US PATENT SUBCLASS 530 / 388.4
.~.~.~.~.~.~ Binds bacterium or similar microorganism or component or product thereof (e.g., Stretococcus, Legionella, Mycoplasma, bacterium-associated antigen, exotoxin, etc.)

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530 /   HD   CHEMISTRY: NATURAL RESINS OR DERIVATIVES; PEPTIDES OR PROTEINS; LIGNINS OR REACTION PRODUCTS THEREOF

350  DF  PROTEINS, I.E., MORE THAN 100 AMINO ACID RESIDUES {14}
380  DF  .~ Blood proteins or globulins, e.g., proteoglycans, platelet factor 4, thyroglobulin, thyroxine, etc. {3}
386  DF  .~.~ Globulins {4}
387.1  DF  .~.~.~ Immunoglobulin, antibody, or fragment thereof, other than immunoglobulin antibody, or fragment thereof that is conjugated or absorbed {9}
388.1  DF  .~.~.~.~ Monoclonal {3}
388.2  DF  .~.~.~.~.~ Binds microorganism or normal or mutant component or product thereof (e.g., animal cell, cell-surface antigen, secretory product, etc.) {12}
388.4.~.~.~.~.~.~ Binds bacterium or similar microorganism or component or product thereof (e.g., Stretococcus, Legionella, Mycoplasma, bacterium-associated antigen, exotoxin, etc.)

DEFINITION

Classification: 530/388.4

Binds bacterium or similar microorganism or component or product thereof (e.g., Streptococcus, Legionella, Mycoplasma, bacterium-associated antigen, exotoxin, etc.):

(under subclass 388.2) Subject matter involving a monoclonal

antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof whose antigen-binding site(s) will combine with an integral or isolated part of a bacterium or similar micro-organism, or with a substance shed or secreted by a bacterium or similar micro-organism.

(1) Note. For the purpose of this subclass, micro-organisms "similar" to bacteria are those that have properties in common with typical bacteria, but which differ from them in characteristic ways. Examples of such micro-organisms are rickettsiae, chlamydiae, and mycoplasmas.