.~ By C content reduction, e.g., hydrocracking, etc.
DEFINITION
Classification: 585/752
By C content reduction, e.g., hydrocracking, etc.:
(under subclass 700) Subject matter wherein the saturated hydrocarbon is produced from a feedstock having a greater number of carbon atoms than the product.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
708, for a process wherein a hydrocarbon moiety removed from one molecule is added to another molecule.
733, for a process in which removing a foreign atom may result in a paraffin product having fewer carbon atoms.
734+, for a process wherein a hydrocarbon moiety removed from one carbon of a molecule is joined to a different carbon of the same molecule.
