IFI Manual of U.S. Classifications


435-000.000    CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY                     

435-001.100     DIFFERENTIATED TISSUE OR ORGAN OTHER THAN BLOOD, PER SE, OR       
                 DIFFERENTIATED TISSUE OR ORGAN MAINTAINING; COMPOSITION THEREFOR  

435-001.200     . Including perfusion; composition therefor

435-001.300     . Including freezing; composition therefor

435-002.000     MAINTAINING BLOOD OR SPERM IN A PHYSIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE STATE OR   
                 COMPOSITIONS THEREOF OR THEREFOR OR METHODS OF IN VITRO BLOOD CELL

435-003.000     CONDITION RESPONSIVE CONTROL PROCESS                              

435-004.000     MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESS INVOLVING ENZYMES OR MICRO-ORGANISMS;
                 COMPOSITION OR TEST STRIP THEREFORE; PROCESSES OF FORMING SUCH    

435-005.000     . Involving virus or bacteriophage

435-006.000     . Involving nucleic acid

435-007.100     . Involving antigen-antibody binding, specific binding protein assay
                   or specific ligand-receptor binding assay

435-007.200     . . Involving a micro-organism or cell membrane bound antigen or cell
                     membrane bound receptor or cell membrane bound antibody or

435-007.210     . . . Animal cell

435-007.220     . . . . Parasite or protozoa

435-007.230     . . . . Tumor cell or cancer cell

435-007.240     . . . . Leukocyte (e.g., lymphocyte, granulocyte, monocyte, etc.)

435-007.250     . . . . Erythrocyte

435-007.300     . . . Flagellar-antigen or pili-antigen

435-007.310     . . . Fungi (e.g., yeast, mold, etc.)

435-007.320     . . . Bacteria or actinomycetales

435-007.330     . . . . Staphylococcus

435-007.340     . . . . Streptococcus

435-007.350     . . . . Salmonella

435-007.360     . . . . Sexually transmitted disease (e.g., chlamydia, syphilis,

435-007.370     . . . . Escherichia coli

435-007.400     . . To identify an enzyme or isoenzyme

435-007.500     . . Involving avidin-biotin binding

435-007.600     . . Involving a modified enzyme (e.g., abzyme, recombinant, chemically
                     altered, etc.)

435-007.700     . . Assay in which a label present is an apoenzyme, prosthetic group,
                     or enzyme cofactor

435-007.710     . . Assay in which a label present is an enzyme inhibitor or functions
                     to alter enzyme activity

435-007.720     . . Assay in which a label present is an enzyme substrate or substrate

435-007.800     . . Involving nonmembrane bound receptor binding or protein binding
                     other than antigen-antibody binding

435-007.900     . . Assay in which an enzyme present is a label

435-007.910     . . . Enzyme produces product which is part of another reaction system
                       (e.g., cyclic reaction, cascade reaction, etc.)

435-007.920     . . . Heterogeneous or solid phase assay system (e.g., ELISA, etc.)

435-007.930     . . . . Competitive assay

435-007.940     . . . . Sandwich assay

435-007.950     . . . . Indirect assay

435-008.000     . Involving luciferase

435-009.000     . Geomicrobiological testing (e.g., for petroleum, etc.)

435-010.000     . Involving uric acid

435-011.000     . Involving cholesterol

435-012.000     . Involving urea or urease

435-013.000     . Involving blood clotting factor (e.g., involving thrombin,
                   thromboplastin, fibrinogen, etc.)

435-014.000     . Involving glucose or galactose

435-015.000     . Involving transferase

435-016.000     . . Involving transaminase

435-017.000     . . Involving creatine phosphokinase

435-018.000     . Involving hydrolase

435-019.000     . . Involving esterase

435-020.000     . . . Involving cholinesterase

435-021.000     . . . Involving phosphatase

435-022.000     . . Involving amylase

435-023.000     . . Involving proteinase

435-024.000     . . Involving peptidase

435-025.000     . Involving oxidoreductase

435-026.000     . . Involving dehydrogenase

435-027.000     . . Involving catalase

435-028.000     . . Involving peroxidase

435-029.000     . Involving viable micro-organism

435-030.000     . . Methods of sampling or inoculating or spreading a sample; methods
                     of physically isolating an intact micro-organism

435-031.000     . . Testing for sterility condition

435-032.000     . . Testing for antimicrobial activity of a material

435-033.000     . . . Using multifield media

435-034.000     . . Determining presence or kind of micro-organism; use of selective

435-035.000     . . . Using radioactive material

435-036.000     . . . Streptococcus; staphylococcus

435-037.000     . . . Nitrate to nitrite reducing bacteria

435-038.000     . . . Enterobacteria

435-039.000     . . . Quantitative determination

435-040.000     . . . . Using multifield media

435-040.500     . Involving fixed or stabilized, nonliving microorganism, cell, or
                   tissue (e.g., processes of staining, stabilizing, dehydrating,
                   etc.; compositions used therefore, etc.)

435-040.510     . . Involving a monolayer, smear or suspension of microorganisms or

435-040.520     . . Involving tissue sections

435-041.000     MICRO-ORGANISM, TISSUE CELL CULTURE OR ENZYME USING PROCESS TO    
                 SYNTHESIZE A DESIRED CHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION             

435-042.000     . Process involving micro-organisms of different genera in the same
                   process, simultaneously

435-043.000     . Preparing compound having a 1-thia-4-aza-bicyclo (3.2.0) heptane
                   ring system (e.g., penicillin, etc.)

