PTO Manual of Classification for US patents

PTO Manual of Classification for US patents

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Class Number: 530
 Class Title: CHEMISTRY: NATURAL RESINS OR DERIVATIVES; PEPTIDES OR
              PROTEINS; LIGNINS OR REACTION PRODUCTS THEREOF

Subclass  Subclass
Number    Title

  200     NATURAL RESINS OR DERIVATIVES (E.G., WOOD OR PINE TAR; CATIVO
           RESIN DERIVATIVES, ETC.)
  201     .Shellac containing starting material used in process, or
            product thereof (e.g., lac, sticklac, seedlac, flake shellac,
            bleached shellac, etc.)
  202     .Cut wood starting material used in process, or product thereof
            (e.g., using pine stumps, chips, bark, etc., as starting
            material)
  203     .Plant sap or fossil starting material used in process, or
            product thereof (e.g., using copal, coal, amber, dammar, etc.,
            as starting material)
  204     ..Pine oleoresin starting material used in process, or product
             thereof (e.g., using gum turpentine, pine gum, pine resin,
             etc., as starting material)
  205     .Recovery of tall oil or derivatives from papermaking waste,
            purification of tall oil, or separation of components of tall
            oil; or product thereof (e.g., separation of rosin, fatty
            acids, sterols, etc.; decolorizing, etc.)
  206     ..Organic sulfur or nitrogen containing material used in the
             process, or product thereof
  207     ..Esterification used in the process, or product thereof
  208     ..Inorganic material used in the process, or product thereof
             (e.g., using sulfuric acid, boric acid, etc.)
  209     ...Phosphorus or heavy metal containing material, elemental
              hydrogen, sulfur dioxide, or carbon dioxide used in the
              process, or product thereof
  210     .Rosin or derivative used as starting material in process, or
            product thereof (e.g., using gum rosin, wood rosin, solid tall
            oil rosin, etc.)
  211     ..Polymerization or product thereof (e.g., dimer rosin, etc.)
  212     ...Chemical treatment or color modification of polymerized rosin
              or derivative, or product thereof (e.g., hydrogenation or
              esterification of polymerized rosin; removal of color bodies
              from polymerized rosin, etc.)
  213     ..Boron or phosphorus containing material used in the process,
             or product thereof
  214     ..Diels-Alder adducts (e.g., of maleic anhydride, fumaric acid,
             etc., with conjugated dienes, such as rosin acids, terpenes,
             etc.)
  215     ..Esterification of rosin or derivative via carboxyl group, or
             product thereof
  216     ...Chemical treatment or color modification of esterified rosin
              or derivative, or product thereof (e.g., partial
              saponification of rosin triglycerides; removal of color
              bodies from rosin esters, etc.)
  217     ...Oxygen containing ring or halogen containing material used in
              the esterification, or product thereof (e.g., using alkylene
              oxides, polysaccharides, alkyl halides, etc.)
  218     ...Polyhydroxy material used in the esterification, or product
              thereof (e.g., forming ester gum, etc.)
  219     ..Sulfur, selenium, or tellurium containing material used in thee
             process, or product thereof (e.g., disproportionation of
             rosin, etc.)
  220     ...The sulfur, selenium, or tellurium containing material is
              inorganic
  221     ..Nitrogen containing material used in the process, or product
             thereof
  222     ...The nitrogen containing material is inorganic
  223     ..Hydrogenation or product thereof (e.g., forming dihydro rosin
             acids; rosinyl alcohol or derivatives; etc.)
  224     ..Metal containing material used to form salts of rosin acids,
             or product thereof
  225     ...Alkali metal containing material (i.e., Li, Na, K, Rb or Cs)
  226     ..Heat treatment of rosin or derivative in the absence of
             nonrosin organic reactants, or product thereof (e.g., forming
             rosin oil; disproportionated, dehydrogenated, or isomerized
             rosin; etc.)
  227     ...Metal, halogen, or silicon containing material used in the
              process, or product thereof (e.g., using clay, zeolites,
              etc.)
  228     ..Purification process or product thereof
  229     ...Immiscible solvents used in the process, or product thereof
  230     .Tall oil or derivative used as starting material in process, or
            product thereof (e.g., metal salts of tall oil fatty acids;
            tall oil pitch, etc.) dehydrogenated, or isomerized rosin;
            etc.)
  231     ..Nitrogen containing material used in the process, or product
             thereof
  232     ..Esterification of tall oil acids, or product thereof
  233     ..Sulfur, boron, phosphorus, or iodine containing material used
             in the process, or product thereof
  300     PEPTIDES OF 3 TO 100 AMINO ACID RESIDUES
  301     .Thymopoietin or Lipotropin; related peptides
  302     .Endorphin and Enkephalin; related peptides
  303     .Insulin; related peptides
  304     ..Metal complexes, e.g., Zn-insulin, etc.
