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CLASS 700,	DATA PROCESSING: GENERIC CONTROL SYSTEMS OR SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS
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SECTION I - CLASS DEFINITION

GENERAL STATEMENT OF THE CLASS SUBJECT MATTER

This class is structured into two main divisions: (A) Generic Control System, Apparatus or Process and (B) Specific Application, Apparatus or Process

(1) Note. In establishing Class 700, patents from pertinent subclasses in Classes 364 and 395 were directly translated into corresponding subclasses in the new class. The general structure of Class 700 parallels that of Class 364 from which it is derived and reflects the atypical location of generic subject matter (subclasses 1-89) in hierarchical superiority to specific applications (subclasses 90-306). Notes regarding patent placement are found below.

(A) This is the generic class for the combination of a data processing or calculating computer apparatus (or corresponding methods for performing data processing or calculating operations) AND a device or apparatus controlled thereby, the entirety hereinafter referred to as a "control system".

(1) Note. Control systems which claim control of or control by a particular art device or environment are classified in the "Specific Application, Apparatus or Process" area of this class. Control systems which are not so limited are classified in the "Generic Control System, Apparatus or Process" area of this class. Control systems which are limited to a particular art device or environment but also include at least one claim to the generic control are classified in the "Generic Control System, Apparatus or Process" area.

(2) Note. An example of such a control system includes a data processing or calculating computer interactively connected to an external device to sense a condition (e.g., position) of such external device. The processed data representing the sensed condition develops a control signal to be applied to such external device to perform a control function (e.g., optimization).

(3) Note. "Apparatus" as used herein does not include internal control features of a computer which are classified elsewhere.

(4) Note. Classification herein is based on control system structure or function. The search for particular details of the data processing or calculating computer structural entity is elsewhere in this class.

(5) Note. For classification herein the "Apparatus" being controlled must be only nominally recited. Control systems which are limited by the claims to a particular type of process or have a specific utility are classified in the "Specific Application, Apparatus or Process" area of this class. Control systems which recite specific steps of a process or have structural details to a particular type of apparatus are classified with the appropriate art device. For example: the claimed recitation of (a) a controlled chemical process is classified in the "Generic Control System, Apparatus or Process" area of this class, (b) a controlled distillation process is classified in the "Specific Application, Apparatus or Process" area of this class and (c) a controlled chemical process which involves a recited chemical reaction, is classified in one of the chemical classes.

(6) Note. Where there is nominal claim recitation of the device or apparatus and nominal data processor or computer structure claimed, the control system is classifiable herein only when there is no class providing for the device or apparatus.

(7) Note. Control systems which include an algorithm peculiar to a specific art by claim disclosure are excluded from this class and will be found in the class wherein the specific art is classified.

(B) This is also the generic class for data processing or calculating computer apparatus (or corresponding methods for performing data processing or calculating operations) wherein the data processing or calculating computer apparatus is designed for or utilized in a particular art device, system, process, or environment, or is utilized for the solution of a particular problem in a field other than mathematics (arithmetic processing per se is classified elsewhere).

(2) Note. For classification herein, there must be significant claim recitation of the data processing system or calculating computer and only nominal claim recitation of any external art environment. Where significant structure of the external device is recited by the claims, classification is in the appropriate device class.

(3) Note. This and indented subclasses will accommodate devices, systems, or processes which claim a control of or a control by a particular art device or environment and do not have a generic claim to the control; see the "Generic Control" area of this class for generic control devices.

(4) Note. In view of the nature of the subject matter included herein, consideration of the classification schedule for diverse art or environment is necessary for proper search.

(C) Significantly claimed apparatus external to this class, claimed in combination with apparatus under the class definition, which perform data processing or calculation operations are classified in the class appropriate to the external device unless specifically excluded therefrom.

(D) Nominally claimed apparatus external to this class in combination with apparatus under the class definition is classified in this class unless provided for in the appropriate external class.

SECTION II - REFERENCES TO OTHER CLASSES

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

235,	Registers, appropriate subclasses for various data bearing record controlled systems and for basic machines and associated indicating mechanisms for ascertaining the number of movements of various devices and machines, plus machines made from these basic machines alone (e.g., cash registers, voting machines), and in combination with various perfecting features, such as printers and recording means.
307,	Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems, appropriate subclasses for electrical transmission or interconnection systems.
340,	Communications: Electrical, appropriate subclasses for residual electrical communication systems.
341,	Coded Data Generation or Conversion, appropriate subclasses for electrical pulse and digit code converters.
342,	Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation), appropriate subclasses for directive wave systems which may include object detection or tracking.
345,	Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems, appropriate subclasses for the selective control of two or more light generating or light controlling display elements in accordance with a received image signal, and particularly subclasses 418 through 475for computer graphics processing.
348,	Television, appropriate subclasses, particularly subclasses 169 through 172for television systems which may include object detection or tracking.
356,	Optics: Measuring and Testing, appropriate subclasses for optical measuring systems which may include object detection or tracking.
358,	Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing, subclass 1.1 1.18 for static data presentation processing.
360,	Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval, appropriate subclasses, for record carriers and systems wherein information is stored and retrieved by interaction with a medium and there is relative motion between a medium and a transducer, for example, magnetic disk drive devices and control thereof, per se.
365,	Static Information Storage and Retrieval, appropriate subclasses for addressable static singular storage elements or plural singular storage elements of the same type.
369,	Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval, appropriate subclasses for record carriers and systems wherein information is stored and retrieved by interaction with a medium and there is relative motion between a medium and a transducer.
370,	Multiplex Communications, appropriate subclasses for generic multiplexing and demultiplexing systems.
375,	Pulse or Digital Communications, appropriate subclasses for generic pulse or digital communication systems.
377,	Electrical Pulse Counters, Pulse Dividers, or Shift Registers: Circuits and Systems, appropriate subclasses for generic circuits for pulse counting.
379,	Telephonic Communications, appropriate subclasses for two-way electrical communication of intelligible audio information of arbitrary content over a link including an electrical conductor.
382,	Image Analysis, appropriate subclasses for operations performed on image data with the aim of measuring a characteristic of an image, detecting variations, detecting structures such as in subclass 103 for detecting or tracking targets, transforming the image data, and for procedures for analyzing and categorizing patterns present in image data.
701,	Data Processing: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location, appropriate subclasses for vehicular or navigational data processing.
702,	Data Processing: Measuring, Calibrating, and Testing, appropriate subclasses for measuring or testing data processing.
703,	Data Processing: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation, appropriate subclasses.
704,	Data Processing: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation and Audio Compression/Decompression, subclasses 200 through 278for artificial intelligence systems that process speech signals.
705,	Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination, appropriate subclasses for data processing related to business, finances, management, or cost/price determining.
706,	Data Processing: Artificial Intelligence, appropriate subclasses for artificial intelligence systems that represent, apply, and acquire knowledge and subclasses 15 through 44for neural networks and circuits.
707,	Data Processing: Databases and File Management, Data Structures, or Document Processing, appropriate subclasses for database structure, database/file management, or document processing.
708,	Electrical Computers: Arithmetic Processing and Calculating, appropriate subclasses for electrical arithmetic processing.
709,	Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Multiple Computer or Process Coordinating, appropriate subclassesfor multicomputer digital data transferring systems.
710,	Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Input/Output, appropriate subclasses for input/output processing (e.g., bus processing) in a computer or digital data processing system.
711,	Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Memory, appropriate subclasses for storage accessing, control, or addressing in a computer or digital processing system.
712,	Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing (e.g., Processors), appropriate subclasses for computer or digital processing system architecture or instruction processing.
713,	Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Support, appropriate subclasses for computer or digital processing system support (e.g., power supply and timing, etc.).
714,	Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery, appropriate subclasses for error or fault detection or compensation in a computer or digital processing system.
716,	Data Processing: Design and Analysis of Circuit or Semiconductor Mask, appropriate subclasses.
717,	Data Processing: Software Development, Installation, and Management, appropriate subclasses.
901,	Robots, appropriate subclasses for robotic cross-reference art collections.

SECTION III - GLOSSARY

CALCULATING OPERATION:

Arithmetic and or some limited logic operations performed upon or with signals representing numbers or values.

COMPUTER:

A machine that inputs data, processes data, stores data, and outputs data.

DATA:

Representation of information in a coded manner suitable for communication, interpretation, or processing.

DATA PROCESSING (for the purpose of this class):

A systematic operation on data in accordance with a set of rules which results in a significant change in the data.

END EFFECTOR:

A terminal on a robot arm that carries a hand, welding gun, painting nozzle, or other tool.

SUBCLASSES

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 1]

GENERIC CONTROL SYSTEM, APPARATUS OR PROCESS:

Subject matter wherein there is a combination of a data processing or calculating computer apparatus (or corresponding method for performing data processing or calculating operation) and a device or apparatus controlled thereby, the entirety hereinafter referred to as a control system.

(1) Note. An example of such a control system includes a data processing or calculating computer interactively connected to an external device to sense a condition (e.g., position) of such external device. The processed data representing the sensed condition develops a control signal to be applied to such external device to perform a general applicability control function (e.g., optimization).

(2) Note. "Apparatus" may include a plant, manufacturing process, or facility.

(3) Note. Classification herein is based on control system structure or function. Particular details of the data processing or calculating computer structural entity is classified elsewhere.

(4) Note. For classification herein the "Apparatus" being controlled must be only nominally recited. Control systems which are limited by the claims to a particular type of process or have a specific utility are classified in the "Application" area of this class. Control systems which recite specific steps or have structural details to a particular type of process art classified with the appropriate art device. For example: The claimed recitation of (a) a chemical controlled process, (b) a distillation controlled process and (c) a chemical controlled process which involves a chemical reaction, are classified in the Generic Control" area of this class, the "Application" area of this class and in one of the chemical classes, respectively.

