US PATENT SUBCLASS 530 / 389.5
.~.~.~.~.~ Binds bacterium or similar microorganism or component or product thereof (e.g., Pseudomonas, Chlamydia, Clostridium, bacterium-associated antigen, etc.)


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530 /   HD   CHEMISTRY: NATURAL RESINS OR DERIVATIVES; PEPTIDES OR PROTEINS; LIGNINS OR REACTION PRODUCTS THEREOF

350  DF  PROTEINS, I.E., MORE THAN 100 AMINO ACID RESIDUES {14}
380  DF  .~ Blood proteins or globulins, e.g., proteoglycans, platelet factor 4, thyroglobulin, thyroxine, etc. {3}
386  DF  .~.~ Globulins {4}
387.1  DF  .~.~.~ Immunoglobulin, antibody, or fragment thereof, other than immunoglobulin antibody, or fragment thereof that is conjugated or absorbed {9}
389.1  DF  .~.~.~.~ Polyclonal antibody or immunogloblin of identified binding specificity {7}
389.5.~.~.~.~.~ Binds bacterium or similar microorganism or component or product thereof (e.g., Pseudomonas, Chlamydia, Clostridium, bacterium-associated antigen, etc.)


DEFINITION

Classification: 530/389.5

Binds bacterium or similar microorganism or component or product thereof (e.g., pseudomonas, chlamydia, clostridium, bacterium-associated antigen, etc.):

(under subclass 389.1) Subject matter involving a polyclonal antibody or immunoglobulin or antigen-binding fragment thereof whose antigen-binding site(s) will combine with an integral or isolated part of a bacterium or similar micro-organism, or with a substance shed or secreted by a bacterium or similar micro-organism.

(1) Note. Micro-organisms "similar" to bacteria are those that have properties in common with bacteria, but which differ from typical bacteria in characteristic ways. Examples of such microorganisms are rickettsiae, chlamydiae, and mycoplasmas.