PTO Manual of Classification for US patents

PTO Manual of Classification for US patents

What follows are the subclasses from one class of the Manual of Classification for US patents. As you scroll through the list and encounter a class/subclass of interest, you can jump back to the top and retrieve patent titles by entering the class/subclass in the box below.


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363-131 121-55A 14-.5
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Class Number: 79
 Class Title: BUTTON MAKING

Subclass  Subclass
Number    Title

  1       MISCELLANEOUS
  2       SHANK BUTTONS
  3       METALLIC
  4       .Covered
  5       ..Cloth
  *       PEARL AND COMPOSITION
  6       .Surfacing and drilling
  7       .Surfacing
  8       ..Tool-sharpening
  9       ..Multiple chuck
  10      ..Trimming
         .Drilling
         ..Multiple spindle
  11      ...Axially opposite
         ..Single spindle
  14      ...Single chuck
  15      .Blank-sawing
  16      ..Tubular saw
  18      WORK SUPPORTS