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

Class
560
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS -- PART OF THE CLASS 532-570 SERIES

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Subclass		Title
ClassTitle		===> ORGANIC COMPOUNDS -- PART OF THE CLASS 532-570 SERIES
		This Class 560 is considered to be an integral part of Class 260 (see the Class 260 schedule for the position of this Class in schedule hierarchy). This Class retains all pertinent definitions and class lines of Class 260.
		ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (Class 532, Subclass 1)
1		. Carboxylic acid esters
2		. . With preservative
3		. . . Aromatic polycarboxylic acid esters
4		. . . Acyclic unsaturated monocarboxylic acid esters
5		. . Hydrophenanthrene in acid moiety
6		. . . Polycyclo ring system having the hydrophenanthrene and at least one additional ring as cyclos
7		. . . 1,4a-Dimethylhydrophenanthrene-1- carboxylic acid
8		. . Aromatic acid moiety
9		. . . Sulfur in acid moiety
10		. . . . Ortho fused rings in acid moiety
11		. . . . Sulfoxy in acid moiety
12		. . . . . Nitrogen in acid moiety
13		. . . . . . Plural nitrogens in acid moiety
14		. . . . . Sulfonic acids, salts or acid halides
15		. . . . Sulfur, not bonded directly to a ring, in same side chain as ester function
16		. . . . . Nitrogen in acid moiety
17		. . . . Sulfur, bonded directly to a ring, in same side chain as ester function
18		. . . . Ester function attached directly to a ring
19		. . . Nitrogen in acid moiety other than as nitroso or isocyanate (e.g., amino acid esters, etc.)
20		. . . . Nitro bonded to carbon in acid moiety
21		. . . . . Plural rings in acid moiety
22		. . . . . Additional nitrogen in acid moiety
23		. . . . . Oxy, aldehyde or ketone group in acid moiety
24		. . . . Carbamic acid
25		. . . . . Polycarbamic
26		. . . . . . Polyoxy alcohol moiety
27		. . . . . Plural rings in acid moiety
28		. . . . . . Ortho fused
29		. . . . . Oxy in acid moiety
30		. . . . . Halogen in acid moiety
31		. . . . . . Ring in alcohol moiety
32		. . . . . Ring in alcohol moiety
33		. . . . . Sulfur, nitrogen, halogen or additional oxy in alcohol moiety
34		. . . . Ureido, guanido or hydrazino in acid moiety
35		. . . . Amidine, azomethine, ketimine or oxime in acid moiety
36		. . . . Plural rings bonded directly to the same cyclic carbon in acid moiety
37		. . . . The nitrogen is not bonded directly to a ring
38		. . . . . The nitrogen is in same side chain as ester function
39		. . . . . . Oxy in acid moiety
40		. . . . . . . Phenylalanines
41		. . . . . . Amide in acid moiety
42		. . . . . Oxy in acid moiety
43		. . . . The nitrogen is bonded directly to a ring and is in same side chain as ester function
44		. . . . . Polycarboxylic acid
45		. . . . Oxy in acid moiety
46		. . . . . Benzoic acid substituted on ring with oxy and nitrogen
47		. . . . Halogen in acid moiety
48		. . . . Plural rings in acid moiety with nitrogen bonded directly to at least one of the rings
49		. . . . Nitrogen in alcohol moiety
50		. . . . Polyoxy alcohol moiety
51		. . . Aldehyde or ketone group in acid moiety
52		. . . . Plural rings bonded directly to the same carbonyl in acid moiety
53		. . . . Oxy in acid moiety
54		. . . . Polycarboxylic acid
55		. . . Oxy in acid moiety
56		. . . . Ortho fused rings in acid moiety
57		. . . . Plural rings bonded directly to the same acyclic carbon in acid moiety
58		. . . . . Nitrogen in alcohol moiety
59		. . . . Rings bonded directly to each other in acid moiety
60		. . . . Oxy, not bonded directly to a ring, in same side chain as ester function
61		. . . . Oxy, bonded directly to a ring, in same side chain as ester function
62		. . . . . Halogen in acid moiety
63		. . . . . . Polyoxy alcohol moiety
64		. . . . Ester function attached directly to a ring
65		. . . . . Halogen in acid moiety
66		. . . . . Acylated
67		. . . . . Phenolic hydroxy or metallate
68		. . . . . . Tannins and reaction products thereof
