This class provides for compositions for treating living terrestrial
and aquatic plants or their habitats for the purpose of stimulating
or inhibiting growth, or any regulating action on plant growth,
and the processes of using such compositions or compounds, per se,
for such purposes which are not more than their mere application
to the plant or habitat. The compositions or compounds included
in this class will alter the plant growth through a chemical modification
of the plant metabolism.
This class also provides for: (1) Seeds coated or impregnated
with agricultural chemicals other than fertilizers, e.g., antidotes,
plant growth regulators, micro-organisms, fungicides, disinfectants,
etc. (2) Processes and their products which are of definite fertilizer
value and are also insecticides, fungicides, or deodorants. These patents
are cross-referenced to Classes 424 and 514. (3) Antidotal compositions,
i.e., compositions which contain compounds capable of protecting
cultivated plants from being damaged by herbicidal chemicals without affecting
the herbicidal action of said chemicals against the weeds or unwanted
plants to be controlled. (4) Soil life extenders, i.e., compositions
which contain a herbicide and a compound useful for extending the
soil life of said herbicide. (5) Compositions for preserving cut flowers.
(6) Compositions for stimulating or increasing the sprouting of
seeds, roots, tubers, or bulbs. (7) Compositions for regulating
aquatic plants, particularly algae. (8) Compositions for regulating
plant growth which use micro-organisms or products derived therefrom.
CLASSIFICATION GUIDELINES FOR THIS CLASS
In this class the chemical structure of the ingredient disclosed
as having a utility set forth in the Statement of Class Subject
Matter, above, is used as the primary basis of classification. Processes
of using compositions or compounds, per se, and processes of making
compositions, not provided for elsewhere are classified in the first
appearing subclass providing for the particular active ingredient
being employed or prepared.
The subclasses drawn to plural active ingredients include
compositions which contain two or more active plant growth regulating
agents, e.g., two or more herbicides.
No weight is given to a synergist or potentiator agent in classifying
a composition for this class unless the synergist or potentiator
agent is also an active plant growth regulator.
A patent claiming a Class 504 active ingredient broadly in
terms of its function in combination with a specific adjuvant or
carrier has been classified as original in the first appearing subclass
providing for any one of the disclosed specific active ingredients
and cross-referenced to all other subclasses providing for the remaining
disclosed active ingredients.
SECTION II - NOTES TO THE CLASS DEFINITION
(1)
Note. Compounds included within this definition, but not considered
organic are hydrocyanic acid, cyanogen, isocyanic acid, cyanamide,
dicyanamide, cyanogen halides, isothiocyanic acid, fulminic acid, and
metal carbides.
SECTION III - LINES WITH OTHER CLASSES AND WITHIN THIS CLASS
GENERAL GUIDELINES:
(1) Compositions which are disclosed as having a plurality
of functions provided for in different main classes and only a single
use, property, or function is claimed, are originally classified
in the composition class providing for such claimed use, property,
or function and cross-referenced to other classes for disclosed
uses, properties, or functions when desirable.
(2) The rules for determining Class placement of the Original
Reference (OR) for claimed chemical compositions are set forth in
the Class Definition of Class 252 in the section LINES WITH OTHER
CLASSES AND WITHIN THIS CLASS, subsection COMPOSITION CLASS SUPERIORITY,
which includes a hierarchical ORDER OF SUPERIORITY FOR COMPOSITION CLASSES.
SEARCHING OF FOREIGN PATENTS IN THIS CLASS (504)
The foreign patents for subclasses 100 and 103-357 of Class
504 have been placed in the International Patent Classification
System (in subclass A01N) and will be searched in that system according
to its rules of classification.
Plant Husbandry,
subclass 57.6 for processes of treating the soil and its product
(1) which do not involve the application of a specific plant growth
regulating composition to terrestrial or aquatic plants or their
habitats, or (2) which are more than mere application of a specific
composition to the plant or the soil, e.g., include some mechanical
manipulation of the plant or soil. Search particularly subclass
57.6 for coated or impregnated seeds not more specifically provided
for elsewhere.
Chemistry: Fertilizers, for compositions having a nutrient or fertilizing
effect on plant growth and methods of using such compositions, and
for compositions of seeds and fertilizers. Compositions which include
a plant stimulant and a fertilizer are classified in Class 504.
Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy, appropriate subclasses for electrical or wave energy
methods involving chemical reactions which are caused by more than
the mere thermal effects of the electrical or wave energy for the
preparation of compounds or elements useful for plant growth regulating
compositions.
Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions, appropriate subclasses for processes of application
of insecticides, fungicides, fumigants, disinfectants, etc., to
plants or soil as well as seeds coated with a Class 424 composition
wherein the seed functions as a bait material. Compositions which
include a plant growth regulator and a biocide are classified in Class
504. If claims are drawn to a "pesticide" composition
or method without specifically reciting the nature of the "pest" to
be controlled or eradicated, the patent is placed as an original in
Class 424 or 514 when only a Class 424 or 514 type of "pest" (e.g.,
fungi, insect, rodent, etc.) is revealed in the patent disclosure.
However, if both Class 504 and Class 424 or 514 types of "pest" are
specifically disclosed or if no disclosure is made as to the specific
type of pest, the patent is placed in Class 504 as an original and
cross-referenced to Class 424 or 514.
Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology, for making, separating, or purifying substances
by processes that include fermentations; for processes of making
or treating living organisms, enzymes, or ferments; and for compositions
or apparatus for use in such processes.
Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions, appropriate subclasses for processes of application
of insecticides, fungicides, fumigants, disinfectants, etc., to
plants or soil as well as seeds coated with a Class 514 composition
wherein the seed functions as a bait material. Compositions which
include a plant growth regulator and a biocide are classified in Class
504. If claims are drawn to a "pesticide" composition
or method without specifically reciting the nature of the "pest" to
be controlled or eradicated, the patent is placed as an original in
Class 424 or 514 when only a Class 424 or 514 type of "pest" (e.g.,
fungi, insect, rodent, etc.) is revealed in the patent disclosure.
However, if both Class 504 and Class 424 or 514 types of "pest" are
specifically disclosed or if no disclosure is made as to the specific
type of pest, the patent is placed in Class 504 as an original and
cross-referenced to Class 424 or 514.
Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents; Subcombinations
Thereof; Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting, appropriate subclasses for subject matter relating
to: colloid systems (such as sols*, emulsions, dispersions,
foams, aerosols, smokes, gels, or pastes) or wetting agents (such
as leveling, penetrating, or spreading); subcombination compositions
of colloid systems containing at least an agent specialized and
designed for or peculiar to use in making or stabilizing colloid
systems; compositions and subcombination compositions specialized
and designed for or peculiar to use in breaking (resolving) or inhibiting
colloid systems; processes of making the compositions or systems
of the class; processes of breaking (resolving) or inhibiting colloid
systems; in each instance, when generically claimed or when there
is no hierarchically superior provision in the USPC for the specifically
claimed art.
Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified
Parts Thereof and Related Processes, appropriate subclasses for living multicellular organisms,
e.g., plants, etc., and separated or severed parts thereof that
have not undergone any modification or treatment subsequent to their
separation, e.g., untreated seeds, etc.
SECTION V - GLOSSARY
The organic chemical structure terminology used
in this class is consistent with that used in the Glossary for Class
532 - Organic Compounds -- Part of the Class 532-570 Series
ACTIVE
The expression active as used herein denotes a plant growth
regulating effect.
HERBICIDE
The term denotes a compound or composition which adversely
affects the growth or the life span of a plant.
ORGANIC
The term organic denotes compounds containing carbon,
which are further characterized by the presence in a molecule thereof
of two carbon atoms bonded together; or one atom of carbon bonded
to at least one atom of hydrogen or halogen; or one atom of carbon
bonded to at least one atom of nitrogen by a single or double bond.
PLANT
The term plant refers to all physical parts of a plant, including
seeds, seedlings, saplings, roots, tubers, stems, stalks, foliage,
and fruits.
PLANT GROWTH
Plant growth includes all phases of development from seed
germination to natural or induced cessation of life.
POTENTIATOR or SYNERGIST
The terms denote an agent (A) which will cooperatively act
with an active ingredient for this class (B) to the extent that
the total effect (A+B) will be greater than the sum of
the two effects taken independently.
