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March 2009

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SEPARATION (separating solids from solids by wet methods B30B 9/02; treatment of water C02F , e.g., softening by ion-exchange C02F
B01D
1/42; arrangement or mounting of filters in air-conditioning, air-humidification or ventilation F24F 13/28)[5]
SEPARATING SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATIC TABLES OR JIGS (removing fluids from solids B01D;
magnetic or electrostatic separation of solid materials from solid materials or fluids, separation by high voltage electric fields B03C;
B03B
flotation, differential sedimentation B03D; separating by dry methods B07; screening or sifting B07B; by picking B07C; separating
peculiar to particular materials and provided for in other single classes, see the relevant classes)
MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; SEPARATION BY
HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS (filters making use of electricity or magnetism B01D 35/06; separating isotopes B01D 59/00;
B03C
combinations of magnetic or electrostatic separation with separation of solids by other means B07B; separating sheets from piles B65H
3/00; magnets or magnet coils per se H01F) [5]
SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES (spray-mixers with nozzles B01F 5/20; processes for applying liquids
B05B
or other fluent materials to surfaces by spraying B05D; means for pumping fluids F04; valves, e.g., water-taps, F16K)
APPARATUS FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL (spraying apparatus,
B05C atomizing apparatus, nozzles B05B; plant for applying liquids or other fluent materials to objects by electrostatic spraying B05B 5/08;
processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces B05D) [2]
B08B CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL (brushes H05F)
B09B DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE
RECLAMATION OF CONTAMINATED SOIL (gatherers for removing stones or the like from the soil A01B 43/00; sterilising soil by steam
B09C A01G 11/00; separation in general B01D; cleaning beaches E01H 12/00; removing undesirable matter, e.g., rubbish, from the land E01H
15/00)
WORKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; MAKING METALLIC POWDER
(processes or devices for granulating materials in general B01J 2/00; making ceramics by compacting or sintering C04B, e.g., C04B
B22F
35/64; for the production of metals as such, see class C22; reduction or decomposition of metal compounds in general C22B; making
alloys by powder metallurgy C22C; electrolytic production of metal powder C25C 5/00)
SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING
HEAT LOCALLY, e.g., FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM (making metal-coated products by extruding metal B21C 23/22;
B23K building up linings or coverings by casting B22D 19/08; casting by dipping B22D 23/04; manufacture of composite layers by sintering
metal powder B22F 7/00; arrangements on machine tools for copying or controlling B23Q; covering metals or covering materials with
metals, not otherwise provided for F23D) (
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B24C ABRASIVE OR RELATED BLASTING WITH PARTICULATE MATERIAL

PRODUCING DECORATIVE EFFECTS (processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces, in general B05D; shaping of
plastics or substances in a plastic state B29C; printing processes to produce transfer pictures B41M 3/12; thermographic duplication or
B44C
marking methods B41M 5/00); MOSAICS; TARSIA WORK (imitation of mosaic or tarsia-work patterns B44F 11/04); PAPERHANGING
[2]
ARRANGEMENTS OR ADAPTATIONS OF HEATING, COOLING, VENTILATING, OR OTHER AIR-TREATING DEVICES SPECIALLY
B60H
FOR PASSENGER OR GOODS SPACES OF VEHICLES
ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR
MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS; AUXILIARY DRIVES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR
B60K
VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST, OR FUEL SUPPLY, OF
PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES [1,8]
C02F TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g., BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS,
CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR
FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES (containers specially adapted for storing agricultural or horticultural
products A01F 02514; containers specially adapted for use in dairies A01J; purses, luggage, hand carried bags A45C; travelling or camp
B65D equipment, sacks or packs carried on the body A45F; household or table equipment A47G; mail or newspapers receptacles A47G 02900;
kitchen equipment A47J; packages or wrapping arrangements for used absorbent pads A61F 01315; associated with vehicles, see the
appropriate subclass of B60-B64; machines, apparatus, or devices for, or methods of, packaging articles or materials B65B; sack holders
B65B 06700; refuse receptacles B65F 00100; handling sheets, webs or filamentary material B65H; load-engaging elements or devices
attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes
TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTEWATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE (separation in general B01D; special arrangements on waterborne
C02F vessels of installations for treating water, waste water or sewage, e.g., for producing fresh water, B63J; adding materials to water to
prevent corrosion C23F; treating radioactively-contaminated liquids G21F 9/04)[3]
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF GLASSES, GLAZES, OR VITREOUS ENAMELS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF GLASS; SURFACE
C03C TREATMENT OF FIBRES OR FILAMENTS FROM GLASS, MINERALS OR SLAGS; JOINING GLASS TO GLASS OR OTHER
MATERIALS
C07C ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
C08G MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING CARBON-TO-
C08G
CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS [2]
WORKING-UP; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; AFTER- TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B,
C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H (working, e.g., shaping, of plastics B29; layered products, manufacture thereof B32B; treatment of
C08J
macromolecular material specially adapted to enhance its filling properties in mortars, concrete or artificial stone C04B 16/04, C04B
18/20, C04B 20/00; treatment of textiles D06)
C09 C09 DYES; PAINTS; POLISHES; NATURAL RESINS; ADHESIVES; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS
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FUELS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (fuels for generating pressure gas, e.g., for rockets, C06D 00500; candles C11C; nuclear
fuel G21C 00300; NATURAL GAS; SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS OBTAINED BY PROCESSES NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES
C10L
C10G, C10K; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; ADDING MATERIALS TO FUELS OR FIRES TO REDUCE SMOKE OR UNDESIRABLE
DEPOSITS OR TO FACILITATE SOOT REMOVAL; FIRE-LIGHTERS)
FATTY ACIDS FROM FATS, OILS OR WAXES; CANDLES; FATS, OILS OR FATTY ACIDS BY CHEMICAL MODIFICATION OF FATS,
C11D
OILS, OR FATTY ACIDS OBTAINED THEREFROM
C12N MICRO-ORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF (biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth
regulators containing micro-organisms, viruses, microbial fungi, enzymes, fermentates, or substances produced by, or extracted from,
micro-organisms or animal material A01N 63/00; food compositions A21, A23; medicinal preparations A61K; chemical aspects of, or use
C12N
of materials for, bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles A61L; fertilisers C05); PROPAGATING, PRESERVING, OR
MAINTAINING MICRO-ORGANISMS (preservation of living parts of humans or animals A01N 1/02); MUTATION OR GENETIC
ENGINEERING; CULTURE MEDIA (microbiological testing media C12Q) [3]
MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES OR MICRO-ORGANISMS (immunoassay G01N 33/53);
C12Q COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; CONDITION-
RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL OR ENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES [3]
CLEANING OR DE-GREASING OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY CHEMICAL METHODS OTHER THAN ELECTROLYSIS (polishing
C23G
compositions C09G; detergents in general C11D)
ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF COMPOUNDS OR NON- METALS;
C25B
APPARATUS THEREFOR[2]