435-044.000     . . By desacylation of the substituent in 6-position

435-045.000     . . By acylation of the substituent in 6-position

435-046.000     . . In presence of phenyl acetic acid or phenyl acetamide or their

435-047.000     . Preparing compound having a 1-thia-5-aza-bicyclo (4.2.0) octane
                   ring system (e.g., cephalosporin, etc.)

435-048.000     . . Di-substituted in 7-position

435-049.000     . . Cephalosporin C

435-050.000     . . By acylation of the substituent in the 7-position

435-051.000     . . By desacylation of the substituent in the 7-position

435-052.000     . Preparing compound containing a cyclopentanohydrophenanthrene
                   nucleus; nor-, homo-, or D-ring lactone derivatives thereof

435-053.000     . . Containing heterocyclic ring

435-054.000     . . Acting on D-ring

435-055.000     . . . Acting at 17-position

435-056.000     . . . . Hydroxylating at 17-position

435-057.000     . . . Hydroxylating at 16-position

435-058.000     . . Hydroxylating

435-059.000     . . . At 11-position

435-060.000     . . . . At 11 alpha position

435-061.000     . . Dehydrogenating; dehydroxylating

435-062.000     . . . Forming an aryl ring from "A" ring

435-063.000     . Preparing compound containing a prostaglandin nucleus

435-064.000     . Preparing compound other than saccharide containing a tetracycline
                   nucleus (e.g., naphacene, etc.)

435-065.000     . Preparing compound other than saccharide containing a gibberellin
                   nucleus (i.e., gibbane)

435-066.000     . Preparing compound other than saccharide containing alloxazine or
                   isoalloxazine nucleus

435-067.000     . Preparing compound containing a carotene nucleus (i.e., carotene)

435-068.100     . Enzymatic production of a protein or polypeptide (e.g., enzymatic
                   hydrolysis, etc.)

435-069.100     . Recombinant DNA technique included in method of making a protein

435-069.200     . . Enzyme inhibitors or activators

435-069.300     . . Antigens

435-069.400     . . Hormones and fragments thereof

435-069.500     . . Lymphokines or monokines

435-069.510     . . . Interferons

435-069.520     . . . Interleukins

435-069.600     . . Blood proteins

435-069.700     . . Fusion proteins or polypeptides

435-069.800     . . Signal sequence (e.g., beta-galactosidase, etc.)

435-069.900     . . . Yeast derived

435-070.100     . Using tissue cell culture to make a protein or polypeptide

435-070.200     . . Fused or hybrid cells

435-070.210     . . . Producing monoclonal antibody

435-070.300     . . Animal tissue cell culture

435-070.400     . . . Blood (lymphoid) cell culture

435-070.500     . . . . Producing interferons

435-071.100     . Using a micro-organism to make a protein or polypeptide

435-071.200     . . Procaryotic micro-organism

435-071.300     . . . Antibiotic or toxin

435-072.000     . Preparing compound containing saccharide radical

435-073.000     . . Preparing S-glycoside (e.g., lincomycin, etc.)

435-074.000     . . Preparing O-glycoside (e.g., glucosides, etc.)

435-075.000     . . . Oxygen of the saccharide radical is directly bonded to a
                       nonsaccharide heterocyclic ring or a fused- or bridged-ring system
                       which contains a nonsaccharide heterocyclic ring (e.g.,

435-076.000     . . . . The hetero ring has eight or more ring members and only oxygen as
                         ring hetero atoms (e.g., erythromycin, spiramycin, nystatin, etc.)

435-077.000     . . . Oxygen atom of the saccharide radical is directly linked through
                       only acyclic carbon atoms to a nonsaccharide heterocyclic ring
                       (e.g., bleomycin, phleomycin, etc.)

435-078.000     . . . Oxygen atom of the saccharide radical is directly bonded to a
                       condensed ring system having three or more carboxyclic rings
                       (e.g., dauomycin, adriamycin, etc.)

435-079.000     . . . Oxygen atom of the saccharide radical is bonded to a cyclohexyl
                       radical (e.g., kasugamycin, etc.)

435-080.000     . . . . Cyclohexyl radical is substituted by two or more nitrogen atoms
                         (e.g., destomycin, neamin, etc.)

435-081.000     . . . . . Cyclohexyl radical is attached directly to a nitrogen atom of two
                           or more N-C(=N)-N radicals (e.g., streptomycin, etc.)

435-082.000     . . . . . Having two saccharide radicals bonded through only oxygen to
                           adjacent ring carbons of the cyclohexyl radical (e.g.,

435-083.000     . . . . . . Containing three or more saccharide radicals (e.g., liquidomycin,
                             neomycin, lividomycin, etc.)

435-084.000     . . Preparing nitrogen-containing saccharide

435-085.000     . . . N-glycoside

435-086.000     . . . . Cobalamin (i.e., vitamin B12, LLD factor)

435-087.000     . . . . Nucleoside

435-088.000     . . . . . Having a fused ring containing a six-membered ring having two
                           N-atoms in the same ring (e.g., purine nucleosides, etc.)

435-089.000     . . . . Nucleotide

435-090.000     . . . . . Dinucleotide (e.g., NAD, etc.)

435-091.100     . . . . . Polynucleotide (e.g., nucleic acid, oligonucleotide, etc.)

435-091.200     . . . . . . Acellular exponential or geometric amplification (e.g., PCR, etc.)

435-091.210     . . . . . . . Involving the making of multiple RNA copies

435-091.300     . . . . . . Polynucleotide contains only ribonucleotide monomers

435-091.310     . . . . . . . Involving catalytic ribonucleic acid

435-091.320     . . . . . . . Prepared from virus, prokaryotic acid

435-091.330     . . . . . . . . Involving virus

435-091.400     . . . . . . Modification or preparation of a recombinant DNA vector

435-091.410     . . . . . . . By insertion or addition of one or more nucleotides

435-091.420     . . . . . . . Involving deletion of a nucleotide or nucleotides from a vector

435-091.500     . . . . . . Acellular preparation of polynucleotide

435-091.510     . . . . . . . Involving RNA as a starting material or intermediate

435-091.520     . . . . . . . Involving a ligase (6.)