SEEDS COATED WITH AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS OTHER THAN FERTILIZERS:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Products which comprise seeds coated or impregnated with
agricultural chemicals other than fertilizers, e.g., antidotes,
safeners, plant growth regulators, micro-organisms, fungicides,
bactericides, disinfectants, etc.
(1)
Note. An example of an agricultural chemical provided for
herein is:
Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions, for seeds coated or impregnated with a Class 424
composition wherein the seed functions as a bait material, as well
as, for processes of treating a seed with a biocide.
Coating Processes,
subclass 4 for processes of coating of seeds, plants, etc., when
the coating composition has no affect upon growth character of the plant
or when the coating process is more than the mere application of
a specific composition to the plant or seed.
FERTILIZERS WITH INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, DISINFECTANT,
OR DEODORANT:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Products which are of definite fertilizer value and are
also insecticides, fungicides, deodorants, or disinfectants.
Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions,
subclasses 76.1+ for deodorant compositions which are not applied
to the living body and which function by destroying the odor-causing
organism or by desensitizing the olfactory mechanism.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Compositions containing antidotes, which are compounds capable
of protecting cultivated plants from being damaged by herbicidal
chemicals without affecting the herbicidal action of said chemicals
against the weeds or unwanted plants to be controlled.
(1)
Note. An example of an antidotal compound provided for herein
is:
This subclass is indented under subclass 104. Compositions in which the hetero ring is five-membered and
has two or more hetero atoms as ring members, at least one of which
is nitrogen.
(1)
Note. Examples of antidotal compounds provided for herein
are:
This subclass is indented under subclass 106. Compositions wherein a -C(=X)- group, in which
X is chalcogen (i.e., oxygen, sulfur, selenium, or tellurium), is
bonded directly to the ring nitrogen of the hetero ring.
(1)
Note. Examples of antidotal compounds provided for herein
are:
This subclass is indented under subclass 103. Compositions wherein the antidotal compound contains carbon
bonded directly to a cyano (-CN) or isocyano (-NC) group.
(1)
Note. An example of an antidotal compound provided for herein
is:
This subclass is indented under subclass 103. Compositions in which the antidotal compound contains a
-C(=X)X- group, wherein the X"s are the same or
diverse chalcogens (i.e., oxygen, sulfur, selenium, or tellurium).
(1)
Note. Examples of antidotal compounds provided for herein
are:
This subclass is indented under subclass 103. Compositions in which the antidotal compound contains an
organic compound wherein nitrogen, other than as nitro or nitroso
(-NO2 or -NO), is attached directly or indirectly
to carbon by nonionic bonding
(1)
Note. A nitro or nitroso group may be attached directly or
indirectly to carbon by nonionic bonding, provided that a nitrogen
which is not part of a nitro or nitroso group is also so attached.
(2)
Note. Examples of antidotal compounds provided for herein
are:
This subclass is indented under subclass 111. Compositions which contain R-C(=O)NH2, wherein
R is hydrogen or carbon, and substitution may be made for the hydrogens
on the nitrogen only.
(1)
Note. An example of an antidotal compound provided for herein
is:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Compositions which contain a plant growth regulator (e.g.,
a herbicide) and a compound useful for extending the soil life of
said plant growth regulator.
(1)
Note. Soil conditioners are not considered to be soil life
extenders.
COMPOSITIONS FOR PRESERVATION OR MAINTENANCE OF CUT FLOWERS:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Compositions for maintaining the freshness of flowers that
have been severed from a living plant.
This subclass is indented under subclass 114. Compositions which contain an organic nitrogen compound,
i.e., one in which nitrogen is attached directly or indirectly,
by nonionic bonding, to carbon of an organic compound.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Compositions s not more specifically provided for elsewhere,
for treating growing or living terrestrial or aquatic plants or
their habitats for the purpose of stimulating, inhibiting, defoliating,
retarding, or killing said plants, and the processes of using said
compositions or compounds, per se, for such purposes, which processes
are not more than the mere application of the compositions or compounds
to the plant or habitat.
(1)
Note. Compositions of this subclass include those compositions
which find utility for desuckering plants and sucker control, for
activating the germination of seeds, bulbs, tubers, and roots, and
for affecting the color of fruit, etc. as well as processes of using
the compositions and compounds per se for such purposes.
(2)
Note. Compositions, such as auxins, which alter the plant
through a chemical modification of the plant metabolism are provided
for herein.
