US PATENT SUBCLASS 435 / 32
.~.~ Testing for antimicrobial activity of a material

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435 /   HD   CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY

4  DF  MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESS INVOLVING ENZYMES OR MICRO-ORGANISMS; COMPOSITION OR TEST STRIP THEREFORE; PROCESSES OF FORMING SUCH COMPOSITION OR TEST STRIP {15}
29  DF  .~ Involving viable micro-organism {4}
32.~.~ Testing for antimicrobial activity of a material {1}
33  DF  .~.~.~> Using multifield media

DEFINITION

Classification: 435/32

Testing for antimicrobial activity of a material:

(under subclass 29) Subject matter where the in vitro ability of a material to kill or inhibit the growth of microorganisms is determined.

(1) Note. This subclass provides for (a) a determination of the sensitivity of a microorganism to known antibiotics, and (b) determining the presence or amount of an antibiotic or toxicant in a sample.