(under subclass 289.1) Apparatus with means to separate the liquid and gas components of foam.
(1) Note. Examples of such foam are those generated from the action of microorganisms or enzymes, or those generated from sparging a fluid containing active microorganisms or enzymes with a gas.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
516, Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents; Subcombinations Thereof; Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting,
115+, for compositions for or subcombination compositions for or breaking of or inhibiting of foam colloid systems, when generically claimed or when there is no hierarchically superior provision in the USPC for the specifically claimed art. Nominal recitation of a Class 435 process (e.g., fermentation or fermentation step) combined with a process otherwise classifiable in Class 516 is proper for Class 516, while recitation of a significant Class 435 step combined with a step or composition otherwise classifiable in Class 516 is proper for Class 435 with a discretionary cross-reference to Class 516.
