US PATENT SUBCLASS 435 / 329
.~.~ Immunoglobulin or antibody binds an oligosaccharide structure other than nucleic acid


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435 /   HD   CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY

325  DF  ANIMAL CELL, PER SE (E.G., CELL LINES, ETC.); COMPOSITION THEREOF; PROCESS OF PROPAGATING, MAINTAINING OR PRESERVING AN ANIMAL CELL OR COMPOSITION THEREOF; PROCESS OF ISOLATING OR SEPARATING AN ANIMAL CELL OR COMPOSITION THEREOF; PROCESS OF PREPARING A COMPOSITION CONTAINING AN ANIMAL CELL; CULTURE MEDIA THEREFORE {17}
326  DF  .~ Animal cell, per se, expressing immunoglobulin, antibody, or fragment thereof {7}
329.~.~ Immunoglobulin or antibody binds an oligosaccharide structure other than nucleic acid


DEFINITION

Classification: 435/329

Immunoglobulin or antibody binds an oligosaccharide structure other than nucleic acid:

(under subclass 326) Subject matter involving an animal cell which produces an antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof whose antigen-binding site(s) will combine with an oligosaccharide structure, other than a nucleic acid, that is either free, a component of a glycoprotein, or a component of a glycolipid.

(1) Note. The oligosaccharide structure can be one that is schematically illustrated in the disclosure or one that is known in the art, such as the carbohydrate component of ganglioside GD3.

(2) Note. Some of the oligosaccharide structures disclosed by the patents of this subclass are expressed on the surfaces of cancer cells as components of glycoproteins or glycolipids and are related to the A, B, Le, or H blood-group antigens.

(3) Note. It is suggested that the patents in this subclass be cross-referenced to Class 530, in the appropriate subclasses, 388.2 through 389.8, that provide for the binding specificity of the antibodies that bind the microorganism(s) upon which the oligosaccharide structure is expressed, if such disclosure is present.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

333, for an animal cell producing a monoclonal antibody which binds to a nucleic acid or derivative or component thereof.

344.1, for an animal cell producing a monoclonal antibody which binds to an antigen characterized by name or molecular weight (e.g., CEA, NCA, CC glycoprotein, melanoma gp 150 antigen, etc.).