PTO Manual of Classification for US patents

PTO Manual of Classification for US patents

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Class Number: 95
 Class Title: GAS SEPARATION: PROCESSES

Subclass  Subclass
Number    Title

  1       WITH CONTROL RESPONSIVE TO SENSED CONDITION
  2       .Electric or electrostatic field (e.g., electrostatic
            precipitation, etc.)
  3       ..Concentration sensed
  4       ..Temperature sensed
  5       ..Sparking sensed
  6       ..Current sensed
  7       ..Voltage sensed
  8       .Concentration sensed
  9       ..pH sensed
  10      ..Humidity sensed
  11      ..Flow of fluid mixture to sorber stopped or diverted to other
             equipment, or sorbent regenerated
  12      ..Gas flow rate modified
  13      ..Sorbent flow rate modified
  14      .Temperature sensed
  15      ..And pressure sensed
  16      ..Modification of flow rate of liquid which is added to gas
  17      ..Cooling
  18      ..Heating
  19      .Pressure sensed
  20      ..Apparatus cleaned
  21      ..Sorbent regenerated
  22      ..Gas flow rate modified
  23      .Gas flow rate sensed
  24      .Liquid level sensed
  25      WITH RECORDING OR SIGNALING CONDITION
  26      WITH TIMING OF OPERATION
  27      MAGNETIZED PARTICLE BED
  28      MAGNETIC SEPARATION
  29      SOUND WAVES USED
  30      .Degasification of liquid
  31      DIFFERENCE IN MOLECULAR VELOCITY, DENSITY, OR MOMENTUM OF GASES
           USED
  32      .Passing gases through nozzle
  33      ..Directing gas streams toward one another
  34      .Centrifugal force
  35      ..Created by rotating equipment
  36      LIQUID-SOLID SLURRY USED
  37      .Organic compound removed from gas
  38      .Halogen containing compound removed from gas
  39      COMPRESSING AND INDIRECT COOLING OF GASEOUS FLUID MIXTURE TO
           SEPARATE
  40      .And use of heat absorbing agent
  41      .And solid sorption
  42      .And liquid contact (e.g., scrubbing, sorption, etc.)
  43      SELECTIVE DIFFUSION OF GASES
  44      .Selective diffusion of gases through immobilized liquid
  45      .Selective diffusion of gases through substantially solid
            barrier (e.g., semipermeable membrane, etc.)
  46      ..Degasification of liquid
  47      ..Nitrogen or nitrogen containing compound permeates barrierr
  48      ..Halogen containing compound permeates barrier
  49      ..Sulfur containing compound permeates barrier
  50      ..Organic compound permeates barrier
  51      ..Carbon dioxide or carbon monoxide permeates barrier
  52      ..Water vapor permeates barrier
  53      ..Helium permeates barrier
  54      ..Oxygen permeates barrier
  55      ..Hydrogen permeates barrier
  56      ...Elemental metal or alloy barrier
  57      ELECTRIC OR ELECTROSTATIC FIELD (E.G., ELECTROSTATIC
           PRECIPITATION, ETC.)
  58      .With addition of solid, gas, or vapor
  59      ..Electrode treating (e.g., coating, cleaning, etc.)
  60      ..Heating or cooling
  61      ..Solid is electrically conducting
  62      ..Agglomerating gas-borne particles
  63      .And nonelectrical separation of fluid mixture
  64      ..Liquid addition to gaseous fluid mixture
  65      ...Liquid addition precedes electrical precipitation
  66      ....With heating or cooling
  67      ..By heating or cooling
  68      ..Including cleaning or regeneration of separating means (e.g.,
             particulate bed filter, deflector, etc.)
  69      ..Distinct separation step precedes electric or electrostatic
             treatment
  70      ..Distinct separation step follows electric or electrostatic
             treatment
  71      .With addition of liquid to gaseous fluid mixture
  72      ..Vaporization of liquid
  73      .With heating or cooling
  74      .With cleaning of collector electrode
  75      ..By liquid flushing
  76      ..By scraping or vibrating
  77      .Continuously moving electrode
  78      .Including baffling, deflection, or restriction of gas flow
  79      .Plural separate stages or zones (e.g., separate ionization and
            collection regions, etc.)
  80      ..Pulsing or time-varying electric field (e.g., AC, pulsed DC,
             etc.)
  81      .Pulsing or time-varying electric field (e.g., AC, pulsed DC,
            etc.)
  82      CHROMATOGRAPHY
  83      .Liquid supported on surface of capillary column
  84      .Liquid supported on particulate packing
  85      .Including use of gas flow distributor in column
  86      .Plural separate columns
  87      .With heating or cooling
  88      .Specific column packing or sorbent material (e.g., particle
            size, composition, etc.)