E02B HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING

FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS (specially adapted for hydraulic engineering E02B); UNDERGROUND OR
E02D
UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
INSTALLATIONS OR METHODS FOR OBTAINING, COLLECTING, OR DISTRIBUTING WATER (drilling wells, obtaining fluids in
E03B
general from wells E21B; pipe-line systems in general F17D)
E03F SEWERS; CESSPOOLS
EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING (mining, quarrying E21C; making shafts, driving galleries or tunnels E21D); OBTAINING OIL, GAS,
E21B
WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS [5]
GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR
EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES (arrangements in connection with gas exhaust of propulsion units in
F01N
vehicles B60K 13/00; combustion-air intake silencers specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines F02M 35/00;
protecting against, or damping, noise in general G10K 11/16)
INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL (internal-combustion turbines F02C; plants in
F02B
which engines use combustion products F02C, F02G)
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(Duplicate IPC code) CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES (vehicle fittings, acting on a single sub-unit only, for automatically
controlling vehicle speed B60K 31/00; conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function, road vehicle drive control
systems for purposes other than the control of a single sub-unit B60W; cyclically operating valves for combustion engines F01L;
F02D controlling combustion engine lubrication F01M; cooling internal-combustion engines F01P; supplying combustion engines with
combustible mixtures or constituents thereof, e.g., carburetors, injection pumps, F02M; starting of combustion engines F02N; controlling
of ignition F02P; controlling gas-turbine plants, jet-propulsion plants, or combustion- product engine plants, see the relevant subclasses
for these plants)
MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS (machines or engines for liquids and elastic fluids F01; positive-displacement engines for
F03B
liquids F03C; positive-displacement machines for liquids F04) (
F03D WIND MOTORS
F16D COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS;
PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring dimensions or angles of objects G01B; measuring liquid level G01F;
G01C measuring intensity or direction of magnetic fields, other than the earth's field, in general G01R; radio navigation, determining distance or
velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g., Doppler effect, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves
G01S; optical systems therefor G02B; maps, globes G09B
G01G INSTRUMENTS -- MEASURING; TESTING -- Weighing
INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (separating
components of materials in general B01D, B01J, B03, B07; apparatus fully provided for in a single other subclass, see the relevant
subclass, e.g., B01L; measuring or testing processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or micro-organisms C12M, C12Q;
investigation of foundation soil in situ E02D 1/00; monitoring or diagnostic devices for exhaust-gas treatment apparatus F01N 11/00;
sensing humidity changes for compensating measurements of other variables or for compensating readings of instruments for variations
G01N
in humidity, see G01D or the relevant subclass for the variable measured; testing or determining the properties of structures G01M;
measuring or investigating electric or magnetic properties of materials G01R; systems in general for determining distance, velocity or
presence by use of propagation effects, e.g., Doppler effect, propagation time, of reflected or reradiated radio waves, analogous
arrangements using other waves G01S; determining sensitivity, graininess, or density of photographic materials G03C 5/02; testing
component parts of nuclear reactors G21C 17/00)
PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIALS FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC PURPOSES (for photomechanical purposes G03F); PHOTOGRAPHIC
PROCESSES, e.g., CINE, X-RAY, COLOUR, STEREO-PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES; AUXILIARY PROCESSES IN
G03C PHOTOGRAPHY (photographic processes characterised by the use or manipulation of apparatus classifiable per se in subclass G03B,
see G03B; photomechanical production of textured or patterned surfaces G03F; electrography, electrophotography, magnetography
G03G)
PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES, e.g., FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; MATERIALS THEREFOR; ORIGINALS THEREFOR; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR
G03F
(phototypographic composing devices B41B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; electrography,
sensitive layers or processes G03G)
G03G ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
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G06F Electric Digital Processing