  305     ..Isolation or purification
  306     .Corticotropin (ATCH); related peptides
  307     .Calcitonin; related peptides
  308     .Glucagon; related peptides
  309     .Secretin or gastrin; related peptides
  310     .Gramicidin or Tyrocidin; related peptides
  311     .Somatostatin (SRIF); related peptides
  312     .Melanotropin (MSH) or eledoisin; related peptides
  313     .Lutenizing hormone releasing factor (LRF); related peptides
  314     .Bradykinin; kallidin; related peptides
  315     .Oxytocin; vasopressin; related peptides
  316     .Angiotensin; related peptides
  317     .Cyclic peptides
  318     ..The cyclisation occurring through the 4-amino radical of
             2,4-diamino butanoic acid
  319     ...Polymyxin; related peptides
  320     ..Bacitracin; related peptides
  321     ..Containing only normal peptide links in the ring, i.e.,
             homodetic cyclic peptides
  322     .Peptides containing saccharide radicals, e.g., bleomycins,
            etc.
  323     .Peptides with at least one nonpeptide bond other than a
            disulfide bond joining two or more sequences of amino acidd
            residues, e.g., homomeric heterodectic peptide other than
            cyclic disulfide, depsipeptides, etc.
  324     .25 or more amino acid residues in defined sequence
  325     .24 amino acid residues in defined sequence
  326     .15 to 23 amino acid residues in defined sequence
  327     .11 to 14 amino acid residues in defined sequence
  328     .8 to 10 amino acid residues in defined sequence
  329     .6 to 7 amino acid residues in defined sequence
  330     .4 to 5 amino acid residues in defined sequence
  331     .Tripeptides, e.g., tripeptide thyroliberin (TRH), melanostatin
            (MIF), etc.
  332     .Containing at least one abnormal peptide link, e.g., gamma
            peptide bonded, etc.
  333     .Synthesis of peptides
  334     ..Polymer supported synthesis, e.g., solid phase synthesis,
             Merrifield synthesis, etc.
  335     ..Protecting or removing protective groups, e.g., carboxyl group
             protection, etc.
  336     ...Of side chain or sulfur containing group
  337     ...Of amino group
  338     ..Solution phase synthesis
  339     ...Segment condensation, e.g., Ugi condensation, etc.
  340     ...With phosphorus containing material
  341     ...With use of carbonimide or imidiazole
  342     ...Mixed anhydride synthesis
  343     ..By hydrolysis
  344     .Separation or purification
  345     .Chemical aftertreatment, e.g., acylation, methylation, etc.
  350     PROTEINS, I.E., MORE THAN 100 AMINO ACID RESIDUES
  351     .Lymphokines, e.g., interferons, interlukins, etc.
  352     .Phosphoproteins, e.g., phosvitin, vitellogenin, etc.
  353     .Scleroproteins, e.g., fibroin, elastin, silk, etc.
  354     ..Gelatin
  355     ...Separation, purification or synthesis
  356     ..Collagen
  357     ..Keratin
  358     .Nucleoproteins, e.g., chromatin, chromosomal proteins,
            histones, protamines, salmine, etc.
  359     .Lipoproteins, e.g., egg yolk proteins, cylomicrons, etc.
  360     .Casein or caseinate
  361     ..Separation, purification or synthesis
  362     .Albumin
  363     ..Serum albumin, e.g., BSA, HSA, etc.
  364     ...Separation, purification or synthesis
  365     ..Lactalbumin, e.g., milk source, etc.
  366     ...Separation, purification or synthesis
  367     ..Ovalalbumin, e.g., avidin, conalbumins, etc.
  368     ...Separation, purification or synthesis
  369     ..Separation, purification or synthesis
  370     .Plant proteins, e.g., derived from legumes, algae or lichens,
            etc.
  371     ..Derived from fungi, e.g., yeasts, mushroom, etc.
  372     ..Derived from grain, e.g., prolamines, etc.
  373     ...Zein
  374     ...Gluten or gliadin
  375     ...Derived from wheat
  376     ...Derived from corn
  377     ..Derived from oil seed, e.g., cotton seed, rapeseed, sunflower,,
             etc.
  378     ...Derived from soybean
  379     ..Derived from leafy green plants, e.g., alfalfa pollen, etc.
  380     .Blood proteins or globulins, e.g., proteoglycans, platelet
            factor 4, thyroglobulin, thyroxine, etc.
