IPC Definitions - January 01, 2012
A61K - Definition
This subclass covers:
Compositions which are:
Used as preparations for dentistry, e.g. for artificial teeth, for filling or for capping teeth, or for taking dental impressions.
Used for cosmetic purposes for treating the skin, hair, nails, teeth or oral cavity with a view to cleaning them, changing their appearance, correcting body odours, protecting them or keeping them in good condition.
Used for medicinal purposes, e.g. drugs, biological compositions, when they are capable of:
Processes
Relationship between large subject matter areas
A01N covers the preservation of bodies of humans or animals or plants or parts thereof; biocides, e.g. as disinfectants, as pesticides, as herbicides .
Compounds per se are classified in C01C07 or C08.
C08K covers the use of substances as compounding ingredients.
Compositions per se containing polymers are classified in C08L.
Micro-organisms per se are classified in C12N.
Multiple classification
The therapeutic activity of medicinal preparations is further classified in A61P.
The use of cosmetics or similar toilet preparations is further classified in A61Q.
References relevant to classification in this subclass
This subclass does not cover:
Sex sterilants for invertebrates per se | A01N |
Artificial nails per se | A45D 31/00 |
Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms | A61J |
Disinfections, sterilisation or deodorization of air; Chemical aspects of, or use of materials for, bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles | A61L |
Essential oils, perfumes | C11B 9/00 |
Detergent compositions | C11D |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Biocides, pest repellants or attractants per se | A01N 25/00-A01N 65/00 |
Wigs | A41G 3/00 |
Hair pieces, inserts, rolls, pads or the like | A41G 5/00 |
Processes of waving, straightening or curling hair | A45D 7/00 |
Containers or accessories specially adapted for handling toilet or cosmetic substances | A45D 34/00 |
Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification | A61B |
Dentistry | A61C |
Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation therapy; Ultrasound therapy | A61N |
Mixing, dissolving, emulsifying, dispersing | B01F |
Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes or micro-organisms; Compositions or test papers therefor; Processes of preparing such compositions; Condition-responsive control in microbiological or enzymological processes | C12Q |
Investigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties | G01N |
Special rules of classification
Attention is drawn to the definitions of groups of chemical elements following the title of section C.
In this subclass, with the exception of group 8/00, in the absence of an indication to the contrary, classification is made in the last appropriate place.
Attention is drawn to the Notes in class C07, for example the Notes following the title of the subclass C07D, setting forth the rules for classifying organic compounds in that class, which rules are also applicable, if not otherwise indicated, to the classification of organic compounds of A61K.
A composition, i.e. a mixture of two or more ingredients is classified in the last of groups A61K 31/00-A61K 47/00 that provides for at least one of these 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".