US PATENT SUBCLASS 73 / 170.29
OCEANOLOGY (E.G., OCEANS, RIVERS, OR LAKES)

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73 /   HD   MEASURING AND TESTING

170.29OCEANOLOGY (E.G., OCEANS, RIVERS, OR LAKES) {4}
170.31  DF  .~> Surface wave
170.32  DF  .~> Bottom sediment or soil
170.33  DF  .~> Towed probe
170.34  DF  .~> Unattached, self-contained probe with buoyancy controlled level of descent

DEFINITION

Classification: 73/170.29

OCEANOLOGY (E.G., OCEANS, RIVERS, OR LAKES):

(under the class definition) Subject matter comprising an apparatus or method for determining a physical parameter or phenomenon associated with a naturally occurring body of water.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

53.01+, for the analysis or testing of a liquid, per se.

170.01+, for oceanology combined with fluid flow direction determining.

861+, for measuring the rate of fluid flow without direction measurement; especially, subclass 861.85 for anemometers, per se.

863+, for a sampler, per se, which may obtain a sample from a body of water.

866.5, for a probe or probe mounting, per se. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

175, Boring or Penetrating the Earth,

5, for marine platform drilling, per se.

324, Electricity: Measuring and Testing,

425+, for testing of electrolyte properties of a liquid, per se.

340, Communications: Electrical,

500+, for an electrical indicator which produces a humanly perceptible signal in response to the attainment of a predetermined condition, particularly subclass 606 for a flow responsive electrical indicator and subclass 618 for a liquid level responsive electrical indicator, and subclasses 850+ for an underwater electrical communication system.

364, Electrical Computers and Data Processing Systems,

550+, for a computer or a data processing system for measuring, per se.

367, Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices, appropriate subclass for an underwater communication employing acoustic waves.

374, Thermal Measuring and Testing,

136, for underwater temperature measuring and subclass 143 for combined temperature and nonmeteorological pressure measuring. 441, Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices, for a buoy, per se.