US PATENT SUBCLASS 424 / 405
.~ Biocides; animal or insect repellents or attractants (e.g., disinfectants, pesticides, etc.)

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

400  DF  PREPARATIONS CHARACTERIZED BY SPECIAL PHYSICAL FORM {12}
405.~ Biocides; animal or insect repellents or attractants (e.g., disinfectants, pesticides, etc.) {4}
406  DF  .~.~> Ingredients for reducing the noxious effect of the active substances to organisms other than pest (e.g., toxicity reducing compositions, self-destructing compositions, etc.)
407  DF  .~.~> Containing material to enhance the sticking of the active ingredients
408  DF  .~.~> Capsule or pelleted or tablet
409  DF  .~.~> Solid as carrier or diluent {4}

DEFINITION

Classification: 424/405

Biocides; animal or insect repellents or attractants (e.g., disinfectants, pesticides, etc.):

(under subclass 400) Subject matter in which the composition having a special physical form is claimed or disclosed as biocidal or repellent or attractant to animals or insects.

(1) Note. The subject matter included in this and the indented subclasses includes pesticides and disinfectants claimed broadly.

(2) Note. This subclass is not intended to provide for a pharmaceutical directed against a single group of pathogens but is intended to provide for a composition that is generally biocidal to all organisms in a given local area.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

8, Bleaching and Dyeing: Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers,

94.16+, for depilating compositions, subclass 127.51 for compositions for chemically modifying human hair not on a living body, subclasses 160 and 161 for compositions for depilating a living animal and subclasses 405+ for compositions for dyeing hair on a living animal.

44, Fuel and Related Compositions, appropriate subclasses for fuel containing an additive to protect it against decay or biological attack. Particularly not 300+, for the combination of a mineral oil containing a nonmineral oil preservative disclosed for use as fuel or any light mineral oil.

71, Chemistry: Fertilizers, provides for compositions having a nutrient action on plant growth and methods of using such compositions.

43, Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying, for apparatus for trapping or destroying vermin, i.e., animals injurious or pestiferous to man. The apparatus may utilize a composition classifiable in Class 424; e.g., attractant, nonfood bait, poison, etc. Class 43 structural elements containing a Class 424 composition must have more structure than, for example, that represented by a mere coated or impregnated base; e.g., flypaper of a particular shape or dimension, etc. Class 43 also provides for fumigating candles used for destroying vermin claimed in terms of more structure that a compound or composition containing a nominal wick. Class 43 provides for a process of trapping or destroying vermin which is more that the mere application of a compound or Class 424 composition. Class 424 takes methods of destroying vermin which are no more than a single step of mere application of a compound of a Class 424 composition. Class 424 takes articles for trapping or destroying vermin claimed in terms of no more structure that a coating or impregnant on a base. Class 424 also takes fumigating candles of no more structure than compound or composition nominally containing a wick.

47, Plant Husbandry, appropriate subclasses for apparatus provided for therein which may apply a Class 424 composition; e.g., insecticide, etc., to plants.

106, Compositions: Coating or Plastic, for coating compositions which protect a base by forming a tough adherent film even though the composition also contains a biocide to protect the base against biologgical attack; e.g., marine

antifouling paints, etc. Materials or ingredients for coating and molding composition (Class 106 appropriate subclasses) which are also useful as diluents or inert ingredients in pharmaceutical compositions are placed in Class 106 unless a therapeutic or biocidal property is claimed. Surgical sponges claimed only as being made from Class 106 compositions are placed in Class 106 if the sponge contains no active ingredient with a utility for Class 424. Patents claiming an ink suitable for coating or printing on pharmaceutical dosage units; e.g., tablets, etc., are placed in Class 106 unless the coated or printed article is also claimed. Class 424 provides for the following coating compositions: compositions intended to decorate or beautify the body; e.g., hair lacquer, fingernail polish, lipstick, etc.; coating compositions which do not protect the base by forming a tough, adherent film and whose sole function is as a carrier for a composition of Class 424 utility; e.g., "stickers" which adhere insecticides to plants, etc., whether or claimed in combination with an act ingredient; coating compositons applied to the body for therapeutic purposes even though a tough, adherent film is formed; and coating compositions which do not form tough, adherent film is formed; and coating compositions which do not form tough, adherent films and which have a utility provided for in Class 424; e.g., salve, skin cream or a solution of a material, for example, a mixture of phenols to protect wood against insect, etc.

119, Animal Husbandry, appropriate subclasses for a process of treatment of domestic animals with a Class 424 composition which does not involve cutting the skin and which is more than the mere application of the composition to the animal. See

156+, for methods of topically applying a composition to an animal to heal sores, kill parasites repel insect, etc., particularly subclass 160 for fumigating.

162, Paper Making and Fiber Liberation,

161, for a process of paper making wherein a biocide is added during the process.

174, Electricity: Conductors and Insulators,

68.1+, for electrical conductor structures containing a biocide or repellent (e.g., to repel rats, etc.). 208, Mineral Oils: Processes and Products,

1, and 2 for biocidal mineral oil products and mixture thereof. Subclasses 4+ and mineral oil products preserved against biological attack by a mineral oil additive.

252, Compositions,

9+, for a lubricant composition protected against biological

attack. Subclasses 9+ provides for a mineral oil containing a nonmineral oil preservative when the compositon is disclosed to be useful as a lubricant and for preserved mineral oil fractions, heavier than mapthas, gasolines and kerosene which are not disclosed to be lubricants but are disclosed to have several, nonlimiting utilities; subclasses 106+ for detergent cleaning compositions containing a biocide, insecticide or antiseptic. These compositions may be disclosed or claimed as useful in cleaning a living body; e.g., shampoo, etc; subclasses 299.01+ for liquid crystal containing optical filter compositions; subclasses 380+ for preservative compositions broadly not elsewhere provided for and for a preservative mixed with a compound claimed so broadly as not to afford a basis of classification; e.g., "a carbon compound", etc.; subclasses 365+ for antiingestible or denatured compositions; subclass 8.6 for perfume compositions, per se; subclasses 582,+ for other optical filter compositions.

260, Chemistry of Carbon Compounds, appropriate subclasses for an organic compound which is disclosed or claimed as having a Class 424 utility, also for an organic compound with an additive to protect the compound against deterioration or biological attack.

423, Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds, appropriate subclasses for inorganic compounds and nonmetallic elements which may have a Class 424 utility. Class 423 provides inorganic compounds which include an additive, see especially

265,.

Class 423 provides for compositions containing an element or an inorganic compound combined with a preservative; e.g., a substance which protect the element or compound against biological attack, etc. However, a Class 423 element or compound containing a preservative in which state it is claimed or solely disclosed as having a Class 424 utility, is placed as an original in Class 424.

504, Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions, provides for compositions having a stimulating, inhibiting (Herbicides), or regulating action on plant growth and methods of using such compositions. Class 504 specifically provides for algicidal compositions in

150+, and nutrient compositions which contain an insecticide, fungicide, or deodorant in subclasses 101+. Class 504 is superior to Class 424. If claims are drawn to a "pesticide" composition or method without specifically reciting the nature of the "pest" to be controlled or eradicated, the patent is placed as an original in Class 424 when only a Class 424 type of "pest" (e.g., fungi, insect, rodent, etc.) is revealed in the patent disclosure. However, if both Class 504 and Class 424 types of "pest" are specifically disclosed or if no disclosure is made as to the specific type of pest, the patent is placed in Class 504 as an original and cross

referenced to Class 424. Class 504, subclass 100, also provides for seeds coated with Class 424 biocidal compositions.