US PATENT SUBCLASS 800 / 4
METHOD OF USING A TRANSGENIC NONHUMAN ANIMAL TO MANUFACTURE A PROTEIN WHICH IS THEN TO BE ISOLATED OR EXTRACTED

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

4METHOD OF USING A TRANSGENIC NONHUMAN ANIMAL TO MANUFACTURE A PROTEIN WHICH IS THEN TO BE ISOLATED OR EXTRACTED {2}
5  DF  .~> The protein is isolated or extracted from blood or serum {1}
7  DF  .~> The protein is isolated or extracted from milk

DEFINITION

Classification: 800/4

METHOD OF USING A TRANSGENIC NONHUMAN ANIMAL TO MANUFACTURE A PROTEIN WHICH IS THEN TO BE ISOLATED OR EXTRACTED:

(under the class definition) Method wherein a protein is expressed by at least some of the cells of a transgenic nonhuman animal and is then isolated or extracted from the animal.

(1) Note. This subclass provides for the case where the protein is encoded by an endogenous gene the expression of which is affected by a recombinant gene.

(2) Note. The terms purifying, obtaining, separating, removing, etc., are considered equivalent to extraction and isolation for purposes of this and indented subclasses. The protein may be separated from animal tissues (e.g., muscle, etc.) or animal products (e.g., hair, etc.).

(3) Note. If the recombinant gene is not present in the germ line cells, the animal is not transgenic, and the method would be classified elsewhere.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

424, Drug, Bio-affecting and Body Treating Compositions, appropriate subclasses for methods of therapeutically treating an animal with physiologically active compounds or compositions which may result in the production of protein within the animal (e.g., vaccinating an animal in order to get it to produce antibodies which provide active immunity, etc.).

435, Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology,

69.1+, for a method of making a nonenzyme protein or polypeptide involving transgenic cells rather than the living transgenic animal; and subclasses 70.1+ for methods of producing a protein by nontransgenic cell or tissue culture. If the protein is an enzyme, subclasses 183+ are appropriate.

514, Drug, Bio-affecting and Body Treating Compositions,

44, for the therapeutic treatment of an animal with a polynucleotide.