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CPC Definition - Subclass B31D

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B31D
MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN SUBCLASSES B31B OR B31C (manufacture by dry processes of articles made from particles or fibres consisting of wood or other lignocellulosic or like organic material B27N; making layered products not composed wholly of paper or cardboard B32B; making articles from cellulosic fibrous suspensions, e.g. wood pulp, D21J)
Definition statement

This place covers:

Making, otherwise than by winding, of articles other than boxes, cartons, envelopes, bags, and tubes from paper, other than from paper pulp.

References
Limiting references

This place does not cover:

Manufacture by dry processes of articles made from particles or fibres consisting of wood or other lignocellulosic or like organic material

B27N

Making layered products not composed wholly of paper or cardboard

B32B

Making articles from cellulosic fibrous suspensions, e.g. wood pulp

D21J

References out of a residual place

Examples of places in relation to which this place is residual:

Making boxes, cartons, envelopes or bags

B31B

Making wound articles

B31C

Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Making cardboard or paper

D21F, D21H

Multiple-step processes for making flat articles {; Making flat articles}
Definition statement

This place covers:

Making flat paper articles

{the articles being box parts not otherwise provided for}
References
Limiting references

This place does not cover:

Partitions or inserts for boxes

B31D 5/0004

{making bottoms or caps}
References
Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Making of boxes involving bottoms and caps

B31B 2105/00

{by assembling, e.g. by laminating (B31D 1/0012 - B31D 1/0068 take precedence)}
References
Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Methods or apparatus for making layered products

B32B 37/00

the articles being labels or tags
References
Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Label applying devices

B65C 1/00

Labels

G09F 3/00

the articles being napkins, handkerchiefs, towels, doilies, or the like
References
Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Absorbant articles

A47K 10/00

Embossing foil material

B31F 1/07, B31F 2201/07

Making articles of cellular structure, e.g. insulating board
References
Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Foaming of plastics or material in a plastic state

B29C 44/00

{Making cellular structures from corrugated webs or sheets}
References
Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Corrugating

B31F 1/20

{by cutting corrugated webs longitudinally into strips, piling these strips and uniting them}
References
Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Making corrugated cardboard of composite structure

B31F 1/2813

Multiple-step processes for making three-dimensional articles {; Making three-dimensional articles}
References
Application-oriented references

Examples of places where the subject matter of this place is covered when specially adapted, used for a particular purpose, or incorporated in a larger system:

Assembly or manufacture of garlands

A41G 1/04

References out of a residual place

Examples of places in relation to which this place is residual:

Making receptacles or containers

B31B

Making tubes

B31B, B31C

{for making inserts, e.g. partitions, for boxes}
References
Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Making boxes with partitions, inserting partitions into boxes

B31B 2120/20, B31B 2105/00, B31B 2120/25

{for making dunnage or cushion pads}
References
Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Embedding contents in shock-absorbing media

B65B 55/20

Special rules of classification

Additional classification by allocating the appropriate deep Indexing Codes as provided in B31D 2205/00 and subgroups is mandatory

{including pillow forming}
Glossary of terms

In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:

Pillow

refers to an inflated pouch or to an array of inflated pouches

{and filling with a material other than air or gas}
References
Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Foaming of plastics or material in a plastic state

B29C 44/00

{Making filter elements, e.g. pleated}
References
Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Flat coffee filters

B31D 1/0006

including folding or pleating, e.g. Chinese lanterns
References
Limiting references

This place does not cover:

Multiple-step processes for making dunnage or cushion pads

B31D 5/0039

Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Toys made by folding paper

A63H 33/16

Folding thin material in general

B65H 45/00

Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
Definition statement

This place covers:

Making, otherwise than by winding, of articles other than boxes, cartons, envelopes, bags, and tubes from paper, other than from paper pulp and not provided for in any of the groups B31D 1/00 - B31D 5/00