. For example, E04B 7/00 covers typical arena roof construction.
E04H covers buildings or like structures for particular purposes; swimming or splash baths or pools; masts; fencing; tents or canopies, in general. For example, E04H 3/00 covers buildings or groups of buildings for public or similar purposes and their constructional features; E04H 15/00 covers tent types.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Chutes; Helters-skelters | |
Vehicles adapted to transport, to carry or to comprise theatres or stages | |
General building constructions; walls; roofs; floors; ceilings; insulation or other protection of buildings | |
Buildings or like structures for particular purposes; swimming or splash baths or pools; masts; fencing; tents or canopies, in general | |
Buildings or groups of buildings for meetings, entertainments, or sports | |
Theatres; Concert halls; Studios for cinematography, constructional features of stages or auditoriums in theatres or the like | |
Tents in general, e.g. circus tents |
In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
Conjuring | The art or skill of performing tricks or illusions for entertainment. |
In patent documents, the following words/expressions are often used as synonyms:
- "conjuring", "prestidigitation" and "sleights and of hand"
- "track", "path", "raceway", and "racetrack"
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Furnishing for windows or doors (e.g. curtains) | |
Devices for drawing domestic curtains | |
Fire-proof curtains | |
Vehicles adapted to transport theatres or stages | |
Capstans; winches; tackles | |
Woven fabrics; methods of weaving; looms | |
Buildings for public purposes: theatres, concert halls, studios for broadcasting, cinematography, television | |
Models of scenic effects, e.g. trees, rocks, water surfaces other than for stage purposes |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
General building constructions; walls, e.g. partitions; roofs; floors; ceilings; insulation or other protection of buildings | |
Buildings or like structures for particular purposes; swimming or splash baths or pools; masts; fencing; tents or canopies, in general | |
Theatres; Concert halls; Studios for broadcasting, cinematography, television or similar purposes |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Lifts in, or associated with, buildings Platform lifts | |
Shiftable or portable platforms of stages | |
Lighting arrangements for stages, or in circuses or arenas, e.g. for producing special lighting effects | |
Lighting devices intended for fixed installation, e.g. stage, circus, studio, theatre or indoor arena lighting | |
Systems of lighting devices | |
Lighting devices or systems producing a varying lighting effect | |
Supporting, suspending, or attaching arrangements for lighting devices | |
Electrophonic musical instruments; instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means or electronic generators, or in which the tones are synthesised from a data store | |
Details of electrophonic musical instruments | |
Electric lighting not otherwise provided for; Circuit arrangements for electric light sources in general; Controlling |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Methods or apparatus for discharging liquefied, solidified, or compressed gases from pressure vessels | |
Steam boilers | |
Apparatus for generating artificial fog or smoke screens |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Masks for theatrical use | |
Juggling or spinning ball games played as games of skill | |
Hand-puppets |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Looping-the-loop swings | |
Chutes; Helter-skelters |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Model railways units in combination with scenics for toy purposes | |
Toy models or toy scenery | |
Educational or demonstration appliances; appliances for teaching, or communicating with, the blind, deaf or mute; models; planetaria; globes; maps; diagrams | |
Models for full-sized devices for demonstration purposes, for surveying or for geography, e.g. relief models |
In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
Diorama | Model representing a scene with three-dimensional figures. Scenic painting, viewed through a peephole, in which changes in colour and direction of illumination simulate changes in the weather, time of day, etc. Miniature film set used for special effects of animation. |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Optical, colour, or shadow toys | |
Kaleidoscopes |
This place does not cover:
Details of electrophonic musical instruments | |
Circuit arrangements for electric light sources in general; Controlling |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Electrophonic musical instruments; instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means or electronic generators, or in which the tones are synthesised from a data store |
In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
Conjuring | Entertainment in the form of magic tricks or illusions |
In patent documents, the following words/expressions are often used as synonyms:
- "conjuring", "prestidigitation" and "sleights and of hand"
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them; apparatus or arrangements employing analogous techniques using waves other than optical waves; accessories therefor |