PTO Manual of Classification for US patents

PTO Manual of Classification for US patents

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Class Number: 119
 Class Title: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

Subclass  Subclass
Number    Title

  200     AQUATIC ANIMAL CULTURING
  201     .Handling and transportation
  202     ..Including vehicle
  203     ..Fish transportation
  204     .Crustacean culturing
  205     ..Mating, spawning, and hatching
  206     ...With separating means
  207     ..Habitat
  208     ...Offshore
  209     ...Individual habitat
  210     ....With feeding
  211     ...Habitat with recirculation and filter means
  212     ..Feeding method
  213     ..Separation or harvest
  214     ..Preserving or storing
  215     .Fish culturing
  216     ..Live fish sorting or grading
  217     ..Spawning, hatching, and early development
  218     ...Fish incubator or hatching tray
  219     ..Fish diverter or barrier
  220     ...Electric type
  221     ..Artificial reef or habitat
  222     ...With tire component
  223     ..Floating fish rearing assembly
  224     ..Tank array
  225     ...Sequential or stepwise tank array
  226     ..Fish enclosure - recirculating type
  227     ...With biological filter
  228     ..Fish enclosure - nonrecirculating type
  229     ...With heat exchanger
  230     ..Feeding method
  231     ..Water treatment composition
  232     ..Cleaning-sweeper or mechanical agitator
  233     ..Cover, light or ray affecting
  234     .Mollusk culturing
  235     ..Reclaiming oyster ground
  236     ..Spawning, hatching, and larval development
  237     ...Clutchless cultivation
  238     ..Spat collector (cultch)
  239     ..Offshore habitat
  240     ...Flotation type
  241     ...Multiple container assembly
  242     ..Feeding method
  243     ..Purification
  244     ..Pearl production
  245     .Aquarium
  246     ..Aquarium combination (e.g., aquarium-terrarium, etc.)
  247     ..Combined
  248     ..Multicompartment
  249     ..Supported water column
  250     ...For joining aquariums
  251     ..Tank within tankk
  252     ...Breeder type
  253     ..Ornamental
  254     ...Air operated
  255     ...Liquid display
  256     ...Submerged display
  257     ...Wall-type aquarium
  258     ...Employing mirror
  259     ..Filter
  260     ...Biological type
  261     ...With aerator
  262     ....And heat exchanger
  263     ..Aerator
  264     ..Aquarium cleaning (nonfilter type type)
  265     ..Cover
  266     ...With light
  267     ..Aquarium illumination
  268     ..Chemical treatment
  269     ..Aquarium structural elements and assembly
  270     SILKWORM CULTURE
  6.5     ENTOMOLOGICAL CULTURE DEVICE
  6.6     .Egg treatment, production, or storage
  6.7     WORM CULTURE
  6.8     AVIAN EGG TREATMENT OR PRODUCTION
  14.01   MILKERS
  14.02   .Methods of milking
  14.03   .Milking station arrangements; e.g., parlors
  14.04   ..With traveling platform
  14.05   .Releasers
  14.06   ..Alternating
  14.07   ..With pulsator-controlled discharge
  14.08   .With automatic control
  14.09   .With cooling means
  14.1    .With supporting means
  14.11   ..Vehicle
  14.12   ..Surcingle
