US PATENT SUBCLASS 435 / 344
.~.~.~ Binds a cancer cell or component or product thereof (e.g., cell surface antigen, 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  DF  .~.~ 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}
344.~.~.~ Binds a cancer cell or component or product thereof (e.g., cell surface antigen, etc.) {1}
344.1  DF  .~.~.~.~> Binds an antigen characterized by name or molecular weight (e.g., CEA, NCA, CC glycoprotein, melanoma gp 150 antigen, etc.)

DEFINITION

Classification: 435/344

Binds a cancer cell or component or product thereof (e.g., cell surface antigen, etc.):

(under subclass 332) 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 cancer cell, or with a substance shed or secreted by a cancer cell.