IPC 7 English version C12M !A-C12M 3/10

C12M-C12M00310

SECTION C – CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY

C 12

BIOCHEMISTRY; BEER; SPIRITS; WINE; VINEGAR; MICROBIOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING

C 12 M

APPARATUS FOR ENZYMOLOGY OR MICROBIOLOGY (installations for fermenting manure A01C 3/02; preservation of living parts of humans or animals A01N 1/02; physical or chemical apparatus in general B01; brewing apparatus C12C; fermentation apparatus for wine C12G; apparatus for preparing vinegar C12J 1/10) [3]

Notes

(1)

Attention is drawn to Notes (1) to (3) following the title of class C12. [4]

(2)

In this subclass, it is desirable to add the indexing codes of subclass C12R. The indexing codes should be linked. [6]

Apparatus for enzymology or microbiology [3]

Note

This group covers:

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apparatus where micro-organisms or enzymes are produced or isolated;

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apparatus where the characteristics of micro-organisms or enzymes are investigated, e.g. which growth factors are necessary;

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apparatus specially adapted to employ micro-organisms or enzymes as "reactants" or biocatalysts;

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apparatus of both the laboratory and industrial scale. [3]

with agitation means; with heat exchange means [3]

with gas introduction means [3]

with agitator, e.g. impeller [3]

with draft tube [3]

Flotation apparatus [5]

rotatably mounted [3]

107

with means for collecting fermentation gases, e.g. methane (producing methane by anaerobic treatment of sludge C02F 11/04) [5]

113

with transport of the substrate during the fermentation [5]

with sterilisation, filtration, or dialysis means [3]

with means providing thin layers or with multi-level trays [3]

containing, or adapted to contain, solid media [3]

Multiple fields or compartments [3]

Horizontal planar fields [3]

Froth suppressors [5]

Petri type dish [3]

tube or bottle type [3]

Inoculator or sampler [3]

being part of container [3]

Sampler being a swab [3]

multiple field or continuous type [3]

Disintegrators [5]

Measuring or testing with condition measuring or sensing means, e.g. colony counters [3]

including condition or time responsive control, e.g. automatically controlled fermentors (controlling or regulating in general G05) [3]

Temperature-responsive control [3]

Apparatus specially designed for the use of free, immobilised, or carrier-bound enzymes, e.g. apparatus containing a fluidised bed of immobilised enzymes [3]

Apparatus for the treatment of micro-organisms or enzymes with electrical or wave energy, e.g. magnetism, sonic wave [5]

Tissue, human, animal or plant cell, or virus culture apparatus [3]

with means providing suspensions [3]

with means providing thin layers [3]

with filtration, ultrafiltration, inverse osmosis or dialysis means [5]

Apparatus for tissue disaggregation [5]

for culture in eggs [5]