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| Class 427 | COATING PROCESSES |
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![[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 427 subclass 1]](../as.gif) | ![[List of Patents for class 427 subclass 1]](../ps.gif) | 1 | BODY MEMBER PRINTING (E.G., FINGERPRINTING, ETC.) |
| | 2.1 | MEDICAL OR DENTAL PURPOSE PRODUCT; PARTS; SUBCOMBINATIONS; INTERMEDIATES (E.G., BALLOON CATHETER, SPLINT) |
| | 2.11 |  Analysis, diagnosis, measuring, or testing product (e.g., specimen preparation, microscope slide smearing) |
| | 2.12 |  For contacting living body or transfusing bodily fluid (e.g., endoscope, electrode, thermometer, probe) |
| | 2.13 | Layer formed contains chemical reagent or chemically reacts with substrate (e.g., cell stain or fix, pH paper, immobilized antigen) |
| | 2.14 | Particulate or unit-dosage-article base (e.g., tablet, pill, pellet, capsule, liposome, powder, controlled-release implant, suppository; excluding transdermal patch) |
| | 2.15 | Fluidized bed utilized |
| | 2.16 |  Retarded or controlled-release layer produced (e.g., enteric) |
| | 2.17 | Significant color or other intended appearance altering layer formed (e.g., shining, indicia) |
| | 2.18 | En masse rotating means employed (e.g., rotating pan, tumbling) |
| | 2.19 | Retarded or controlled-release layer produced (e.g., enteric) |
| | 2.2 | Significant color or other intended appearance altering layer formed (e.g., shining, indicia) |
| | 2.21 | Retarded or controlled-release layer produced (e.g., enteric) |
| | 2.22 | Gelatin matrix layer produced |
| | 2.23 | Significant color or other intended appearance altering layer formed (e.g., shining, indicia) |
| | 2.24 | Implantable permanent prosthesis (i.e., artificial body member) (e.g., pacemaker, lens, cornea, glaucoma shunt, heart valve, muscle, spinal disc, breast, internal organ) |
| | 2.25 | Liquid conveying (e.g., vascular, arterial, bile duct, urethra) |
| | 2.26 | For mineralized body part (e.g., bone, tooth, crown, hip) |
| | 2.28 | Device for creating or holding open an unnatural opening in a membrane or organ (e.g., syringe, scalpel, drainage tube) |
| | 2.29 | Dental product (e.g., floss, denture, orthodontia wire) |
| | 2.3 | Fluid barrier or fluid transporting product, other than merely absorbing (e.g., surgical glove, condom, lined diaper, membrane filter, IV tubing, cannula, dialysis membrane, urinary catheter) |
| | 2.31 | Flexible web, sheet, film, or filament base (e.g., fabric, bandage, suture, transdermal patch, orthopedic cast tape) |
| | 4 | PLANT MEMBER OR ANIMAL SPECIMEN COATING |
| | 5 | RADIOACTIVE BASE OR COATING |
| | 7 | FRAUD OR TAMPER DETECTING |
| | 8 | MEASURING, TESTING, OR INDICATING |
| | 11 | FRICTIONAL APPLICATION (I.E., RUBBING SOLID COATING MATERIAL ON BASE) |
| | 446 | SPRAY COATING UTILIZING FLAME OR PLASMA HEAT (E.G., FLAME SPRAYING, ETC.) |
| | 447 | Organic containing coating |
| | 448 | Nonuniform or patterned coating |
| | 449 | Continuous feed solid coating material (e.g., wire, rod, or filament, etc.) |
| | 450 | Inorganic carbon containing coating, not as steel (e.g., carbide, etc.) |
| | 452 | Silicon containing coating |
| | 453 | Metal oxide containing coating |
| | 455 | Metal or metal alloy coating |
| | 457 | DIRECT APPLICATION OF ELECTRICAL, MAGNETIC, WAVE, OR PARTICULATE ENERGY |
| | 458 | Electrostatic charge, field, or force utilized |
| | 459 | Fluidized bed utilized |
| | 462 | Flock or fiber applied |
| | 466 | Nonuniform or patterned coating (e.g., ink jet printing, etc.) |
| | 467 | Edging or striping |
| | 468 | Mask or stencil utilized |
| | 469 | Coating material consists of charged particles (e.g., paint, pigment, dye, etc.) |