69		. . . . . . . Extraction from bark or vegetable material
70		. . . . . . Polyphenolic hydroxy or metallate
71		. . . . . . Salicylic acid
72		. . . . . . Ring in alcohol moiety
73		. . . . . Ring in alcohol moiety
74		. . . . . Nitrogen in alcohol moiety
75		. . . . Phenolic hydroxy or metallate
76		. . . Polycarboxylic acid
77		. . . . Producing carboxyl group by oxidation
78		. . . . Purification or recovery
79		. . . . . Of ester of polyoxy alcohols
80		. . . . Ortho fused rings in acid moiety
81		. . . . Esterified carboxy not bonded directly to a ring
82		. . . . . Malonates
83		. . . . Halogen in acid moiety
84		. . . . Ring in alcohol moiety
85		. . . . . Aromatic alcohol moiety
86		. . . . . . Esterified phenolic hydroxy
87		. . . . Sulfur or halogen in alcohol moiety
88		. . . . Nitrogen in alcohol moiety
89		. . . . Polyoxy alcohol moiety
90		. . . . . Additional esterifying acid
91		. . . . . Polyoxyalkylene alcohol moiety
92		. . . . . Preparing esters by ester interchange
93		. . . . . Preparing esters from alkylene oxides
94		. . . . . Preparing esters from acid or from nitrile and diol
95		. . . . Unsaturation in alcohol moiety
96		. . . . Processes
97		. . . . . Carbonylation
98		. . . . . Esterification of acid, salt, acid halide or anhydride with alcohol
99		. . . . . . Metal containing catalyst utilized
100		. . . Naphthyl in acid moiety
101		. . . Plural rings bonded directly to the same carbon in acid moiety
102		. . . Rings bonded directly to each other in acid moiety
103		. . . Monocyclic acid moiety
104		. . . . Additional unsaturation in acid moiety
105		. . . . Carboxyl, not bonded directly to a ring, in acid moiety
106		. . . . Ring in alcohol moiety
107		. . . . . Plural rings in alcohol moiety
108		. . . . . . Esterified phenolic hydroxy
109		. . . . . Esterified phenolic hydroxy
110		. . . . Nitrogen in alcohol moiety
111		. . . . Halogen in alcohol moiety
112		. . . . Polyoxy alcohol moiety
113		. . . . Unsaturation in alcohol moiety
114		. . Preparing alicyclic acid esters by carbonylation
115		. . Alicyclic carbamates
116		. . Plural alicyclic rings in acid moiety
117		. . . Tricyclo ring system in acid moiety
118		. . . Two rings only in acid moiety
119		. . . . Ortho fused
120		. . . . 2,2,1-bicyclo
121		. . Cyclopentyl in acid moiety (e.g., prostaglandins, etc.)
122		. . . Cyclopentyl-COOR, -C-COOR or -C-C-COOR
123		. . Cyclobutyl in acid moiety
124		. . Cyclopropyl in acid moiety
125		. . Alicyclic acid moiety containing N, S, P, B or halogen
126		. . Alicyclic acid moiety containing oxy, aldehyde or ketone group
127		. . Alicyclic polycarboxylic acid moiety
128		. . Alicyclic acid moiety containing unsaturation
129		. . Acyclic acid moiety
130		. . . Esterified phenolic hydroxy
131		. . . . Preparing esters by oxidation
132		. . . . Carbamic acid
133		. . . . . Plural rings in phenolic moiety
134		. . . . . . Ortho fused
135		. . . . . Sulfur in phenolic moiety
136		. . . . . Nitrogen in phenolic moiety
137		. . . . . Sulfur, halogen or additional nitrogen or oxygen in carbamic acid moiety
138		. . . . Plural rings in phenolic moiety
139		. . . . . Ortho fused
140		. . . . . Plural rings bonded directly to the same carbon in phenolic moiety
141		. . . . . Rings bonded directly to each other in phenolic moiety
142		. . . . Nitrogen or sulfur in phenolic moiety
143		. . . . Salicylic acid or functional derivative
144		. . . . Polyoxy phenolic moiety
145		. . . . Sulfur, nitrogen, halogen, oxy, or aldehyde or ketone group in acid moiety
146		. . . . Polycarboxylic acid
147		. . . Sulfur in acid moiety
148		. . . . Carbamic acid
149		. . . . Sulfoxy in acid moiety
150		. . . . . Sulfonyl or sulfinyl in acid moiety
151		. . . . . Polycarboxylic acid
152		. . . . Thio ether in acid moiety
153		. . . . . Nitrogen or halogen in acid moiety
154		. . . . . Polycarboxylic acid
155		. . . Nitrogen in acid moiety other than as nitroso or isocyanate (e.g., amino acid esters, etc.)
