This is a generic class for (1) processes of disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving or sterilizing and (2) apparatus for (a) carrying out chemical reactions, (b) preparing or treating chemical compounds or compositions even though only a physical reaction is discernible, (c) performing an analysis which involves either a chemical reaction or a physical reaction not elsewhere provided, for and (d) carrying out the above processes not elsewhere provided for.
LINES WITH OTHER CLASSES
(A) Processes involving disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving or sterilizing (and apparatus when appropriate) for treating a compound, composition, or by-product by particularly
(1) Preserving by purification only is classified with the appropriate compound, composition, or physical separation class. Where the purification involves a chemical reaction,
see the appropriate compound or composition class, Class 423, Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds, subclasses 210+ having the generic art on gas purification involving a chemical reaction. Where there is purification by physical separation only, see the appropriate physical separation class in References To Other Classes below.
(2) By coating, impregnating, or laminating. See References To Other Classes below for class references to this area.
(3) By cleaning. See References To Other Classes below for class references to this area.
(4) By heating, cooking, cooling, and/or drying only. See References To Other Classes below for class references to this area.
(B) Art processes and apparatus are classified with the appropriate art even though the steps of, or means for, disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing, are claimed in combination therewith. The disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing subcombination should be cross-referenced to the appropriate place. See References To Other Classes below for class references to this area. (C) Other disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing, per se. See References To Other Classes below for class references to this area.
(D) Apparatus
(1) Analytical apparatus. See References To Other Classes below for class references to this area.
(2) Material preparation or treating apparatus. See References To Other Classes below for class references to this area.
REFERENCES TO OTHER CLASSES
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
4, Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons, particularly
111.1, 111.4, 220+, 222+, 261, and 294. (processes and apparatus for disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing when steps or means are claimed in combination.)
8, Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers (processes and apparatus for disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing when steps or means are claimed in combination.)
8, Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers,
94.1+, for the preservation of hides, skins, feathers, and
other animal tissues. (disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing, per se.) 15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, for apparatus for brushing, beating, shaking, wiping, shotting, the use of a squeegee, or the removal of material by a draft or current of air, steam, or equivalent gaseous fluid. (treating a compound, composition, or by-product by cleaning.)
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning (processes and apparatus for disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing when steps or means are claimed in combination.)
27, Undertaking, particularly
11, and 21.1+. (processes and apparatus for disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing when steps or means are claimed in combination.)
27, Undertaking,
21.1+, for embalming. (see above section on disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing, per se.)
28, Textiles: Manufacturing (processes and apparatus for disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing when steps or means are claimed in combination.)
29, Metal Working, appropriate subclasses for apparatus for making named type articles. (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
30, Cutlery, particularly
124+, and 140. (processes and apparatus for disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing when steps or means are claimed in combination.)
34, Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact With Solids (physical separation class)
34, Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact With Solids, appropriate subclasses for treating solid material by drying or with vapor contact. (material preparation or treating apparatus.) 34, Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact With Solids (treating a compound, composition, or by-product by heating, cooking, cooling, and/or drying only.)
43, Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying,
124+, for process and apparatus for destroying macroscopic vermin visible to the naked eye. This class (422) provides for process and apparatus generic to destruction of vermin and micro-organisms. (see above section on disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing, per se.)
47, Plant Husbandry, when limited to treating living plants, particularly
57.5, for injecting processes and apparatus. (see above section on disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing, per se.)
44, Fuel and Related Compositions, appropriate subclasses for apparatus for preparing the subject matter of the class. (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
48, Gas: Heating and Illuminating, for apparatus for making heating and illuminating gas. (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
48, Gas: Heating and Illuminating (processes and apparatus for disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing when steps or means are claimed in combination.)
101, 130, 168, and 517 for in situ used building components with attached or built-in preserving features. (art processes and apparatus for disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing when steps or means are claimed in combination.)
53, Package Making, 428+, for methods; and subclasses 111+ for apparatus for packaging combined with contents treating. (art processes and apparatus for disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing when steps or means are claimed in combination.)
