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Class Number: D16
Class Title: PHOTOGRAPHY AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT
Subclass Subclass
Number Title
200 CAMERA OR BODY THEREFOR (1)
201 .Simulative
202 .Video type
203 .Security surveillance type
204 .Underwater
205 .Cinematographic (i.e., motion picture type, etc.)
206 ..With handgrip
207 ..With multiple lens
208 .Combined (e.g., with case, etc.)
209 ..With flash or floodlight
210 .Plural objective lens (e.g., stereoscopic, etc.) (2)
211 .Folding or extending case or lens
212 ..Laterally opening divided body
213 .Lens on narrow side of body
214 .Stand mounted (e.g., identification photo type, etc.)
215 .Cabinet or booth type
216 .Reflex viewing type
217 ..Single lens
218 .Separate lens and viewfinder (e.g., rangefinder type, etc.)
219 .Element (3)
220 ..Rangefinder or viewfinder
221 PROJECTOR OR VIEWER
222 .Stereoscopic
223 .Combined with printer
224 .Combined with splicer (i.e., film editing type, etc.)
225 .Integrated unit (i.e., with self-contained image viewing and
reflection or projection)
226 ..Coin operated or arcade type
227 ..With eyepiece
228 ..Plural screen
229 ..Foldable, collapsible or articulated
230 .Motion picture type
231 ..With carrying handle or case
232 .Overhead or opague type
233 .With provision for transparency magazine (i.e., with provision
for magazine, shuttle mechanism, etc.)
234 .With carrying handle or case
235 .Element or attachment
236 ..Transparency holder (e.g., magazine, cartridge, etc.) (4)
237 PHOTOGRAPHIC ACCESSORY
238 .Photometer, color, or exposure meter (5)
239 .Camera mounted movie light or flash unit
240 ..Provision for angle adjustment
241 .Screen or element thereof
242 .Support
243 ..Handgrip or shoulder support
244 ..Tripod or unipod
245 ...Element
246 .Film processing equipment (6)
247 ..For medical image film
248 ..Enlarger, printer or head therefor (7)
249 ..Tray, tank or drumm
250 ..Element or accessory
100 OPTHALMIC ARTICLE (14)
101 .Lens (15)
102 .Eyeglasses, protective eyewear or frame therefor (16)
103 ..Combined with diverse article
104 ..Simulative
105 ..Hand-held (e.g., lorgnette, etc.)
106 ..Singular arm for attachment to body
107 ..Provision for flexible attachment to body
108 ..Flexible, adjustable or folding bridge
109 ..Prismatic or cantilevered lens
110 ..With sun visor (17)
111 ..Outline of front extends onto and is contiguous with temple
(18)
112 ..Contiguous lenses
113 ..Lens mounted below eye or bridge level
114 ..Temple mounted below centerline
115 ..Horizontal or upwardly curved surface spaning lens upper
surfaces
116 ..Discontinuous or partial lens support or surround (e.g.,
"semi-rimless", etc.)
117 ..Distinct bridge or temple pieces (e.g., "rimless" or "wire
frame" type, etc.)
118 ..With pierced temple or front
119 ..With distinct surface texture or applied ornamentation
120 ..Concavo-convex lens surround
121 ..Lens having straight side
122 ..Circular lens
123 ..Element or attachment
124 ...Contact lens handling implement
125 ...Applique
126 ...Bridge or nose pad component
127 ...Temple
128 ...Hinge component or lens fastener
129 ...Holder
130 OPTICAL ARTICLE NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED (19)
131 .Microscope
132 .Telescope (20)
133 ..Binocular
134 .Lens or objective
135 ..Magnifying or reducing glass
136 ..Element or attachment
137 .Prism