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

Class
445
ELECTRIC LAMP OR SPACE DISCHARGE COMPONENT OR DEVICE MANUFACTURING

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Subclass		Title
ClassTitle		===> ELECTRIC LAMP OR SPACE DISCHARGE COMPONENT OR DEVICE MANUFACTURING
1		PROCESS
2		. Repairing, converting or salvaging
3		. With testing or adjusting
4		. . Electrode position sensing or adjusting by optical operation
5		. Including use of electric arc or current for removing an undesired particle, i.e., spot knocking
6		. With start up, flashing or aging
7		. Spark plug or spark gap making
8		. Implosion protecting
9		. Generating gas or vapor within an envelope, or coating by vapor, gas, mist or smoke within the envelope
10		. . Controlled vaporizing or coating
11		. . Depositing plural coatings
12		. . With diverse type coating operation
13		. . With subsequent treatment of the coating
14		. . Coating on particular base material, part or place
15		. . Plural gas or vapor generating operations
16		. . With gas introduction
17		. . With precedent or subsequent heating of tube or electrode
18		. . Including establishing an electric space discharge
19		. . Electromagnetic induction heating
20		. . Filament heating
21		. . Generating gas or vapor from reactive compostion containing a reducing agent
22		. Combined, e.g., with shaping of lamp or device envelope
23		. With assembly or disassembly
24		. . Display or gas panel making
25		. . . With sealing
26		. . Arc tube making, e.g., fluorescent lamp
27		. . Incandescent lamp making
28		. . Flash lamp, x-ray tube or laser making
29		. . Including electrode or getter mounting
30		. . . CRT mask mounting
31		. . . Getter mounting
32		. . . Incandescent filament mounting
33		. . . Plural electrode mounting
34		. . . . CRT grid or cathode gun
35		. . Electrode making
36		. . . CRT type
37		. . . . CRT mask mounting
38		. . Including evacuating, degasifying or gas, vapor, liquid or meltable or sublimable solid introduction
39		. . . With cooling, e.g., to condense
40		. . . With heating, e.g., to outgas
41		. . . By gettering
42		. . . With subsequent evacuation
43		. . . With particular sealing
44		. . Hermetically assembling plural parts
45		. . . CRT
46		. Electrode making
47		. . Multi-apertured panel making, e.g., CRT mask
48		. . Incandescent filament making
49		. . Electrode shaping
50		. . . Emissive type
51		. . Emissive type
52		. . Fluorescent type or mosaic electrode making
53		. Including evacuating, degasifying or getter or fluent material introduction
54		. . With cooling, e.g., to condense
55		. . By gettering
56		. . With subsequent evacuation
57		. . With heating, e.g., to outgas
58		. With coating, e.g., providing protective coating on sensitive area
59		. Including cleaning
60		APPARATUS
61		. Repairing, converting or salvaging means
62		. Having means to operate the device or portion thereof, e.g., to age
63		. Testing or adjusting means
64		. . Having optical means to sense or adjust electrode position
65		. Combined
66		. Assembly means
67		. . Having electrode positioning or assembly means
68		. . . Having means to manipulate a CRT mask
69		. . Having means to manipulate lead wire, lamp base or terminal
70		. . Having evacuation or degasification means or means to introduce gas, vapor, liquid or solid treating agent
71		. . With turret means
72		. Including means to establish an electric space discharge
73		. Having evacuation or degasification means or means to introduce gas, vapor, liquid or solid treating agent

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Last Modified: 6 October 2000