US PATENT SUBCLASS 362 / 253
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Current as of: June, 1999
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DEFINITION
Classification: 362/253
(under the class definition) Subject matter comprising combinations not elsewhere provided for of basic subject matter of the class, including subcombinations thereof, with additional means whose proximate function in the combination does not contribute to the efficacy (i.e., intended proximate function) of the class type subject matter.
(1) Note. This subclass constitutes the residual locus for the combination of illuminating means with the object being illuminated. For example, the combinations of a light source and a modifier bearing locomotive identification numbers is classified here since, even though the modifier is class type subject matter, the function of the indicia is, primarily, to express information about the locomotive and only secondarily to modify the light from the source by altering its distribution. Mere combinations however of light sources and colored lenses, for example, to be used as signaling means are not classified here since such combinations only constitute basic subject matter of the class. Also, combinations of illuminating means and signalling means which conveys information about the illuminating means are not classified here since the proximate function for the signaling means (i.e., to convey information) contributes to the efficacy of the illuminating means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
40, Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting,
204+, for illuminated license plates, various subclasses under 427+ and 446+ for illuminated display devices, subclass 540 for illuminated dummies, subclasses 541+ for illuminated signs, particular subclass 556 for vehicle light, and subclass 557 for streetlights with signs.