  14.13   ..With biasing means
  14.14   .With signals, indicators, registers, and timers
  14.15   ..Flow indicating
  14.16   ...Transparent inspection means and/or flow line section
  14.17   ..Quantity indicating
  14.18   .Combined
  14.19   .Catheter
  14.2    ..With vacuum
  14.21   ..Catheter, per se
  14.22   .With hand compression
  14.23   ..Conduit and/or teat cover with receiver
  14.24   .With mechanical compression
  14.25   ..With milk conveying vacuum
  14.26   ..Fluid-operated
  14.27   .With fluid compression
  14.28   ..With electromagnetic control
  14.29   ..Plural pulsators operating in series
  14.3    ...With continuous vacuum derived from pulsating line
  14.31   ..With progressive collapse
  14.32   ..Valved trap chamber control
  14.33   ...Vapor barrier means; e.g., baffle, filter
  14.34   ...Multiple chamber
  14.35   ....With common discharge valvee
  14.36   ..With milk conduit air inlet; e.g., antisurge
  14.37   ..Pulsator combined with claw
  14.38   ..Pulsator combined with teat cup
  14.39   ..Pulsator mounted on receiver
  14.4    ...With continuous vacuum on milk channel
  14.41   ..Pulsator control with continuous vacuum on milk channel
  14.42   ..With pump between teat cups and receiver; e.g., milk
             pump
  14.43   .With receiver between teat cups and pump; e.g., vacuum
            pump
  14.44   .With fluid pressure regulator
  14.45   .With nonuse securing means
  14.46   .Receiver
  14.47   .Teat compressor or cup
  14.48   ..Adjustable
  14.49   ...With liner separable from shell
  14.5    ..Reciprocating
  14.51   ..Connecting conduit
  14.52   ..Predetermined collapse
  14.53   ..Plural fluid chambers
  14.54   .Claw
  14.55   ..Fluid control
  30      BROODERS AND INCUBATORS
  31      BROODERS
  32      .Central heater
  33      .Fireless
  34      .Lateral heater
  35      INCUBATORS
  36      .Contact
  37      .Electrical
  39      .Hot air
  40      ..Lateral heater
  41      .Hot water
  42      ..Lateral heater
  38      .Fireless
  43      .Trays
  44      ..Egg turners
  45.1    BIRD NEST OR NEST APPLIANCE
  45.2    .Egg marking or production recording appliance
  45.3    .Power-operated appliance
  46      .Medicated nest eggs
         .Trap nest
  47      ..Combined
  48      ..Egg
  49      ..Fowl
  50      ..Fowl released
  50.5    .Having specific nest bottom
  50.7    EGG MARKING DEVICE
  7       STOCK CARS
  8       .Convertible
  9       .Decks
  10      .Feeding and watering devices
  11      .Partitions
  12      ..Poultry
  13      .Safeguards
  14      .Vestibule
  15      CONFINING AND HOUSING DEVICES
  15.1    .Coursee
  15.2    ..Including racetrack starting gate
  15.6    .Target releasing
  21      .Fowl
  22      ..Appliance
  23      ..Birdhouses
  24      ..Perches
  25      ...Antivermin
  26      ...Bird
  16      .Barns and sheds
  17      .Cages
  18      ..Food and water holders
  19      .Coops and kennels
  20      .Pens and racks
  27      .Stalls
  28      ..Floors
  28.5    BED OR REST
  51.01   FEEDING DEVICE
  51.02   .Having electronic identification and feed control
  51.03   .Solid or lick feeder
  51.04   .For aquatic animal; e.g., a fish, etc.