| | 470 | Superposed diverse or multilayer similar coatings applied |
| | 471 | Applying coatings to opposite sides of a substrate (excluding processes where all coating is by immersion) |
| | 472 | Positioning, orientation, or application of nonsprayed, nonatomized coating material solely by electrostatic charge, field, or force |
| | 475 | Solid particles or atomized liquid applied |
| | 476 | Inside hollow articles |
| | 477 | Articles or substrates sequentially moved past atomizing source |
| | 478 |  Collection of off-target or fugitive coating material |
| | 479 | Utilizing multiple spray sources (e.g., atomizers) |
| | 480 | Movable atomizer or spray source (e.g., spray source or atomizer rotates, reciprocates, oscillates, etc.) |
| | 481 | Rotatable base or support for substrate |
| | 482 | Running or indefinite length substrate |
| | 483 | Utilizing apparatus to atomize and electrostatically charge liquid coating material (e.g., charging electrode adjacent spray source, etc.) |
| | 485 | Coating contains organic material |
| | 487 | Polymerization of coating utilizing direct application of electrical, magnetic, wave, or particulate energy (i.e., including cross-linking, curing, and hardening of organics) |
| | 488 | Plasma initiated polymerization |
| | 492 | Multiple applications of identical radiation energy source to polymerize (e.g., pulse, flash, lamp, etc.) |
| | 493 | Application of plural diverse energy sources to polymerize (e.g., electromagnetic wave plus resistance heat, ultraviolet wave plus infrared wave, etc.) |
| | 494 | Gloss control (e.g., light scattering, etc.) |
| | 495 | Polymerization involving the control of oxygen containing gas as an inhibitor (e.g., air, etc.) |
| | 496 | High energy electromagnetic radiation or high energy particles utilized (e.g., gamma rays, X-rays, atomic particles, i.e., alpha rays, beta rays, electrons, etc.) |
| | 497 | Vapor deposition utilized |
| | 498 | Immersion, partial immersion, spraying, or spin coating utilized (e.g., dipping, etc.) |
| | 500 | Coating material includes colorant or pigment |
| | 501 | Textile, fiber, or wire coated or impregnated |
| | 502 | Magnetic recording medium formed |
| | 503 | Organosilicon containing coating material |
| | 504 | Nonuniform or patterned coating (e.g., mask, printing, etc.) |
| | 505 | Coating is adhesive or intended to be made adhesive (e.g., release sheet or coating, etc.) |
| | 506 | Benzene ring or nitrogen containing coating material |
| | 508 | Low energy electromagnetic radiation utilized (e.g., UV, visible, IR, microwave, radio wave, actinic, laser, etc.) |
| | 509 | Vapor deposition utilized |
| | 510 | Nonuniform or patterned coating (e.g., mask, printing, textured, etc.) |
| | 512 | Immersion, partial immersion, spraying, or spin coating utilized (e.g., dipping, etc.) |
| | 513 | Textile or fiber coated or impregnated |
| | 514 | Coating material includes colorant or pigment |
| | 515 | Organosilicon containing coating material |
| | 516 | Coating is adhesive or is intended to be made adhesive (e.g., release sheet or coating, etc.) |
| | 517 | Coating includes specified rate affecting material |
| | 518 | Inorganic substrate |
| | 519 | Keto or aldehyde containing group is part of the rate affecting coating material (e.g., benzoin, benzophenone, acetaldehyde, etc.) |
| | 520 | Benzene ring or nitrogen containing coating material |
| | 521 | Radiation as heat source (e.g., radiant energy, etc.) |
| | 522 | Resistance or induction heat-initiated polymerization |
| | 523 | Ion plating or implantation |
| | 524 | With simultaneous sputter etching of substrate |