435-091.530     . . . . . . . Involving a hydrolase (3.)

435-092.000     . . . . . Having a fused ring containing a six-membered ring having two
                           N-atoms in the same ring (e.g., purine based mononucleotides,

435-093.000     . . Mashing or wort making

435-094.000     . . Produced by the action of an isomerase (e.g., fructose by the
                     action of xylose isomerase on glucose, etc.)

435-095.000     . . Produced by the action of a beta-amylase (e.g., maltose by the
                     action of beta-amylase on amylose, etc.)

435-096.000     . . Produced by the action of an exo-1.4 alpha glucosidase (e.g.,
                     dextrose by the action of glucoamylase on starch, etc.)

435-097.000     . . Produced by the action of a glycosyl transferase (e.g., alpha,
                     beta, gamma-cyclodextrins by the action of glycosyl transferase on

435-098.000     . . Produced by the action of an alpha-1, 6-glucosidase (e.g., amylose
                     debranched amylopectin by the action of pullulanase, etc.)

435-099.000     . . Produced by the action of a carbohydrase (e.g., maltose by the
                     action of alpha amylase on starch, etc.)

435-100.000     . . Disaccharide

435-101.000     . . Polysaccharide of more than five saccharide radicals attached to
                     each other by glycosidic bonds

435-102.000     . . . Pullulan

435-103.000     . . . Dextran

435-104.000     . . . Xanthan; i.e., xanthomonas-type heteropolysaccharides

435-105.000     . . Monosaccharide

435-106.000     . Preparing alpha or beta amino acid or substituted amino acid or

435-107.000     . . Proline; hydroxyproline; histidine

435-108.000     . . Tryptophan; tyrosine; phenylalanine; 3,4 dihydroxyphenylalanine

435-109.000     . . Aspartic acid (asparaginic acid); asparagine

435-110.000     . . Glutamic acid; glutamine

435-111.000     . . . Utilizing biotin or its derivatives

435-112.000     . . . Utilizing surfactant fatty acids or fatty acid esters (i.e.,
                       having seven or more atoms)

435-113.000     . . Methionine; cysteine; cystine

435-114.000     . . Citrulline; arginine; ornithine

435-115.000     . . Lysine; diaminopimelic acid; threonine; valine

435-116.000     . . Alanine; leucine; isoleucine; serine; homoserine

435-117.000     . Preparing heterocyclic carbon compound having only O, N, S, Se, or
                   Te as ring hetero atoms

435-118.000     . . Containing two or more hetero rings

435-119.000     . . . Containing at least two hetero rings bridged or fused among
                       themselves or bridged or fused with a common carbocyclic ring

435-120.000     . . Nitrogen or oxygen hetero atom and at least one other diverse
                     hetero ring atom in the same ring

435-121.000     . . Nitrogen as only ring hetero atom

435-122.000     . . . Containing six-membered hetero ring

435-123.000     . . Oxygen as only ring hetero atom

435-124.000     . . . Containing a hetero ring of at least seven ring members (e.g.,
                       zearalenone, macrocyclic lactones, etc.)

435-125.000     . . . Containing six-membered hetero ring (e.g., fluorescein, etc.)

435-126.000     . . . Containing five-membered hetero ring (e.g., griseofulvin, etc.)

435-127.000     . Preparing compound containing at least three carbocyclic rings

435-128.000     . Preparing nitrogen-containing organic compound

435-129.000     . . Amide (e.g., chloramphenicol, etc.)

435-130.000     . Preparing sulfur-containing organic compound

435-131.000     . Preparing organic compound containing a metal or atom other than
                   H, N, C, O, or halogen

435-132.000     . Preparing oxygen-containing organic compound

435-133.000     . . Containing quinone nucleus (i.e., quinoid structure)

435-134.000     . . Fat; fatty oil; ester-type wax; higher fatty acid (i.e., having at
                     least seven carbon atoms in an unbroken chain bound to a carboxyl
                     group); oxidized oil or fat

435-135.000     . . Carboxylic acid ester

435-136.000     . . Containing a carboxyl group

435-137.000     . . . Sugar acid having five or more carbon atoms (i.e., aldonic,
                       keto-aldonic, or saccharic acid)

435-138.000     . . . . Alpha-ketogulonic acid (i.e., 2-ketogulonic acid)

435-139.000     . . . Lactic acid

435-140.000     . . . Acetic acid

435-141.000     . . . Propionic or butyric acid

435-142.000     . . . Polycarboxylic acid

435-143.000     . . . . Having keto group (e.g., alpha-ketoglutaric acid, etc.)

435-144.000     . . . . Tricarboxylic acid (e.g., citric acid, etc.)

435-145.000     . . . . Dicarboxylic acid having four or less carbon atoms (e.g., fumaric,
                         maleic, etc.)