(5) Note. Where there is nominal claim recitation of the device or apparatus and nominal data processor or computer structure claimed, the control system is classifiable herein only when there is no class providing for the device or apparatus.

(6) Note. Control systems which include an algorithm peculiar to a specific art by claim disclosure are excluded from this class and will be found in the class wherein the specific art is classified.

(7) Note. All of the following classes listed have subclasses providing for control or regulating systems or apparatus.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

53,	Package Making, subclasses 52 through 76.
60,	Power Plants, appropriate subclasses.
62,	Refrigeration, subclass 160 .
72,	Metal Deforming, subclasses 6.1 through 21.6.
74,	Machine Element or Mechanism, subclass 2 .
83,	Cutting, subclasses 72 through 76.
91,	Motors: Expansible Chamber Type, appropriate subclasses.
95,	Gas Separation: Processes, subclasses 1 through 24.
96,	Gas Separation: Apparatus, appropriate subclasses.
100,	Presses, subclasses 43 through 52.
118,	Coating Apparatus, subclasses 663 through 694.
137,	Fluid Handling, appropriate subclasses.
141,	Fluent Material Handling, With Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means, appropriate subclasses.
162,	Paper Making and Fiber Liberation, appropriate subclasses and particularly subclasses 252 through 260.
165,	Heat Exchange, subclasses 200 through 303.
172,	Earth Working, subclasses 2 through 12.
173,	Tool Driving or Impacting, subclasses 2 through 183.
177,	Weighing Scales, appropriate subclasses.
187,	Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle, subclasses 247 through 248.
221,	Article Dispensing, subclasses 9 through 14.
222,	Dispensing, subclasses 52 through 69.
227,	Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus, subclasses 2 through 7.
228,	Metal Fusion Bonding, subclass 102 .
234,	Selective Cutting (e.g., Punching), appropriate subclasses.
236,	Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation, appropriate subclasses.
244,	Aeronautics and Astronautics, appropriate subclasses.
251,	Valves and Valve Actuation, appropriate subclasses.
290,	Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants, subclasses 7 through 44.
299,	Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material, subclasses 1.05 through 1.9.
318,	Electricity: Motive Power Systems, appropriate subclasses.
323,	Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems, appropriate subclasses.
360,	Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval, subclasses 69 through 80.
376,	Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements, subclasses 100 through 152and subclasses 207-244.
399,	Electrophotography, subclasses 9 through 37for diagnostics, subclasses 38-74 for controls of the electrophotographic process, and subclass 77 for sequential control programming of machine operation.
405,	Hydraulic and Earth Engineering, appropriate subclasses.
408,	Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool, subclasses 8 through 13.
409,	Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing, appropriate subclasses.
415,	Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps, appropriate subclasses.
416,	Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers), appropriate subclasses.
417,	Pumps, subclasses 1 through 47.
431,	Combustion, subclasses 18 through 90.
432,	Heating, appropriate subclasses.
436,	Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing, appropriate subclasses.
451,	Abrading, subclasses 2 through 3for a condition responsive control for sandblasting.
483,	Tool Changing, subclasses 4 through 6for apparatus including a tool transfer means combined with a tool support or storage means and a programmable control system.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 2]

Plural processors:

This subclass is indented under 1. Subject matter where more than one processor is used in a control system and at least one of the processors is programmable.

(1) Note. Classification herein requires active participation by the plural processors in the control system.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

82,	for control systems having plural processors where one processor (standby) will follow the operation of the other processor (active) and takeover operation of the system on failure of the active processor.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 3]

Master-slave:

This subclass is indented under 2. Subject matter where one processor (master) controls one or more other processors (slave).

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

709,	Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Multiple Computer or Process Coordinating, subclasses 208 through 211for general purpose master/slave multicomputer data transfer.
710,	Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Input/Output, subclass 110 for bus master/slave control.

4	Parallel:
	This subclass is indented under 2. Subject matter where the plural processors operate independently with respect to each other and are connected to a common bus.

5	Shared memory:
	This subclass is indented under 4. Subject matter where the plural processors share access to a common memory.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 6]

Hybrid types (analog, digital):

This subclass is indented under 2. Subject matter wherein at least one processor is of a different type (e.g., analog, digital) than at least one other processor.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

708,	Electrical Computers: Arithmetic Processing and Calculating, subclasses 1 through 9for an electrical hybrid calculating computer.

7	Including sequence or logic processor:
	This subclass is indented under 2. Subject matter where at least one of the processors performs sequence or logic functions.

8	Cascade control:
	This subclass is indented under 1. Subject matter where the output of a primary controller is utilized to adjust the set point of a secondary controller.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 9]

Supervisory control:

This subclass is indented under 1. Subject matter where a central or host computer is used to control plural controllers.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

340,	Communications: Electrical, subclasses 3.1 through 3.9for selective electrical communication having monitoring in addition to control (e.g., supervisory).

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 10]

Of analog controllers:

This subclass is indented under 9. Subject matter where the controllers are analog and a particular characteristic of such as set point is adjusted.

(1) Note. A controller is a device which holds a process or condition at a desired level or status as determined by comparison of the actual value with the desired value.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 11]

Sequential or selective:

This subclass is indented under 1. Subject matter where output signals from a data processor or computer structure are sequentially or selectively applied to control a device or apparatus in a repetitive, orderly manner according to a predetermined schedule of operation.

(1) Note. Sequencing as a basic process is essentially digital in nature, the relationship being, for example, "on", "off" or "in", "out", etc.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

79+,	for sequential and selective control systems having a diagnostic feature.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

340,	Communications: Electrical, subclasses 825 through 825.98for selective electrical communication.
718,	Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control, appropriate subclassesfor computer task management or control.

12	State of condition or parameter (e.g., on/off):
	This subclass is indented under 11. Subject matter where input signals representative of a particular condition of a system to be controlled are analyzed and a comparison made with the predetermined conditions in the operation schedule and corresponding output signals produced.

13	Position responsive:
	This subclass is indented under 12. Subject matter where the particular system condition or parameter is position, the control output signal being produced in response to a position responsive input signal.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 14]

Time responsive (duration):

This subclass is indented under 12. Subject matter where the particular system condition is time related, the output signal establishing a particular state (e.g., on/off) of such condition for a prescribed interval or duration.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

307,	Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems, subclass 41 for sequential or alternating selectively connected or controlled load circuits; and subclasses 141-141.8 for switch actuation with time delay or retardation means.
340,	Communications: Electrical, subclass 309.4 for timer controlled systems including sequentially actuated indicators.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 15]

Having display:

This subclass is indented under 14. Subject matter where a visual indication related to a controlled time interval or duration is provided (e.g., time remaining).

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

116,	Signals and Indicators, appropriate subclasses for mechanical indication, in general.
340,	Communications: Electrical, subclasses 500 through 693.12for condition responsive indication.
345,	Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems, appropriate subclasses for visual display systems.

16	Clock-calendar (e.g., time of day):
	This subclass is indented under 14. Subject matter where the time interval or duration is related to a 24-hour day and 7-day week schedule.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 17]

Operator interface (e.g., display with control):

This subclass is indented under 11. Subject matter including input/output means by which an operator may communicate with the control system.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

83+,	for control systems of a general type including an operator interface feature.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

116,	Signals and Indicators, appropriate subclasses for mechanical indication, in general.
340,	Communications: Electrical, subclass 3.71 for selective electrical communication having monitoring in addition to control (e.g., supervisory) and including an indicator which has manual control input and subclasses 500-693.12 for condition responsive indicating.
345,	Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems, appropriate subclasses for visual display systems.

18	Specific programming (e.g., relay or ladder logic):
	This subclass is indented under 17. Subject matter where a predetermined schedule of operation may be established directly by use of relay or ladder technology.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 19]

Plural controlled systems, mechanisms, or elements:

This subclass is indented under 11. Subject matter where there is more than one system being controlled, or in which there is more than one communication being controlled, or where there is control of more than one element of a controlled system.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

709,	Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Multiple Computer or Process Coordinating, appropriate subclassesfor multiple computer data transfer systems.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 20]

Plural controllers:

This subclass is indented under 11. Subject matter where more than one device is used to control a system.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

709,	Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Multiple Computer or Process Coordinating, appropriate subclassesfor multiple computer data transfer systems.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 21]

Failure protection or reliability:

This subclass is indented under 11. Subject matter where there is a means or a step for increasing a conditional probability of correctly performing a service (e.g., control) throughout a time interval, given correct performance at the beginning of the interval, or for increasing the probability of correctly performing a service at any given instant.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

361,	Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices, subclasses 1 through 138for electrical (other than pulse coded data error) fault sensing and removal.
714,	Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery, appropriate subclasses for computer failure protection and reliability, in general.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 22]

Electrical power distribution:

This subclass is indented under 11. Subject matter wherein the distribution of electrical power is controlled.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

286	through 298, for computers used in an electrical power distribution environment other than for control.