  381     ..Blood coagulation factors and fibrin, e.g., thromboplastin,
             etc.
  382     ...Fibrin or fibrin intermediates, e.g., fibrinogen, etc.
  383     ...Blood coagulation factor VIII, AHF
  384     ...Blood coagulation factor II or factor II + VII + IX + X,
              i.e., prothrombin complex or factor
  385     ..Hemoglobins or globins
  386     ..Globulins
  387.1   ...Immunoglobulin, antibody, or fragment thereof, other
              than immunoglobulin antibody, or fragment thereof that is
              conjugated or absorbed
  387.2   ....Anti-idiotypic
  387.3   ....Chimeric, mutated, or recombined hybrid (e.g.,
               bifunctional, bispecific, rodent-human chimeric, single
               chain, rFv, immunoglobulin fusion protein, etc.)
  387.5   ....Binds oligosaccharide structure
  387.7   ....Binds expression product of cancer-related gene or
               fragment thereof (e.g., oncogene, proto-oncogene, etc.)
  387.9   ....Binds specifically-identified amino acid sequence
  388.1   ....Monoclonal
  388.15  .....Human
  388.2   .....Binds microorganism or normal or mutant component or
                product thereof (e.g., animal cell, cell-surface antigen,
                secretory product, etc.)
  388.21  ......Binds nucleic acid or derivative or component thereof
                 (e.g., DNA, RNA, DNA-RNA hybrid, nucleotide, nucleoside,
                 carcinogen-DNA adduct, etc.)
  388.22  ......Binds receptor (e.g., transferrin receptor, Fc
                 receptor, dihydropyridine receptor, IL-2 receptor, etc.)
  388.23  ......Binds lymphokine, cytokine, or other secreted growth
                 regulatory factor, differentiation factor, or
                 intercellular mediator specific for a hematopoietic cell
                 (e.g., interleukin, interferon, erythropoietin, etc.)
  388.24  ......Binds hormone or other secreted growth regulatory
                 factor, differentiation factor, intercellular mediator, or
                 neurotransmitter (e.g., insulin, human chorionic
                 gonadotropin, intragonadal regulatory protein, Mullerian
                 inhibiting substance, inhibin, epidermal growth factor,
                 nerve growth factor, dopamine, norepinephrine, etc.)
  388.25  ......Binds plasma protein, serum protein, or fibrin (e.g.,
                 clotting factor, fibrinolytic factor, complement factor,
                 immunoglobulin, apolipoprotein, etc.)
  388.26  ......Binds enzyme
  388.3   ......Binds virus or component or product thereof (e.g.,
                 virus-associated antigen, etc.)
  388.35  .......Binds retrovirus or component or product thereof
                  (e.g., HIV, LAV, HTLV, etc.)
  388.4   ......Binds bacterium or similar microorganism or component
                 or product thereof (e.g., Stretococcus, Legionella,
                 Mycoplasma, bacterium-associated antigen, exotoxin, etc.)
  388.5   ......Binds fungus or plant cell or component or product
                 thereof (e.g., fungus-associated antigen, etc.)
  388.6   ......Binds parasitic protozoan or metazoan cell orr
                 component or product thereof (e.g., Dirofilaria, Eimeria,
                 Coccidia, Trichinella, parasite cell-surface antigen,
                 etc.)
  388.7   ......Binds hematopoietic cell or component or product
                 thereof (e.g., erythrocyte granulocyte, macrophage,
                 monocyte, platelet, myelogenous leukemia cell, bone marrow
                 stem cell, granulocytic cell-surface antigen, hemoglobin,
                 thrombospondin, glycophorin, etc.)
  388.73  .......Binds lymphocytic or lymphocytic-like cell or
                  component or product thereof (e.g., B cell, B-lineage
                  bone marrow cell, null cell, natural killer cell,
                  B-lymphoblastoid cell, B-lineage acute lymphoblastic
                  leukemia cell, B-lymphocytic cell-surface antigen, etc.)
  388.75  ........Binds T-lymphocytic cell or component or product
                   thereof (e.g., T cell, thymocyte, T-lineage bone marrow
                   cell, T-lymphoblastoid cell, T-lineage acute
                   lymphoblastic leukemia cell, T-lymphocytic cell-surface
                   antigen, etc.)
  388.8   ......Binds cancer cell or component or product thereof
                 (e.g., cell-surface antigen, etc.)
  388.85  .......Binds antigen characterized by name or molecular
                  weight (e.g., CEA, NCA, CC glycoprotein, melanoma gp 150
                  antigen, etc.)
  388.9   .....Binds drug, hapten, hapten--carrier complex, or
                specifically-identified chemical structure (e.g.,
                theophylline, digoxin, etc.)