435-146.000     . . . Hydroxy carboxylic acid

435-147.000     . . Containing carbonyl group

435-148.000     . . . Ketone

435-149.000     . . . . Cyclopentanone or cyclopentadione containing compound

435-150.000     . . . . Acetone containing product

435-151.000     . . . . . Substrate contains grain or cereal material

435-152.000     . . . . . Substrate contains protein as nitrogen source

435-153.000     . . . . . Substrate contains inorganic nitrogen source

435-154.000     . . . . . Substrate contains inorganic compound, other than water

435-155.000     . . Containing hydroxy group

435-156.000     . . . Aromatic

435-157.000     . . . Acyclic

435-158.000     . . . . Polyhydric

435-159.000     . . . . . Glycerol

435-160.000     . . . . Butanol

435-161.000     . . . . Ethanol

435-162.000     . . . . . Multiple stages of fermentation; multiple types of micro-organisms
                           or reuse of micro-organisms

435-163.000     . . . . . Produced as by-product, or from waste, or from cellulosic material

435-164.000     . . . . . . Substrate contains sulphite waste liquor or citrus waste

435-165.000     . . . . . . Substrate contains cellulosic material

435-166.000     . Preparing hydrocarbon

435-167.000     . . Only acyclic

435-168.000     . Preparing element or inorganic compound except carbon dioxide

435-169.000     . Using actinomycetales

435-170.000     . Using bacteria

435-171.000     . Using fungi

435-440.000     PROCESS OF MUTATION, CELL FUSION, OR GENETIC MODIFICATION         

435-441.000     . Mutation employing a chemical mutagenic agent

435-442.000     . . By replacement of standard nucleic acid base with base analog
                     (e.g., 5-bromouracil, etc.)

435-443.000     . . By use of intercalating agent (e.g., acridine orange, etc.)

435-444.000     . . By use of alkylating agent (e.g., nitrosoguanidine, etc.)

435-445.000     . . By use of oxidative deamination agent (e.g., nitrous acid, etc.)

435-446.000     . Mutation employing radiation or electricity

435-447.000     . . X-ray irradiation

435-448.000     . . Ultraviolet irradiation

435-449.000     . Fusion of cells

435-450.000     . . Employing electric current

435-451.000     . . One of the fusing cells is a human antibody-producing cell

435-452.000     . . One of the fusing cells is a mouse antibody-producing cell

435-453.000     . . One of the fusing cells is a plant cell

435-454.000     . . One of the fusing cells is a microorganism (e.g., prokaryote,

435-455.000     . Introduction of a polynucleotide molecule into or rearrangement of
                   nucleic acid within an animal cell

435-456.000     . . The polynucleotide is encapsidated within a virus or viral coat

435-457.000     . . . Helper virus is present

435-458.000     . . The polynucleotide is coated with or encapsulated within a lipid
                     containing material (e.g., liposome, etc.)

435-459.000     . . Involving particle-mediated transfection (i.e., biolistic

435-460.000     . . Involving laser treatment of the cell before or during

435-461.000     . . Involving electroporation

435-462.000     . . Involving site-specific recombination (e.g., Cre-lox, etc.)

435-463.000     . . Involving general or homologous recombination (e.g., gene

435-464.000     . . Involving gene duplication within the cell (e.g., amplification,
                     co-amplification, etc.)

435-465.000     . . Involving co-transfection

435-466.000     . . The polynucleotide is a shuttle vector or a transiently
                     replicating hybrid vector

435-467.000     . . Introducing an oncogene to establish a cell line

435-468.000     . Introduction of a polynucleotide molecule into or rearrangement of
                   a nucleic acid within a plant cell

435-469.000     . . Introduction via Agrobacterium

435-470.000     . . Introduction via electroporation, particle, fiber or
                     microprojectile mediated insertion, or injection

435-471.000     . Introduction of a polynucleotide molecule into or rearrangement of
                   nucleic acid within a microorganism (e.g., bacteria, protozoa,

435-472.000     . . The polynucleotide is encapsidated within a bacteriophage,
                     bacteriophage coat, or transducing particle

435-473.000     . . The polynucleotide contains a transposon

435-474.000     . . The polynucleotide is a cosmid

435-475.000     . . The polynucleotide is unencapsidated bacteriophage or viral

435-476.000     . . The polynucleotide is a plasmid or episome

435-477.000     . . . Plasmid or episome contains DNA targeting homologous recombination
                       to bacteriophage, viral, or chromosomal DNA within a microorganism

435-478.000     . . . Plasmid or episome contains at least part of a gene encoding a
                       restriction endonuclease or modification enzyme

435-479.000     . . . Plasmid or episome confers the ability to utilize directly a
                       compound which a wild type microorganism is unable to utilize

435-480.000     . . . Plasmid or episome contains at least part of a gene encoding a
                       toxin or encoding for virulence or pathogenicity

435-481.000     . . . Plasmid or episome contains a gene which complements a nutritional
                       deficiency mutation

435-482.000     . . . Plasmid or episome contains a gene which confers resistance to
                       metal, silicon, selenium, or tellurium toxicity

435-483.000     . . . Yeast is a host for the plasmid or episome

435-484.000     . . . Mycelial fungus is a host for the plasmid or episome

435-485.000     . . . Microorganism of the genus Bacillus is a host for the plasmid or

435-486.000     . . . Microorganism of the genus Streptomyces is a host for the plasmid

435-487.000     . . . Microorganism of the genus Brevibacterium or the genus
                       Corynebacterium is a host for the plasmid or episome

435-488.000     . . . Microorganism of the genus Escherichia is a host for the plasmid

435-489.000     . . . Plural nonidentical plasmids are introduced into a host
                       microorganism or culture thereof (e.g., plasmid is part of a

435-490.000     . . The polynucleotide is an unbranched linear fragment

435-173.100     TREATMENT OF MICRO-ORGANISMS OR ENZYMES WITH ELECTRICAL OR WAVE   
                 ENERGY (E.G., MAGNETISM, SONIC WAVES, ETC.)                       

435-173.200     . Enzyme treated

435-173.300     . Modification of viruses (e.g., attenuation, etc.)