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323,	Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems, appropriate subclasses for power regulation and supply systems, in general.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 23]

Sequence program response:

This subclass is indented under 11. Subject matter where the control system responds to an encoded, ordered list of instructions.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

712,	Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing (e.g., Processors), subclasses 200 through 248for computer programming, in general.
718,	Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control, appropriate subclassesfor computer task management or control.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 24]

Addressing:

This subclass is indented under 23. Subject matter including one or more values which specify one or more memory locations.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

340,	Communications: Electrical, subclasses 3.5 through 3.55for selective electrical communication having monitoring in addition to control (e.g., supervisory) which includes addressing.
365,	Static Information Storage and Retrieval, subclasses 230.01 through 243.5for addressing means in static memories.
711,	Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Memory, subclasses 1 through 6and subclasses 200-221 for addressing in computer systems.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 25]

I/O table:

This subclass is indented under 23. Subject matter having means which stores, in an array, data related to input and output of the control system.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

710,	Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Input/Output, subclasses 1 through 74for input/output data processing.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 26]

Diagnostics or debugging:

This subclass is indented under 23. Subject matter including means to diagnose malfunctions in the control system.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

714,	Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery, subclasses 1 through 57for computer reliability.
717,	Data Processing: Software Development, Installation, and Management, subclasses 124 through 135for analysis or debugging in a software development tool.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 27]

Having status indication:

This subclass is indented under 23. Subject matter having a human perceptible representation of information about the process being controlled or the controller.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

116,	Signals and Indicators, appropriate subclasses for mechanical indication, in general.
340,	Communications: Electrical, subclasses 3.7 and 3.71 for selective electrical communication having monitoring in addition to control (e.g., supervisory) which includes an indicator and subclasses 500-693.12 for condition responsive indicating.
345,	Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems, appropriate subclasses for visual display systems.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 28]

Optimization or adaptive control:

This subclass is indented under 1. Subject matter where a control seeks to optimize a system performance criterion (e.g., efficiency, consumption, or profit).

(1) Note. Also included here are adaptive systems which include means to modify governing criteria, simply or in a complex fashion to achieve better system performance, stability, speed of response sensitivity, etc. The object of an adaptive system is to provide means for establishing relatively fixed system dynamics for a control system comprising a controlled element having varying dynamics. Some adaptive systems include an optimization technique wherein the system seeks to maximize or minimize a system variable or are of the self-organizing type.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

318,	Electricity: Motive Power Systems, subclass 561 for positional servo adaptive or optimization control systems.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 29]

Having model:

This subclass is indented under 28. Subject matter which includes a mathematical model.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

44,	where a mathematical model representative of a desired control response is used in a feed forward or predictive control system.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 30]

Comparison with model (e.g., model reference):

This subclass is indented under 29. Subject matter where a measured process output signal is compared with an output from the model to develop an error signal which is used to control the process.

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703,	Data Processing: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation, subclass 2 for generic modeling by mathematical expression.

31	Having adjustment of model (e.g., update):
	This subclass is indented under 29. Subject matter where the model is adjusted (e.g., updated) in response to changing conditions of the control system.

32	Specific criteria of system performance:
	This subclass is indented under 28. Subject matter where a particular characteristic of a system is utilized in the optimization operation.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 33]

Constraint or limit (e.g., max/min):

This subclass is indented under 32. Subject matter where constraints are placed on the excursion of a system variably from a predetermined value.

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80,	for protection or reliability features which provide an indication of the variation of a control system condition from a limit value.

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702,	Data Processing: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing, subclass 82 for quality control determination where limit values of acceptable product quality are established.

34	Variable:
	This subclass is indented under 33. Subject matter where the constraints or limits are adjustable.

35	Bidirectional (e.g., oscillatory):
	This subclass is indented under 33. Subject matter where a control signal will travel in one direction to search out a maximum or minimum value and will reverse direction on reaching said maximum or minimum value to search out the other of the maximum or minimum value.

36	Economic (e.g., cost):
	This subclass is indented under 33. Subject matter where the constraint or limit value involves an economic consideration such as minimization of cost.

37	Gain (e.g., tuning):
	This subclass is indented under 32. Subject matter where the specific criteria of plant performance is system gain.

38	Having perturbation:
	This subclass is indented under 28. Subject matter where the optimization is performed by disturbing the system dynamics and analyzing the system response to such disturbance.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 39]

Test signal:

This subclass is indented under 38. Subject matter where the disturbance is introduced into the system from an external source such as by the injection of a test signal with the system response to such disturbance being analyzed and the system dynamics adjusted to achieve an optimum.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

702,	Data Processing: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing, subclasses 108 through 126for general data processing testing systems.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 40]

Plural modes:

This subclass is indented under 28. Subject matter where the system automatically shifts to different modes of operation depending on system conditions.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

75,	for control system of a general type which operates in multiple modes.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 41]

Proportional-Integral (P-I):

This subclass is indented under 40. Subject matter where a system will shift from proportional control to a combination of proportional and integral (reset) when there is a substantial excursion of a variable.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

318,	Electricity: Motive Power Systems, subclass 609 for positional servo systems which operate in a proportional-integral or reset mode.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 42]

Proportional-Integral-Derivative (P-I-D):

This subclass is indented under 41. Subject matter where the system will shift from proportional to a combination of proportional, integral (reset) and derivative (rate) dependent on system conditions.

(1) Note. Rate control is added to proportional-integral systems to prevent reset windup (antireset windup).

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

318,	Electricity: Motive Power Systems, subclass 610 for positional servo systems which add rate control to a proportional-integral system to provide proportional-integral-derivative (P-I-D) operation.

43	Proportional-Derivative (P-D):
	This subclass is indented under 40. Subject matter where the system shifts from proportional control to a combination of proportional and derivative control.

44	Feed-forward (e.g., predictive):
	This subclass is indented under 28. Subject matter where disturbances affecting the system are anticipated and compensating signals are generated in order to negate these disturbances.

45	Combined with feedback:
	This subclass is indented under 44. Subject matter where a feedback (error) signal from the controlled system is utilized to develop the feed-forward signal.

46	Rate control:
	This subclass is indented under 28. Subject matter where the rate of change of a system variable or error signal is utilized to achieve optimization.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 47]

Trainable system (e.g., self-learning, self-organizing):

This subclass is indented under 28. Subject matter including a system which changes, or is changeable, according to the experience gained during its operation.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

382,	Image Analysis, subclasses 159 through 161for trainable pattern recognition.
706,	Data Processing: Artificial Intelligence, subclass 14 for adaptive artificial intelligence computer systems.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 48]

Neural network:

This subclass is indented under 47. Subject matter wherein the system uses parallel-distributed processors constructed in hardware or simulated in software.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

382,	Image Analysis, subclass 158 for a neural network structure in pattern recognition.
706,	Data Processing: Artificial Intelligence, subclasses 15 through 44for a neural network, per se.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 49]

Expert system:

This subclass is indented under 28. Subject matter wherein the system is comprised of at least (a) a knowledge base, (b) an inference engine, and (c) a user interface and contains both declarative knowledge (i.e., a fact about an object, event, or situation) and procedural knowledge (i.e., information about a course of action) to emulate the reasoning processes of a human expert in a particular area of expertise.

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104,	for use of an expert system for design or planning of product manufacturing.

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706,	Data Processing: Artificial Intelligence, subclasses 45 through 61for an expert system computer system.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 50]

Fuzzy logic:

This subclass is indented under 28. Subject matter wherein a decision mechanism uses probabilistic or statistical technique (e.g., "IF X is very large THEN...").

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51,	for statistical process control.

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326,	Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry, appropriate subclasses for logic circuits, per se.
701,	Data Processing: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location, subclass 27 for a fuzzy logic automatic vehicle route guidance.
706,	Data Processing: Artificial Intelligence, subclasses 1 through 9,subclass 52, and subclass 900 for a fuzzy logic system.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 51]

Statistical process control (SPC):

This subclass is indented under 28. Subject matter which monitors the performance of a process in terms of its target value and involved variability and uses statistical methods to control said process.

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50,	for process control with fuzzy logic.

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702,	Data Processing: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing, subclasses 179 through 181for measuring or testing statistical data.

52	Parameter estimation or identification:
	This subclass is indented under 28. Subject matter where the value of a variable being controlled is determined approximately.

53	Multiple input-multiple output (MIMO) system feature (e.g., decoupling):
	This subclass is indented under 28. Subject matter having more than one input and more than one output.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 54]

Having particular compensation or stabilization feature:

This subclass is indented under 28. Subject matter which includes making a correction or regulation of a variable being controlled.

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702,	Data Processing: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing, subclasses 85 through 107for measuring and testing with compensation and particularly subclass 86 for linearization of measuring or testing.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 55]

Filtering:

This subclass is indented under 54. Subject matter wherein data or a signal is separated from another data or signal in accordance with a specified criteria.

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708,	Electrical Computers: Arithmetic Processing and Calculating, subclasses 300 through 323for digital filtering, in general and subclass 819 for filtering using analog data processing.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 56]

Digital positioning (other than machine tool):

This subclass is indented under 1. Subject matter where the positioning of a control system member is controlled by a programmed digital computer utilizing numerical values, digital signals, or coded pulses which correspond to desired position of control.

(1) Note. The numerical values or digital signals comprise one or more discrete symbols which may form a code.

(2) Note. Positional servo control systems are classified elsewhere; however, the combination of a positional servo system with a programmable digital computer is classified here.

(3) Note. Positional servo control systems incorporating a nonprogrammable computer are classified elsewhere.

(4) Note. Machine tool digital positioning is classified elsewhere.

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159	through 195, for digital positioning as applied to machine tool control systems.

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318,	Electricity: Motive Power Systems, subclasses 560 through 689for positional servo control systems.
701,	Data Processing: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location, subclasses 1 through 124for vehicle positioning control systems.

57	Alignment or registration:
	This subclass is indented under 56. Subject matter with means to cause precise adjustment or correction of relative position.

58	Having position marking:
	This subclass is indented under 57. Subject matter having a physical indication to show a precise location.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 59]

Having optical sensing (e.g., image projection):

This subclass is indented under 57. Subject matter where alignment or registration is achieved by means of light detecting.

