IPC Definitions - January 01, 2012

C09J - Definition fr

Definition statement

This subclass covers:

Adhesives and adhesive processes (but see below for adhesive processes), including adhesives characterized by their physical nature or by the effects produced;

Adhesives based on polysaccharides or their derivatives, based on rubbers or their derivatives, based on natural or unspecified macromolecular compounds or their derivatives, or based on organic macromolecular compounds, obtained by (or obtained otherwise than by) reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds;

Adhesives based on inorganic substances or on organic non-macromolecular compounds having at least one polymerisable carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bond;

Adhesives in the form of films or foils, including releasable films;

Heat seal adhesives and hot melts;

Use of materials as adhesives;

Other features of adhesives, e.g. additives for adhesives.

Relationship between large subject matter areas

This subclass is residual in respect of adhesive processes. Please see the "References relevant to classification in this subclass (places in relation to which this subclass is residual)" section, below, for details of other places for classifying some adhesive processes.

In cases where an adhesive contains an organic non-macromolecular compound but is not based on that compound, and such a compound is of interest, classification could be made in C08K or as an additive in C08J 3/00 or C09J 11/02. This may be in addition to classification in C09J 123/00-C09J 149/00.

References relevant to classification in this subclass

This subclass does not cover:

Electrically conductive adhesives specially adapted for use in therapy or testing in vivo

A61K 50/00

Adhesive bandages, dressings or absorbent pads

A61L 15/16

Surgical adhesives

A61L 24/00

Adhesives on the basis of non specified organic macromolecular compounds used as bonding agents in layered products

B32B

Labelling fabrics or comparable materials or articles with deformable surface using adhesives and thermo-activatable adhesives respectively

B65C 5/02, B65C 5/04

Preparation of glue or gelatine

C09H

Adhesive labels, tag tickets or similar identification or indication means

G09F 3/10
Examples of places where the subject matter of this subclass is covered when specially adapted, used for a particular purpose, or incorporated in a larger system:

Joining of preformed parts; Apparatus therefor using adhesives

B29C 65/48

Layered products characterised by the relation between layers, i.e. products essentially comprising layers having different physical properties or products characterised by the interconnection of layers where one or both layers has adhesive or inter-reactive properties

B32B 7/10

Layered products characterised by the relation between layers, i.e. products essentially comprising layers having different physical properties or products characterised by the interconnection of layers using adhesives

B32B 7/12

Cling foils

C08J 5/00

Bonding of a preformed macromolecular material to the same or other solid material such as metal, glass, leather, e.g. using adhesives

C08J 5/12

Using adhesives in the production of multi-layer textile fabrics

D06M 17/00
Places in relation to which this subclass is residual:

Devices for applying liquids, e.g. adhesives, to surfaces, including wood surfaces, to be joined

B05B, B05C, B27G 11/00

Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials, e.g. adhesives, to surfaces in general

B05D

Bonding of non-plastics to plastics or bonding substances in a plastic state in general

B29C

Joining glass to glass or to other materials

C03C 27/00

Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Polishing compositions, ski waxes

C09G

Containers, packaging elements or packages for web or tape-like material, e.g. dispenser for dispensing tape

B65D 85/67

Soaps, detergent compositions

C11D

Connecting constructional elements or machine parts by sticking or pressing them together, e.g. cold pressure welding

F16B 11/00

Special rules of classification

In this subclass, adhesives containing specific organic macromolecular substances are classified only according to the macromolecular substance, non-macromolecular substances not being taken into account.

Example: an adhesive containing polyethene and amino-propyltrimethoxysilane is classified in group C09J 123/06.

However, adhesives containing combinations of organic non-macromolecular compounds having at least one polymerisable carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bond with prepolymers or polymers other than unsaturated polymers of groups C09J 159/00-C09J 187/00 are classified according to the unsaturated non-macromolecular component in group C09J 4/00.

Example: an adhesive containing polyethene and styrene monomer is classified in group C09J 4/00.

Aspects relating to the physical nature of the adhesives or to the effects produced, as defined in group C09J 9/00, if clearly and explicitly stated, are also classified in this subclass.

Adhesives characterised by other features, e.g. additives, are classified in group C09J 11/00, unless the macromolecular constituent is specified.

In this subclass, adhesives comprising two or more macromolecular constituents are classified according to the macromolecular constituent or constituents present in the highest proportion, i.e. the constituent on which the composition is based. If the composition is based on two or more constituents, present in equal proportions, the adhesive is classified according to each of these constituents.

Example: an adhesive containing 80 parts of polyethene and 20 parts of polyvinylchloride is classified in group C09J 123/06. An adhesive containing 40 parts of polyethene and 40 parts of polyvinylchloride is classified in groups C09J 123/06 and C09J 127/06.

In groups C09J 101/00-C09J 201/00, any macromolecular constituent of an adhesive which is not identified by the classification according to Note (3) after the title of subclass C09J, and the use of which is determined to be novel and non-obvious, must also be classified in a group chosen from groups C09J 101/00-C09J 201/00.

Any macromolecular constituent of an adhesive which is not identified by the classification according to Note (3) after the title of subclass C09J or the Note above, and which is considered to represent information of interest for search, may also be classified in a group chosen from groups C09J 101/00-C09J 201/00. This can for example be the case when it is considered of interest to enable searching of adhesives using a combination of classification symbols. Such non-obligatory classification should be given as "additional information."

In groups C09J 123/00-C09J 149/00, in the absence of an indication to the contrary, a copolymer is classified according to the major monomeric component.

In groups C09J 165/00-C09J 185/00, in the absence of an indication to the contrary, adhesives based on macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions forming two different linkages in the main chain are classified only according to the linkage present in excess.

Glossary of terms

In this subclass, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:

Aliphatic radical

"Aliphatic radical" means an acyclic or a non-aromatic carbocyclic carbon skeleton which is considered to be terminated by every bond to:

an element other than carbon;

a carbon atom having a double bond to one atom other than carbon;

an aromatic carbocyclic ring or a heterocyclic ring.

"Use of materials as adhesives"

This means the use of known or new polymers or products.

Rubber

Includes:

natural or conjugated diene rubbers; or

rubber in general (for a specific rubber, other than a natural rubber or a conjugated diene rubber, see the group provided for adhesives based on such macromolecular compounds).