435-173.400     . Cell membrane or cell surface is target

435-173.500     . . Membrane permeability increased

435-173.600     . . . Electroporation

435-173.700     . . Lytic effect produced (e.g., disruption of cell membrane for
                     release of subcellular parts; e.g., nucleic acids, etc.)

435-173.800     . Metabolism of micro-organism enhanced (e.g., growth enhancement or
                   increased production of microbial product)

435-173.900     . Concentration, separation, or purification of micro-organisms

435-174.000     CARRIER-BOUND OR IMMOBILIZED ENZYME OR MICROBIAL CELL;            
                 CARRIER-BOUND OR IMMOBILIZED CELL; PREPARATION THEREOF            

435-175.000     . Multi-enzyme system

435-176.000     . Enzyme or microbial cell is immobilized on or in an inorganic

435-177.000     . Enzyme or microbial cell is immobilized on or in an organic

435-178.000     . . Carrier is carbohydrate

435-179.000     . . . Carbohydrate is cellulose or derivative thereof

435-180.000     . . Carrier is synthetic polymer

435-181.000     . . . Attached to the carrier via a bridging agent

435-182.000     . . . Enzyme or microbial cell is entrapped within the carrier (e.g.,
                       gel, hollow fibre)

435-183.000     ENZYME (E.G., LIGASES (6. ), ETC.), PROENZYME; COMPOSITIONS       
                 THEREOF; PROCESS FOR PREPARING, ACTIVATING, INHIBITING,           

435-184.000     . Enzyme inactivation by chemical treatment

435-185.000     . Malt

435-186.000     . Pancreatin

435-187.000     . Preparing granular- or free-flowing enzyme composition

435-188.000     . Stablizing an enzyme by forming a mixture, an adduct or a
                   composition, or formation of an adduct or enzyme conjugate

435-188.500     . Catalytic antibody

435-189.000     . Oxidoreductase (1. ) (e.g., luciferase)

435-190.000     . . Acting on CHOH group as donor (e.g., glucose oxidase, lactate
                     dehydrogenase (1.1))

435-191.000     . . Acting on nitrogen-containing compound as donor (1.2, 1.5, 1.7)

435-192.000     . . Acting on hydrogen peroxide as acceptor (1.11)

435-193.000     . Transferase other than ribonuclease (2.)

435-194.000     . . Transferring phosphorus containing group (e.g., kineases,

435-195.000     . Hydrolase (3. )

435-196.000     . . Acting on ester bond (3.1)

435-197.000     . . . Carboxylic ester hydrolase (3.1.1)

435-198.000     . . . . Triglyceride splitting (e.g., lipase, etc. (3.1.1.3))

435-199.000     . . . Ribonuclease (3.1.4)

435-200.000     . . Acting on glycosyl compound (3.2)

435-201.000     . . . Acting on alpha-1, 4-glucosidic bond, (e.g., hyaluronidase,
                       invertase, amylase, etc. (some 3.2.1))

435-202.000     . . . . Alpha-amylase, microbial source

435-203.000     . . . . . Fungal source

435-204.000     . . . . Alpha-amylase, plant source (3.2.1.1)

435-205.000     . . . . Glucoamylase (3.2.1.3)

435-206.000     . . . Acting on beta-1, 4 link between N-acetylmuramic acid and
                       2-acetylamino 2 deoxy-D-glucose (e.g., lysozyme, etc.)

435-207.000     . . . Acting on beta-galatose-glycoside bond (e.g., beta-galactosidase,

435-208.000     . . . Acting on alpha-galatose-glycoside bond (e.g.,

435-209.000     . . . Acting on beta-1, 4-glucosidic bond (e.g., cellulase, etc.

435-210.000     . . . Acting on alpha-1, 6-glucosidic bond (e.g., isoamylase,

435-211.000     . . . . Dextranase (3.2.1.11)

435-212.000     . . Acting on peptide bond (e.g., thromboplastin, leucine
                     amino-peptidase, etc., (3.4))

435-213.000     . . . Trypsin; chymotrypsin

435-214.000     . . . Thrombin

435-215.000     . . . Urokinase

435-216.000     . . . Streptokinase

435-217.000     . . . Plasmin (i.e., fibrinolysin)

435-218.000     . . . Elastase

435-219.000     . . . Proteinase

435-220.000     . . . . Derived from bacteria

435-221.000     . . . . . Bacteria is bacillus

435-222.000     . . . . . . Bacillus subtilus or bacillus lichenoformis

435-223.000     . . . . Derived from fungi

435-224.000     . . . . . From yeast

435-225.000     . . . . . From aspergillus

435-226.000     . . . . Derived from animal tissue (e.g., rennin, etc.)

435-227.000     . . Acting on carbon to nitrogen bond other than peptide bond (3.5)

435-228.000     . . . Acting on a linear amide linkage in linear amide

435-229.000     . . . . Asparaginase

435-230.000     . . . . Penicillin amidase

435-231.000     . . . Acting on amide linkage in cyclic amides (e.g., penicillinase,

435-232.000     . Lyase (4. )

435-233.000     . Isomerase (5. )

435-234.000     . . Glucose isomerase

435-235.100     VIRUS OR BACTERIOPHAGE, EXCEPT FOR VIRAL VECTOR OR BACTERIOPHAGE  
                 VECTOR; COMPOSITION THEREOF; PREPARATION OR PURIFICATION THEREOF; 
                 PRODUCTION OF VIRAL SUBUNITS; MEDIA FOR PROPAGATING               