| | 525 | Organic material present in substrate, plating, or implanted layer |
| | 526 | Nonuniform or patterned ion plating or ion implanting (e.g., mask, etc.) |
| | 527 | Silicon present in substrate, plating, or implanted layer |
| | 529 | Inorganic oxide containing plating or implanted material |
| | 530 | Inorganic metal compound present in plating or implanted material (e.g., nitrides, carbides, borides, etc.) |
| | 528 | Metal or metal alloy substrate |
| | 531 | Metal or metal alloy plating or implanted material |
| | 532 | Pretreatment of substrate or post-treatment of coated substrate |
| | 533 | Ionized gas utilized (e.g., electrically powered source, corona discharge, plasma, glow discharge, etc.) |
| | 534 | Cleaning or removing part of substrate (e.g., etching with plasma, glow discharge, etc.) |
| | 535 | Plasma (e.g., cold plasma, corona, glow discharge, etc.) |
| | 540 | Arc or electrical discharge |
| | 541 | Drying |
| | 543 | Induction or dielectric heating |
| | 545 | Resistance heating |
| | 547 | Magnetic field or force utilized |
| | 548 | Magnetic recording medium or device formed |
| | 550 | Magnetizable powder, flakes, or particles utilized |
| | 551 | High energy electromagnetic radiation or high energy particles utilized (e.g., gamma ray, X-ray, atomic particle, i.e., alpha ray, beta ray, high energy electron, etc.) |
| | 553 | Low energy electromagnetic radiation (e.g., microwave, radio wave, IR, UV, visible, actinic, laser, etc.) |
| | 560 | Sonic or ultrasonic (e.g., cleaning or removing material from substrate, etc.) |
| | 561 | Pretreatment of coating supply or source outside of primary deposition zone or off site |
| | 562 | Electric discharge (e.g., corona, glow discharge, etc.) |
| | 563 | Silicon containing coating material |
| | 564 | Metal, metal alloy, or metal oxide containing coating material |
| | 565 | Sonic or ultrasonic (e.g., vibratory energy, etc.) |
| | 566 | Electron irradiation (e.g., e-beam evaporation, etc.) |
| | 568 | Silicon containing coating supply or source |
| | 569 | Plasma (e.g., corona, glow discharge, cold plasma, etc.) |
| | 570 | Utilizing plasma with other nonionizing energy sources |
| | 571 | With magnetic enhancement |
| | 572 | Light as energy source |
| | 573 | With heated substrate |
| | 574 | Silicon containing coating |
| | 575 | Generated by microwave (i.e., 1mm to 1m) |
| | 576 | Metal, metal alloy, or metal oxide coating |
| | 577 | Inorganic carbon containing coating material, not as steel (e.g., carbide, etc.) |
| | 578 | Silicon containing coating material |
| | 580 | Electrical discharge (e.g., arcs, sparks, etc.) |
| | 581 | Chemical deposition from liquid contiguous with substrate via electron beam or light (e.g., photochemical liquid deposition, etc.) |
| | 582 | Photoinitiated chemical vapor deposition (i.e., photo CVD) |
| | 585 | Chemical vapor deposition (e.g., electron beam or heating using IR, inductance, resistance, etc.) |
| | 586 | Pyrolytic use of laser or focused light (e.g., IR, UV lasers to heat, etc.) |
| | 587 | Resistance or induction heating |
| | 591 | Induction or dielectric heating |
| | 592 | Resistance heating |
| | 593 | Vapor deposition employing resistance heating of substrate or coating material |
| | 594 | Immersion or partial immersion |
| | 595 | Electromagnetic or particulate radiation utilized (e.g., IR, UV, X-ray, gamma ray, actinic, microwave, radio wave, atomic particle; i.e., alpha ray, beta ray, electron, etc.) |
| | 598 | Magnetic field or force utilized |
| | 600 | Sonic or ultrasonic |
| | 58 | ELECTRICAL PRODUCT PRODUCED |
| | 59 | Welding electrode |
| | 60 | Post-treating with solid treating member |
| | 61 | Metal coating or Group IIA metallic compound containing coating |