156		. . . . Nitro bonded to carbon in acid moiety
157		. . . . Carbamic acid
158		. . . . . Polycarbamic
159		. . . . . Additional nitrogen in acid moiety
160		. . . . . Oxy in acid moiety
161		. . . . . Halogen in acid moiety
162		. . . . . Cyclic alcohol moiety
163		. . . . . . Aromatic alcohol moiety
164		. . . . . . . Polyoxy alcohol moiety
165		. . . . . Sulfur or nitrogen in alcohol moiety
166		. . . . . Polyoxy alcohol moiety
167		. . . . . Halogen in alcohol moiety
168		. . . . Amidine, azomethine, ketimine or oxime in acid moiety
169		. . . . Additional nitrogen in acid moiety
170		. . . . Oxy, aldehyde or ketone group in acid moiety
171		. . . . Polycarboxylic acid
172		. . . . Halogen or unsaturation in acid moiety
173		. . . . Cyclic alcohol moiety
174		. . . Aldehyde or ketone group in acid moiety
175		. . . . Preparing esters by carbonylation
176		. . . . Polycarboxylic acid
177		. . . . Aldehyde group in acid moiety
178		. . . . Acetoacetic acid
179		. . . Oxy in acid moiety
180		. . . . Polycarboxylic acid
181		. . . . . Unsaturation in acid moiety
182		. . . . . Polyoxy alcohol moiety
183		. . . . Unsaturation in acid moiety
184		. . . . Halogen in acid moiety
185		. . . . Acylated oxy in acid moiety
186		. . . . Polyoxy acid moiety
187		. . . . Alkoxy in acid moiety
188		. . . . Cyclic alcohol moiety
189		. . . . Polyoxy alcohol moiety
190		. . . Polycarboxylic acid
191		. . . . Purification or recovery
192		. . . . Halogen in acid moiety
193		. . . . Cyclic alcohol moiety
194		. . . . . Plural rings in alcohol moiety
195		. . . . Phosphorus or sulfur in alcohol moiety
196		. . . . Nitrogen in alcohol moiety
197		. . . . Halogen in alcohol moiety
198		. . . . Polyoxy alcohol moiety
199		. . . . . Additional monooxy alcohol or monocarboxylic acid (e.g., complex esters, etc.)
200		. . . . . Preparing esters from alkylene oxides
201		. . . . Unsaturation in alcohol moiety
202		. . . . Preparing esters by oligomerization
203		. . . . Preparing esters by alkylation or isomerization
204		. . . . Preparing esters by esterification or carbonylation
205		. . . Unsaturation in acid moiety
206		. . . . Preparing esters by carbonylation
207		. . . . . Group VIII noble metal catalyst utilized
208		. . . . Formation of carboxyl group by oxidation
209		. . . . Preparing esters from alkylene oxides
210		. . . . Preparing esters from aldehydes
211		. . . . Formation of ethylenic unsaturation
212		. . . . . By dehydration or dealcoholization
213		. . . . . By dehalogenation or dehydrohalogenation
214		. . . . . By dehydrogenation
215		. . . . Preparing esters from nitriles or amides
216		. . . . Preparing esters by depolymerization
217		. . . . Preparing esters by ester interchange
218		. . . . Purification or recovery
219		. . . . Halogen in acid moiety
220		. . . . Cyclic alcohol moiety
221		. . . . . Aromatic alcohol moiety
222		. . . . Phosphorus, sulfur or nitrogen in alcohol moiety
223		. . . . Halogen in alcohol moiety
224		. . . . Polyoxy alcohol moiety
225		. . . . Unsaturation in alcohol moiety
226		. . . Halogen in acid moiety
227		. . . . Fluorine in acid moiety
228		. . . . Cyclic alcohol moiety
229		. . . . Halogen in alcohol moiety
230		. . . . Polyoxy alcohol moiety
231		. . . Unsubstituted acids of the acetic series
232		. . . . Preparing esters by carbonylation
233		. . . . . Of olefins
234		. . . . Preparing esters by ester interchange
235		. . . . . From alkyl sulfates
236		. . . . Preparing esters from halogenated hydrocarbons
237		. . . . . From alkenyl halides
238		. . . . Preparing esters from aldehydes
239		. . . . Preparing esters by dehydrogenation of alcohols
240		. . . . Preparing esters from ethers