435-236.000     . Inactivation or attenuation; producing viral subunits

435-237.000     . . By serial passage of virus

435-238.000     . . By chemical treatment

435-239.000     . Recovery or purification

435-325.000     ANIMAL CELL, PER SE (E.G., CELL LINES, ETC.); COMPOSITION THEREOF;
                 PROCESS OF PROPAGATING, MAINTAINING OR PRESERVING AN ANIMAL CELL  
                 OR COMPOSITION THEREOF; PROCESS OF ISOLATING OR SEPARATING AN     
                 ANIMAL CELL OR COMPOSITION THEREOF; PROCESS OF PREPARING A        
                 COMPOSITION CONTAINING AN ANIMAL CELL; CULTURE MEDIA THEREFORE    

435-326.000     . Animal cell, per se, expressing immunoglobulin, antibody, or

435-327.000     . . Immunoglobulin or antibody is anti-idiotypic

435-328.000     . . Immunoglobulin or antibody is chimeric, mutated, or a recombined
                     hybrid (e.g., bifunctional, bispecific, rodent-human chimeric,
                     single chain, rFv, immunoglobuin fusion protein, etc.)

435-329.000     . . Immunoglobulin or antibody binds an oligosaccharide structure
                     other than nucleic acid

435-330.000     . . Immunoglobulin or antibody binds an expression product of a cancer
                     related gene or fragment thereof (e.g., oncogene, proto-oncogene,

435-331.000     . . Immunoglobulin or antibody binds a specifically identified amino

435-332.000     . . Immunoglobulin or antibody binds a microorganism or normal or
                     mutant component or product thereof (e.g., animal cell, cell
                     surface antigen, secretory product, etc.)

435-333.000     . . . Binds a nucleic acid or derivative or component thereof (e.g.,
                       DNA, RNA, DNA-RNA, hybrid, nucleotide, nucleoside, carcinogen-DNA

435-334.000     . . . Binds a receptor (e.g., transferrin receptor, Fc receptor,
                       dihydropyridine receptor, IL-2 receptor, etc.)

435-335.000     . . . Binds a lymphokine, cytokine, or other secreted growth regulatory
                       factor, differentiation factor, intercellular mediator specific
                       for a hematopoietic cell (e.g., interleukin, interferon,

435-336.000     . . . Binds a 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,

435-337.000     . . . Binds a plasma protein, serum protein, or fibrin (e.g., clotting
                       factor fibrinolytic factor, complement factor, immunoglobulin,

435-338.000     . . . Binds an enzyme

435-339.000     . . . Binds a virus or component or product thereof (e.g., virus
                       associated antigen, etc.)

435-339.100     . . . . Binds a retrovirus or component or product thereof (e.g., HIV,

435-340.000     . . . Binds a bacterium or similar microorganism or component or product
                       thereof (e.g., Streptococcus, Legionella, Mycoplasma, bacterium
                       associated antigen, exotoxin, etc.)

435-341.000     . . . Binds a fungus or plant cell or component or product thereof
                       (e.g., fungus associated antigen, etc.)

435-342.000     . . . Binds a parasitic protozoan or metazoan cell or component or
                       product thereof; (e.g., Dirofilaria, Eimeria, Coccidia,
                       Trichinella, parasite cell surface antigen, etc.)

435-343.000     . . . Binds a 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,

435-343.100     . . . . Binds a 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,

435-343.200     . . . . . Binds a 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

435-344.000     . . . Binds a cancer cell or component or product thereof (e.g., cell
                       surface antigen, etc.)

435-344.100     . . . . Binds an antigen characterized by name or molecular weight (e.g.,
                         CEA, NCA, CC glycoprotein, melanoma gp 150 antigen, etc.)

435-345.000     . . Immunoglobulin or antibody binds a drug, hapten, hapten-carrier
                     complex, or specifically identified chemical structure (e.g.,

435-346.000     . Fused or hybrid cell, per se

435-347.000     . Two or more cell types, per se, in co-culture

435-348.000     . Insect cell, per se

435-349.000     . Avian cell, per se

435-350.000     . Canine cell, per se

435-351.000     . Feline cell, per se

435-352.000     . Rodent cell, per se

435-353.000     . . Rat (i.e., Rattus)

435-354.000     . . Mouse (i.e., Mus)

435-355.000     . . . Blood or lymphatic origin or derivative

435-356.000     . . . L cell or derivative (e.g., Ltk(-), etc.)

435-357.000     . . . Fibroblast, fibroblast-like cell or derivative (e.g., NIH 3T3,

435-358.000     . . Chinese hamster ovary (i.e., CHO)

435-359.000     . . . Expressing recombinant tPA

435-360.000     . . . Expressing recombinant hormone or growth factor

435-361.000     . . . Expressing recombinant receptor

435-362.000     . . . Expressing recombinant antigen

435-363.000     . Primate cell, per se

435-364.000     . . Monkey kidney

435-365.000     . . . COS (e.g., COS-7, etc.)

435-365.100     . . . . Expressing recombinant lymphokine, interferon, hormone, growth
                         factor or morphogen

435-366.000     . . Human

435-367.000     . . . HeLa cell or derivative

435-368.000     . . . Nervous system origin or derivative

435-369.000     . . . Renal origin or derivative

435-370.000     . . . Hepatic origin or derivative

435-371.000     . . . Epithelial origin or derivative

435-372.000     . . . Blood, lymphatic, or bone marrow origin or derivative

435-372.100     . . . . Myeloma origin or derivative

435-372.200     . . . . B-cell or derivative

435-372.300     . . . . T-cell or derivative

435-373.000     . Method of co-culturing cells

435-374.000     . Method of storing cells in a viable state

435-375.000     . Method of regulating cell metabolism or physiology

435-376.000     . . Method of synchronizing cell division

435-377.000     . . Method of altering the differentiation state of the cell

435-378.000     . Method of detaching cells, digesting tissue or establishing a

435-379.000     . . Using mechanical means (e.g., trituration, etc.)

