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Class 427 | COATING PROCESSES |
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| 1 | BODY MEMBER PRINTING (E.G., FINGERPRINTING, ETC.) |
| 2.1 | MEDICAL OR DENTAL PURPOSE PRODUCT; PARTS; SUBCOMBINATIONS; INTERMEDIATES (E.G., BALLOON CATHETER, SPLINT) |
| 2.11 | Analysis, diagnosis, measuring, or testing product (e.g., specimen preparation, microscope slide smearing) |
| 2.12 | For contacting living body or transfusing bodily fluid (e.g., endoscope, electrode, thermometer, probe) |
| 2.13 | Layer formed contains chemical reagent or chemically reacts with substrate (e.g., cell stain or fix, pH paper, immobilized antigen) |
| 2.14 | Particulate or unit-dosage-article base (e.g., tablet, pill, pellet, capsule, liposome, powder, controlled-release implant, suppository; excluding transdermal patch) |
| 2.15 | Fluidized bed utilized |
| 2.16 | Retarded or controlled-release layer produced (e.g., enteric) |
| 2.17 | Significant color or other intended appearance altering layer formed (e.g., shining, indicia) |
| 2.18 | En masse rotating means employed (e.g., rotating pan, tumbling) |
| 2.19 | Retarded or controlled-release layer produced (e.g., enteric) |
| 2.2 | Significant color or other intended appearance altering layer formed (e.g., shining, indicia) |
| 2.21 | Retarded or controlled-release layer produced (e.g., enteric) |
| 2.22 | Gelatin matrix layer produced |
| 2.23 | Significant color or other intended appearance altering layer formed (e.g., shining, indicia) |
| 2.24 | Implantable permanent prosthesis (i.e., artificial body member) (e.g., pacemaker, lens, cornea, glaucoma shunt, heart valve, muscle, spinal disc, breast, internal organ) |
| 2.25 | Liquid conveying (e.g., vascular, arterial, bile duct, urethra) |
| 2.26 | For mineralized body part (e.g., bone, tooth, crown, hip) |
| 2.28 | Device for creating or holding open an unnatural opening in a membrane or organ (e.g., syringe, scalpel, drainage tube) |
| 2.29 | Dental product (e.g., floss, denture, orthodontia wire) |
| 2.3 | Fluid barrier or fluid transporting product, other than merely absorbing (e.g., surgical glove, condom, lined diaper, membrane filter, IV tubing, cannula, dialysis membrane, urinary catheter) |
| 2.31 | Flexible web, sheet, film, or filament base (e.g., fabric, bandage, suture, transdermal patch, orthopedic cast tape) |
| 4 | PLANT MEMBER OR ANIMAL SPECIMEN COATING |
| 5 | RADIOACTIVE BASE OR COATING |
| 7 | FRAUD OR TAMPER DETECTING |
| 8 | MEASURING, TESTING, OR INDICATING |
| 11 | FRICTIONAL APPLICATION (I.E., RUBBING SOLID COATING MATERIAL ON BASE) |
| 446 | SPRAY COATING UTILIZING FLAME OR PLASMA HEAT (E.G., FLAME SPRAYING, ETC.) |
| 447 | Organic containing coating |
| 448 | Nonuniform or patterned coating |
| 449 | Continuous feed solid coating material (e.g., wire, rod, or filament, etc.) |
| 450 | Inorganic carbon containing coating, not as steel (e.g., carbide, etc.) |
| 452 | Silicon containing coating |
| 453 | Metal oxide containing coating |
| 455 | Metal or metal alloy coating |
| 457 | DIRECT APPLICATION OF ELECTRICAL, MAGNETIC, WAVE, OR PARTICULATE ENERGY |
| 458 | Electrostatic charge, field, or force utilized |
| 459 | Fluidized bed utilized |
| 462 | Flock or fiber applied |
| 466 | Nonuniform or patterned coating (e.g., ink jet printing, etc.) |
| 467 | Edging or striping |
| 468 | Mask or stencil utilized |
| 469 | Coating material consists of charged particles (e.g., paint, pigment, dye, etc.) |
| 470 | Superposed diverse or multilayer similar coatings applied |
| 471 | Applying coatings to opposite sides of a substrate (excluding processes where all coating is by immersion) |
| 472 | Positioning, orientation, or application of nonsprayed, nonatomized coating material solely by electrostatic charge, field, or force |
| 475 | Solid particles or atomized liquid applied |
| 476 | Inside hollow articles |
| 477 | Articles or substrates sequentially moved past atomizing source |
| 478 | Collection of off-target or fugitive coating material |
| 479 | Utilizing multiple spray sources (e.g., atomizers) |
| 480 | Movable atomizer or spray source (e.g., spray source or atomizer rotates, reciprocates, oscillates, etc.) |
| 481 | Rotatable base or support for substrate |
| 482 | Running or indefinite length substrate |
| 483 | Utilizing apparatus to atomize and electrostatically charge liquid coating material (e.g., charging electrode adjacent spray source, etc.) |
| 485 | Coating contains organic material |
| 487 | Polymerization of coating utilizing direct application of electrical, magnetic, wave, or particulate energy (i.e., including cross-linking, curing, and hardening of organics) |
| 488 | Plasma initiated polymerization |
| 492 | Multiple applications of identical radiation energy source to polymerize (e.g., pulse, flash, lamp, etc.) |
| 493 | Application of plural diverse energy sources to polymerize (e.g., electromagnetic wave plus resistance heat, ultraviolet wave plus infrared wave, etc.) |
| 494 | Gloss control (e.g., light scattering, etc.) |
| 495 | Polymerization involving the control of oxygen containing gas as an inhibitor (e.g., air, etc.) |
| 496 | High energy electromagnetic radiation or high energy particles utilized (e.g., gamma rays, X-rays, atomic particles, i.e., alpha rays, beta rays, electrons, etc.) |
| 497 | Vapor deposition utilized |
| 498 | Immersion, partial immersion, spraying, or spin coating utilized (e.g., dipping, etc.) |
| 500 | Coating material includes colorant or pigment |
| 501 | Textile, fiber, or wire coated or impregnated |
| 502 | Magnetic recording medium formed |
| 503 | Organosilicon containing coating material |
| 504 | Nonuniform or patterned coating (e.g., mask, printing, etc.) |
| 505 | Coating is adhesive or intended to be made adhesive (e.g., release sheet or coating, etc.) |
| 506 | Benzene ring or nitrogen containing coating material |
| 508 | Low energy electromagnetic radiation utilized (e.g., UV, visible, IR, microwave, radio wave, actinic, laser, etc.) |
| 509 | Vapor deposition utilized |
| 510 | Nonuniform or patterned coating (e.g., mask, printing, textured, etc.) |
| 512 | Immersion, partial immersion, spraying, or spin coating utilized (e.g., dipping, etc.) |
| 513 | Textile or fiber coated or impregnated |
| 514 | Coating material includes colorant or pigment |
| 515 | Organosilicon containing coating material |
| 516 | Coating is adhesive or is intended to be made adhesive (e.g., release sheet or coating, etc.) |
| 517 | Coating includes specified rate affecting material |
| 518 | Inorganic substrate |
| 519 | Keto or aldehyde containing group is part of the rate affecting coating material (e.g., benzoin, benzophenone, acetaldehyde, etc.) |
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