US PATENT SUBCLASS 436 / 47
.~ With conveyance of sample along a test line in a container or rack

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436 /   HD   CHEMISTRY: ANALYTICAL AND IMMUNOLOGICAL TESTING

43  DF  AUTOMATED CHEMICAL ANALYSIS {7}
47.~ With conveyance of sample along a test line in a container or rack {2}
48  DF  .~.~> With step of insertion or removal from test line
49  DF  .~.~> With treatment or replacement of aspirator element (e.g., cleaning, etc.)

DEFINITION

Classification: 436/47

With conveyance of sample along a test line in a container or rack:

(under subclass 43) Processes wherein samples to be subjected to testing are conveyed in containers, or racks containing a plurality of samples along a pathway along which various physical and chemical processes stations are located for the quantitative and qualitative analysis of the samples.

(1) Note. Process stations includes physical and chemical operations such as aspirating, detecting, mixing, heating, incubating, analyzing, washing, etc.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

422, Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing,

63, for apparatus for carrying out the process of this subclass.