  89      .Injection, per se, without separation
  90      SOLID SORPTION
  91      .Soluble or deliquescent material used
  92      .And liquid contact (e.g., scrubbing, sorption, etc.)
  93      ..Sweep gas used on solid sorbent
  94      ..And recycle or reuse of contact liquid for further contact
  95      .Including reduction of pressure
  96      ..Plural pressure varying steps (e.g., pressure swing
             adsorption, etc.))
  97      ...Sweep gas used
  98      ....Feed gas or constituent thereof is sweep gas
  99      .....With heating or cooling
  100     .....Stepped pressure reduction
  101     ......Vacuum applied
  102     .....Vacuum applied
  103     ...Stepped pressure reduction
  104     ..Sweep gas used
  105     ...Feed gas or constituent thereof is sweep gas
  106     ..With heating or cooling
  107     .Moving sorbent
  108     ..Fluidized bed
  109     ...Having gravity flow of sorbent from zone to zone
  110     ..Gravity flow of sorbent from zone to zone
  111     ...Sweep gas used
  112     ....Steam is sweep gas
  113     ..Rotating housing containing fixed sorbent or rotating
             plurality of housings
  114     .With plural indirect heat transfer steps on solid sorbent or
            gaseous fluid mixture or constituent thereof
  115     ..Heating and cooling
  116     .Inorganic gas or liquid particle sorbed (e.g., vapor, mist,
            etc.)
  117     ..Water sorbed
  118     ...Plural separating treatments of gas by solid sorbent to
              remove water
  119     ....And regeneration of any solid sorbent
  120     .....Heating or cooling
  121     ...And regeneration of solid sorbent
  122     ....Sweep gas used
  123     .....Hot sweep gas
  124     ......And cooling of sweep gas
  125     ......And cooling of solid sorbent
  126     ....By heating
  127     ..Noble gas sorbed
  128     ..Nitrogen containing compound sorbed
  129     ...Nitrogen oxide sorbed
  130     ..Nitrogen sorbed
  131     ..Halogen or halogen containing compound sorbed
  132     ...Chlorine or chlorine containing compound sorbed
  133     ..Metal or metal containing compound sorbed
  134     ...Mercury sorbed
  135     ..Sulfur containing compound sorbed
  136     ...Hydrogen sulfide sorbed
  137     ...Sulfur dioxide or sulfur trioxide sorbed
  138     ..Oxygen or ozone sorbed
  139     ..Carbon dioxide sorbed
  140     ..Carbon monoxide sorbed
  141     .Organic gas or liquid particle sorbed (e.g., vapor, mist,
            etc.)
  142     ..Halogen containing compound sorbed (e.g., phosgene, etc.)
  143     ..Hydrocarbon sorbed
  144     ...Alkene sorbed
  145     ...Alkyne sorbed (e.g., acetylene, etc.)
  146     ...Gasoline sorbed
  147     ...Benzene ring containing compound sorbed
  148     .And regeneration
  149     LIQUID CONTACTING (E.G., SORPTION, SCRUBBING, ETC.))
  150     .Including foaming of liquid to aid in the separation
  151     .Mechanical agitation of liquid body to contact gaseous fluid
            mixture
  152     .Coagulating or flocculating agent
  153     .Hydrate inhibitor
  154     .Surfactant or wetting agent
  155     .Defoaming or antifoaming agent
  156     .And degasification of a liquid
  157     ..Defoaming
  158     ..Degasification step occurs first, with removed gas
             subsequently contacted by liquid
  159     ..By stripping with gas
  160     ...And reduction of pressure (e.g., flashing, etc.)
  161     ....And heating
  162     .....Steam is stripping gas
  163     ....Liquid recycled or reused
  164     ....Feed gas or constituent thereof is stripping gas
  165     ...And heating
  166     ....Liquid recycled or reused
  167     ....Vaporized component of contact liquid is stripping gas
  168     ....Steam is stripping gas
  169     ...Liquid recycled or reused
  170     ...Air is stripping gas
  171     ...Inert stripping gas
  172     ..By reduction of pressure (e.g., flashing, etc.)
  173     ...And heating
  174     ....Liquid recycled or reused
  175     ...Vacuum applied
  176     ...Removed gas recycled
  177     ...Liquid recycled or reused
  178     ..By heating
  179     ...Liquid recycled or reused
  180     ....Liquid cooling step before being recycled
  181     ...Sulfur compound removed
  182     ...Halogen compound removed
  183     ...Carbon dioxide removed
  184     ...Organic compound removed
  185     ..By liquid flow modifying or mechanical agitating
  186     ..Liquid recycled or reused
  187     .And recycle or reuse of contact liquid for further contact
  188     ..After separation of liquid from contact liquid
  189     ...And separation of solid from contact liquid
  190     ...By liquid-liquid extraction or formation of azeotrope
  191     ...By stripping with gas
  192     ...By reduction of pressure (e.g., flashing, etc.)