435-380.000     . . Releasing bound or adhered cell using protease

435-381.000     . . Digesting tissue with protease

435-382.000     . Method of culturing encapsulated cells

435-383.000     . Method of culturing cells in suspension

435-384.000     . . Culture medium contains a growth factor or growth regulator

435-385.000     . . . Medium contains a colony stimulating factor

435-386.000     . . . Medium contains an interleukin

435-387.000     . . . Medium contains a polypeptide hormone

435-388.000     . . Culture medium contains an albumin

435-389.000     . . Culture medium contains a transferrin

435-390.000     . . Culture medium contains an incompletely defined plant or microbial
                     extract excluding animal extract

435-391.000     . . Culture medium contains an animal extract

435-392.000     . . . Serum

435-393.000     . . Using airlift or laminar flow aeration or foam culture

435-394.000     . . Wherein culture vessel is rotated or oscillated or culture is

435-395.000     . Solid support and method of culturing cells on said solid support

435-396.000     . . Support is a resin

435-397.000     . . Support is a gel surface

435-398.000     . . Support is a fiber

435-399.000     . . . Fabric, mat, gauze, or fibrous coating

435-400.000     . . . Hollow

435-401.000     . . Support is a membrane

435-402.000     . . Support is a coated or treated surface

435-403.000     . . Support is a suspendable particle

435-404.000     . Culture medium, per se

435-405.000     . . Contains a growth factor or growth regulator

435-406.000     . . . Contains a polypeptide hormone

435-407.000     . . Contains an albumin

435-408.000     . . Contains an animal extract

435-410.000     PLANT CELL OR CELL LINE, PER SE (E.G., TRANSGENIC, MUTANT, ETC.); 
                 COMPOSITION THEREOF; PROCESS OF PROPAGATING, MAINTAINING, OR      
                 PRESERVING PLANT CELL OR CELL LINE; PROCESS OF ISOLATING OR       
                 SEPARATING A PLANT CELL OR CELL LINE; PROCESS OF REGENERATING     
                 PLANT CELLS INTO TISSUE, PLANT PART, OR PLANT, PER SE, WHERE NO   

435-411.000     . Tomato cell or cell line, per se

435-412.000     . Corn cell or cell line, per se

435-413.000     . . Herbicide resistant

435-414.000     . Tobacco cell or cell line, per se

435-415.000     . Soybean cell or cell line, per se

435-416.000     . Sunflower cell or cell line, per se

435-417.000     . Potato cell or cell line, per se

435-418.000     . Plant cell or cell line, per se, is pest or herbicide resistant or

435-419.000     . Plant cell or cell line, per se, contains exogenous or foreign

435-420.000     . Culture, maintenance, or preservation techniques, per se

435-421.000     . . Involving protoplast

435-422.000     . . Involving conifer cell or tissue (e.g., pine, spruce, fir, cedar,

435-423.000     . . Involving tomato cell or tissue

435-424.000     . . Involving corn cell or tissue

435-425.000     . . Involving tobacco cell or tissue

435-426.000     . . Involving soybean cell or tissue

435-427.000     . . Involving cotton cell or tissue

435-428.000     . . Involving sunflower cell or tissue

435-429.000     . . Involving potato cell or tissue

435-430.000     . . Involving regeneration or propagation into a plant or plant part

435-430.100     . . . Involving callus or embryonic stage

435-431.000     . Medium, per se, for culture, maintenance, regeneration, etc.

435-242.000     SPORE FORMING OR ISOLATING PROCESS                                

435-243.000     MICRO-ORGANISM, PER SE (E.G., PROTOZOA, ETC.); COMPOSITIONS       
                 THEREOF; PROCES OF PROPAGATING, MAINTAINING OR PRESERVING         
                 MICRO-ORGANISMS OR COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; PROCESS OF PREPARING OR  
                 ISOLATING A COMPOSITION CONTAINING A MICRO-ORGANISM; CULTURE MEDIA

435-244.000     . Chemical stimulation of growth or activity by addition of chemical
                   compound which is not an essential growth factor; stimulation of
                   growth by removal of a chemical compound

435-245.000     . Adaptation or attenuation of cells

435-246.000     . Foam culture

435-247.000     . Utilizing media containing lower alkanol (i.e., having one to six

435-248.000     . Utilizing media containing hydrocarbon

435-249.000     . . Aliphatic

435-250.000     . . . Having five or less carbon atoms

435-251.000     . Utilizing media containing waste sulphite liquor

435-252.000     . Utilizing media containing cellulose or hydrolysates thereof

435-252.100     . Bacteria or actinomycetales; media therefor

435-252.200     . . Rhizobium or agrobacterium

435-252.300     . . Transformants (e.g., recombinant DNA or vector or foreign or
                     exogenous gene containing, fused bacteria, etc.)

435-252.310     . . . Bacillus (e.g., B. subtilis, B. thuringiensis, etc.)

435-252.320     . . . Brevibacterium or corynebacterium

435-252.330     . . . Escherichia (e.g., E. coli, etc.)

435-252.340     . . . Pseudomonas

435-252.350     . . . Streptomyces

435-252.400     . . Mixed culture

435-252.500     . . Bacillus (e.g., B. subtilis, B. thuringiensis, etc.)