53, Package Making,
111+, for packaging apparatus with contents material treating. (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
55, Gas Separation (physical separation class)
60, Power Plants, appropriate subclasses for power plants using named chemical material. material preparation or treating apparatus.)
62, Refrigeration, particularly
78, and subclass 331 for processes and apparatus for preserving by refrigeration, including such steps or means combined with deodorizing, antisepticizing or germiciding the material which is subjected to refrigeration or providing a special atmosphere in a cooled space. (see above section on disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing, per se.)
62, Refrigeration, appropriate subclasses for apparatus for cooling or freezing, especially
330, for such apparatus with means for making the refrigerant. (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
62, Refrigeration, particularly
78, and subclass 331 for processes and apparatus for preserving by refrigeration, including such steps or means combined with deodorizing, antisepticizing or germiciding the material which is subjected to refrigeration or providing a special atmosphere in a cooled space. (art processes and apparatus for disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing when steps or means are claimed in combination.) 65, Glass Manufacturing, appropriate subclasses for apparatus for making glass including glass in the form of filaments or fibers. (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
68, Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus,
1, and 2 for waste reclaiming and carbonizing apparatus, respectively. (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
73, Measuring, and Testing, for apparatus for making tests and measurements not otherwise provided for. See particularly
36, for testing illuminating fluids for flash point, vapor pressure, and end point. (analytical apparatus.)
95, Gas Separation: Processes (physical separation class)
96, Gas Separation: Apparatus, for apparatus for gas separation not involving a chemical reaction. (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
96, Gas Separation: Apparatus (physical separation class)
99, Foods and Beverages: Apparatus (treating a compound, composition, or by-product by heating, cooking, cooling, and/or drying only.)
99, Food and Beverages: Apparatus,
467+, for subjecting food to a modified atmosphere; and subclasses 518+ and 600+ for grain hulling which may involve the removal of smut and other organisms by substantial rubbing, abrading, etc. (see above section on disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing, per se.)
99, Foods and Beverages: Apparatus, appropriate subclass for food making and treating apparatus. (material preparation or treating apparatus.) 100, Presses,
70+, for apparatus for pressing combined with means providing an additional treatment of the material being pressed.
(material preparation or treating apparatus.)
101, Printing (art processes and apparatus for disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing when steps or means are claimed in combination.)
110, Furnaces (treating a compound, composition, or by-product by heating, cooking, cooling, and/or drying only.)
110, Furnaces,
235+, for apparatus for burning wet fuel, garbage and sewage, and refuse, respectively. (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
117, Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor, for non-coating apparatus for growing therein-defined single-crystal of all types of materials, including inorganic or organic. (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
118, Coating Apparatus, appropriate subclasses for coating apparatus combined with means to treat the work or coating. (This search note is related to material preparation or treating apparatus.)
119, Animal Husbandry (art processes and apparatus for disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing when steps or means are claimed in combination.)
119, Animal Husbandry,
156, for antivermin treatment. (see above section on disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing, per se.) 122, Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers (treating a compound, composition, or by-product by heating, cooking, cooling, and/or drying only.)
122, Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers,
21, for boiler heated by chemical action other than combustion of fuel; and subclasses 379+ for boiler having means to clean same. (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
126, Stoves and Furnaces,
263.01+, for means for creating heat by chemical action. (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
127, Sugar, Starch, and Carbohydrates,
1+, for apparatus for treating sugars, starches, and carbohydrates material. (material preparation or treating
apparatus.)
126, Stoves and Furnaces (treating a compound, composition, or by-product by heating, cooking, cooling, and/or drying only.)
127, Sugar, Starch, and Carbohydrates (physical separation class)
128, Surgery (art processes and apparatus for disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing when steps or means are claimed in combination.)
131, Tobacco, 290, particularly subclasses 290 and 300. (see above section on disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing, per se.)
134, Cleaning and Liquid Contact With Solids,
43+, for cleaning apparatus or liquid contact with solids apparatus. (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
134, Cleaning and Liquid Contact With Solids, for cleaning processes (including those performed by the apparatus of Class 15 for cleaning apparatus not otherwise provided for). (treating a compound, composition, or by-product by cleaning.)
136, Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric, appropriate subclasses for means for generating an electrical current. (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
137, Fluid Handling,
15.1+, for apparatus for handling fluids. (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
345+, for etching adhesive bonding and various types chemical manufacture apparatus. (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
136, Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric (art processes and apparatus for disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing when steps or means are claimed in combination.)
137, Fluid Handling,
88+, for systems for controlling the mixture of a plurality of fluids in response to the sensing of a condition or characteristic of the mixture, note particularly subclass 93 in which the control is in response to a sensing of a chemical property. (analytical apparatus.)
141, Fluent Material Handling, With Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means (art processes and apparatus for disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing when steps or means are claimed in combination.)
148, Metal Treatment (art processes and apparatus for disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing when steps or means are claimed in combination.)
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture, for preserving by laminating, and see search notes thereunder. ( treating a compound, composition, or by-product by coating, impregnating, or laminating.)
162, Paper Making and Fiber Liberation (art processes and apparatus for disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing when steps or means are claimed in combination.)
159, Concentrating Evaporators, for means concentrating solids held in a solution of suspension. (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
162, Paper Making and Fiber Liberation,
232+, for apparatus for making paper or liberating fiber. (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
164, Metal Founding,
139+, for apparatus for moulding metal. (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
165, Heat Exchange (treating a compound, composition, or by-product by heating, cooking, cooling, and/or drying only.) 166, Wells (art processes and apparatus for disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing when steps or means are claimed in combination.)
169, Fire Extinguishers (art processes and apparatus for disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing when steps or means are claimed in combination.)
169, Fire Extinguishers, especially
6, and 7 for fire extinguishers operable as a result of chemical action. (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
196, Mineral Oils: Apparatus (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
196, Mineral Oils: Apparatus,
132, and 141 for combinations of apparatus for making a test or measurement and means for controlling a reaction provided for in that class. (analytical apparatus.)
203, Distillation: Processes, Separatory (physical separation class) 204, Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy (physical separation class)
204, Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy,
193+, for apparatus for that class. (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
204, Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy,
194+, for electrolytic apparatus, in general, including that used for preserving, disinfecting, or sterilizing, and other appropriate subclasses for electrical or wave energy methods for the production of chlorine, ozone, or other preserving, disinfecting, or sterilizing agents. (see above section on disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing, per se.)
204, Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy,
400, 435 for apparatus specialized for the determination of hydrogen ion concentration of solutions. (analytical apparatus.)
205, Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions,
334+, for electrolytic synthesis of chlorine, ozone, or other preserving, disinfecting, or sterilizing agents and subclasses 687+ for electrolytic material treatment processes, especially subclass 701 for electrolytic treatment of biological material (e.g., sterilizing, etc.). (see above section on disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing, per se.)
206, Special Receptacle or Package,
.5, for infusion containing receptacle; and subclasses 524.1+ for container with specified material or content. (material preparation or treating apparatus.) 208, Mineral Oils: Processes and Products (physical separation class)
209, Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids (physical separation class)
210, Liquid Purification or Separation (physical separation class)
210, Liquid Purification or Separation,
600+, for processes; and subclasses 85 and 542 for apparatus for other liquid purification. (see above section on disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing, per se.)
210, Liquid Purification or Separation,
85+, for apparatus for purifying a liquid. (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
215, Bottles and Jars, appropriate subclasses for bottles, jars, closures, and attachments therefor. (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
219, Electric Heating, appropriate subclasses for electrical heating devices. (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
219, Electric Heating (treating a compound, composition, or by-product by heating, cooking, cooling, and/or drying only.)
222, Dispensing, appropriate subclasses for dispensing apparatus. (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
228, Metal Fusion Bonding, 2+, for fusion bonding apparatus. (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
239, Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing. (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
241, Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration,
31+, for comminution apparatus combined with material treating means. (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
241, Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration (physical separation class)
241, Solid Material, Comminution or Disintegration, for comminuting combined with physical preservation, sterilization, or disinfecting where the combined step or
means is of the type provided for as a combination in that class (241). (art processes and apparatus for disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing when steps or means are claimed in combination.)
261, Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus, Class 422 has no preservative by either purification involving a chemical reaction or by physical separation. (physical separation class)
261, Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes (art processes and apparatus for disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing when steps or means are claimed in combination.)
266, Metallurgical Apparatus (treating a compound, composition, or by-product by heating, cooking, cooling, and/or drying only.)
266, Metallurgical Apparatus, 80, for automatic means with an analyzer. (analytical apparatus.)
299, Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material,
5, for apparatus for in situ conversion of solid to fluid by dissolving or chemical action. (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
312, Supports: Cabinet Structure,
31+, for cabinet structure support with gas or vapor treatment of material. (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
324, Electricity: Measuring and Testing, appropriate subclasses for apparatus for testing an electrical property or condition of a material by electrical means, even though the results of the test may be used as an indication of some other physical or chemical property or condition. (analytical apparatus.)
346, Recorders, for recording apparatus, per se. (analytical apparatus.)
366, Agitating,
142, for agitating means with a test, signal, or indicator means. (analytical apparatus.)
373, Industrial Electric Heating Furnaces (treating a compound, composition, or by-product by heating, cooking, cooling, and/or drying only.)
376, Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements, 340+, for generally treating materials within a nuclear reactor including for such purposes as preserving, disinfecting, and sterilizing. (see above section on disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing, per se.)
378, X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices,
64+, for x-irradiation. (see above section on disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing, per se.)
379, Telephonic Communications,
452, for antiseptic protectors for telephones. (This search note is related to other disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing, per se.)
374, Thermal Measuring and Testing,
8, for flammability testing; and subclasses 31+ for calorimetry. (analytical apparatus.)
366, Agitating, appropriate subclasses for agitating apparatus. (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
373, Industrial Electric Heating Furnaces,
109+, for carbon treating apparatus. (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
376, Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements, appropriate subclasses for apparatus for carrying out nuclear reactions. (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
396, Photography, 564+, for fluid-treating apparatus for photos:graphic film. (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
414, Material or Article Handling, appropriate subclasses for article or material handling, usually of general utility. (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
424, Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions, appropriate subclasses for process involving mere use of the composition of that class (424). (This search note is related to other disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing, per se.)
426, Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products,
312+, and 321+ for preservation of edible materials. (see above section on disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing, per se.)
435, Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology. (see above section on disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing, per se.)
425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus, including apparatus for pelletizing, agglomerating, or granulating. (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
429, Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process, appropriate subclasses for means for producing electricity caused by a chemical reaction. (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
431, Combustion, for apparatus for burning material. (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
432, Heating, for heating apparatus. (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
435, Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology, 283.1+, for apparatus for propagating, treating, or containing enzymes or living organisms or for fermenting. (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
494, Imperforate Bowl: Centrifugal Separators. (material preparation or treating apparatus.)
426, Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products (treating a compound, composition, or by-product by heating, cooking, cooling, and/or drying only.)
427, Coating Processes, for preserving a substance by coating, including the compounds, classified in Class 423, Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds and Class 260 Chemistry of Carbon Compounds, when the preserving is done by a coating operation which is, per se, classified in Class 427. (treating a compound, composition, or by-product by coating, impregnating, or laminating.)
432, Heating (treating a compound, composition, or by-product by heating, cooking, cooling, and/or drying only.)
435, Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology. (physical separation class)
436, Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing. (physical separation class)
493, Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web. (see above section on
disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing, per se.)
533, through 570, Organic Compounds, appropriate subclasses. (physical separation class)
585, Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds, particularly 2+, and 800+. (physical separation class)
588, Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment, for processes of destruction (e.g., disinfection, sterilization) by any means (e.g., heating, chemical action, radiation) of hazardous or toxic waste to make such waste into an environmentally safe substance, especially see
215+, for destruction of bio-materials (e.g., sterilization of medical or dental waste) to render safe for landfill disposal, and subclass 258 for processes of permanently storing hazardous or toxic waste per se, such as pathogenic organisms (e.g., virus, bacteria, or medical or dental waste). (art processes and apparatus for disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing when steps or means are claimed in combination.)
D10, Measuring, Testing, or Signaling Instruments, for design patents pertaining to the subject matter of the class. (analytical apparatus.)