Manual of U.S. Patent Classification
as of June 30, 2000

Class
127
SUGAR, STARCH, AND CARBOHYDRATES

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Subclass		Title
ClassTitle		===> SUGAR, STARCH, AND CARBOHYDRATES
		APPARATUS
1		. Hydrolyzing
2		. Treating sacchariferous material
3		. . Leaching or diffusion
4		. . . Combined disintegrator
5		. . . Advancing solid material
6		. . . . Multiple stage
7		. . . . Tubular cell
8		. . . Diffusion batteries
9		. . Treating sacchariferous solutions
10		. . . Dialyzers
11		. . . Defecating apparatus
12		. . . . Gas and liquid contact
13		. . . . Separating tanks
14		. . . . Mixing tanks
15		. . Forming crystals
16		. . . Concentrating and crystallizing
17		. . Treating crystals
18		. . . Purging and molding
19		. . . . Centrifugal
20		. . . Purging
21		. . . Granulating and mixing
22		. . . Melting or dissolving
23		. Treating amylaceous material
24		. . Separating and purifying
25		. . . Screens or washers
26		. . . Tables
27		. . . Decanters or settling tanks
28		. . Cookers
		PRODUCTS
29		. Miscellaneous
30		. Sugars only
31		. . Lactose
32		. Modified starches
33		. . Added chemical
		PROCESSES
34		. Carbohydrate manufacture and refining
36		. . Hydrolysis of carbohydrates
37		. . . Cellulose material
38		. . . Amylaceous material
39		. . . . With preliminary purification of starch
40		. . . . With purification of product
41		. . . Inversion of sucrose
42		. . Sugar manufacture and refining
43		. . . Extracting from solid material
44		. . . . Chemical treatment
45		. . . . Counterflow
46.1		. . . Treatment of sacchariferous solutions
46.2		. . . . Involving ion manipulation, e.g., ion exchange, etc.
46.3		. . . . . For ion exclusion
47		. . . . Chemical precipitation of sucrose
48		. . . . Chemical precipitation of impurities
49		. . . . . Impregnated absorbent
50		. . . . . Alkaline reagent followed by precipitant
51		. . . . . Acid reagent followed by precipitant
52		. . . . . Gassing
53		. . . . Physical separation of impurities
54		. . . . . Dialysis
55		. . . . . Filtering or sorption
56		. . . . . Centrifuging
57		. . . . . Settling or flotation
58		. . . . Crystallizing or solidifying
59		. . . . . Molding
60		. . . . . Seeding
61		. . . . . Evaporating to crystallization
62		. . . . . . Return of intermediate products
63		. . . Treating solid sugar or crystals
64		. . . . Purging or bleaching
65		. . Starch manufacture and refining
66		. . . Tubers
67		. . . Treatment of starch-bearing material
68		. . . . Steeping
69		. . . . Treatment of amylaceous liquids
70		. . . . . Chemical
71		. . . Treating starch
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		DIGEST
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DIG 1		Caramel

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