(3)
Note. The terms "mere application" and
"mere use" , as employed herein, include such
recited process steps as dusting, spraying, injection, wetting,
drilling, spreading, etc., and combinations thereof. Limitations
relating to amounts, time, or physical forms of the compositions
as applied are included herein. For example, treatment with a
specific composition "at the imminence of abscission"
to prevent abscission is classified with the composition.
(4)
Note. In the indented subclasses, the primary basis of classification
is the chemical structure of the claim-recited compound which is
disclosed to possess plant growth regulating activity.
(5)
Note. For the purposes of this and related subclasses, the
term hetero ring denotes the presence of a ring whose members consist
of at least one carbon atom and one or more atoms of the elements
taken from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, selenium,
and tellurium.
Plant Husbandry, for (1) methods of culturing plants by means other
than using a herbicide or a fertilizer, (2) compositions having
only a fertilizer effect, and (3) compositions disclosed as having
both stimulating and fertilizing action, wherein the "stimulating"
occurs only as a response to the "fertilizing" ,
and no disclosure relates to the stimulating response except for
general statements such as "stimulating and fertilizing"
effects.
Drug, Bio-affecting and Body Treating Compositions, for (a) compositions and (b) mere or nominal methods
of application of such compositions and of compounds, per se, whose
utility is as an insecticide, a fungicide, or an anti-microbial
for use on plants.
Drug, Bio-affecting and Body Treating Compositions, for (a) compositions and (b) mere or nominal methods
of application of such compositions and of compounds, per se, whose
utility is as an insecticide, a fungicide, or an anti-microbial
for use on plants.
This subclass is indented under subclass 116.1. Compositions which contain micro-organisms or products derived
from micro-organisms or fermentation processes as the active ingredient.
(1)
Note. Products derived from micro-organisms whether their
structure is known or not are included herein. Most such products
appear to be heterocyclic oxygen compounds.
for compositions containing active six-membered
hetero oxygen compounds which are not disclosed as being products
of micro-organisms or fermentation processes.
This subclass is indented under subclass 118. Compositions which contain at least one inorganic active
element or compound and one or more additional active ingredients.
This subclass is indented under subclass 119. Compositions wherein the inorganic active ingredient is
elemental aluminum, elemental metal having a specific gravity greater
than four, or inorganic compounds thereof.
This subclass is indented under subclass 119. Compositions wherein the inorganic active ingredient is
elemental boron or an inorganic compound thereof.
This subclass is indented under subclass 123. Compositions in which the organic active compound contains
a -C(=X)X- or -C(=X)NH- group, wherein the X"s
are the same or diverse chalcogens (i.e., oxygen, sulfur, selenium,
or tellurium) and substitution may be made for hydrogen only.
(1)
Note. Examples of compounds provided for herein are:
This subclass is indented under subclass 118. Compositions wherein an organic active ingredient contains
aluminum or a metal having a specific gravity greater than four.
This subclass is indented under subclass 118. Compositions wherein an organic active ingredient contains
phosphorus attached directly or indirectly to carbon by nonionic
bonding.
(1)
Note. Inorganic phosphorus salts of the organic active ingredient
are excluded herefrom and classified with the active organic moiety.
(2)
Note. An example of a compound provided for herein is:
This subclass is indented under subclass 127. Compositions which contain in addition to the organo-phosphorus
active ingredient, an active heterocyclic compound.
This subclass is indented under subclass 131. Compositions which contain, in addition to the active six-membered
hetero ring compound, an additional active hetero ring compound.
This subclass is indented under subclass 130. Compositions wherein the six-membered hetero ring consists
of three ring nitrogens and three ring carbons.
This subclass is indented under subclass 133. Compositions which contain, in addition to the active six-membered
hetero ring compound, an additional active hetero ring compound.
This subclass is indented under subclass 133. Compositions which contain, in addition to the active six-membered
hetero ring compound, an active compound which has a -C(=X)X-
group, wherein the X"s are the same or diverse chalcogens
(i.e., oxygen, sulfur, selenium, or tellurium).
(1)
Note. An example of the additional active compound is:
This subclass is indented under subclass 136. Compositions wherein the six-membered hetero ring has nitrogens
in the 1- and 2-positions and carbons in the remaining four positions.