RECOGNITION OF DATA; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS (postal sorting B07C;
G06K
secondary surveillance radar G01S; detecting presence of transponders or tags G01V)
G07B Instruments -- Checking devices -- Ticket-issuing apparatus; Fare-registering apparatus; Franking apparatus

DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS (display cases A47F; designs or pictures characterised by
special or unusual light effects, e.g., changing, B44F 1/00; disposition of road signs or traffic signals E01F 9/00; lighting in general F21;
G09F arrangements for controlling light beams G02F 1/00; visible signalling arrangements or devices G08B 5/00; traffic control systems G08G;
arrangements or circuits for control of indicating devices using static means to present variable information G09G; static indicating
arrangements comprising integral associations of a plurality of light sources H01J, H01K, H01L, H05B 33/12)

G21B FUSION REACTORS (uncontrolled reactors G21J)

CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; RADIOACTIVE SOURCES (applications of radiation in general G21H 5/00; handling
G21G
particles, e.g., neutrons, or electromagnetic radiation not otherwise provided for G21K)[2]
CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING, OR DIELECTRIC
H01B PROPERTIES (selection for magnetic properties H01F 1/00; waveguides H01P; installation of cables or lines, or of combined optical and
electric, cables or lines H02G
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (conveying systems for
semiconductor wafers B65G 04907; use of semiconductor devices for measuring G01; details of scanning-probe apparatus, in general
G12B 02100; resistors in general H01C; magnets, inductors, transformers H01F; capacitors in general H01G; electrolytic devices H01G
00900; batteries, accumulators H01M; waveguides, resonators, or lines of the waveguide type H01P; line connectors, current collectors
H01L
H01R; stimulated-emission devices H01S; electromechanical resonators H03H; loudspeakers, microphones, gramophone pick-ups or
like acoustic electromechanical transducers H04R; electric light sources in general H05B; printed circuits, hybrid circuits, casings or
constructional details of electrical apparatus, manufacture of assemblages of electrical components H05K; use of semiconductor devices
in circuits having a particular application, see the subclass for the application)
PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g., BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL
H01M ENERGY (electrochemical processes or apparatus in general C25; semiconductor or other solid state devices for converting light or heat
into electrical energy H01L, e.g., H01L 03100, H01L 03500, H01L 03700)
CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING
ELECTRIC ENERGY (power supply circuits for apparatus for measuring X-radiation, gamma radiation, corpuscular radiation or cosmic
radiation G01T 00100; electric power supply circuits specially adapted for use in electronic time-pieces with no moving parts G04G
H02J 01900; for digital computers G06F 00118; for discharge tubes H01J 03702; circuits or apparatus for the conversion of electric power,
arrangements for control or regulation of such circuits or apparatus H02M; interrelated control of several motors, control of a prime-
mover/generator combination H02P; control of high-frequency power H03L; additional use of power line or power network for
transmission of information H04B)
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DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (measuring instruments G01; dynamo-electric relays H01H 53/00; conversion of dc or ac input power
H02K into surge output power H02M 9/00; loudspeakers, microphones, gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers
H04R)

CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, GENERATORS, OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; CONTROLLING

TRANSFORMERS, REACTORS OR CHOKE COILS (structure of the starter, brake, or other control devices, see the relevant
subclasses, e.g., mechanical brake F16D, mechanical speed regulator G05D, variable resistor H01C, starter switch H01H; systems for
H02P regulating electric or magnetic variables using transformers, reactors or choke coils G05F; arrangements structurally associated with
motors, generators, dynamo-electric converters, transformers, reactors or choke coils, see the relevant subclasses, e.g., H01F, H02K;
connection or control of one generator, transformer, reactor, choke coil, or dynamo-electric converter with regard to conjoint operation
with similar or other source of supply H02J; control or regulation of static converters H02M)

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Updated 11 March 2009