US PATENT SUBCLASS 424 / 409
.~.~ Solid as carrier or diluent

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

400  DF  PREPARATIONS CHARACTERIZED BY SPECIAL PHYSICAL FORM {12}
405  DF  .~ Biocides; animal or insect repellents or attractants (e.g., disinfectants, pesticides, etc.) {4}
409.~.~ Solid as carrier or diluent {4}
410  DF  .~.~.~> Impregnated or coated food or edible simulative of food (e.g., bait, poison, etc.)
411  DF  .~.~.~> Impregnated or coated nominal articles (e.g., flea collars, etc.) {1}
414  DF  .~.~.~> Impregnated or coated paper or foil {2}
417  DF  .~.~.~> Coated particulate form (e.g., liposome, etc.) {4}

DEFINITION

Classification: 424/409

Solid as carrier or diluent:

(under subclass 405) Subject matter in which the composition is coated on or impregnated in a solid self sustaining nominally claimed article.

(1) Note. This and indented subclass are intended to provide for articles by name only when coated by a biocidal or insect or animal attractant or repellent composition.

(2) Note. If an article claim has structure claimed the article will usually be provided for in an article class rather than in this class.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, appropriate subclasses provides for a stock material product in the form of a single or plural layer web or sheet as provided for therein and which contains a biocide. An article impregnated with a biocide and not containing structure (e.g., size or apertures) and not elsewhere provided (e.g., Class 428,

540, ) will be classified in Class 424. Class 424 provides for a claim to a base coated with a compound or composition which has a Class 424 utility and in which the base function as a carrier for the active material (e.g., medicated applicator or mosquito repellent fabric). Class 424 also provides for a claim to a coated dosage unit containing a substance having a Class 424 utility. Class 428 provides for a claim to a coated or impregnated article, not otherwise provided for which comprises a base preserved by a composition or compound which has a Class 424 utility (e.g., mothproofed textile or termite proofed wood).