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250,	Radiant Energy, subclasses 200 through 239for a photocell circuit or apparatus.
327,	Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems, subclass 187 , subclasses 369-371, and subclasses 514-515 for nonlinear optical sensors (e.g., solid state).
330,	Amplifiers, subclass 59 for a light controlled or activated amplifier.
331,	Oscillators, subclass 66 for a light responsive oscillator.
338,	Electrical Resistors, subclasses 15 through 19for a photoconductive resistor.
340,	Communications: Electrical, subclass 555 for a light responsive alarm.
353,	Optics: Image Projectors, appropriate subclasses for an image projector.
358,	Facsimile, appropriate subclasses for facsimile.
359,	Optical: Systems and Elements, appropriate subclasses for optical systems, per se.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 60]

Support positioning (e.g., table, stage):

This subclass is indented under 56. Subject matter where an object holder or foundation is placed in a given location or orientation.

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248,	Supports, appropriate subclasses for tables and supports.

61	Multiple axis motion or path control:
	This subclass is indented under 56. Subject matter where there is a linear controlled change of position or orientation along more than one axis.

62	Orientation (e.g., posture, pose):
	This subclass is indented under 61. Subject matter where the position of an object is rotated about one of its axes.

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Including velocity or acceleration control:

This subclass is indented under 61. Subject matter having control of the rate of change of the position of an object or derivative thereof.

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188,	for digital positioning including velocity or acceleration control in a computer controlled machining operation.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 64]

Position recording:

This subclass is indented under 61. Subject matter wherein data about a location is preserved.

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47+,	for adaptive control systems with teaching features.

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360,	Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval, appropriate subclasses for dynamic recording upon a magnetic medium.
365,	Static Information Storage and Retrieval, appropriate subclasses for static information recording.
369,	Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval, appropriate subclasses for dynamic recording, per se.

65	Operator control of remotely located element:
	This subclass is indented under 56. Subject matter where a human operator controls a distant element of a device or apparatus under control.

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Having particular position determining apparatus (e.g., portable or handheld):

This subclass is indented under 56. Subject matter having a particular means for determining a location of an element of a device or apparatus under control.

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59,	for optical alignment sensing.

67	Plural variables:
	This subclass is indented under 1. Subject matter wherein plural sensed conditions or plural signals developed from a single sensed condition are utilized to generate a control system signal.

68	Ratio:
	This subclass is indented under 67. Subject matter where the quotient of the variables is used as a control signal.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 69]

Positional (e.g., velocity, acceleration):

This subclass is indented under 67. Subject matter where the plural variables are positional variables.

(1) Note. Plural variables derivable from a single measurement, such as velocity and acceleration, which are the first and second derivatives of position, are considered plural variables.

70	Positional with nonpositional:
	This subclass is indented under 69. Subject matter where one of the variables is a position, speed, or acceleration signal and the other variable is not one of the above signals.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 71]

Specific compensation or stabilization feature:

This subclass is indented under 1. Subject matter where particular compensation techniques are utilized to achieve system stability.

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318,	Electricity: Motive Power Systems, subclasses 611 through 624for positional servo systems with stabilizing features.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 72]

Lag (e.g., deadtime):

This subclass is indented under 71. Subject matter where the delay between the development and generation of a system control signal and the actual application of such control signal is compensated.

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318,	Electricity: Motive Power Systems, subclass 621 for positional servo systems with stabilizing features including lead or lag networks.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 73]

Sampled data system:

This subclass is indented under 1. Subject matter where only a sample of a signal is used in the process of deriving a control signal.

(1) Note. The "sample" may be a series of samples generated from a continuous analog signal.

74	Variable rate:
	This subclass is indented under 73. Subject matter where the sampled data is not generated at a constant rate.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 75]

Multiple modes (e.g., digital/analog):

This subclass is indented under 1. Subject matter where the control system has more than one mode by which it can be controlled.

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40,	for control systems operating in plural modes to perform an optimization function.

76	Manual/automatic:
	This subclass is indented under 75. Subject matter where one mode of control is by a manual means and the other mode is automatic.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 77]

Fine/coarse:

This subclass is indented under 75. Subject matter where application of a control signal in the "coarse" mode results in a system response of a relatively large magnitude or increments of magnitude and in the "fine" mode results in a system response of a relatively small or more precise magnitude or increments of magnitude.

(1) Note. An example of such a system is a positional system wherein an element to be positioned is moved at high speeds in the "coarse" mode until it reaches a predetermined position wherein the system shifts to the "fine" mode and the element is moved at lower speeds or at smaller positioned increments until it reaches its final destination.

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318,	Electricity: Motive Power Systems, subclasses 592 through 595for positional servo systems which operate in the fine and coarse modes.

78	Having specific error signal generation (e.g., up/down counter):
	This subclass is indented under 1. Subject matter where a specific apparatus or technique is utilized to develop an error signal to be applied to control a system.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 79]

Having protection or reliability feature:

This subclass is indented under 1. Subject matter relating to the protection and reliability of the control system.

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361,	Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices, subclasses 1 through 138for safety and protection of devices which do not include data processing.
714,	Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery, subclasses 1 through 57for reliability and availability including fault detecting, monitoring, locating, and recovery in a digital data processing system.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 80]

Warning or alarm:

This subclass is indented under 79. Subject matter where a visual or aural indication is provided in response to the detection of a variation in a control system condition from a limit value.

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33,	for optimizing or adaptive control systems where limits or constraints are placed on the excursion of a control variable.

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340,	Communications: Electrical, subclasses 500 through 693.12for condition responsive systems including alarms.

81	Self-test:
	This subclass is indented under 79. Subject matter where the controlled system has provisions for internally initiating a check of system conditions.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 82]

Backup/standby:

This subclass is indented under 79. Subject matter where the controlled system includes a spare or backup control device which automatically assumes control of the system in response to the failure of the primary control devices.

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711,	Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Memory, subclasses 161 through 162for general purpose memory accessing and control data archiving techniques in digital data processing system (i.e., for example, copying data, relocating data, etc.).
714,	Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery, subclasses 3 through 14for fault recovery including masking or reconfiguring, per se, in a digital data processing system.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 83]

Having operator control interface (e.g., control/display console):

This subclass is indented under 1. Subject matter including input/output means by which an operator may communicate with the control system.

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17,	for sequential or selective control systems having an operator interface feature.
264,	for robot control with particular operator interface.

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715,	Data Processing: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing, subclasses 700 through 866for display operator interface.

84	Keyboard:
	This subclass is indented under 83. Subject matter where the particular input apparatus include manual operator actuated devices having a symbolic language meaning.

85	Positional (e.g., joystick):
	This subclass is indented under 83. Subject matter where the particular input apparatus utilized by the operator provides positional control of a system variable.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 86]

Having preparation of program:

This subclass is indented under 1. Subject matter which includes means for initially producing a control program to which the controlled system subsequently responds.

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245	through 264, for robot arm control program preparation.

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318,	Electricity: Motive Power Systems, subclasses 568.1 through 568.25for program or pattern-controlled positional servo systems with program recording or composing means.
717,	Data Processing: Software Development, Installation, and Management, subclasses 100 through 167for a software program development tool.
901,	Robots, subclasses 3 through 5for programming systems for computer controlled robots.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 87]

Editing/modifying:

This subclass is indented under 86. Subject matter including provisions for altering or modifying a previously established control program.

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250	through 257, for robot control with program modification.

88	Playback:
	This subclass is indented under 86. Subject matter where a control system member is manually controlled through a cycle of operation during which its conditions are recorded for subsequent reproduction through the same cycle.

89	Having specific algorithm:
	This subclass is indented under 1. Subject matter which includes a set of rules or processes for solving a problem.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 90]

SPECIFIC APPLICATION, APPARATUS OR PROCESS:

Subject matter wherein a data processing or calculating computer apparatus (or corresponding method for performing data processing or calculating operation) is designed for or utilized in a particular art device, system, process or environment, or is utilized for the solution of a particular problem in a field other than mathematics (arithmetic processing per se is classified elsewhere).

(1) Note. For classification herein, there must be significant claim recitation of the data processing system or calculating computer and only nominal claim recitation of the external art environment. Where significant structure of the external device is recited by the claims, classification is in the appropriate device class.

(2) Note. This and indented subclasses will accommodate devices, systems, or processes which claim a control of or a control by a particular art device or environment and do not have a generic claim to the control; see the "Generic Control" area of this class for generic control devices.

(3) Note. Particular structural features rather than environmental or "use" considerations is found elsewhere.

(4) Note. In view of the nature of the subject matter included herein, consideration of the classification schedule for the diverse art or environment is necessary for proper search.

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235,	Registers, subclasses 375 through 386for record-sensing devices that may be combined with calculators or data processing systems and utilized for a specific purpose; and subclasses 419-434 for record-controlled calculators wherein the calculation is performed by mechanical or electromechanical means.
705,	Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination, subclasses 1 through 45for a business or financial transaction data processing system.
708,	Electrical Computers: Arithmetic Processing and Calculating, appropriate subclasses for electrical arithmetic processing.

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Contest or contestant analysis, management, or monitoring (e.g., statistical analysis, handicapping, scoring):

This subclass is indented under 90. Subject matter wherein data pertaining to a competition involving physical skill or ability (e.g., an athletic event, etc.), data pertaining to a competition of strategy or chance, or data pertaining to a participant (i.e., contestant) in such a competition, is collected, characterized, or otherwise manipulated for the purpose of determining a state of, a characteristic of, or a condition of the competition or contestant.

(1) Note. This is the residual classification for this subject matter. Thus, all other possible subclasses should be excluded, with special consideration given to the areas listed below, before placement of an original in this or indented subclasses.

(2) Note. If there is recited any element or act of competition, classification in an appropriate class providing for that subject matter should be the preferred classification. For example, although this or an indented subclass provides for scoring, probability determination, or handicapping, per se, an act of or means for determining a winner, or an act of or means for wagering, etc., is considered to be a contest element or act that is significant for placement elsewhere. Also, a method or means for monitoring, for example, projectile movement about a game court, etc., should be placed in an appropriate area, elsewhere, if the projectile or any element of the game court, etc., is positively recited, even if only nominally so.