  51.11   .Timer-controlled
  51.12   ..Trough access
  51.13   ..Sequential discharge from plural sources
  51.14   ..Trip requiring reset
  51.15   ...Released by clock alarm mechanism
  51.5    .With watering devices
  70      .Poultry exercising
  71      .Suckling appliances
  52.1    .Hopper and trough
  52.2    ..Having a perch
  52.3    ...And feature for excluding undesirable animal
  52.4    ..Having selective feature
  53      ..Adjustable supply
  53.5    ...Animal-controlled
  54      ..Animal-controlled supply
  55      ...Platform
  56.1    ..Charge delivering
  56.2    ...Including horizontal transport device
  57      ..Movable trough-controlled supply
  57.1    ..Powered
  57.2    ...Conveyor in a linear trough
  57.3    ....Feed recirculated to hopper
  57.4    ...Utilizing discrete troughs
  57.5    ...Feed dispensing hopper portion or attachment moves
              relative to stationary underlying trough
  57.6    ....Entire hopper moved
  57.7    ....Endless belt or screw conveyor hopper attachment
  57.8    .Having a perch
  57.9    ..And feature for excluding undesirable animal
  57.91   .Having feed scatterer
  57.92   .Powered
  58      .Racks and troughs
  59      ..Animal excluding
  60      .Racks
  61      .Troughs
  62      ..Animal-opened
  63      ..Animal-excluding
  64      .Anticribbingg
  65      .Feed bags
  66      ..Halter-supported
  67      ..Harness-supported
  68      ..Pole-supported
  69      ..Standard-supported
  69.5    BIRDBATH
  72      WATERING OR LIQUID FEED DEVICE
  72.5    .Drop-delivering
  73      .Temperature-controlling
  74      .Fountains and troughs
  75      ..Animal-controlled supply
  76      ...Platform
  77      ..Barometric
  78      ..Float-controlled supply
  79      ...Oscillating valve
  80      ...Reciprocating valve
  81      ..Movable trough-controlled supply
  83      GROOMING DEVICES
  85      .Combined
  86      .Currycombs
  87      ..Dust and vermin trap
  88      ..Self-cleaning
  89      ..Curved and reticulated wire
  90      ..Plain bar
  91      ..Rotary
  92      ..Serrated bar
  93      ..Spike-toothed
  94      ..Handles
  156     ANTIVERMIN TREATMENT
  157     .Daubing and rubbing
  158     .Dipping and washing
  159     .Dusting and spraying
  160     .Fumigating
  700     TREADMILL
  701     ROUNDABOUT
  702     EXERCISE OR AMUSEMENT DEVICE
  703     .Animal forced to travel relative to an underlying, stationary,
            supporting surface
  704     ..Constrained to travel in circuitous path
  705     .Hurdle, jump, or support therefor
  706     .Climbing or claw scratching device
  707     .Toy, lure, fetch, or related device
  708     ..Suspended
  709     ..Mastication
  710     ...Flavor enhanced or supplemented
  711     ..Having scent attractant
  712     ANIMAL CONTROLLING OR HANDLING (E.G., RESTRAINING, BREAKING,
           TRAINING, SORTING, CONVEYING, ETC.)
  713     .Bird
  714     ..Body worn
  715     ...Head carried
  716     ..Suspends inverted bird by leg or foot only
  717     ..Handheld catching and holding tool
  718     .Responsive to voice (e.g., bark, cry, etc.) of animal
  719     .Mechanical wave producing device (e.g., sound, ultrasound,
            vibration, etc.)
  720     .Electromagnetic remote control
  721     ..Animal confined to predetermined territorial locationn
  722     .Having tiltable support
  723     ..About longitudinal axis only
  724     ...Including flexible animal securing element
  725     .Body sling
  726     ..With discrete leg restraint
  727     ..Wheeled
  728     .Suspending
  729     .Head or neck stock
  730     ..Animal actuated
  731     ...Having head or neck gate pivoted about vertical axis
  732     ..And crate having movable clamping side member
  733     ...Pivoting about horizontal axis
  734     ..Dual pivoting head or neck gates
  735     ..One head or neck gate moves relative to second, stationary
             gate
  736     ...Vertically moving gate
  737     ..Dual sliding head or neck gates maintaining parallel
             relationship during movement
  738     .Stanchion
  739     ..Multiple stanchions
  740     ...Having animal actuated securing means
  741     ...Having longitudinally slidable actuating mechanism
  742     ....Bottom-pivoted stanchion bar pivots near vertical centerline
               of stanchion
  743     ..Having flexible or hingedly jointed stanchion bar
  744     ..Having bottom-pivoted upright stanchion bar
  745     ...And member for guiding and securing upper end of stanchion
              bar
  746     ....Upper end of stanchion bar travels in guiding slot
  747     ...Pivotally connected near bottom and vertical centerline of
              stanchion
  748     ....Opposing upright stanchion bars both pivot
  749     ..Suspended
  750     ..Pivoted upright stanchion bar biased toward or away from
             neck-engaging position by spring or weight
  751     .Holding crate or trap
  752     ..Having adjustable animal positioning or accommodating means
  753     .Platform (e.g., grooming table, etc.)
