Class 5 of the Nice Classification

Class 5

Pharmaceuticals, medical and veterinary preparations; sanitary preparations for medical purposes; dietetic food and substances adapted for medical or veterinary use, food for babies; dietary supplements for human beings and animals; plasters, materials for dressings; material for stopping teeth, dental wax; disinfectants; preparations for destroying vermin; fungicides, herbicides.

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Explanatory Note

Class 5 includes mainly pharmaceuticals and other preparations for medical or veterinary purposes.

This Class includes, in particular:
    • sanitary preparations for personal hygiene, other than toiletries;
    • diapers for babies and for incontinence;
    • deodorants, other than for human beings or for animals;
    • medicated shampoos, soaps, lotions and dentifrices;
    • dietary supplements intended to supplement a normal diet or to have health benefits;
    • meal replacements and dietetic food and beverages adapted for medical or veterinary use.
This Class does not include, in particular:
    • ingredients for use in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, for example, vitamins, preservatives and antioxidants (Cl. 1);
    • sanitary preparations being non-medicated toiletries (Cl. 3);
    • deodorants for human beings or for animals (Cl. 3);
    • support bandages, orthopaedic bandages (Cl. 10);
    • meal replacements and dietetic food and beverages not specified as being for medical or veterinary use, which should be classified in the appropriate food or beverage classes, for example, low-fat potato crisps (Cl. 29), high-protein cereal bars (Cl. 30), isotonic beverages (Cl. 32).
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