1401.02(c) International Alphabetical List
Additional general guidance concerning identifications may be found in the "Alphabetical List" of goods and services appearing in the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks Under the Nice Agreement-Part I (10th ed. 2011), published by the World Intellectual Property Organization, 34, chemin des Colombettes, P.O. Box 18, CH-1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland. (Specify the English edition when ordering.) The International Classification is available at http://www.wipo.int/classifications/en/index.html. However, because the international list was developed to classify goods and services and not to identify specific goods and services, most entries will not be sufficiently definite to use in an identification of goods and/or services. If such entries are provided as identifications, the USPTO exercises its discretion to require greater particularity. See In re Omega SA, 494 F.3d 1362, 83 USPQ2d 1541 (Fed. Cir. 2007).
The USPTO’s Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual ("USPTO ID Manual") should be used to determine whether an identification is sufficiently definite. See TMEP §1402.04.