US PATENT SUBCLASS 424 / 85.1
LYMPHOKINE


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424 /   HD   DRUG, BIO-AFFECTING AND BODY TREATING COMPOSITIONS

85.1LYMPHOKINE {2}
85.2  DF  .~> Interleukin
85.4  DF  .~> Interferon {3}


DEFINITION

Classification: 424/85.1

LYMPHOKINE:

(under the class definition) Subject matter including compositions containing soluble immune mediators produced by the cells of the immune system.

(1) Note. Included in this and the indented subclasses interferon, interleukin and macrophage factors (monokines).

(2) Note. Synonyms: Lymphokines Monokines Migration inhibitory Factor (MIF) Lymplotoxin (LT) Leukocyte Migration Inhibitory Factor (CIF) Interferons (IF) Eosinophil Chemotactic Factor - Precusor Substance (ECFp) Eosinophil Stimulation Promoter Eosinophil Chemotactic Factor Monocyte Tissue Factor Mitogenic Factor (MF) Lymphocyte Activity-Factor (LAF) Colony Stimulating Factor (CSF) Skin Reactive Factor (SRF) Macrophage Cytoxicity Factor (MCF) Lenkocyte Inhibition Factor (LIF) Vascular Permeability Factor (VPF) T cell Growth Factor (TCGF) B cell Growth Factor (BCGF) Erythroid Burst Promoter Genetically Related Macrophage Face (GRF) Fibroblast Activating Factor (FAF) Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) Macrophage Activating Factor (MAF).

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

520+, for animal extracts of undetermined chemical constitution where the extracts are from parts of the reticuloendotheliel system.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

435, Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology, 68.1+, for methods of producing lymphokines by the culture of a micro-organism or animal or plant cell.

530, Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof,

351, for patents claiming a lymphokine, per se, the chemical modification of a lymphokine or the purification of a lymphokine.

930, Peptide or Protein Sequence,

140, 145 for Lymphokine peptide or protein sequences.