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Class   516COLLOID SYSTEMS AND WETTING AGENTS; SUBCOMBINATIONS THEREOF; PROCESSES OF
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This Class 516 is considered to be an integral part of Class 252 (see the Class 252 schedule for the position of this Class in schedule hierarchy). This Class retains all pertinent definitions and class lines of Class 252.
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 1][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 1]1 CONTINUOUS GAS OR VAPOR PHASE: COLLOID SYSTEMS; COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING AN AGENT FOR MAKING OR STABILIZING COLLOID SYSTEMS; PROCESSES OF MAKING OR STABILIZING COLLOID SYSTEMS; PROCESSES OF PREPARING THE COMPOSITIONS (E.G., SMOKE, FOG, AEROSOL, CLOUD, MIST)
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 9][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 9]9 CONTINUOUS LIQUID OR SUPERCRITICAL PHASE: COLLOID SYSTEMS; COMPOSITIONS AN AGENT FOR MAKING OR STABILIZING COLLOID SYSTEMS; PROCESSES OF MAKING OR STABILIZING COLLOID SYSTEMS; PROCESSES OF PREPARING THE COMPOSITIONS (E.G., MICELLE; THICKENING AGENT; PROTECTIVE COLLOID AGENT; COMPOSITION CONTAINING AN EMULSIFYING AGENT WITH NO DISPERSANT DISCLOSED; ORGANIC LIQUID EMULSIFIED IN ANHYDROUS HF)
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 10][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 10]10 Subclass 10 indent level is 1 Having discontinuous gas or vapor phase, e.g., foam:
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 20][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 20]20 Subclass 20 indent level is 1 Primarily organic continuous liquid phase (e.g., organic liquid emulsified in an organic liquid)
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 21][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 21]21 Subclass 21 indent level is 2 Discontinuous phase primarily inorganic liquid (e.g., water-in-oil emulsion, w/o)
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 31][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 31]31 Subclass 31 indent level is 2 Discontinuous phase material primarily solid or semisolid (e.g., colloid- sized dispersion of gel particles, or paraffin wax, or polytetrafluoroethylene)
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 38][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 38]38 Subclass 38 indent level is 1 Aqueous continuous liquid phase and discontinuous phase primarily coal or elemental carbon or bituminous (e.g., asphalt, pitch, tar, montan wax, paraffin wax)
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 53][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 53]53 Subclass 53 indent level is 1 Aqueous continuous liquid phase and discontinuous phase primarily organic liquid (e.g., organosilicon* oil- or mineral-oil*-in-water, o/w emulsion)
 [List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 54][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 54]54 Subclass 54 indent level is 2 Three or more liquid phases (e.g., water-in-oil-in-water, w/o/w emulsion)
 [List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 55][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 55]55 Subclass 55 indent level is 2 The agent contains organic compound containing silicon
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 56][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 56]56 Subclass 56 indent level is 2 The agent contains organic compound containing phosphorus (e.g., lecithin)
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 58][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 58]58 Subclass 58 indent level is 2 The agent contains organic compound containing sulfoxy* (e.g., sodium lauryl sulfate)
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 67][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 67]67 Subclass 67 indent level is 2 The agent contains organic compound containing nitrogen, except if present solely as NH4+
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 72][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 72]72 Subclass 72 indent level is 2 The agent contains organic compound containing oxygen
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 77][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 77]77 Subclass 77 indent level is 1 Aqueous continuous liquid phase and discontinuous phase primarily solid (e.g., water based suspensions, dispersions, or certain sols*, of natural or synthetic ester-wax, beeswax, carnauba wax; or latex dispersion)
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 78][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 78]78 Subclass 78 indent level is 2 The solid is primarily inorganic material (e.g., mercurous halide)
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 79][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 79]79 Subclass 79 indent level is 3 The material primarily contains compound containing silicon covalently bonded to oxygen (e.g., aluminum silicate, clay)
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 88][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 88]88 Subclass 88 indent level is 3 The material primarily contains compound containing both metal and oxygen (e.g., silver nitrate)
 [List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 96][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 96]96 Subclass 96 indent level is 3 The material primarily contains elemental selenium, tellurium, or sulfur, or compound thereof (e.g., zinc sulfide)
 [List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 97][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 97]97 Subclass 97 indent level is 3 The material primarily contains elemental platinum group metal, copper, silver, or gold, or compound thereof
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 98][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 98]98 CONTINUOUS OR SEMICONTINUOUS SOLID PHASE (I.E., SYSTEMS WHICH EXHIBIT PLASTICITY, ELASTICITY, OR RIGIDITY): COLLOID SYSTEMS; COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING AN AGENT FOR MAKING OR STABILIZING COLLOID SYSTEMS; PROCESSES OF MAKING OR STABILIZING COLLOID SYSTEMS; PROCESSES OF PREPARING THE COMPOSITIONS (E.G., GEL, PASTE, GELLED EMULSION, FLOC)
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 113][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 113]113 COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING AN AGENT FOR BREAKING (RESOLVING) OR INHIBITING COLLOID SYSTEMS; PROCESSES OF BREAKING (RESOLVING) OR INHIBITING COLLOID SYSTEMS (E.G., GEL BREAKING OR INHIBITING, COAGULATING, FLOCCULATING); PROCESSES OF PREPARING THE COMPOSITIONS
 [List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 114][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 114]114 Subclass 114 indent level is 1 Continuous gas or vapor phase colloid system (e.g., fog dispelling, dust or contrail suppressing)
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 115][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 115]115 Subclass 115 indent level is 1 Continuous liquid phase colloid system and discontinuous gas or vapor phase (e.g., foam)