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116,	Signals and Indicators, particularly subclasses 222 through 225for mechanical game type indicators.
235,	Registers, particularly subclass 1 for a game counter, and subclass 61 for an odds-computing calculator.
250,	Radiant Energy, appropriate subclass for use of radiant energy to detect an article, especially subclasses 200 through 239where a photocell circuit is used.
273,	Amusement Devices, Games, appropriate subclass for data processing combined with a recited element or act of competition not provided for in Classes 463 or 473. (Class 273 is in the process of being abolished, with the subject matter going to Classes 463 or 473). See especially subclass 274 for a betting or wagering board, and subclasses 138.1-138.5 for a chance device.
340,	Communications: Electrical, for an electrical indicator or annunciator (e.g., scoreboard, etc.), particularly subclass 323 for game reporting, and subclasses 988-996 for a vehicle position indicator.
356,	Optics: Measuring and Testing, for measuring or monitoring with visible light, particularly subclasses 3 through 22for range or remote distance measuring.
377,	Electrical Pulse Counters, Pulse Dividers, or Shift Registers: Circuits and Systems, subclass 4 for a betting totalizer, and subclass 5 for a game or sport.
463,	Amusement Devices: Games, subclasses 1 through 47for a "non-projectile" game (e.g., computer/video game), a propelled racing game, a chance game (including wagering), a puzzle, or fortune-telling subject matter including electronic data processing.
472,	Amusement Devices, for a specific structure relating to an amusement device appropriate therefor.
473,	Amusement Devices: Games, appropriate subclasses for a game - other than a propelled racing game or a chance device - that includes both a tangible projectile and electronic data processing.
482,	Exercise Devices, appropriate subclasses and particularly subclasses 1 through 9for specific structure relating to an exercise device appropriate therefor and having a specific electrical feature which may include a computer, computer-related circuitry, display, feedback, or software.
600,	Surgery, subclasses 300 through 595for monitoring or diagnosing a medical condition of a contestant.
705,	Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination, subclass 14 for an automated financial or business practice or management system including a distribution or redemption of a coupon, or an incentive, or promotion program, where the coupon, incentive, or promotion is based upon a criteria other than a random or chance event.

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Scoring:

This subclass is indented under 91. Subject matter wherein the number of points, or other grading or rating used to determine the winner of a competition, is calculated or determined from the data.

(1) Note. Scoring combined with recitation of any other contest element or competitive act should be placed in the appropriate area that provides for the element or act, even if the combined element is nominally recited. For example, scoring combined with a positively recited target, court, etc., should be placed in the appropriate class that provides for the combined element.

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116,	Signals and Indicators, particularly subclasses 222 through 225for mechanical game-type scoring indicators.
235,	Registers, especially subclass 1 for game counters.
340,	Communications: Electrical, for an electrical indicator or annunciator (e.g., scoreboard, etc.), particularly subclass 323 for game reporting.
377,	Electrical Pulse Counters, Pulse Dividers, or Shift Registers: Circuits and Systems, subclass 4 for a betting totalizer, and subclass 5 for a game or sport.

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Probability determination or handicapping:

This subclass is indented under 91. Subject matter wherein the likelihood of an event, condition, or outcome happening in a competitive event is computed, or wherein a hindrance is given to a superior contestant-or an advantage is given to an inferior contestant-based upon data pertaining to the relative strength or weakness of the contestants.

(1) Note. Probability determination or handicapping combined with any recitation of another game element or competitive act (e.g., wagering) should be placed in the appropriate area for that subject matter.

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235,	Registers, subclass 61 for an odds-computing calculator.
273,	Amusement Devices, Games, appropriate subclasses, for data processing combined with a recited element or act of competition not provided for in Classes 463 or 473. (Class 273 is in the process of being abolished, with the subject matter going to Classes 463 or 473). See especially subclass 274 for a betting or wagering board, subclasses 138.1138.5 for a chance device, and subclasses 292-308 for a card or tile game.
377,	Electrical Pulse Counters, Pulse Dividers, or Shift Registers: Circuits and Systems, subclass 4 for a betting totalizer, and subclass 5 for a game or sport.
463,	Amusement Devices: Games, subclasses 1 through 47for a nonprojectile game (e.g., computer/video game), a propelled racing game, a chance game (including wagering), a puzzle, or fortune-telling subject matter including electronic data processing.

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Digital audio data processing system:

This subclass is indented under 90. Subject matter wherein the particular art or field is the processing of digital data which represents an audio signal.

(1) Note. This subclass is limited solely to audio data processing systems that are not classified elsewhere.

(2) Note. An "audio signal" is an electrical signal which represents spoken or other sounds which vary with time, and may be in digital or analog form (this form implies a conversion to digital form before the digital data processing).

(3) Note. Nominal recitation of "audio" is not sufficient to afford classification herein of an invention which would be otherwise classified elsewhere.

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27,	Undertaking, subclass 31 for systems adapted for communication with entombed persons.
73,	Measuring and Testing, subclasses 584 through 648for measuring sound waves, especially subclass 585 for ear or hearing testing by soundwaves and subclasses 646-648 for measuring sound intensity.
84,	Music, subclasses 600 through 746for electronic musical instruments.
181,	Acoustics, appropriate subclasses for mechanical audio systems.
330,	Amplifiers, appropriate subclasses for amplifiers not having specific input signals or specific loads.
340,	Communications: Electrical, appropriate subclasses for electrical communications, in general.
367,	Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices, subclass 132 for underwater speech transmission by an acoustic wave; subclasses 140-190 for an acoustic transducer not related to speech signal conversion.
369,	Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval, appropriate subclasses for storing and retrieving sound signals.
370,	Multiplex Communications, appropriate subclasses for multiplex communications.
381,	Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices, appropriate subclasses.
455,	Telecommunications, appropriate subclasses for modulated carrier wave speech communications.
505,	Superconductor Technology: Apparatus, Material, Process, subclasses 150 through 239for high temperature (Tc 30 K) superconducting devices, and particularly subclass 202 for electric communication system containing transmitter or receiver of pulse, digital, or electromagnetic radio, television, or radar waveform; and subclass 203 for electroacoustic transducer.
600,	Surgery, subclass 559 for diagnostic audiometers (ear or testing by auditory stimulus).
623,	Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor, subclass 9 for mechanical artificial larynxes.
704,	Data Processing: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression, subclasses 200 through 278for speech signal processing using a computer, subclasses 500-502 for audio signal bandwidth compression or expansion, and subclasses 503-504 for audio signal time compression or expansion (e.g., run length coding).

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Product assembly or manufacturing:

This subclass is indented under 90. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating computer controls, monitors, or manages the sequential operations of a production process.

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12,	Boot and Shoe Making, subclass 142 for the process of boot and shoe making.
29,	Metal Working, appropriate subclass, especially subclasses 592 through 559for method of mechanical manufacture.
53,	Package Making, appropriate subclass for an apparatus for and method of encompassing, encasing, or completely surrounding goods or materials with a cover made from sheet material stock.
56,	Harvesters, appropriate subclass for a means of severing crops which grow above the surface of the ground, without disturbing the soil, and a means for gathering the same from the field after they are severed.
59,	Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making, appropriate subclass for the manufacture as it relates to chains, staples, or horseshoes.
79,	Button Making, appropriate subclass for machines or processes for making buttons.
118,	Coating Apparatus, subclasses 663 through 714for the control of an apparatus for applying or obtaining a surface coating on a base or for impregnating base materials.
142,	Wood Turning, appropriate subclasses for wood turning.
144,	Woodworking, subclasses 329 through 381for woodworking processes.
156,	Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture, subclasses 1 through 344for a manufacturing process or apparatus including a step of adhesively bonding parts together or the manufacture of articles of commerce in which one of the manufacturing steps includes a chemical reaction.
162,	Paper Making and Fiber Liberation, subclasses 100 through 231for the process of paper making.
163,	Needle and Pin Making, subclasses 1 through 5for needle or pin manufacturing.
216,	Etching a Substrate: Processes, appropriate subclasses for the manufacturing of a substrate by etching.
234,	Selective Cutting (e.g., Punching), appropriate subclass for a method or apparatus for a selective cutting process.
264,	Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes, appropriate subclass.
300,	Brush, Broom, and Mop Making, subclass 21 for the process of manufacturing.
340,	Communications: Electrical, subclasses 3.1 through 3.9for selective electrical communication having monitoring in addition to control (e.g., supervisory).
412,	Bookbinding: Process and Apparatus, subclasses 1 through 8for the process of bookbinding.
427,	Coating Processes, appropriate subclass for applying or obtaining a coating or surface.

96	Integrated system (Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM)):
	This subclass is indented under 95. Subject matter wherein the sequential operations of multiple manufacturing processes are interconnected by a host management system (e.g., Production Integrated Processing Equipment (PIPE), cluster tools, etc.).

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Design or planning:

This subclass is indented under 95. Subject matter wherein the calculating computer or data processing system analyzes, prioritizes, or modifies input data to arrange the sequential operations for product manufacturing or to configure a product.

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703,	Data Processing: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation, subclass 1 for a data processing system or calculating computer designed for or utilized in structural design as it relates to mechanical engineering.
706,	Data Processing: Artificial Intelligence, cross-reference art collections 919+ related to the designing of objects, plan preparation, program preparation, computer aided design (i.e., CAD), or computer aided software engineering (i.e., CASE).
716,	Data Processing: Design and Analysis of Circuit or Semiconductor Mask, subclasses 1 through 18for a data processing system or calculating computer designed for or utilized in the design and analysis of electrical components and circuits made up thereof.

