IPC Definitions - January 01, 2012
A01N - Definition
This subclass covers:
Compositions, physical forms thereof, and the application or method of use of specific materials, compositions, or single compounds for the following purposes:
Compositions used to protect the wound and scions of newly grafted plants or to cover the wounds on pruned plants (i.e. grafting wax).
Chemical agents used for the sexual sterilization of invertebrates (e.g. insects).
Relationship between large subject matter areas
While substances that chemically modify a plant's metabolism are classified in A01N, compositions that affect the growth of a plant solely by supplying nutrients ordinarily required for growth, e.g. fertiliser, plant food, are classified in C05. Materials used to prevent or cure mineral deficiencies in plants, such as iron chelates used to cure iron chlorosis, are also classified in C05.
The activities (e.g. rodenticidal, herbicidal) of biocidal, pest repellent, pest attractant or plant growth regulatory preparations must also be classified in A01P, when such activities are determined to be invention information.
When biocides, pest repellents, pest attractants or plant growth regulators are compounds or contain compounds which are determined to be invention information, the compounds must also be classified in C01C07, C08, or C12N. When these compounds are considered to be of interest for search purposes, they may also be classified in C01C07, C08, or C12N.
References relevant to classification in this subclass
This subclass does not cover:
Apparatus therefor | A01G 5/06 |
Preservation of food or foodstuff, e.g. pasteurizing, sterilizing | A23B, A23K 3/00, A23L 3/00 |
Preservation or chemical ripening of harvested fruits or vegetables | A23B 7/00 |
Compositions for medical, dental or toilet purposes which kill or prevent the growth or proliferation of unwanted organisms | A61K |
Sex sterilants for animals other than invertebrates | A61K |
Mixtures of pesticides with fertilisers | C05G |
Fungicidal, bactericidal, insecticidal, disinfecting or antiseptic paper | D21H |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Plant grafting | A01G 1/06 |
Devices for preserving flowers | A01G 5/06 |
Electric or magnetic treatment of plants for promoting growth | A01G 7/04 |
Sterilising soil by steam | A01G 11/00 |
Protecting plants (e.g. protective covers; devices for generating heat, smoke or fog; devices protecting against animals) | A01G 13/00 |
Means for catching or killing insects | A01M 1/00, A01M 5/00 |
Apparatus for destroying vermin in soil or food stuffs | A01M 17/00 |
Apparatus for the destruction of vegetation | A01M 21/00 |
Scaring devices e.g. bird-scaring apparatus | A01M 29/00 |
Hunting decoys | A01M 31/06 |
Methods or apparatus for disinfection or sterilisation of materials not characterized by the agent employed | A61L 2/00, A61L 12/00 |
Paints containing biocides, e.g. fungicides, insecticides, pesticides | C09D 5/14 |
Anti-fouling paints and underwater paints | C09D 5/16 |
C09K 17/00 | |
Undifferentiated human, animal or plant cells or tissues and their cultivation and maintenance | C12N 5/00 |
Biocidal agents (e.g. fungicidal, bactericidal, or insecticidal agents) which are in or on paper | D21H 21/36 |
Special rules of classification
In groups A01N 27/00-A01N 65/00, in the absence of an indication to the contrary, classification is made in the last appropriate place for an active ingredient.
A composition, i.e. a mixture of two or more active ingredients is classified in the last of groups A01N 27/00-A01N 65/00 that provides for at least one of these active ingredients.
Any part of a composition which is not identified by classification according to the last appropriate place of an active ingredient, and which itself is determined to be novel and non-obvious, must also be classified. The part can be either a single ingredient or a composition in itself.
Any part of a composition which is not identified by the classification according the last appropriate place, and which is considered to represent information of interest for search, may also be classified. This can for example be the case when it is considered of interest to enable searching of compositions using a combination of classification symbols. Such non-obligatory classification should be given as "additional information".
Where a compound is described as existing in tautomeric forms, it is classified as if existing in the form which is classified last in the system.
Compounds that are covered by different main groups because of alternatively specified functional groups or other structural features of their formulae are classified in each relevant main group.
Salts formed between two or more organic compounds are classified as the compound providing the essential ion and is also classified as the compound providing the other ion.
Salts or metal chelates of an organic compound are classified as the compound.
In this subclass, a foodstuff is not considered to be an active ingredient.
Different materials applied in sequence, at different times, are considered to be a mixture of all materials employed.
Synergistic or potentiated compositions are classified as if the synergist or potentiator is an active ingredient.
In groups A01N 25/00-A01N 65/00, the symbol X means nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur or a halogen; Y means nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur. A dotted line between atoms indicates an optional bond, e.g. .... indicates one or two single bonds or a double bond.
In this subclass, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
Acaricide | Any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing or destroying mites and ticks or making them less harmful. |
Alkali metal | One of the following elements: Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Fr. |
Alkaline earth metal | One of the following elements: Ca, Sr, Ba, Ra. |
Arthropodicide | Any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing or destroying arthropods, e.g. insects, arachnids, crustaceans or making them less harmful. |
Biocide | Any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, or mitigating any living organism (e.g., plant, animal). Examples of a biocide are: acaricide, arthropodicide, fungicide, insecticide, molluscicide, rodenticide (see Synonyms and Keywords). |
Disinfectant | Any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, or mitigating microorganisms. |
Fungicide | Any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing or destroying moulds and fungi or making them less harmful. |
Halogen | One of the following elements: F, Cl, Br, I, At. |
Heavy metal | A metal other than light metal. |
Herbicide | Any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing or destroying plant life or making it less harmful. |
Insecticide | Any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing or destroying insects or making them less harmful. |
Light metal | One of the following elements: alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, Be, Al, Mg. |
Metal | An element other than non-metal. |
Molluscicide | Any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing or destroying molluscs, e.g. snails, clams or making them less harmful. |
Non-metal | One of the following elements: H, B, C, Si, N, P, O, S, Se, Te, noble gas, halogen. |
Pesticide | Any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing or destroying any pest (e.g., insects, rodents) or making it less harmful. |
Plant | A young tree, shrub, vegetable, or flower newly planted, or intended for planting |
Plant growth regulator | Materials which alter the plant or may affect plant growth through a chemical modification of the plant metabolism, such as auxins. |
Rodenticide | Any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing or destroying rodents, e.g. rats, mice or making them less harmful. |