  754     ..Having outwardly sloped, opposing planar side walls
  755     ..Having distinct limb restraint
  756     ..Having animal positioning restraint
  757     ..Having downwardly curved animal supporting portion
  758     .Animal-carried hook or extension for engaging and preventing
            breaching or lifting of fence or barrier (e.g., poke, drag
            hook, etc.)
  759     ..Having body piercing attachment as sole support from animal
             (e.g., nose ring, pin, etc.)
  760     ..Having rigid extension protruding from neck-encircling support
             (e.g., bar with bow or collar, etc.)
  761     ...Rigid extension having further connection to or support from
              diverse body area (e.g., nostril, leg, muzzle, etc.)
  762     ...Neck-encircling support having connected sections relatively
              pivotable upon fence engagement by rigid extension (e.g.,
              jointed bow, etc.)
  763     ...Rigid extension pivotally connected to neck-encircling
              support (e.g., pivoted bar, etc.)
  764     ....Sole extension supported below neck or head
  765     ...Having pricker, spur, or electric shock elementt
  766     ..Having rigid extension protruding from head, face, or muzzle
             area of animal (e.g., bar and halter, etc.)
  767     ...Having connection to or support from nostril, horn, or ear
  768     ...Rigid extension pivotally connected to animal support
  769     .Hitching or tethering
  770     ..For a human being
  771     ..Attached to vehicle
  772     ..Releasing apparatus
  773     ...With heat combustible or fusible actuating element
  774     ...With lead line
  775     ...With sprayer
  776     ...Tether carried remote releasing device
  777     ...Reciprocating bar
  778     ....With spring-biased locking member
  779     ...Rotatable shaft
  780     ..Rotary arm hitching device
  781     ...With spring-biased tensioning
  782     ...With weight-controlled tensioning
  783     ..Movement permitting stall hitching means
  784     ..Traveler
  785     ...Including rolling element
  786     ..Portable stake or post
  787     ...Anti-entangling
  788     ..Stationary hitching post
  789     ...Automatic take-up
  790     ...Disappearing
  791     ...Tether holding attachment
  792     ..Tether and animal securing means (e.g., collar, harness,
             etc.)
  793     ...Unitary type
  794     ...With retractable-reel wound collar mounted tether
  795     ..Tether
  796     ...Retractable-reel wound
  797     ...Adjustable length
  798     ...Extensible
  799     ...Rigid type (e.g., nose ring staff, etc.)
  800     .Lip or nose twitch
  801     .Handheld catching and holding tool
  802     ..Loop
  803     ...Having loop take-up along associated shaft
  804     ....Having position holding means
  805     ...Lariat
  806     ..Grasping tongs
  807     ...Cable actuated
  808     ..Having cooperating latching member
  809     .For inhibiting tail switching
  810     ..Combined with leg restraint
  811     ..Having flexible band or strand portion (e.g., tail tethered to
             another object)
  812     ..Having one-piece clamping jaws
  813     ..Having clamping jaws biased by coil spring
  814     .Inhibiting use or movement of specific body part other than
            tail by re- straint carried solely by animal (e.g., for ear,
            head, foot, etc.)
  815     ..Neck (e.g., limiting of head lifting, turning, etc.)
  816     ..Leg or arm (e.g., hopple, fetter, suspended trammel, etc.)
  817     ...Joint restraint
  818     ...Leg or arm connected to diverse area of body (e.g., too
              collar, halter, etc.)
  819     ....Connected to different limb (e.g., shackle, etc.)