  389.1   ....Polyclonal antibody or immunogloblin of identified
               binding specificity
  389.2   .....Binds hormone, lymphokine, cytokine, or other secreted
                growth regulatory factor, differentiation factor,
                intercellular mediator, or neurotransmitter (e.g., insulin,
                human chorionic gonadotropin, glucagon, cardiodilatin,
                interleukin, interferon, norepinephrine, epinephrine,
                acetylcholine, etc.)
  389.3   .....Binds plasma protein, serum protein, or fibrin (e.g.,
                clotting factor, fibrinolytic factor, complement factor,
                immunoglobulin, apolipoprotein, etc.)
  389.4   .....Binds virus or component or product thereof (e.g.,
                virus-associated antigen, etc.)
  389.5   .....Binds bacterium or similar microorganism or component
                or product thereof (e.g., Pseudomonas, Chlamydia,
                Clostridium, bacterium-associated antigen, etc.)
  389.6   .....Binds hematopoietic cell or component or product
                thereof (e.g., erythrocyte, granulocyte, bone marrow cell,
                lymphocyte, leukemic cell, hematopoietic cell-surface
                antigen, hemoglobin, etc.)
  389.7   .....Binds cancer cell or component or product thereof
                (e.g., cell-surface antigen, etc.)
  389.8   .....Binds drug, hapten, hapten-carrier complex, or
                specifically-identified chemical structure (e.g.,
                theophylline, digoxin, etc.)
  390.1   ....Removing or inactivating virus or bacterium or
               component or product thereof (e.g., endotoxin, etc.)
  390.5   ....Removing, dissociating, or preventing the formation of
               aggregated, denatured, fragmented, or polymerized
               immunoglobulin or antibody; or preventing or reducing
               complement fixation or binding; or reducing antigenicity; or
               removing, inactivating, or inhibiting contaminating plasmaa
               proteins (e.g., proteolytic enzymes, etc.)
  391.1   ...Monoclonal or polyclonal antibody or immunoglobulin or
              fragment thereof that is conjugated or adsorbed (e.g.,
              adsorbed to a solid support, etc.)
  391.3   ....Conjugated to a detectable label or radioisotope or
               radionuclide or heavy metal-containing compound
  391.5   .....Conjugated via a specifically-identified linking
                group, chelating group, coordination complex, coupling
                agent, or conjugation agent
  391.7   ....Conjugated to a cytotoxic agent, drug, or other
               biologically-active substance
  391.9   .....Conjugated via a specifically-identified linking
                group, coupling agent, or conjugation agent
  392     ...Alpha globulins, e.g., ceruloplastin, haptoglobins, etc.
  393     ....Antithrombin III
  394     ...Beta globulins, e.g., transferrin, etc.
  395     .Glycoprotein, e.g., mucins proteoglycans, etc.
  396     ..Lectins, e.g., concanavalin, hemagglutinin, etc.
  397     ..Glycoprotein hormones
  398     ...Gonadatropins
  399     .Hormones, e.g., prolactin, thymosin, growth factors, etc.
  400     .Metal containing, e.g., chromoproteins, ferritin, ferredoxins,
            etc.
  401     ..Cytochromes, e.g., chlorophyl, orgotein, etc.
  402     .Chemical modification or the reaction product thereof, e.g.,
            covalent attachment or coupling, etc.
  403     ..Protein is identified as an antigen, e.g., immunogenic
             carriers, etc.
  404     ...Sulfur containing reactant
  405     ...Nitrogen containing reactant
  406     ...Oxygen containing reactant
  407     ..Hydrolysis of protein
  408     ..Sulfur containing reactant
  409     ..Nitrogen containing reactant
  410     ..Oxygen containing reactant
  411     ...Oxygen containing is saccharide
  412     .Separation or purification
  413     ..Immunological separation or affinity chromatography
  414     ..Ultra filtration or osmosis
  415     ..Selective absorbtion, e.g., Ca phosphate sorbents, etc.
  416     ...Ion exchange
  417     ...Chromatography or by septum selective as to material, e.g.,
              gel filtration, molecular sieve dialysis, etc.
  418     ..Precipitation
  419     ...With added material
  420     ....Inorganic
  421     ....Polymeric, e.g., polyethylene glycol, etc.
