Class 9 — Software, electronics and technology goods

In simple terms

Liberonym’s explanation, not official wording.

Downloadable software, apps, hardware and electrical devices — the usual home for a technology product itself, as opposed to a service.

• downloadable apps
• computer hardware
• headphones
• eyewear
• downloadable software

Official class heading

Verbatim wording published by WIPO, NCL (13-2026).

Scientific, research, navigation, surveying, photographic, cinematographic, audiovisual, optical, weighing, measuring, signalling, detecting, testing, inspecting, life-saving and teaching apparatus and instruments; apparatus and instruments for conducting, switching, transforming, accumulating, regulating or controlling the distribution or use of electricity; apparatus and instruments for recording, transmitting, reproducing or processing sound, images or data; recorded and downloadable multimedia files, computer software, blank digital or analogue recording and storage media; mechanisms for coin-operated apparatus; cash registers, calculating devices; computers and computer peripheral devices; diving suits, divers' masks, ear plugs for divers, nose clips for divers, gloves for divers, breathing apparatus for underwater swimming; fire-extinguishing apparatus

About this class

Official explanatory note, published by WIPO.

Class 9 includes mainly apparatus and instruments for scientific or research purposes, audiovisual and information technology equipment, as well as safety and life-saving equipment.

Includes in particular

Official wording, published by WIPO.

• apparatus and instruments for scientific research in laboratories
• training apparatus and simulators, for example, resuscitation mannequins, simulators for the steering and control of vehicles
• apparatus and instruments for controlling and monitoring aircraft, watercraft and unmanned vehicles, for example, navigational instruments, transmitters, compasses for measuring, GPS apparatus, automatic steering apparatus for vehicles
• safety and security apparatus and instruments, for example, safety nets, signalling lights, traffic-light apparatus, sound alarms, security token hardware for user authentication
• clothing that protects against serious or life-threatening injuries, for example, clothing for protection against accidents, irradiation and fire, bullet-proof clothing, protective helmets, head guards for sports, mouth guards for sports, protective suits for aviators, knee-pads for workers
• optical apparatus and instruments, for example, magnifying glasses, mirrors for inspecting work, peepholes
• magnets
• smartwatches, wearable activity trackers
• joysticks for use with computers, other than for video games, virtual reality headsets, smartglasses
• cases for smartphones, cases especially made for photographic apparatus and instruments
• automated teller machines, point-of-sale (POS) terminals, material testing instruments and machines
• batteries and chargers for electronic cigarettes
• electric and electronic effects units for musical instruments
• laboratory robots, teaching robots, security surveillance robots, humanoid robots with artificial intelligence

Does not include in particular

Official wording, published by WIPO.

• coin-operated apparatus that are classified in various classes according to their function or purpose, for example, coin-operated washing machines (Class 7), coin-operated billiard tables (Class 28)
• industrial robots (Class 7), surgical robots (Class 10), toy robots (Class 28)
• joysticks being parts of machines, other than for game machines (Class 7), vehicle joysticks (Class 12), joysticks for video games, controllers for toys and for game consoles (Class 28)
• nose clips for swimmers (Class 10)
• pulse meters, heart rate monitoring apparatus, body composition monitors (Class 10)
• spectacles, contact lenses, sunglasses (Class 10)
• diving lights (Class 11)
• laboratory lamps, laboratory burners (Class 11)
• smart products whose main function remains the same, for example, smart refrigerators (Class 11), smart suitcases (Class 18), smart clothing (Class 25), smart toys (Class 28)
• emergency and rescue vehicles, for example, ambulances, fire engines, lifeboats, rescue boats, rescue sleds (Class 12)
• explosive fog signals, signal rocket flares (Class 13)
• histological sections for teaching purposes, biological samples for use in microscopy as teaching materials (Class 16)
• clothing and equipment worn for the practice of certain sports, for example, protective paddings being parts of sports suits, fencing masks, boxing gloves (Class 28)

Goods/services in this class

860 official entries, published by WIPO. Basic numbers are shown where available.

Related classes

• Class 7
• Class 10
• Class 11
• Class 12
• Class 13
• Class 16
• Class 18
• Class 25
• Class 28