  820     ...Pressure application (e.g., clamp for tendon, flank, hip,
              etc.)
  821     ..Mouth or throat (e.g., weaning, antibiting, anticribbing,
             antiwindsucking, etc.)
  822     ...Having magnet or electrical element
  823     ...Mouth obstruction responsive to head position (e.g., baffle,
              etc.)
  824     ....Nostril attached
  825     .....Having pricker or spur
  826     ....Having pricker or spur
  827     ....Having cage or meshlike obstruction
  828     ...Having pricker or spur
  829     ....Self-directed
  830     ....Having attachment to or support from nostril
  831     ...Having muzzle-encircling jaw restraint or mouth obstruction
              (e.g., muzzle, etc.)
  832     ....Having cage or meshlike structure
  833     ...Mouth-inserted element (e.g., weaning bit, tooth plate,
              etc.)
  834     ..Snout (e.g., antirooter, pig ring, etc.)
  835     ...One-piece element
  836     ..Eye (e.g., blinder, etc.)
  837     ..Head, face, or horn (e.g., prevention of butting, goring,
             etc.)
  838     ..Male sex organ
  839     .Device simulates animal (e.g., steer, calf, etc.) for training
            a pursuing or regulating horse
  840     .Stock sorting (e.g., cutting gate, etc.)
  841     ..By height
  842     ..By weight determination
  843     .Animal relocating, loading or unloading (e.g., gangway, chute,
            conveyor, turntable, elevator, etc.)
  844     ..Fluid current conveyor (e.g., pneumatic poultry loader, etc.)
  845     ..Endless-loop conveyor
  846     ...Wheel mounted
  847     ..Ramp
  848     ...Wheel mounted
  849     ...Collapsible
  850     BODY WORN PROTECTIVE SHIELD OR APPAREL
  851     .Horn, spur, or claw shield
  852     .Udder or teat
  853     .Bird
  854     .Female-carried sexual barrier
  855     .Neck or throat protector
  856     BODY- OR APPENDAGE-ENCIRCLING COLLAR OR BAND (E.G., NECK,
           COLLAR, LEG BAND, ETC.)
  857     .For a human being
  858     .Having or specifically adapted to support a diverse element
            other than restraint or protective shield (e.g., ID tag,
            reflector, bell, etc.)
  859     ..Electrical element (e.g., illuminator, battery, etc.)
  860     ..Releasable chemical agent (e.g., medicine, deodorant, etc.)
  861     ...Insecticide or insect repellant (e.g., flea collar, etc.)
  862     ..Pricker or spur element
  863     .Having particular buckle, length-fixing, or end-joining means
  864     ..Slip or choke-collar typee
  865     ..Breakaway release (e.g., safety collar, VELCRO , etc.)
  866     NOSE RING, PER SE
  95      MANURE POUCHES
  161     WASTE TOILET OR RELATED DEVICE
  162     .Mounted above or within existing human commode
  163     .Activated by presence of animal
  164     ..Underlying belt type
  165     .Walled receptacle; e.g., litter box, etc., containing moisture
            absorbent material
  166     ..Having means for separating waste from absorbent material
  167     ...Flaccid, liner-type separator
  168     ..Having foldable or pivotable portion
  169     ..Pad-type absorbent material
  170     ..Having flaccid liner
  171     MATERIAL FOR ABSORBING MOISTURE FROM WASTE PRODUCT
  172     .Having paper-related component
  173     .Having clay component
  174     MISCELLANEOUS
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  *       CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS
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  900     FEED SAVING DEVICE
  901     CHAIN FEEDER
  902     FEED AGITATOR
  903     POULTRY ROOST PREVENTING DEVICE
  904     STANCHION SURE STOP
  905     BREAKING OR TRAINING METHOD
  906     ANIMAL COUNTING
  907     HARNESS
  908     ELECTRICAL ANIMAL CONTROL OR HANDLING
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  *       DIGEST
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  DIG 1   Milk digest