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	CPC	COOPERATIVE PATENT CLASSIFICATION

C40B

COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY ; LIBRARIES, e.g. CHEMICAL LIBRARIES, IN SILICO LIBRARIES

NOTE

In this subclass, the first place priority rule is applied, i.e. at each hierarchical level, classification is made in the first appropriate place.

When classifying in this subclass, subject matter of interest is also classified in other appropriate places:

library members are also classified in the appropriate places elsewhere in the IPC, (e.g. in section C) according to established procedure relating to "Markush"-type formulae (see paragraph 101 of the Guide);

methods or apparatus covered by this subclass are also classified for their biological, chemical, physical or other features in the appropriate palces in the IPC, if such features are of interest, e.g.

A01N Biocides
A61K Preparations for medical, dental or toilet purposes
A61P Therapeutic activity of compounds
B01D Separation
B01J Chemical or physical processes, e.g. catalysis; Apparatus therefor
B01L Chemical or physical laboratory apparatus
B29 Shaped plastics
C01, C07, C08 Inorganic, organic or organic macromolecular compounds; Methods of preparation or separation thereof
C12 Biochemistry. microbiology, enzymology including micro-organisms or enzymes, preparing them, using them to synthesis compounds or compositions; Measuring or testing processes involving micro-organisms or enzymes; Mutation or genetic engineering
C22 Metal alloys
G01N Chemical or physical analysis
G01R, G01T Physical measurements methods; Apparatus thereof
G03F Photomechanical methods
G06F Electrical digital data processing
G06K Data processing
G06T Image data processing
G09F Displaying; Advertising

C40B 10/00

Directed molecular evolution of macromolecules, e.g. RNA, DNA or proteins

C40B 20/00

Methods specially adapted for identifying library members

C40B 20/02

Identifying library members by their fixed physical location on a support or substrate

C40B 20/04

Identifying library members by means of a tag, label, or other readable or detectable entity associated with the library members, e.g. decoding processes

C40B 20/06

using iterative deconvolution techniques

C40B 20/08

Direct analysis of the library members per se by physical methods, e.g. spectroscopy

C40B 30/00

Methods of screening libraries

C40B 30/02

In silico screening

C40B 30/04

by measuring the ability to specifically bind a target molecule, e.g. antibody-antigen binding, receptor-ligand binding

C40B 30/06

by measuring effects on living organisms, tissues or cells

C40B 30/08

by measuring catalytic activity

C40B 30/10

by measuring physical properties, e.g. mass

C40B 40/00

Libraries per se, e.g. arrays, mixtures

C40B 40/02

Libraries containedin or displayed by micro-organisms, e.g. bacteria or animal cells ; Libraries contained in or displayed by vectors, e.g. plasmids ; Libraries containing only micro-organisms or vectors

C40B 40/04

Libraries containing only organic compounds

NOTE

Libraries containing salts of organic compounds are classified in the groups for the libraries containing the parent compound

C40B 40/06

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Libraries containing nucleotides or polynucleotides, or derivatives thereof

C40B 40/08

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Libraries containing RNA or DNA which encodes proteins, e.g. gene libraries

C40B 40/10

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Libraries containing peptides or polypeptides, or derivatives thereof

C40B 40/12

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Libraries containing saccharides or polysaccharides, or derivatives thereof

C40B 40/14

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Libraries containing macromolecular compounds and not covered by groups C40B 40/06 to C40B 40/12

C40B 40/16

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Libraries containing metal-containing organic compounds

C40B 40/18

Libraries containing only inorganic compounds or inorganic materials

C40B 50/00

Methods of creating libraries, e.g. combinatorial synthesis

C40B 50/02

In silico or mathematical conception of libraries

C40B 50/04

using dynamic combinatorial chemistry techniques

C40B 50/06

Biochemical methods, e.g. using enzymes or whole viable micro-organisms

C40B 50/08

Liquid phase synthesis, i.e. wherein all library building blocks are in liquid phase or in solution during library creation ; Particular methods of cleavage from the liquid support

C40B 50/10

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involving encoding steps

C40B 50/12

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using a particular method of attachment to the liquid support

C40B 50/14

Solid phase synthesis, i.e. wherein one or more library building blocks are bound to a solid support during library creation ; Particular methods of cleavage from the solid support

C40B 50/16

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involving encoding steps

C40B 50/18

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using a particular method of attachment to the solid support

C40B 60/00

Apparatus specially adapted for use in combinatorial chemistry or with libraries

C40B 60/02

Integrated apparatus specially adapted for creating libraries, screening libraries and for identifying library members

C40B 60/04

Integrated apparatus specially adapted for both screening libraries and identifying library members

C40B 60/06

Integrated apparatus specially adapted for both crerating libraries and identifying library members

C40B 60/08

Integrated apparatus specially adapted for both creating and screening libraries

C40B 60/10

For identifying library members

C40B 60/12

For screening libraries

C40B 60/14

For creating libraries

C40B 70/00

Tags or labels specially adapted for combinatorial chemistry or libraries, e.g. fluorescent tags or bar codes

C40B 80/00

Linkers or spacers specially adapted for combinatorial chemistry or libraries, e.g. traceless linkers or safety-catch linkers

C40B 99/00

Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass