IPC 6 English version
 
Class C08

SECTION C– CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY

C 08ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON (manufacture or treatment of artificial threads, fibres, bristles or ribbons D 01)

 Note

 Processes using enzymes or micro-organisms in order to:

 (i)liberate, separate or purify a pre-existing compound or composition, or to

 (ii)treat textiles or clean solid surfaces of materials

 are further classified in subclass C 12 S. [5]

C 08 BPOLYSACCHARIDES; DERIVATIVES THEREOF (polysaccharides containing less than six saccharide radicals attached to each other by glycosidic linkages C 07 H; fermentation or enzyme-using processes C 12 P 19/00; sugar industry C 13; production of cellulose D 21) [4]

C 08 CTREATMENT OR CHEMICAL MODIFICATION OF RUBBERS

C 08 FMACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING CARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS (production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from lower carbon number hydrocarbons, e.g. by oligomerisation, C 10 G 50/00) [2]

C 08 GMACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING CARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS [2]

C 08 HDERIVATIVES OF NATURAL MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS (polysaccharides C 08 B; natural rubber C 08 C)

C 08 JWORKING-UP; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C 08 B, C 08 C, C 08 F, C 08 G (mechanical aspects B 29; layered products, manufacture thereof B 32 B; treatment of macromolecular material specially adapted to enhance its filling properties in mortars, concrete or artificial stone C 04 B 16/04, C 04 B 18/20, C 04 B 20/00; treatment of textiles D 06) [2]

C 08 KUSE OF INORGANIC OR NON-MACROMOLECULAR ORGANIC SUBSTANCES AS COMPOUNDING INGREDIENTS (pesticides, herbicides A 01 N; pharmaceuticals, cosmetics A 61 K; explosives C 06 B; paints, inks, varnishes, dyes, polishes, adhesives C 09; lubricants C 10 M; detergents C 11 D; artificial filaments or fibres D 01 F; textile treating compositions D 06) [2]

C 08 LCOMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS (pesticides, herbicides A 01 N; pharmaceuticals, cosmetics A 61 K; explosives C 06 B; paints, inks, varnishes, dyes, polishes, adhesives C 09; lubricants C 10 M; detergents C 11 D; artificial filaments or fibres D 01 F; textile treating compositions D 06) [2]