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3-D product design (e.g., solid modeling):

This subclass is indented under 97. Subject matter wherein the planned or designed structure is represented as a three dimensional image in two-dimensional space.

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163,	for 3-D sculpturing in the machining process.

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345,	Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems, subclasses 418 through 475and subclass 607 for three-dimensional or perspective data processing for display presentation.
359,	Optical: Systems and Elements, subclass 458 for stereoscopic or three-dimensional imaging.
382,	Image Analysis, subclass 154 for 3-D or stereo image analysis.

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Resource allocation:

This subclass is indented under 97. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating computer control the coordination and logistics of physical objects in a manufacturing process.

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28	through 55, wherein a control seeks to optimize a system’s performance criterion (e.g., efficiency, consumption, or profit).

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705,	Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination, subclass 8 for allocation of resources or scheduling an administrative function by an automated business or management system.

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100

Job scheduling:

This subclass is indented under 99. Subject matter wherein the coordination of the physical object is controlled by a system constraint (e.g., time, machine availability, etc.).

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234,	Selective Cutting (e.g., Punching), subclasses 23 through 24for a means to detect the order of occurrence of input data.

101	Priority ordering:
	This subclass is indented under 100. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating computer operates in a supervisory mode to order the sequential operations.

102	Job release determination:
	This subclass is indented under 100. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating computer monitors and controls the sequence of manufacturing operations based on task output.

103	Constraints or rules:
	This subclass is indented under 97. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating computer monitors and controls the sequence of manufacturing operations based on a set of operating rules or regulations.

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104

Knowledge based (e.g., expert system):

This subclass is indented under 103. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating computer generates, monitors, modifies, or controls the sequential manufacturing operations using historical data to infer a result.

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49,	for an expert system (e.g., knowledge based) control system.

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706,

Data Processing: Artificial Intelligence, subclass 14 for adaptive systems, cross-reference art collections 902-934 for art related to the applications of artificial intelligence, in particular cross reference art collection 904 wherein artificial intelligence is used in applications related to manufacturing and machines.

105	Rework or engineering change:
	This subclass is indented under 97. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating computer monitors and controls the sequence of manufacturing operations based on engineering or manufacturing changes.

106	Material requirement:
	This subclass is indented under 97. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating computer monitors and controls the sequence of manufacturing operations based on the necessary construction components.

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107

Bill of material:

This subclass is indented under 106. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating computer uses or creates a list of components for use in the product manufacturing design or planning.

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705,	Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination, subclass 29 for an itemization of parts, supplies, or services (e.g., bill of materials) other than in combination with manufacturing.

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108

Performance monitoring:

This subclass is indented under 95. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating computer receives information on the various quantitative variables associated with the assembly process.

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340,	Communications: Electrical, subclasses 3.43 and 3.44 for selective electrical communication having monitoring in addition to control (e.g., supervisory) which has a fault condition detection and subclass 3.71 for selective electrical communication having monitoring in addition to control (e.g., supervisory) which includes an indicator having manual control input.
702,	Data Processing: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing, subclasses 182 through 186for performance or efficiency evaluation.

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109

Quality control:

This subclass is indented under 108. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating computer performs a statistical analysis of a manufactured product or manufacturing process and compares the results to predetermined specifications or parameters.

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32,	for a data processing system or calculating computer designed for utilizing specific criteria of system performance.

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702,	Data Processing: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing, subclass 84 for quality control determination.

110	Defect analysis or recognition:
	This subclass is indented under 109. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating computer detects or rectifies discrepancies in the manufacturing process or manufactured product.

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111

Worker or work station efficiency:

This subclass is indented under 108. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating computer analyzes statistical information based on employee performance or manufacturing area.

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702,	Data Processing: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing, subclasses 182 through 186for performance or efficiency evaluation.

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112

Having particular work transport control between manufacturing stations:

This subclass is indented under 95. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating computer controls the movement of assembly components or manufactured goods from one location to another.

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228,	for a particular work transport between article handling stations.

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193,	Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways, appropriate subclass for a device for guiding material either vertically, horizontally, or at an inclination.
198,	Conveyors: Power-Driven, appropriate subclass for a power-driven conveyor for moving a load over a predetermined path or path section.

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113

Mobile transport:

This subclass is indented under 112. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating computer controls the movement of a nonstationary vehicle for transporting work between manufacturing stations.

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701,	Data Processing: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location, subclasses 23 through 28for a control system for the operation of an autonomous or unmanned vehicle.

114	Work positioning:
	This subclass is indented under 95. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating computer is responsible for the setup and verification of a product or part at the work station.

115	Product tracking (e.g., having product or carrier identification):
	This subclass is indented under 95. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating computer is capable of locating or routing a product or product component based on information associated with the product or component.

116	Having identification controlled manufacturing operation:
	This subclass is indented under 115. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating computer determines the appropriate assembly step according to particular information associated with the individual product component.

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117

Particular manufactured product or operation:

This subclass is indented under 95. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating computer controls a specific manufacturing step, condition, or workpiece.

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43,	Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying, subclass 42.53 for methods of making artificial bait.
44,	Fuel and Related Compositions, subclass 512 for methods of making match splints or sticks.
51,	Abrasive Tool Making Process, Material, or Composition, appropriate subclasses for the making of an abrading tool.
53,	Package Making, appropriate subclasses for an apparatus for and method of encompassing, encasing, or completely surrounding goods or materials with a cover made from sheet material stock.
65,	Glass Manufacturing, appropriate subclasses for manufacturing of glass and glass articles.
76,	Metal Tools and Implements, Making, appropriate subclasses for a special machine, process, blank, or die for making a tool or implement.
79,	Button Making, appropriate subclasses for machines or processes for making buttons.
83,	Cutting, cross reference art collection 906 for chip making and cross reference art collection 908 for comb, rake, or other toothed article making.
86,	Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making, appropriate subclass for instruments and processes peculiarly adapted for making fixed ammunition.
131,	Tobacco, subclasses 280 through 110for cigarette or cigar making.
162,	Paper Making and Fiber Liberation, appropriate subclasses for the manufacturing of paper.
300,	Brush, Broom, and Mop Making, subclass 21 for the process of manufacturing.
413,	Sheet Metal Container Making, subclasses 1 through 25for methods of making a container of sheet metal.
452,	Butchering, subclass 31 for automatic control of a sausage making process.
470,	Threaded, Headed Fastener, or Washer Making: Process and Apparatus, subclasses 1 through 42for the process of the assembly or manufacturing of threaded, headed fasteners, or washers.
493,	Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web, appropriate subclasses for the manufacture of a paper container or tube, per se.
502,	Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making, appropriate subclasses for a mixture of materials intended to catalyze a reaction or to sorb a component of a fluid or certain single materials specifically structured to catalyze a reaction or sorb a component.

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118

Three-dimensional product forming:

This subclass is indented under 117. Subject matter wherein the particular product is first represented in two-dimensional space and produced such that it occupies space along the x, y, and z coordinate axis.

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98,	for 3-D product design technique (e.g., solid modeling).
163,	for 3-D sculpturing machining using nontracing prototype sensor.

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264,	Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes, subclasses 512 through 516for the process of producing a hollow work or a tubular article.

119	Rapid prototyping (e.g., layer-by-layer, material deposition):
	This subclass is indented under 118. Subject matter wherein the particular manufactured product is formed by the successive application of a building material in a stratified manner.

120	Stereolithography:
	This subclass is indented under 119. Subject matter wherein the building material is a confined volume of photocurable material successively exposed to light.

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121

Integrated circuit production or semiconductor fabrication:

This subclass is indented under 117. Subject matter wherein the particular manufactured product or operation is related to the production or design of electronic circuitry mounted on a substrate.

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228,	Metal Fusion Bonding, subclass 123.1 for a process of metal to nonmetal bonding with separate metallic filler wherein the nonmetallic material is a semiconductor-type material, and subclasses 179.1-180.5 for the process of bonding plural joints of an electrical device (e.g., semiconductor).
257,	Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes), appropriate subclasses, in particular subclasses 499+ for a device having integrated circuit structure with electrically isolated components.
264,	Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes, subclass 272.17 for the process of encapsulating a semiconductor or barrier layer device (e.g., integrated circuit, transistor, etc.).
361,	Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices, subclasses 718 through 719and 764 for housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical components for an integrated circuit.
385,	Optical Waveguides, subclass 14 for an optical integrated circuit.
427,	Coating Processes, subclasses 96.1 through 99.5for a process of coating a substrate to produce an integrated or printed circuit or circuit board.
438,	Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process, appropriate subclasses for methods of making semiconductor devices; see search notes therein.
505,	Superconductor Technology: Apparatus, Material, Process, appropriate subclass, in particular subclasses 300 through 501for a processes of producing or treating high temperature superconductor material or superconductor containing products or precursors thereof, subclasses 510-512 for the precursor of high temperature superconductor material or stock, per se, or process of producing the precursor and cross reference art collection 923 for the manufacture of a semiconductor device.
708,	Electrical Computers: Arithmetic Processing and Calculating, subclass 190 for calculating which is effected by integrated circuits or chips, the use or specific structure or arrangement of which significantly affects or directs the handling of information.
716,	Data Processing: Design and Analysis of Circuit or Semiconductor Mask, subclasses 1 through 21for the design and analysis of integrated circuits by data processing and computer programming techniques.

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122

Continuous material having indeterminate length (e.g., web, strand, strip, or sheet):

This subclass is indented under 117. Subject matter wherein the particular product is manufactured uninterrupted fashion wherein the final product has no specified linear determination.

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156,	Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture, subclass 231 for surface bonding or assembly having direct contact transfer of an adhered lamina from a carrier to a base with formation of a lamina having continuous length by molding or casting on endless carrier.
226,	Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length, subclass 9 for a control means responsive to indicia carried by an auxiliary record (e.g., tape or card) and subclasses 10-45 for a material-responsive control means.
264,	Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes, subclasses 45.8 through 46.3for composite article making having an indefinite continuous length and subclasses 165-218 for molding a continuous or indefinite length body of work.

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123

Material deposition or application (e.g., spraying, coating):

This subclass is indented under 122. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating computer controls the application of a treating material to the workpiece.

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119,	for rapid prototyping using a layer-by-layer material deposition process.

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8,	Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers, subclasses 495 through 496for coating or sizing with dyeing process.
65,	Glass Manufacturing, subclass 446 for processes of manufacturing fibers, filaments, or preforms using vapor deposition.
100,	Presses, subclass 45 for automatic or material triggered control of material addition, deposition, or discharging.
118,	Coating Apparatus, subclasses 624 through 625for control of deposition of coating material or selective area.
148,	Metal Treatment, subclasses 95 through 714for a process of modifying or maintaining internal physical structure or chemical properties of a metal, process of reactive coating of a metal, and process of chemical heat removing or burning of metal.
205,	Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions, subclasses 82 through 84for controlling a coating process in response to a measured or detected parameter thereof or of a characteristic of the electrolytic coating formed.
264,	Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes, subclass 81 for gas or vapor deposition of an article forming material onto a mold surface.
427,	Coating Processes, appropriate subclasses for applying or obtaining a coating on a surface.
430,	Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof, subclass 16 for a product wherein a metal is deposited on a previously formed image, subclass 128 for a process wherein radiation sensitive material is manufactured using a vacuum deposition process, subclass 129 for a process wherein radiation sensitive material is made using an extrusion coating process, and cross-reference art collection 935 for a coating process making a radiation sensitive element.

124	Registration control:
	This subclass is indented under 122. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating computer insures the correct reference point of the workpiece before the next sequential step is executed.

125	Having a reference mark or pattern:
	This subclass is indented under 124. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating computer utilizes a predetermined position signal for identifying the execution point for the next sequential step or operation.

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126

Winding:

This subclass is indented under 122. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating computer controls either (1) the rotation of a machine element onto which the indeterminate length material is wrapped about, or (2) the material being wrapped about a machine element.

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242,	Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, appropriate subclasses for a process or apparatus for progressively winding elongated, flexible material.

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127

Sheet making (e.g., paper product):

This subclass is indented under 122. Subject matter wherein the manufactured product"s width is substantially greater than its thickness.

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162,	Paper Making and Fiber Liberation, subclass 13 for web or article formation and subclasses 100-232 for paper making processes and products.
229,	Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes, appropriate subclass, in particular subclasses 67.1 through 67.4for sheetlike articles.
493,	Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web, appropriate subclasses for articles made from a sheet or web.

128	Paper machine or subsystem control:
	This subclass is indented under 127. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating computer controls an apparatus associated in the process of manipulating pulp or stock in order to produce a paper product.

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129

Profile analyzer or controller:

This subclass is indented under 127. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating computer measures or controls the transverse physical properties or characteristics (e.g., the thickness distribution, color, moisture content, etc.).

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382,	Image Analysis, subclass 108 for an image analysis system designed to examine the color or intensity distribution of an image object.

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130

Textile:

This subclass is indented under 117. Subject matter wherein the particular product involves the manipulation of fibers into fabric.

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19,	Textiles: Fiber Preparation, appropriate subclasses, in particular subclass 300 for a control means responsive to a sensed condition or program.
26,	Textiles: Cloth Finishing, appropriate subclasses, in particular subclasses 74 through 79for web-condition-responsive operation control.
28,	Textiles: Manufacturing, appropriate subclasses, in particular subclasses 241 through 242and subclasses 248-251 for a control means responsive to a sensed condition.
38,	Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing, appropriate subclass, in particular subclasses 1 through 68for control of the smoothing process.
57,	Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining, subclasses 1 through 362for specific processes and control thereof.
66,	Textiles: Knitting, appropriate subclasses for the manufacture of fabric structures from strands by forming loops and drawing the bights thereof through previously formed loops.
68,	Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus, appropriate subclasses for machines, implements and accessories for fluid treatment of textile fabrics, textile fibers, and pulp.
87,	Textiles: Braiding, Netting, and Lace Making, subclass 20 for a textile apparatus with automatic control.
139,	Textiles: Weaving, appropriate subclasses for the manufacture of a fabric by a weaving process.

131	Pattern design:
	This subclass is indented under 130. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating computer is responsible for coordinating the information used in either (1) generating or applying a decorative motif to the fabric or (2) producing a guideline having specific fabric measurements.

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132

For a garment:

This subclass is indented under 131. Subject matter wherein the textile product is an article of clothing or apparel.

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2,	Apparel, appropriate subclasses for articles of clothing.
83,	Cutting, cross reference art collection 901 for apparel collar making and cross reference art collection 905 for buttonhole making.
223,	Apparel Apparatus, appropriate subclasses for machines and machine methods of making, repairing, and maintaining in proper condition articles of apparel.
450,	Foundation Garments, appropriate subclasses for devices which are specifically designed to fit the human body to protect, compress, support, restrain, or alter the configuration of the body torso or a portion thereof.

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133

Having particular pattern producing operation (e.g., dyeing):

This subclass is indented under 131. Subject matter wherein the pattern design is generated by a specific process or technique.

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8,	Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers, subclass 494 for a dyeing step combined with a nominal textile manufacturing step.
28,	Textiles: Manufacturing, subclass 184 for pattern setting and subclasses 214-215 for pile tufting or pattern setting.
66,	Textiles: Knitting, subclasses 231 through 237for pattern system and subclasses 238-242 for a pattern storage device.
87,	Textiles: Braiding, Netting, and Lace Making, subclasses 14 through 17for a textile apparatus with a pattern mechanism.
139,	Textiles: Weaving, appropriate subclasses for the manufacture of a fabric by a weaving process.

134	Pattern cutting:
	This subclass is indented under 130. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating computer is responsible for controlling the cutting procedure for producing a textile article having specified dimensions.

135	Pattern matching or positioning:
	This subclass is indented under 130. Subject matter further comprising a means to align or position a pattern to prevent improper overlap.

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136

Sewing:

This subclass is indented under 130. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating computer controls the operation of uniting or ornamenting material by means of a strand inserted (stitched) in the material at spaced locations by a needle and enchained or otherwise locked in position.

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12,	Boot and Shoe Making, subclasses 7.7 , 9.1, and 13.2 for sewing of shoes.
112,	Sewing, subclasses 2 through 470.36for sewing manufacturing devices.

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137

Having particular input data (e.g., stitch):

This subclass is indented under 136. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating computer further controls the physical characteristics of the sewing operation (e.g., pitch, pattern, location, etc.).

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112,	Sewing, subclasses 475.17 through 475.26for stitch control.

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138

Embroidering:

This subclass is indented under 136. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating computer controls the sewing operation to create a design or ornamental pattern.

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112,	Sewing, subclasses 78 through 103for embroidering devices.

139	Spinning or winding (e.g., yarn):
	This subclass is indented under 130. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating computer controls or monitors the various parameters associated with the textile machines rotational drive or filament being produced.

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140

Loom control:

This subclass is indented under 130. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating computer controls an apparatus performing a weaving process.

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139,	Textiles: Weaving, subclasses 225 through 228and subclass 327 for control of loom.

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141

Knitting:

This subclass is indented under 130. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating computer controls an apparatus performing a knitting process.

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66,	Textiles: Knitting, appropriate subclasses for the manufacture of fabric structures from strands by forming loops and drawing the bights thereof through previously formed loops.

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142

Fiber preparation:

This subclass is indented under 130. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating computer controls the manipulation of raw material for fiber production.

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19,	Textiles: Fiber Preparation, appropriate subclasses, in particular subclass 300 for a control means responsive to a sensed condition or program.

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143

Having monitoring or inspecting (e.g., abnormality detection):

This subclass is indented under 130. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating computer senses or detects any irregularities or parameters outside of a specified region.

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382,	Image Analysis, subclasses 141 through 152for an image analysis system designed as a part of an automated inspection system in a product manufacturing environment.
702,	Data Processing: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing, appropriate subclasses for a data processing system or calculating computer designed for or utilized in measuring, testing, or monitoring.

144	Yarn quality:
	This subclass is indented under 143. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating computer senses or detects any discrepancies in the integrity of the stock material"s filamentary characteristics.

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145

Metal:

This subclass is indented under 117. Subject matter wherein the particular product belongs to one of a category of electropositive elements.

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29,	Metal Working, subclasses 709 through 719for a control means energized in response to an activator stimulated by a condition sensor.
72,	Metal Deforming, subclasses 6.1 through 21.6for a control means energized in response to an activator stimulated by a condition-sensor, subclasses 28.1-29.2 for the use of a self-regulating control system utilizing electrical or hydraulic energy, subclasses 69, 128, and 200 for modification or control of the temperature of the work, tool or machine, and subclass 441 for a means to selectably control movement of a tool.
76,	Metal Tools and Implements, Making, appropriate subclasses for the manufacturing of tools and implements composed of metal.
148,	Metal Treatment, subclass 195 for a process of chemical-heat removing (e.g., flame-cutting, etc.) or burning of metal having control responsive to a sensed condition of a workpiece.
164,	Metal Founding, subclasses 152 through 153for safety control means, subclasses 154.1-154.8 for a control means responsive to or actuated by means sensing or measuring a condition or variable (i.e., automatic control), and 157 for a control means responsive to an independent timing means.
413,	Sheet Metal Container Making, appropriate subclass for the manufacture of a sheet metal container.