  193     ...By heating (e.g., fractional distillation, etc.)
  194     ....Indirect heat exchange
  195     ..After separation of solid from contact liquid
  196     ...By filtration
  197     ...By gravity separation
  198     ..And deflection to remove liquid particles from gas
  199     ..Liquid contact in plural serial stages
  200     ...Removal of solid or liquid particles from gas
  201     ...Reduction of pressure during liquid contact
  202     ..Removal of solid or liquid particles from gas
  203     ..Reduction of pressure
  204     .And recycle of gas for further contact
  205     .And separation of solid from contact liquidd
  206     .And separation of liquid from contact liquid
  207     ..By stripping with gas
  208     ..By reduction of pressure (e.g., flashing, etc.)
  209     ..By heating (e.g., fractional distillation, etc.)
  210     .On surface extending mass
  211     ..Particulate media, fibrous media, or packing elements
  212     ...And cleaning of particulate media, fibrous media, or packing
              elements
  213     ..Apertured partition member
  214     .And filtration of gas
  215     ..Including movement of filter
  216     .And deflection
  217     ..Liquid is in form of curtain
  218     ..Including movement of deflector
  219     ..Including rotation of liquid, gaseous fluid mixture, or
             gas-liquid mixture through 360 degrees in stationary
             apparatus
  220     ...With heating or cooling
  221     ..Deflection in plural serial stages
  222     ...Using diverse type deflectors
  223     .In plural serial stages
  224     ..Liquid sprays
  225     ...With heating or cooling
  226     .Gaseous fluid mixture discharged against or beneath surface of
            liquid body
  227     .With heating
  228     .With cooling
  229     ..Cooling before liquid contacting
  230     .Inorganic gas, liquid particle, or solid particle sorbed (e.g.,
            vapor, mist, dust, etc.)
  231     ..Water sorbed
  232     ..Nitrogen or nitrogen containing compound sorbed
  233     ..Halogen or halogen containing compound sorbed
  234     ..Metal or metal containing compound sorbed
  235     ..Sulfur or sulfur containing compound sorbed
  236     ..Carbon dioxide sorbed
  237     .Organic gas, liquid particle, or solid particle sorbed (e.g.,
            vapor, mist, dust, etc.)
  238     ..Alkyne sorbed (e.g., acetylene, etc.)
  239     ..Cyclic compound sorbed
  240     ..Alkene sorbed
  241     DEGASIFICATION OF LIQUID
  242     .Defoaming
  243     .Plural successive degassing treatments
  244     ..Boiler feed water degassing
  245     ..By stripping with gas
  246     ...And reduction of pressure (e.g., flashing, etc.)
  247     ..By reduction of pressure (e.g., flashing, etc.)
  248     ...And liquid flow modifying or mechanical agitating
  249     ....And heating
  250     ...And heating
  251     ..By heating
  252     ...And liquid flow modifying or mechanical agitating
  253     .Emulsion breaking or multiple liquid separating
  254     .And subsequent handling of evolved gas, stripping gas, or
            residue liquid
  255     ..Evolved gas removed by sweep gas
  256     ..For indirect heat exchangee
  257     ...Gas condensed
  258     ..Gas recycled or further separated
  259     ..Liquid further separated
  260     .By liquid flow modifying or mechanical agitating
  261     ..Centrifugal force
  262     ..Impinging on baffle
  263     .By stripping with gas
  264     ..Steam is stripping gas
  265     ..Nitrogen is stripping gas
  266     .By reduction of pressure (e.g., flashing, etc.)
  267     DEFLECTING
  268     .And filtering
  269     .Centrifugal force
  270     ..Created by rotating equipment
  271     ..Tangential gas inflow (e.g., cyclone, etc.)
  272     .Tortuous flow path
  273     FILTERING
  274     .Through particulate solids
  275     ..Moving bed
  276     ..With cleaning of filter bed
  277     .Moving filter
  278     .With cleaning of filter
  279     ..By use of gas
  280     ...Pulsed gas flow
  281     ..By use of liquid
  282     ..By mechanical manipulation
  283     .With heating of filter
  284     .And reduction of pressure
  285     .Coated or chemically treated filter
  286     .Plural separate media
  287     ..In series
  288     HEAT EXCHANGING
  289     .Cold wall-hot wall thermal diffusion
  290     .Condensing to solid
  291     MISCELLANEOUS
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  900     SOLID SORBENT
  901     .Activated carbon
  902     .Molecular sieve
  903     ..Carbon