US PATENT SUBCLASS 800 / 304
.~.~ Somatic cell fusion product or somatic cell fusion-derived plant

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800 /   HD   MULTICELLULAR LIVING ORGANISMS AND UNMODIFIED PARTS THEREOF AND RELATED PROCESSES

295  DF  PLANT, SEEDLING, PLANT SEED, OR PLANT PART, PER SE {3}
298  DF  .~ Higher plant, seedling, plant seed, or plant part (i.e., angiosperms or gymnosperms) {25}
304.~.~ Somatic cell fusion product or somatic cell fusion-derived plant

DEFINITION

Classification: 800/304

Somatic cell fusion product or somatic cell fusion-derived plant:

(under subclass 298) Subject matter wherein the higher plant, seedling, plant seed, or plant part is a somatic cell fusion product or somatic cell fusion-derived plant.

(1) Note. Somatic cell fusion is also called somatic cell hybridization or protoplast fusion. This technique may be employed as a means for recombining genomes of sexually incompatible species.