435-252.600     . . Actinoplanes

435-252.700     . . Clostridium

435-252.800     . . Escherichia (e.g., E. coli, etc.) or salmonella

435-252.900     . . Lactobacillus, pediococcus, or leuconostoc

435-253.100     . . Mycobacterium

435-253.200     . . Nocardia

435-253.300     . . Pseudomonas

435-253.400     . . Streptococcus

435-253.500     . . Streptomyces

435-253.600     . . Culture media, per se

435-254.100     . Fungi

435-254.110     . . Transformants

435-254.200     . . . Yeast; media therefor

435-254.210     . . . . Saccharomyces

435-254.220     . . . . Candida

435-254.230     . . . . Pichia

435-254.300     . . . Aspergillus

435-254.400     . . . Neurospora

435-254.500     . . . Penicillium

435-254.600     . . . Trichoderma

435-254.700     . . . Fusarium

435-254.800     . . . Mucor

435-254.900     . . . Rhizopus

435-255.100     . . Yeast

435-255.200     . . . Saccharomyces

435-255.210     . . . . Culture media, per se, or technique

435-255.300     . . . Cryptococcus

435-255.400     . . . Candida or torulopsis

435-255.500     . . . Pichia

435-255.600     . . . Hansenula

435-255.700     . . . Culture media, per se, or technique

435-256.100     . . Aspergillus

435-256.200     . . Mucor

435-256.300     . . Penicillium

435-256.400     . . Cephalosporium or acremonium

435-256.500     . . Fusarium

435-256.600     . . Rhizopus

435-256.700     . . Trichoderma

435-256.800     . . Culture media, per se, or technique

435-257.100     . Algae, media therefor

435-257.200     . . Transformants

435-257.300     . . Chlorella

435-257.400     . . Euglena

435-257.500     . . Scenedesmus

435-257.600     . . Chlamydomonas

435-258.100     . Protozoa, media therefor

435-258.200     . . Plasmodium

435-258.300     . . Leishmania

435-258.400     . . Eimeria

435-259.000     . Lysis of micro-organism

435-260.000     . Preserving or maintaining micro-organism

435-261.000     . Separation of micro-organism from culture media

435-320.100     VECTOR, PER SE (E.G., PLASMID, HYBRID PLASMID, COSMID, VIRAL      
                 VECTOR, BACTERIOPHAGE VECTOR, ETC.) BACTERIOPHAGE VECTOR, ETC.)   

435-262.000     PROCESS OF UTILIZING AN ENZYME OR MICRO-ORGANISM TO DESTROY       
                 HAZARDOUS OR TOXIC WASTE, LIBERATE, SEPARATE, OR PURIFY A         
                 PREEXISTING COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION THEREFORE; CLEANING OBJECTS OR

435-262.500     . Destruction of hazardous or toxic waste

435-263.000     . Textile treating

435-264.000     . Cleaning using a micro-organism or enzyme

435-265.000     . Depilating hides, bating, or hide treating using enzyme or

435-266.000     . Treating gas, emulsion, or foam

435-267.000     . Treating animal or plant material or micro-organism

435-268.000     . . Treating organ or animal secretion

435-269.000     . . Treating blood fraction

435-270.000     . . Removing nucleic acid from intact or disrupted cell

435-271.000     . . Glyceridic oil, fat, ester-type wax, or higher fatty acid

435-272.000     . . Proteinaceous material recovered or purified

435-273.000     . . . Collagen or gelatin

435-274.000     . . Carbohydrate material recovered or purified

435-275.000     . . . Pectin or starch

435-276.000     . . . Sugar (e.g., molasses treatment, etc.)

435-277.000     . . . Cellulose (e.g., plant fibers, etc.)

435-278.000     . . . . Producing paper pulp

435-279.000     . . . . Hemp or flax treating

435-280.000     . Resolution of optical isomers or purification of organic compounds
                   or composition containing same

435-281.000     . Petroleum oil or shale oil treating

435-282.000     . . Desulfurizing

435-283.100     APPARATUS                                                         

435-284.100     . Differentiated tissue (e.g., organ) perfusion or preservation

435-285.100     . Mutation or genetic engineering apparatus

435-285.200     . . With means for applying an electric current or charge (e.g.,
                     electrofusion, electroporation, etc.)

435-285.300     . . Including projectile means

435-286.100     . Including condition or time responsive control means

435-286.200     . . Including position control

435-286.300     . . . Plater, streaker, or spreader

435-286.400     . . . Including liquid dispenser means

435-286.500     . . Including liquid flow, level, or volume control

435-286.600     . . Including gas flow or pressure control

435-286.700     . . Including mixing or agitation control

435-287.100     . Including measuring or testing

435-287.200     . . Measuring or testing for antibody or nucleic acid, or measuring or
                     testing using antibody or nucleic acid

435-287.300     . . With sample or reagent mechanical transport means

435-287.400     . . Sterility testing means

435-287.500     . . Means for measuring gas pressure or gas volume of gas evolved from
                     or consumed in an enzymatic or microbial reaction

435-287.600     . . Including frangible means for introducing a sample or reagent

435-287.700     . . Including bibulous or absorbent layer

435-287.800     . . . Including multiple, stacked layers

435-287.900     . . Including a coated reagent or sample layer

435-288.100     . . Including a bottle, tube, flask, or jar

435-288.200     . . . Including multiple internal compartments or baffles

435-288.300     . . Including a dish, plate, slide, or tray

435-288.400     . . . Including multiple compartments (e.g., wells, etc.)

435-288.500     . . . . Including means for fluid passage between compartments (e.g.,
                         between wells, etc.)

435-288.600     . . Including column separation means

435-288.700     . . Including optical measuring or testing means

435-289.100     . Bioreactor

435-290.100     . . Composting apparatus

435-290.200     . . . Including agitation means

435-290.300     . . . . Compostor is rotatably mounted

435-290.400     . . . Including solid or liquid transport means into or out of a

435-291.100     . . Malting or mashing apparatus

435-291.200     . . . Movable floor to facilitate maintenance (e.g., cleaning)