241		. . . . Preparing esters from hydrocarbons
241.1		. . . . . By oxidation of hydrocarbon mixtures
242		. . . . . From acetylenic hydrocarbons
243		. . . . . From olefins utilizing Group VIII noble metal catalyst
244		. . . . . . From polyolefins
245		. . . . . . Gas phase
246		. . . . . Preparing polyoxy alcohol esters from olefins
247		. . . . . Preparing alkyl esters from olefins
248		. . . . Purification or recovery
249		. . . . Terpene alcohol moiety
250		. . . . Nitrogen in alcohol moiety other than as nitro, nitroso or isocyanate
251		. . . . . Plural nitrogens in alcohol moiety
252		. . . . . Polyoxy alcohol moiety
253		. . . . . Acyclic alcohol moiety
254		. . . . Aromatic alcohol moiety
255		. . . . . Plural rings in alcohol moiety
256		. . . . Polycyclo-alicyclic ring system in alcohol moiety
257		. . . . . Nor- or homo- cyclopentanohydrophenanthrenes
258		. . . . . . Nor-A ring
259		. . . . 2,6,6-trialkyl cyclohexenyl in alcohol moiety
260		. . . . . Vitamin A alcohol moiety
261		. . . . Acyclic alcohol moiety having unsaturation
262		. . . . . Substituted
263		. . . . Acyclic polyoxy alcohol moiety
264		. . . . . Substituted
265		. . . . Acyclic monohydric alcohol moiety
266		. . . . . Substituted
300		. Hypohalite or perhypohalite esters (i.e., compounds having the -O-halo group or the -O-O-halo group bonded directly to carbon, which carbon may be single bonded to any atom but may be multiple bonded only to carbon)
301		. Cyanate esters (i.e., compounds having the -OCN group bonded directly to carbon, which carbon may be single bonded to any atom but may be multiple bonded only to carbon)
302		. Compounds having the group -C(=X)-X-nX-, wherein the X's may be the same or diverse chalcogens, nX is a divalent chalcogen or a chain of divalent chalcogens single bonded to each other, and the terminal X is bonded directly to carbon, which carbon may be single bonded to any atom but may be multiple bonded only to carbon (e.g., percarboxylate esters, etc.)
303		. Sulfohydroxamate esters or chalcogen analogues thereof (i.e., compounds having the -S(=O)(=O)-NH-X- group, wherein X is chalcogen and substitution may be made for hydrogen only, and wherein the X is bonded directly to carbon, which carbon may be single bonded to any atom but may be multiple bonded only to carbon)
304		. Peroxynitrate esters (i.e., compounds having the -O-O-N(=O)(=O) group bonded directly to carbon, which carbon may be single bonded to any atom but may be multiple bonded only to carbon)
305		. Perborate esters or chalcogen analogues thereof (i.e., compounds having the -X-X- group, wherein the X's are the same or diverse chalcogens, bonded directly to boron and to carbon, which carbon may be single bonded to any atom but may be multiple bonded only to carbon)
306		. Perhalate esters (i.e., compounds having the -O-halo(=O)(=O)(=O) group bonded directly to carbon, which carbon may be single bonded to any atom but may be multiple bonded only to carbon)
307		. Esters having the -S(=O)(=O)-S- group, wherein the divalent sulfur is bonded directly to carbon, which carbon may be single bonded to any atom but may be multiple bonded only to carbon (e.g., thiolsulfonate esters, etc.)
308		. . Oxygen bonded directly to the hexavalent sulfur of the -S(=O)(=O)-S- group (i.e., thiosulfate esters)
309		. . . Nitrogen attached indirectly to the -S(=O)(=O)-S- group by acyclic nonionic bonding
310		. Esters having the -S(=O)-S- group, wherein the divalent sulfur is bonded directly to carbon, which carbon may be single bonded to any atom but may be multiple bonded only to carbon (e.g., thiolsulfinate esters, dithiosulfurous acid esters, etc.)