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146

Casting or drawing:

This subclass is indented under 145. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating computer controls the manipulation of metal either (1) by pulling or stamping or (2) by pouring molten metal into a mold to shape or form the metal.

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29,	Metal Working, appropriate subclasses for generic metal shaping.
164,	Metal Founding, subclass 80 for casting metal introduced into a mold as a solid.

147	Control of metallurgical property:
	This subclass is indented under 146. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating computer controls, measures, or monitors the manufacturing process to maintain the physical properties of the metal within specified parameters.

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148

Rolling:

This subclass is indented under 145. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating computer controls the manipulation of a metal by changing its physical dimension by passing the metal between rotating cylindrical elements.

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29,	Metal Working, subclass 888.073 for rolling or die forming (e.g., drawing, punching) and subclass 527.7 for metal casting combined with rolling.
59,	Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making, subclasses 63 through 64for rolling machines and rolls for forming blanks or bars particularly designed for a horseshoe.
72,	Metal Deforming, subclasses 365.2 through 366.2for the process of rolling and subclasses 64-65 for metal deforming by twisting an axially moving work.
228,	Metal Fusion Bonding, subclass 117 for the process of cold rolling and subclass 158 for metal rolling, per se.
413,	Sheet Metal Container Making, subclass 6 for assembling a receptacle by a rolling process.

149	Having schedule adjustment:
	This subclass is indented under 148. Subject matter further comprising management of the sequential operations associated with the manufacturing process.

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150

Control or detection of a particular condition:

This subclass is indented under 148. Subject matter further comprising the monitoring, correction, or inspection of a specific characteristic of the metal rolling process.

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702,	Data Processing: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing, subclasses 1 through 84for measurement system in a specific environment.

151	Speed control:
	This subclass is indented under 150. Subject matter wherein the controlled or detected condition is the velocity of either the rotating cylindrical element or the metal.

152	Tension control (e.g., interstrand):
	This subclass is indented under 150. Subject matter wherein the controlled or detected condition is a longitudinal force which causes the metal to elongate.

153	Temperature control:
	This subclass is indented under 150. Subject matter wherein the controlled or detected condition is heat or thermal energy of the metal.

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154

Flatness or crown control:

This subclass is indented under 150. Subject matter wherein the controlled or detected condition is related to the planarity of the metal.

(1) Note. This subclass contains patents where both the thickness and width are contoured to further control flatness.

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100,	Presses, subclass 162 for concurrent pressing and conveying having roll crown control.

155	Thickness control:
	This subclass is indented under 150. Subject matter wherein the controlled or detected condition is the dimension perpendicular to both the longitudinal and latitudinal directions of the metal.

156	Roll eccentricity compensation:
	This subclass is indented under 155. Subject matter wherein the thickness is controlled by the correction of the curvature or ovalness of the roll.

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157

Glassware forming:

This subclass is indented under 117. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating computer controls a particular process associated with the manufacturing of glass.

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65,	Glass Manufacturing, appropriate subclasses for the manufacture of glass, per se.
505,	Superconductor Technology: Apparatus, Material, Process, subclass 420 for a process of producing or treating high temperature (tc greater than 30 k) superconductor material or superconductor containing products or precursors thereof with glass forming, working, or treating.

158	IS (individual section) machine:
	This subclass is indented under 157. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating computer controls the operation associated with glassware forming on a subset by subset basis.

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159

Machining:

This subclass is indented under 117. Subject matter wherein the area of product manufacturing involves the shaping of a solid workpiece by a machine tool.

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29,	Metal Working, appropriate subclasses for generic metal shaping.
72,	Metal Deforming, appropriate subclasses for applying mechanical stress to a metal workpiece to alter the size or shape thereof without removing any material.
74,	Machine Element or Mechanism, appropriate subclasses for miscellaneous machine subcombinations and mechanisms pertinent to machining.
82,	Turning, appropriate subclasses for producing articles of predominantly circular section by contacting a cutter with a rotating workpiece or a workpiece with a rotating cutter.
83,	Cutting, appropriate subclasses for cutting of a workpiece or handling the workpiece before or after the cutting thereof.
219,	Electric Heating, appropriate subclasses for electrically heated metal working apparatus.
234,	Selective Cutting (e.g., Punching), appropriate subclasses for operating on a workpiece by a plurality of selectively powered cutting tool pairs.
408,	Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool, appropriate subclasses for cutting a workpiece by an implement which rotates about and travels along an axis.
409,	Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing, appropriate subclasses for machining of gears or milling or planing of a workpiece.
451,	Abrading, appropriate subclasses for a process or apparatus for grinding a workpiece by a tool having a natural cutting edge (e.g., a mineral crystal) versus an artificial cutting edge (as in milling or filing).

160	Having particular tool or tool operation:
	This subclass is indented under 159. Subject matter in which the type of tool or function performed by the tool is specified.

161	Tracing or duplicating:
	This subclass is indented under 160. Subject matter wherein the tool reproduces a workpiece from an existing one used as a prototype.

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162

Electrical discharge machining (EDM):

This subclass is indented under 160. Subject matter wherein the tool utilizes an electric arc.

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219,	Electric Heating, subclasses 69.1 through 70for details of electrical discharge apparatus providing cutting or disintegrating.

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163

3-D sculpturing using nontracing prototype sensor:

This subclass is indented under 160. Particular tool or tool operation wherein the data required to machine an item is obtained by a sensor in proximity to but not touching a prototype workpiece.

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118,	for three-dimensional product forming where the product is initially represented in two-dimensional space.

164	Grinding:
	This subclass is indented under 160. Subject matter wherein the tool abrasively removes portions of the workpiece.

165	Bending (e.g., press brake):
	This subclass is indented under 160. Subject matter wherein the tool changes some portion of a workpiece to or from a planar condition.

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166

Laser:

This subclass is indented under 160. Subject matter wherein the tool is a coherent light source.

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219,	Electric Heating, subclasses 121.6 through 121.86for details of laser heating apparatus.
372,	Coherent Light Generators, appropriate subclasses.

167	Of elongated material (e.g., timber, veneer, web):
	This subclass is indented under 159. Subject matter wherein the workpiece has extensive length.

168	Portable (e.g., handheld):
	This subclass is indented under 159. Subject matter wherein the machine tool can be conveniently carried between workpieces by an operator.

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169

Supervisory control (e.g., plural tools or plural processors):

This subclass is indented under 159. Subject matter wherein multiple tools are controlled by a single data processor or a single tool is controlled by multiple data processors.

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9,	for a central or host computer used to control plural controllers.

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340,	Communications: Electrical, subclasses 3.1 through 3.9for selective electrical communication having monitoring in addition to control (e.g., supervisory).
483,	Tool Changing, subclass 15 for apparatus including plural machine tools combined with means to transfer a tool and a workpiece.

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170

Having particular control of a motor parameter:

This subclass is indented under 159. Subject matter wherein a specified characteristic of a machine tool power plant is regulated.

(1) Note. Such characteristics include voltage, current, power, torque, and phase.

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318,	Electricity: Motive Power Systems, appropriate subclasses, for parametric control in motor systems having a nominal load.

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171

Material usage optimization:

This subclass is indented under 159. Subject matter for maximizing the number of finished workpieces per area or minimizing the amount of material per workpiece.

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28+,	wherein a control seeks to optimize a system"s performance criterion (e.g., efficiency, consumption, or profit).

172	Multiple mode (e.g., rough-finish, coarse-fine):
	This subclass is indented under 159. Subject matter where workpiece handling occurs in a plurality of distinct sequential processing phases.

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173

Adaptive (optimizing) system:

This subclass is indented under 159. Subject matter for maximizing or minimizing some aspect of a machining operation.

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28+,	for generic adaptive control systems.

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483,	Tool Changing, subclasses 4 through 6for apparatus including a tool transfer means combined with a tool support or storage means, and a programmable control system.

174	Performance monitoring:
	This subclass is indented under 159. Subject matter in which the condition of some portion of a machining system is utilized to effect a control change therein.

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175

Condition of tool or workpiece (e.g., tolerance, tool wear):

This subclass is indented under 174. Subject matter including evaluation of the condition of a machine tool or an item being machined.

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702,	Data Processing: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing, subclasses 182 through 186for performance or efficiency evaluation, including evaluation of the condition of a machine tool or an item being machined.

176	Offsetting:
	This subclass is indented under 175. Subject matter wherein some allowance is made for variances in tool condition.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 177]

177

Protective or diagnostic feature:

This subclass is indented under 174. Subject matter which includes prevention of machining system damage or provides information regarding system faults.

(1) Note. Such damage would include injury to an operator.

178	Tool/workpiece interference prevention:
	This subclass is indented under 177. Subject matter which protects against tool or workpiece collision.

179	Tool selection/change:
	This subclass is indented under 159. Subject matter comprising processes of choosing an appropriate tool or exchanging multiple tools.

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180

Having operator interface feature:

This subclass is indented under 159. Subject matter providing for communication between a machining system and an operator.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

83+,	for generic data processing control systems which utilize an operator interface.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 181]

181

Specific programming format (e.g., macro):

This subclass is indented under 180. Subject matter where the operator utilizes particular software coding techniques.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

89,	for generic data processing control systems utilizing a particular algorithm.

182	Including CAD, CAM, or CIM technique:
	This subclass is indented under 180. Subject matter in which a computer aided design, computer-aided manufacturing, or computer integrated manufacturing technique provides a machining interface.

183	Preset pattern:
	This subclass is indented under 180. Subject matter where previously stored workpiece shape data may be selected.

184	Machining path display:
	This subclass is indented under 180. Subject matter in which a desired or actual tool route is visually conveyed to an operator.

[List of Patents for class 700 subclass 185]

185