US PATENT SUBCLASS 435 / 137
.~.~.~ Sugar acid having five or more carbon atoms (i.e., aldonic, keto-aldonic, or saccharic acid)

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435 /   HD   CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY

41  DF  MICRO-ORGANISM, TISSUE CELL CULTURE OR ENZYME USING PROCESS TO SYNTHESIZE A DESIRED CHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION {26}
132  DF  .~ Preparing oxygen-containing organic compound {6}
136  DF  .~.~ Containing a carboxyl group {6}
137.~.~.~ Sugar acid having five or more carbon atoms (i.e., aldonic, keto-aldonic, or saccharic acid) {1}
138  DF  .~.~.~.~> Alpha-ketogulonic acid (i.e., 2-ketogulonic acid)

DEFINITION

Classification: 435/137

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

(under subclass 136) Processes wherein the product synthesized is a polyhydroxy acid having five or more carbon atoms.

(1) Note. The processes of this subclass typically involve the oxidation of a carbohydrate and include the production of aldonic, keto-aldonic and saccharic acids.