  422     ..Solvent extraction
  423     ...Oxygenated material
  424     ....Alcohol
  425     ....Carboxyl containing
  426     ...Hydrocarbon or halogenated hydrocarbon
  427     ..Physical treatment
  500     LIGNINS OR DERIVATIVES
  501     .Aldehyde, ketone or ozone reacted with a lignin or lignin
            containing substance, or product thereof
  502     .Compound which includes phenolic hydroxy or oxygen containing
            hetero ring reacted with a lignin or lignin containingg
            substance, or product thereof
  503     .Hydrogenation of a lignin or lignin containing substance, or
            product thereof
  504     .Carboxylic acid anhydride, or a compound having halogen bonded
            directly to acyclic carbon by nonionic bonding, reacted with a
            lignin or lignin containing substance, or product thereof
  505     .Compound containing nitrogen attached directly or indirectly to
            carbon by nonionic bonding reacted with a lignin or lignin
            containing substance, or product therof
  506     .Heavy metal, aluminum, silicon or phosphorus containing
  507     .Processes utilizing an organic solvent or a compound having
            alcoholic hydroxy bonded directly to an acyclic carbon, or
            product thereof
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  800     ANTIHYPERTENSIVE PEPTIDES
  801     PEPTIDE SWEETNERS
  802     CHROMOGENIC OR LUMINESCENT PEPTIDES
  806     ANTIGENIC PEPTIDES OR PROTEINS
  807     HAPTEN CONJUGATED WITH PEPTIDE OR PROTEIN
  808     MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS RELATED TO GENETIC ENGINEERING OR HYBRID
           OR FUSED CELL TECHNOLOGY, E.G., HYBRIDOMA, MONOCLONAL PRODUCTS,
           ETC.
  809     .Fused cells, e.g., hybridoma, etc.
  810     CARRIER - BOUND OR IMMOBILIZED PEPTIDES OR PROTEINS AND THE
           PREPARATION THEREOF, E.G., BIOLOGICAL CELL OR CELL FRAGMENT AS
           CARRIER, ETC.
  811     .Peptides or proteins is immobilized on, or in, an inorganic
            carrier
  812     .Peptides or proteins is immobilized on, or in, an organic
            carrier
  813     ..Carrier is a saccharide
  814     ...Cellulose or derivatives thereof
  815     ..Carrier is a synthetic polymer
  816     ...Attached to the carrier via a bridging agent
  817     ...Entrapped within the carrier, e.g., gel, hollow fibre, etc.
  820     PROTEINS FROM MICRO-ORGANISMS
  821     .Separation of nucleic acid
  822     .Protozoa
  823     .Lower fungi, e.g., mold, etc.
  824     ..Yeasts
  825     .Bacteria
  826     .Viruses
  827     PROTEINS FROM MAMMALS OR BIRDS
  828     .Cancer
  829     .Blood
  830     ..Plasma; serum
  831     ...Cohn fractions
  832     .Milk; colostrum
  833     .Whey; cheese
  834     .Urine; urinary system
  835     ..Kidney
  836     .Mucus; mucous glands; bursa; arthral fluid; spinal fluid
  837     .Lymph; lymph-glands; thymus
  838     .Marrow; spleen
  839     .Nerves; brain
  840     .Bones; tendons; teeth; cartilagee
  841     .Muscles; heart
  842     .Skin; hair; nails; sebaceous glands; cerumen
  843     .Digestive system
  844     ..Stomach; intestine
  845     ..Pancreas
  846     ..Liver
  847     ..Bile
  848     .Lungs
  849     .Eyes; vessels; umbilical cord
  850     .Reproductive organs or embryos
  851     ..Placenta; amniotic fluid
  852     ..Sperm
  853     ...Ovary; eggs; embryos
  854     .Glands
  855     PROTEINS FROM ANIMALS OTHER THAN MAMMALS OR BIRDS
  856     .Snakes; venom
  857     .Fish; fish eggs; shell fish; crustacea
  858     .Insects; venom
  859     WASTE, WASTE MATERIAL, REFUSE OR SLUDGE, E.G., EFFLUENTS, FECAL
           MATTER, ETC.
  860     RENIN INHIBITORS
  861     INVOLVING IgG3, IgG4, IgA, or IgY
  862     INVOLVING IgE or IgD
  863     INVOLVING IgM
  864     .Monoclonal
  865     ..Human
  866     INVOLVING IMMUNOGLOBULIN OR ANTIBODY FRAGMENT, (e.g., F(ab)'2,
           Fab', Fab, Fv, Fc, heavy chain, light chain, etc.)
  867     INVOLVING IMMUNOGLOBULIN OR ANTIBODY PRODUCED VIA RECOMBINANT
           DNA TECHNOLOGY
  868     INVOLVING AUTOIMMUNITY, ALLERGY, IMMEDIATE HYPERSENSITIVITY,
           DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMUNOSUPPRESSION, OR IMMUNOTOLERANCE