Class 40
Treatment of materials; recycling of waste and trash; air purification and treatment of water; printing services; food and drink preservation.
Explanatory Note
Class 40 includes mainly services rendered by the mechanical or chemical processing, transformation or production of objects or inorganic or organic substances, including custom manufacturing services. For the purposes of classification, the production or manufacturing of goods is considered a service only in cases where it is effected for the account of another person to their order and specification. If the production or manufacturing is not being performed to fulfil an order for goods which meet the customer's particular needs, requirements, or specifications, then it is generally ancillary to the maker's primary commercial activity or goods in trade. If the substance or object is marketed to third parties by the person who processed, transformed or produced it, then this would generally not be considered a service.
- transformation of an object or substance and any process involving a change in its essential properties, for example, dyeing a garment; such transformation services are also classified in Class 40 if they are provided in the framework of repair or maintenance work, for example, chromium plating of motor vehicle bumpers;
- services of material treatment which may be present during the production of any substance or object other than a building, for example, services which involve cutting, shaping, polishing by abrasion or metal coating;
- joining of materials, for example, soldering or welding;
- processing and treatment of foodstuffs, for example, fruit crushing, flour milling, food and drink preservation, food smoking, freezing of foods;
- custom manufacturing of goods to the order and specification of others (bearing in mind that certain offices require that the goods produced be indicated), for example, custom manufacturing of automobiles;
- services of a dental technician;
- quilting, embroidering, custom tailoring, textile dyeing, applying finishes to textiles.
- services that do not entail a change in the essential properties of the object or substance, for example, furniture maintenance or repair (Cl. 37);
- services in the field of construction, for example, painting and plastering (Cl. 37);
- cleaning services, for example, laundering, window cleaning, cleaning of interior and exterior surfaces of buildings (Cl. 37);
- rustproofing, for example, anti-rust treatment for vehicles (Cl. 37);
- certain customization services, for example, the custom painting of automobiles (Cl. 37);
- decorating of food, food sculpting (Cl. 43).
Services
Abrasion; Processing of cinematographic films; Air purification; Magnetization; Applying finishes to textiles; Paper finishing; Silver plating; Fabric bleaching; Woodworking; Cloth edging; Soldering; Dressmaking; Cadmium plating; Permanent-press treatment of fabrics; Pottery firing / firing pottery; Shoe staining; Chromium plating; Metal plating; Leather staining; Fur conditioning; Cloth cutting; Pattern printing; Photographic film development; Gilding; Water treating; Electroplating; Tin plating; Custom fashioning of fur; Blacksmithing; Fur mothproofing; Millworking; Fruit crushing; Food smoking; Galvanization; Engraving; Cloth waterproofing / fabric waterproofing; Cloth fireproofing / fabric fireproofing / textile fireproofing; Crease-resistant treatment for clothing; Wool treating; Laminating; Grinding; Metal treating; Metal tempering; Flour milling; Nickel plating; Warping [looms]; Skin dressing; Burnishing by abrasion; Bookbinding; Planing of materials; Saddlery working; Sawing of materials; Custom tailoring; Tanning; Taxidermy; Dyeing services*; Textile dyeing; Textile treating / cloth treating; Textile mothproofing; Cloth dyeing; Paper treating; Glass-blowing; Embroidering; Leather working; Window tinting treatment being surface coating; Food and drink preservation; Timber felling and processing; Recycling of waste and trash; Cloth pre-shrinking; Fur glossing; Fur satining; Fur dyeing; Air deodorizing / air deodorising; Air freshening; Custom assembling of materials for others; Framing of works of art; Gold plating; Laser scribing; Providing information relating to material treatment; Optical glass grinding; Photographic printing; Photogravure; Processing of oil; Quilting; Refining services; Slaughtering of animals; Stripping finishes; Waste treatment [transformation]; Clothing alteration; Boilermaking; Metal casting; Vulcanization [material treatment]; Services of a dental technician; Production of energy; Rental of electricity generators; Destruction of waste and trash; Incineration of waste and trash; Colour separation services; Key cutting; Decontamination of hazardous materials; Lithographic printing; Printing; Knitting machine rental; Offset printing; Photocomposing services; Silkscreen printing; Sorting of waste and recyclable material [transformation]; Freezing of foods; Rental of air-conditioning apparatus; Rental of space heating apparatus; Fulling of cloth; Cryopreservation services; Sandblasting services; Rental of boilers; Upcycling [waste recycling]; Welding services; Tinting of car windows; Custom 3D printing for others; Beer brewing for others; Custom manufacturing of bread; Pasteurizing of food and beverages / pasteurising of food and beverages; Wine making for others; Consultancy in the field of wine making; Custom manufacturing of boats; Distillation services; Rental of industrial robots for use in manufacturing; Custom manufacturing of aircraft; Joinery services [custom manufacturing of woodwork]; Cheese processing services in the nature of ripening, maturing and aging of cheese; Crushing of concrete; Irradiation of food; Rental of batteries.
