US PATENT SUBCLASS 424 / 193.1
.~ Conjugate or complex

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424 /   HD   DRUG, BIO-AFFECTING AND BODY TREATING COMPOSITIONS

184.1  DF  ANTIGEN, EPITOPE, OR OTHER IMMUNOSPECIFIC IMMUNOEFFECTOR (E.G., IMMUNOSPECIFIC VACCINE, IMMUNOSPECIFIC STIMULATOR OF CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNITY, IMMUNOSPECIFIC TOLEROGEN, IMMUNOSPECIFIC IMMUNOSUPPRESSOR, ETC.) {15}
193.1.~ Conjugate or complex {4}
194.1  DF  .~.~> Conjugated via claimed linking group, bond, or coupling agent
195.11  DF  .~.~> Conjugate or complex includes hormone or other secreted growth regulatory factor, differentiation factor, intercellular mediator, or fragment thereof
196.11  DF  .~.~> Conjugate or complex includes virus or componenet thereof
197.11  DF  .~.~> Conjugate or complex includes bacterium or component thereof or substance produced by said bacterium

DEFINITION

Classification: 424/193.1

Conjugate or complex:

(under subclass 184.1) Subject matter involving a conjugate or a complex.

(1) Note. A conjugate is taken to mean a coupling of one substance to another via covalent means, either directly via a covalent bond or indirectly via a chemical linking group.

(2) Note. A complex is taken to mean a coupling of one substance to another via noncovalent means (e.g., via adsorption).

(3) Note. The conjugates and complexes provided for in this

subclass and indented subclasses are often of the hapten-carrier type. A hapten is a substance that can bind an antibody, but which cannot induce production of an antibody unless it is coupled to a carrier that is immunogenic. A hapten is usually, but not always, of low molecular weight. Common carriers, for vaccination purposes in humans, are tetanus toxoid and diphtheria toxoid.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

1.57, for methods of using radiolabeled antigens and compositions thereof for bioaffecting or body-treating purposes and said compositions, per se.