Table of Similar Goods and Services
0709 Machines and parts for the food industry
Notes on similar group 0709
Official notes (CNIPA Table of Similar Goods and Services, 2026 text; J&C reference translation)
1. This similar group is cross-searched with mixing machines (machines), stirring machines, stirring machines (machines) and choppers for industrial use (machines) in 0753 in the 8th and earlier editions;
2. goods protected across similar groups: agitators (0709, 0723, 0733); stirring machines (0709, 0723, 0733), flour mills (machines) (0709, 0725), bottle-washing machines (0709, 0710), centrifugal mills (0709, 0723, 0725), electric meat grinders (0709, 0723), electric meat mincers (0709, 0723), mixing machines (machines) (0709, 0723, 0733), choppers for industrial use (machines) (Part (2) of 0702, 0709, 0752), crushers (0709, 0733, 0752), electric fruit juicers (0709, 0710, 0723);
3. food packaging machines are similar to packaging machines and packaging machinery in 0721.
Practice notes (J&C)
This group was renamed in 2026 (formerly “machinery and parts for the food industry”). Official note 2 lists many cross-group protected goods: agitators, stirring machines (0709, 0723, 0733), flour mills (0709, 0725), bottle-washing machines (0709, 0710), centrifugal mills (0709, 0723, 0725), electric meat grinders (0709, 0723), etc.; food packaging machines are similar to packaging machines in 0721 (note 3).
When filing in this group, food-machinery companies should note that household kitchen machines are in 0723, and commercial and household items of the same name cover one another through cross-group protection; cooking and heating equipment is in 1104 of Class 11 (practical tip).
Applies to the 2026 edition · Published 2026-10-09 · Reviewed 2026-10-09
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