(1)
Note. An example of a compound provided for herein is:
This subclass is indented under subclass 118. Compositions wherein an organic active ingredient contains
a cyano (-CN), isocyano (-NC), cyanate (-O-CN), isocyanate (-NCO),
thiocyanate (-S-CN), or isothiocyanate (-NCS) group.
This subclass is indented under subclass 118. Compositions in which an organic active ingredient contains
a -C(=X)X- group, wherein the X"s are the same
or diverse chalcogens (i.e., oxygen, sulfur, selenium, or tellurium).
This subclass is indented under subclass 142. Compositions in which oxygen is bonded directly to a benzene
ring and is also part of an acyclic chain between the benzene ring
and the -C(=O)O- group.
(1)
Note. An example of a compound provided for herein is:
This subclass is indented under subclass 145. Compositions which contain an additional active organic
compound wherein carbon is attached directly or indirectly to nitrogen,
other than as nitro or nitroso (-NO2 or -NO),
by nonionic bonding.
(1)
Note. A nitro or nitroso group may be attached directly or
indirectly to carbon by nonionic bonding, provided that a nitrogen
which is not part of a nitro or nitroso group is also attached.
This subclass is indented under subclass 142. Compositions wherein the carbon of the -C(=X)X-
group is attached indirectly to nitrogen or halogen by acyclic nonionic
bonding.
This subclass is indented under subclass 118. Compositions wherein an organic active ingredient contains
carbon attached directly or indirectly to nitrogen, other than as
nitro or nitroso (-NO2 or -NO), by nonionic
bonding.
(1)
Note. A nitro or nitroso group may be attached directly or
indirectly to carbon by nonionic bonding, provided that a nitrogen
which is not part of a nitro or nitroso group is also so attached.
This subclass is indented under subclass 148. Compositions which contain R-C(=O)NH2, wherein
R is hydrogen or carbon, and substitution may be made for the hydrogens
on the nitrogen only.
(1)
Note. An example of an active ingredient provided for herein
is:
This subclass is indented under subclass 116.1. Compositions which are designed or intended for positively
or negatively influencing the life span of aquatic plants.
(1)
Note. Algicides are included herein.
(2)
Note. Patents disclosing the treatment of slime are not included
herein unless algae is specifically disclosed to be a component
of the slime.
(3)
Note. Compositions intended to be applied to a surface for
the prevention or inhibition of algae growth thereon, e.g., antifouling
marine coating compositions, are not included herein, but are classified in
the appropriate composition class and cross-referenced here if necessary.
Liquid Purification or Separation,
subclasses 601+ , especially 636, 753+, and 764 processes
for destroying micro-organisms in a liquid medium which are more
than the mere addition of a compound or composition to said liquid.
Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology, particularly
subclasses 257.1+ for subject matter directed to a composition having
utility as an algal culture medium (i.e., media for maintenance,
growth, production, etc.) or a technique for preparing or using
the same.
This subclass is indented under subclass 150. Compositions wherein the active aquatic plant regulating
agent is an organic compound which contains aluminum or a metal
having a specific gravity greater than four.
This subclass is indented under subclass 150. Compositions in which the active aquatic plant regulating
agent contains an organic compound wherein boron, silicon, or phosphorus
is attached directly or indirectly to carbon by nonionic bonding.
(1)
Note. Inorganic boron, silicon, or phosphorus salts of the
active aquatic plant regulating agent are excluded herefrom and
classified with the active organic moiety.
This subclass is indented under subclass 150. Compositions in which the active aquatic plant regulating
agent contains a -C(=X)X- group, wherein the X"s
are the same or diverse chalcogens (i.e., oxygen, sulfur, selenium,
or tellurium).
(1)
Note. An example of a compound provided for herein is:
This subclass is indented under subclass 150. Compositions in which the active aquatic plant regulating
agent contains an organic compound wherein carbon is attached directly
or indirectly to nitrogen, other than as nitro or nitroso (-NO2 or
-NO), by nonionic bonding.
(1)
Note. A nitro or nitroso group may be attached directly or
indirectly to carbon by nonionic bonding, provided that a nitrogen
which is not part of a nitro or nitroso group is also so attached.
(2)
Note. An example of a compound provided for herein is:
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