US PATENT SUBCLASS 435 / 332
.~.~ Immunoglobulin or antibody binds a microorganism or normal or mutant component or product thereof (e.g., animal cell, cell surface antigen, secretory product, etc.)

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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}
332.~.~ Immunoglobulin or antibody binds a microorganism or normal or mutant component or product thereof (e.g., animal cell, cell surface antigen, secretory product, etc.) {12}
333  DF  .~.~.~> Binds a nucleic acid or derivative or component thereof (e.g., DNA, RNA, DNA-RNA, hybrid, nucleotide, nucleoside, carcinogen-DNA adduct, etc.)
334  DF  .~.~.~> Binds a receptor (e.g., transferrin receptor, Fc receptor, dihydropyridine receptor, IL-2 receptor, etc.)
335  DF  .~.~.~> Binds a lymphokine, cytokine, or other secreted growth regulatory factor, differentiation factor, intercellular mediator specific for a hematopoietic cell (e.g., interleukin, interferon, erythropoietin, etc.)
336  DF  .~.~.~> Binds a hormone or other secreted growth regulatory factor, differentiation factor, intercellular mediator, or neurotransmitter (e.g., insulin, human chorionic gonadotropin, intragonadal regulatory protein, Mullerian inhibiting substance, inhibin, epidermal growth factor, nerve growth factor, dopamine, norepinephrine, etc.)
337  DF  .~.~.~> Binds a plasma protein, serum protein, or fibrin (e.g., clotting factor fibrinolytic factor, complement factor, immunoglobulin, apolipoprotein, etc.)
338  DF  .~.~.~> Binds an enzyme
339  DF  .~.~.~> Binds a virus or component or product thereof (e.g., virus associated antigen, etc.) {1}
340  DF  .~.~.~> Binds a bacterium or similar microorganism or component or product thereof (e.g., Streptococcus, Legionella, Mycoplasma, bacterium associated antigen, exotoxin, etc.)
341  DF  .~.~.~> Binds a fungus or plant cell or component or product thereof (e.g., fungus associated antigen, etc.)
342  DF  .~.~.~> Binds a parasitic protozoan or metazoan cell or component or product thereof; (e.g., Dirofilaria, Eimeria, Coccidia, Trichinella, parasite cell surface antigen, etc.)
343  DF  .~.~.~> Binds a hematopoietic cell or component or product thereof (e.g., erythrocyte, granulocyte, macrophage, monocyte, platelet, myelogenous leukemia cell, bone marrow stem cell, granulocytic cell surface antigen, hemoglobin, thrombospondin, glycophorin, etc.) {1}
344  DF  .~.~.~> Binds a cancer cell or component or product thereof (e.g., cell surface antigen, etc.) {1}

DEFINITION

Classification: 435/332

Immunoglobulin or antibody binds a microorganism or normal or mutant component or product thereof (e.g., animal cell, cell surface antigen, secretory product, etc.):

(under subclass 326) Subject matter involving an animal cell which produces a monoclonal antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof whose antigen-binding site(s) will combine with an integral or isolated part of a microorganism, or with a substance shed or secreted by a microorganism, or with a chemically-altered component of a microorganism, or with a chemically-altered substance shed or secreted by a microorganism.

(1) Note. A microorganism, for the purpose of this and the indented subclasses, is a cell from a multicellular organism, a single-celled organism, a virus, or other intracellular organism.

(2) Note. A mutant or chemically-altered component or product of a microorganism may be made by chemical synthesis or chemical modification or by expression of a cloned altered gene.

(3) Note. Monoclonal antibodies or fragments thereof that bind a mutant or chemically-altered component or product of a microorganism are proper for the subclass that provides for monoclonal antibodies that bind the corresponding normal component or product.