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| Class 264 | PLASTIC AND NONMETALLIC ARTICLE SHAPING OR TREATING: PROCESSES |
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![[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 264 subclass .5]](../as.gif) | ![[List of Patents for class 264 subclass .5]](../ps.gif) | .5 | SHAPING OR TREATING RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL (E.G., FISSIONABLE OR FERTILE, ETC.) |
| | 1.1 | OPTICAL ARTICLE SHAPING OR TREATING |
| | 1.21 |  Nonresinous material only (e.g., ceramic, etc.) |
| | 1.22 |  Scandium (Sc), yttrium (Y), or rare earth containing (i.e., atomic numbers 21, 39, or 57-72) |
| | 1.23 | Halogen containing |
| | 1.24 | Optical fiber, waveguide, or preform |
| | 1.25 | Forming connector or coupler (e.g., fiber link, etc.) |
| | 1.27 | Utilizing plasma, electric, electromagnetic, particle, or wave energy |
| | 1.28 | Forming fiber bundle or cable (e.g., covering, etc.) |
| | 1.29 | Extruding (i.e., die) |
| | 1.31 | Light polarizing article or holographic article |
| | 1.36 | Utilizing plasma, electric, electromagnetic, particulate, or wave energy |
| | 1.6 | Continuous or indefinite length |
| | 1.7 | Composite or multiple layer |
| | 2.1 | Rotational molding |
| | 2.2 | Changing mold size or shape during molding or with shrinkage compensation |
| | 2.5 | Including step of mold making |
| | 2.6 | Nonmechanical aftertreatment (e.g., hydration of contact lens, extraction, heat treatment, etc.) |
| | 2.7 | Reshaping or treatment of an optical preform |
| | 3.1 | EXPLOSIVE OR PROPELLANT ARTICLE SHAPING OR TREATING |
| | 3.2 | Rolling to form sheet or rod |
| | 3.3 | Extrusion to form sheet or rod |
| | 3.4 | Forming or treating particulate material |
| | 4 | ENCAPSULATING NORMALLY LIQUID MATERIAL |
| | 4.1 | Liquid encapsulation utilizing an emulsion or dispersion to form a solid-walled microcapsule (includes liposome) |
| | 4.3 | With treatment subsequent to solid wall formation (e.g., coating, hardening, etc.) |
| | 4.32 |  Microcapsule wall containing two or more layers |
| | 4.33 | Microcapsule wall derived from synthetic polymer |
| | 4.4 | Solid-walled microcapsule formed by cooling molten materials |
| | 4.6 | Solid-walled microcapsule formed by physically removing a constituent (e.g., evaporation, extraction, etc.) |
| | 4.7 | Solid-walled microcapsule formed by in situ polymerization |
| | 5 | FORMATION OF SOLID PARTICULATE MATERIAL DIRECTLY FROM MOLTEN OR LIQUID MASS (E.G., LIQUID COMMINUTING) |
| | 6 | With subsequent uniting of the particles |
| | 7 | Coated particles |
| | 8 | Utilizing centrifugal force or rotating forming zone |
| | 9 | By vibration or agitation |
| | 10 | Utilizing electrical energy |
| | 11 | By impinging plural liquid masses |
| | 12 | By impinging or atomizing with gaseous jet or blast |
| | 13 | By extrusion spraying or gravity fall through orifice |
| | 15 | SPHEROIDIZING OR ROUNDING OF SOLID PARTICLES |
| | 16 | DENTAL SHAPING TYPE |
| | 21 | SHAPING OR TREATING LUMINESCENT MATERIAL |
| | 400 | LASER ABLATIVE SHAPING OR PIERCING (I.E., NONETCHING, DEVOID OF CHEMICAL AGENT OTHER THAN AIR) |
| | 401 | STEREOLITHOGRAPHIC SHAPING FROM LIQUID PRECURSOR |
| | 402 | DIRECT APPLICATION OF ELECTRICAL OR WAVE ENERGY TO HEAT THE MOLD (E.G., ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE, PARTICULATE, MAGNETIC, SONIC, ELECTROSTATIC ENERGY, ETC.) |
| | 405 | DIRECT APPLICATION OF ELECTRICAL OR WAVE ENERGY TO WORK (E.G., ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE, PARTICULATE, MAGNETIC, INDUCTION HEAT, SONIC, ELECTROSTATIC ENERGY, ETC.) |
| | 406 | Measuring, testing, or inspecting |
| | 407 | Using sonic, supersonic, or ultrasonic energy |
| | 408 | Sensing by utilizing light or passage of electric-field current through molding material |
| | 497 | Using laser sintering of particulate material to build three-dimensional product (e.g., SLS, selective laser sintering, etc.) |
| | 413 | Producing or treating porous product |
| | 414 | Inorganic material containing |
| | 415 | Including in situ (e.g., foaming) |
| | 416 | Using liquid to gas blowing agent |
| | 419 | Using chemical blowing agent |
| | 422 | Radio frequency (e.g., 13.56 megahertz, etc.) |
| | 423 | Plasma (e.g., corona, glow discharge, etc.) |
| | 424 | Utilizing electron arc or electron beam |
| | 425 | Polymerizing, cross-linking, or curing |
| | 426 | Producing or treating inorganic hydro-settable material (e.g., cement, plaster, etc.) |
| | 427 | Producing or treating magnetic product precursor thereof |
| | 428 | Including vitrifying or sintering (e.g., fusing, firing, burning, etc.) |
| | 429 | Uniting magnetic particles utilizing organic binder (e.g., resinous binders, etc.) |
| | 430 | Producing or treating inorganic material, not as pigments, conductive enhancers, or fillers (e.g., ceramic, refractory material, etc.) |
| | 431 | Induction heating |
| | 432 | Microwave (e.g., 2.45 gigahertz, etc.) |
| | 433 | Including extruding (e.g., spinning, etc.) |
| | 434 | Including vitrifying or sintering (e.g., fusing, firing, burning, etc.) |
| | 435 | Molecular aligning or molecular orientating (e.g., poling, etc.) |
| | 437 | Conveying or aligning particulate material |
| | 442 | Using sonic, supersonic, or ultrasonic energy |
| | 446 | Limited to treatment of surface or coated surface |
| | 449 | Using direct contact of electrode or electrical wire with precursor or workpiece |
| | 450 | Organic material contains specified conductive enhancing component (e.g., filler, etc.) |
| | 451 | Shaping surface constitutes electrode |
| | 454 | Direct application of fluid pressure (e.g., blow molding, etc.) |