311		. Perhydroxamate esters or chalcogen analogues thereof (i.e., compounds having the -C(=X)-NH-X-X- group, wherein the X's are the same or diverse chalcogens and substitution may be made for hydrogen only, and wherein the terminal X is bonded directly to carbon, which carbon may be single bonded to any atom but may be multiple bonded only to carbon)
312		. Hydroxamate esters or chalcogen analogues thereof (i.e., compounds having the -C(=X)-NH-X- group, wherein the X's may be the same or diverse chalcogens and substitution may be made for hydrogen only, and wherein the single bonded X is bonded directly to carbon, which carbon may be single bonded to any atom but may be multiple bonded only to carbon)
313		. . Nitrogen bonded directly to the carbon of the -C(=X)-NH-X- group
314		. . . The single bonded X is sulfur, or the substituent nitrogen is bonded directly to acyclic or alicyclic carbon
315		. . Carbocyclic ring bonded directly to the carbon of the -C(=X)-NH-X- group
316		. Hyponitrite esters (i.e., compounds having the -O-N=N-O- group bonded directly to carbon, which carbon may be single bonded to any atom but may be multiple bonded only to carbon)
317		. Esters having the -N=S=O group bonded directly to carbon, which carbon may be single bonded to any atom but may be multiple bonded only to carbon (i.e., sulfinylamines)
318		. Persulfonate esters (i.e., compounds having the -S(=O)(=O)-O-O- group, wherein the terminal oxygen is bonded directly to carbon, which carbon may be single bonded to any atom but may be multiple bonded only to carbon)
319		. Perthioimidate esters (i.e., compounds having the perthioimidate group, HN=CH-S-S-, wherein substitution may be made for hydrogen only, bonded directly to carbon, which carbon may be single bonded to any atom but may be multiple bonded only to carbon)
330		. Isocyanate esters (i.e., compounds containing the isocyanate group, -N=C=O, bonded directly to carbon, which carbon may be single bonded to any atom but may be multiple bonded only to carbon)
331		. . With preservative or stabilizer
332		. . . Nitrogen containing preservative or stabilizer
333		. . . Phosphorus, silicon, or phenolic hydroxy containing preservative or stabilizer
334		. . Carbodiimide containing (i.e., -N=C=N- containing)
335		. . Biuret containing (i.e., -NH-C(=O)-NH-C(=O)-NH- containing, wherein substitution may be made for hydrogen only)
336		. . Processes
337		. . . Isocyanic acid, or salt thereof, as reactant
338		. . . Processes for forming the isocyanate group
339		. . . . Cyanate reactant (i.e., reactant contains -OCN group)
340		. . . . Hetero ring containing reactant
341		. . . . Carbon monoxide utilized
342		. . . . . Reactant contains nitro group bonded directly to carbon
343		. . . . Azide reactant (i.e., reactant contains the azide group)
344		. . . . Reactant containing -NH-C(=O)-NH- group (wherein substitution may be made for hydrogen only)
345		. . . . Carbamate reactant (i.e., reactant contains -O-C(=O)-NH- group (wherein substitution may be made for hydrogen only)
346		. . . . Reactant containing nitrogen double or triple bonded to carbon (e.g., nitriles, isonitriles, cyanogen halides, etc.)
347		. . . . Carbonyl dihalide reactant (e.g., phosgene, etc.)
348		. . . . Carbamyl halide reactant (i.e., reactant contains halo-C(=O)-NH- group, wherein substitutuion may be made for hydrogen only)
349		. . . Halogenation of isocyanate esters
350		. . . Isocyanate exchange reactions (i.e., A-NCO + B-X = B-NCO + A-X)
351		. . . Processes of reacting isocyanate esters of known structure to yield products of indeterminate structure
352		. . . Purification or recovery
353		. . . . Epoxy compound, or metal, utilized
354		. . Containing polycyclo ring system having alicyclic ring as one of the cyclos
355		. . Acyclic carbon bonded directly to the isocyanate group
356		. . . Halogen attached indirectly to the isocyanate group by acyclic nonionic bonding
357		. . . Chalcogen, single bonded directly to carbon, attached indirectly to the isocyanate group by acyclic nonionic bonding (e.g., ether group containing, etc.)
358		. . Benzene ring bonded directly to the isocyanate group
359		. . . Plural benzene rings bonded directly to isocyanate groups (e.g., diisocyanatodiphenylmethane, etc.)
360		. . . Plural isocyanate groups bonded directly to the same benzene ring

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