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Table of Similar Goods and Services

Notes on similar group 4405

Official notes (CNIPA Table of Similar Goods and Services, 2026 text; J&C reference translation)

1. This similar group consists of single services, and the paragraphs are not similar to one another;

2. the first paragraph is cross-searched with the accepted service "optometry services" in 4401 in the 12th and earlier editions and with opticians' shops in 4227 in the 7th and earlier editions;

3. optometry services are similar to Part (1) of 4401;

4. rental of sanitary installations is cross-searched with rental of sanitary installations in 4227 in the 7th and earlier editions;

5. rental of eyeglasses and rental of sunglasses are cross-searched with rental of fashion eyeglasses not for vision correction and rental of fashion sunglasses not for vision correction in 4503 in the 12th and earlier editions.

Practice notes (J&C)

This group consists of single services, and the paragraphs are not similar to one another: optician services, optometry services, rental of sanitary installations, provision of service animals for the disabled, rental of eyeglasses and rental of sunglasses. Official notes: optometry services are similar to Part (1) of 4401; new note 5 in 2026 provides that rental of eyeglasses and sunglasses is cross-searched with rental of fashion eyeglasses and sunglasses not for vision correction in 4503 in the 12th and earlier editions.

Changes in 2026: “rental of vision-correction eyeglasses” and “rental of vision-correction sunglasses” were changed to “rental of eyeglasses” and “rental of sunglasses” respectively, the number of “optician services” was changed to C440006, and Class 45's 4503 deleted its fashion-eyewear rental items. Optical shops should file this group together with eyeglass goods in 1011 of Class 10 and retail items in Class 35 (practical tip).

Applies to the 2026 edition · Published 2026-10-09 · Reviewed 2026-10-09

Data version: CNIPA Table of Similar Goods and Services, 2026 text (based on the 13th edition of the Nice Classification, NCL 13-2026, in force since 1 January 2026). Chinese terms, groups and numbers follow the official text; English and Spanish terms are taken from WIPO, while CNIPA-specific items (C numbers) carry reference translations, whose English was fully revised on 8 October 2026. NCL 13-2027 enters into force on 1 January 2027. Selected reference translations were revised on 13 October 2026.

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