H05C - Definition 
Definition statement
This subclass covers:
Electric means, e.g. circuits, specially designed for use in equipment for killing, stunning, enclosing or guiding living beings, including the constructional features of the equipment and arrangements for monitoring the equipment.
Relationship between large subject matter areas
Catching, trapping or scaring of animals and apparatus for the destruction of noxious animals or noxious plants are covered by A01M Circuits for this sort of apparatus, used for killing, stunning, enclosing or guiding living beings, are classified in this subclass.
References relevant to classification in this subclass
This subclass does not cover:
Electrified wire fencing for animal husbandry | A01K 3/00 |
Catching fish in bulk by electrocution | A01K 79/02 |
Stationary means for catching or killing insects by electric means | A01M 1/22 |
Apparatus for the destruction of noxious animals, other than insects, by electricity | A01M 19/00 |
Electric traps for animals | A01M 23/38 |
Slaughtering or stunning by electric current | A22B 3/06 |
Weapons with electric stunning means | F41B 15/04 |
Informative references
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Devices for protecting plants against animals, birds or other pests | A01G 13/10 |
Scaring devices for animals | A01M 29/00 |
Corrals | E04H 17/18 |
Burglar, theft or intruder alarms triggered by the breaking or disturbance of stretched cords or wires | G08B 13/12 |