US PATENT SUBCLASS 435 / 464
.~.~ Involving gene duplication within the cell (e.g., amplification, co-amplification, etc.)

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435 /   HD   CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY

440  DF  PROCESS OF MUTATION, CELL FUSION, OR GENETIC MODIFICATION {6}
455  DF  .~ Introduction of a polynucleotide molecule into or rearrangement of nucleic acid within an animal cell {11}
464.~.~ Involving gene duplication within the cell (e.g., amplification, co-amplification, etc.)

DEFINITION

Classification: 435/464

Involving gene duplication within the cell (e.g., amplification, co-amplification, etc.)

(under subclass 455) Processes wherein copy number of a segment of the nucleic acid within the cell, e.g., a gene, etc., is increased in tandem or head-to-tail fashion without a concomitant increase in the copy number of the entire nucleic acid molecule.

(1) Note. Co-amplification occurs when amplification of one nucleic acid segment results in amplification of a second

nucleic acid segment, wherein said second segment would not normally amplify alone.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

91.2+, for methods of amplifying a nucleic acid by means of a cell or enzyme, e.g., PCR, etc.