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 116][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 116]116 Subclass 116 indent level is 2 The agent contains both organic and inorganic (except water) materials (e.g., amine hydrophobized silica)
 [List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 122][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 122]122 Subclass 122 indent level is 2 The agent contains inorganic (except water) material
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 123][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 123]123 Subclass 123 indent level is 2 The agent contains organic compound containing silicon (e.g., alkylpolysiloxane oil)
 [List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 125][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 125]125 Subclass 125 indent level is 2 The agent contains organic compound containing phosphorus (e.g., lecithin)
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 126][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 126]126 Subclass 126 indent level is 2 The agent contains organic compound containing sulfoxy* (e.g., organo- sulfone, -sulfate, -sulfonate)
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 128][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 128]128 Subclass 128 indent level is 2 The agent contains organic compound containing nitrogen, except if present solely as NH4+
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 132][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 132]132 Subclass 132 indent level is 2 The agent contains organic compound containing oxygen
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 135][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 135]135 Subclass 135 indent level is 1 Continuous liquid phase colloid system and discontinuous liquid phase (e.g., breaking an emulsion)
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 136][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 136]136 Subclass 136 indent level is 2 Breaking (resolving) or inhibiting occurs on the surface of a solid agent (e.g., adsorbent, absorbent, differential adherence surface, filter, sharp edged particles)
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 139][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 139]139 Subclass 139 indent level is 2 The agent contains material which is different from the primary components of both liquid phases of the emulsion colloid system (i.e., more than only diluting)
 [List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 140][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 140]140 Subclass 140 indent level is 3 The agent is liquid bath or liquid which acts to physically or chemically dissolve, bind, or destroy at least part of one liquid phase (except a colloid system making or stabilizing agent) (e.g., aqueous CaCl2 for chemically binding water)
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 141][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 141]141 Subclass 141 indent level is 3 Aqueous-petroleum, petroleum-aqueous, aqueous-hydrocarbon, or hydrocarbon-aqueous emulsion systems
 [List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 142][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 142]142 Subclass 142 indent level is 4 The agent contains both organic and inorganic (except water) material
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 143][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 143]143 Subclass 143 indent level is 4 The agent contains organic compound
 [List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 144][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 144]144 Subclass 144 indent level is 5 The compound contains silicon
 [List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 145][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 145]145 Subclass 145 indent level is 5 The compound contains phosphorus (e.g., sulfonated lecithin)
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 146][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 146]146 Subclass 146 indent level is 5 The compound contains sulfoxy* (e.g., sulfonate terpene)
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 161][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 161]161 Subclass 161 indent level is 5 The compound contains nitrogen, except if present solely as NH4+ (e.g., nitroso phenol)
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 162][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 162]162 Subclass 162 indent level is 6 The nitrogen is a ring member
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 164][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 164]164 Subclass 164 indent level is 6 The compound contains polymer of substituted or unsubstituted phenol and substituted or unsubstituted aldehyde
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 169][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 169]169 Subclass 169 indent level is 6 The compound contains -C(=O)NHH where substitution may be made for the hydrogen
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 174][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 174]174 Subclass 174 indent level is 6 The compound is a salt composed of an organic anion and a nitrogen-containing organic cation (e.g., triethanol amine salt of oleic acid)
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 176][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 176]176 Subclass 176 indent level is 6 The compound contains carboxylic acid ester group
 [List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 179][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 179]179 Subclass 179 indent level is 6 The compound contains repeating -(OCnH2n)- (i.e., repeating unsubstituted oxyalkylene)
 [List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 180][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 180]180 Subclass 180 indent level is 6 The compound contains plural nitrogen containing mers* bonded directly to each other (e.g., poly-diallydimethylammonium chloride, polyamine)
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 181][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 181]181 Subclass 181 indent level is 5 The compound contains oxygen (e.g., cresylic acid)
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 194][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 194]194 Subclass 194 indent level is 2 Breaking (resolving) or inhibiting by vaporizing, heating, or cooling
 [List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 197][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 197]197 Subclass 197 indent level is 2 Breaking (resolving) or inhibiting by centrifuging, mechanical shocking, or specified agitating
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 198][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 198]198 COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING A WETTING AGENT; PROCESSES OF WETTING; PROCESSES OF PREPARING THE COMPOSITIONS (E.G., SPREADING, PENETRATING, LEVELING)
 
CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS
 
 [List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 900][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 900]900 LIQUID CRYSTAL MATERIAL OF, OR FOR, COLLOID SYSTEM (E.G., G PHASE)
 [List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 901][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 901]901 SUBSTANTIALLY PURE CARBON (E.G., GRAPHITE, LAMP BLACK, CARBON BLACK, FULLERENES)
 [List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 902][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 902]902 GELLED EMULSION
 [List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 903][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 903]903 TWO OR MORE GELLANTS
 [List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 904][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 904]904 FERMENTATION FOAM BREAKING OR INHIBITING
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 905][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 905]905 AGENT COMPOSITION, PER SE, FOR COLLOID SYSTEM MAKING OR STABILIZING (E.G., FOAMING, EMULSIFYING, DISPERSING, GELLING; FOR WETTING AGENTS SEE 516/198+)
 [List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 921][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 921]921 COLLOID SYSTEMS HAVING SPECIFIED HIGH PURITY (E.G., ULTRA-PURE SILICA)
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 922][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 922]922 COLLOID SYSTEMS HAVING SPECIFIED PARTICLE SIZE, RANGE, OR DISTRIBUTION (E.G., BIMODAL PARTICLE DISTRIBUTION)
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass 924][List of Patents for class 516 subclass 924]924 SIGNIFICANT DISPERSIVE OR MANIPULATIVE OPERATION OR STEP IN MAKING OR STABILIZING COLLOID SYSTEM
 
FOREIGN ART COLLECTIONS
 
      FOR000          CLASS-RELATED FOREIGN DOCUMENTS
Any foreign patents or non-patent literature from subclasses that have been reclassified have been transferred directly to FOR Collections listed below. These Collections contain ONLY foreign patents or non-patent literature. The parenthetical references in the Collection titles refer to the abolished subclasses from which these Collections were derived.
  FOR100          COLLOIDS AND POTENTIAL COLLOIDS; CHEMICAL PROCESSES OF MAKING AND BREAKING (252/302)
      FOR101          Subclass FOR101 indent level is 1 Including separations or comminutions by colloid functions (252/303)
  FOR102          Subclass FOR102 indent level is 1 Colloid (polyphase discontinuous dispersion) systems (252/304)
  FOR115          Subclass FOR115 indent level is 1 Gels, coagulates, or dispersands (252/315.01)
      FOR123          Subclass FOR123 indent level is 1 Potential dispersants, or dispersands with colloidization inhibitants (252/318)
  FOR124          Subclass FOR124 indent level is 1 Resolving colloids or inhibiting colloidization (252/319)
  FOR125          Subclass FOR125 indent level is 2 Liquid primary dispersants (252/320)
      FOR126          Subclass FOR126 indent level is 3 Foams or gaseous primary dispersands (252/321)
  FOR127          Subclass FOR127 indent level is 3 Adsorbent or solid surface functioning treating substances (252/322)
  FOR131          Subclass FOR131 indent level is 3 Added nongaseous dissimilar treating substances (252/326)
      FOR132          Subclass FOR132 indent level is 4 Added dissimilar solvents, bindants, or liquid baths (252/327)
  FOR133          Subclass FOR133 indent level is 4 Resolving aqueous-petroleum or aqueous-hydrocarbon systems (252/328)
  FOR151          Subclass FOR151 indent level is 3 Vaporizing, heating, or cooling (252/346)
      FOR152          Subclass FOR152 indent level is 4 With mechanical treatment (252/347)
      FOR153          Subclass FOR153 indent level is 4 With added component (252/348)
      FOR154          Subclass FOR154 indent level is 3 Mechanically (252/349)
      FOR155          Subclass FOR155 indent level is 1 Gas-generating agent containing (252/350)
  FOR156          Subclass FOR156 indent level is 1 Wetting, emulsifying, dispersing, or stabilizing agents (252/351)
      FOR163          Subclass FOR163 indent level is 1 Emulsification or liquid dispersant colloidization-inhibiting, emulsion breaking or liquid dispersant colloids resolving agents (252/358)
 
DIGESTS
 
[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 516 subclass DIG1][List of Patents for class 516 subclass DIG1] DIG1 WETTING, EMULSIFYING, DISPERSING, OR STABILIZING AGENTS (252/351)