MISCELLANEOUS PROCESS, E.G., INDETERMINATE MODIFICATION OF APROPERTY, STORAGE, TRANSPORTAION, ETC.:
(under the class definition) Subject matter not otherwise provided for.
(1) Note. A hydrocarbon synthesis or purification process is placed in this subclass (899) only when the type of hydrocarbon synthesized or the purification mechanism employed cannot be determined from the claims, specification, or state of the art.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
1, for a "preserving" or "storing" process which involves no more than merely blending a preservative with a hydrocarbon.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
62, Refrigeration,
600+, for manufacture of a solidified or liquefied gas product from a gas; subclasses 45.1+ for handling of such product; and subclasses 56+ for a cooling process, e.g., quenching, per se. 137, Fluid Handling,
13, for a process in which the flow of a fluid is affected by the addition of material or energy.
406, Conveyors: Fluid Current,
46, and 197 for a process of transporting a fluid.