| | 62 | Superconductor |
| | 64 | Fluorescent or phosphorescent base coating (e.g., cathode-ray tube, luminescent screen, etc.) |
| | 65 | X-radiation properties |
| | 66 | Electroluminescent lamp |
| | 67 | Fluorescent lamp |
| | 68 | Multicolor or mosaic (e.g., color T.V. tube, etc.) |
| | 69 | Vapor deposition |
| | 71 | Particles applied |
| | 72 | Rotating the base |
| | 73 | Settling out of liquid |
| | 74 | Photoelectric |
| | 77 | Electron emissive or suppressive (excluding electrode for arc) |
| | 79 | Condenser or capacitor |
| | 96.1 | Integrated circuit, printed circuit, or circuit board |
| | 96.2 | Protective coating (e.g., encapsulating, etc.) |
| | 96.3 | Electromagnetic wave energy shield (e.g., electromagnetic wave shield (EWS), etc.) |
| | 96.4 | Conformal (e.g., thin film <.02mm thick, etc.) |
| | 96.5 | Mechanical shock, stress, or physical damage absorbing or shielding (e.g., scratch or puncture-resistant coating, etc.) |
| | 96.6 | Barrier to diffusion of specific fluid (e.g., silicone rubber, selectively permeable membrane which excludes water or moisture, etc.) |
| | 96.7 | Using mist or aerosol |
| | 96.8 | Vapor or gas deposition |
| | 96.9 | Front and back of substrate coated (excluding processes where all coating is by immersion) |
| | 97.1 | Multilayer |
| | 97.2 | Coating hole wall |
| | 97.3 | Nonuniform or patterned coating |
| | 97.6 | With posttreatment of coating or coating material |
| | 97.7 | Coating hole wall |
| | 97.8 | With pretreatment of substrate |
| | 98.2 | With posttreatment of coating or coating material |
| | 98.4 | Nonuniform or patterned coating |
| | 98.6 | With pretreatment of substrate |
| | 99.2 | With posttreatment of coating or coating material |
| | 99.5 | Immersion metal plating from solution (e.g., electroless plating, etc.) |
| | 100 | Piezoelectric properties |
| | 101 | Resistor for current control (excludes heating element) |
| | 104 | Motor stator or core for winding |
| | 105 | Hollow article |
| | 108 | Transparent base |
| | 111 | Filament for lamp or tube |
| | 113 | Carbon base |
| | 115 | Fuel cell part |
| | 116 | Coil or winding |
| | 117 | Wire conductor |
| | 118 | Applying superposed coatings or coating a coated base |
| | 119 | Foam, cellular, or natural rubber coating |
| | 120 | Heat utilized |
| | 121 | Cellulosic or fibrous base (e.g., wood, paper, etc.) |
| | 122 | Carbon coating |
| | 123 | Metal coating |
| | 126.1 | Metallic compound coating |
| | 127 | MAGNETIC BASE OR COATING |
| | 133 | MOLD COATING |
| | 136 | COATING PAVEMENT OR THE EARTH (E.G., ROADMAKING, ETC.) |
| | 137 | Striping, marking, or increasing reflectivity |
| | 138 | Asphalt, bitumen, oil, or tar containing coating |
| | 140 | RESTORING OR REPAIRING |
| | 143 | STENCIL BLANK MAKING |
| | 144 | HECTROGRAPHIC OR COPYING SURFACE MAKING |
| | 145 | LATENT IMAGE FORMED OR DEVELOPED |
| | 146 | TRANSFER OR COPY SHEET MAKING |
| | 147 | Decal or embossing foil type (i.e., continuous film transfers) |
| | 150 | Reactive components |
| | 152 | Coating opposite sides or forming plural or nonuniform coats |
| | 153 | Carbon paper type |
| | 154 | REMOVABLE PROTECTIVE COATING APPLIED |
| | 157 | FLUORESCENT OR PHOSPHORESCENT COATING |
| | 159 | INCANDESCENT MANTLE PRODUCED |
| | 160 | COATING HAS X-RAY, ULTRAVIOLET, OR INFRARED PROPERTIES |
| | 161 | TRANSPARENCY OR TRANSLUCENCY INCREASED (E.G., MAKING WINDOW ENVELOPES, ETC.) |
| | 162 | OPTICAL ELEMENT PRODUCED |
| | 163.1 | Polarizer, windshield, optical fiber, projection screen, or retroreflector |
| | 163.2 | Optical fiber, rod, filament, or waveguide |
| | 163.3 | Projection screen |
| | 163.4 | Retroreflector (e.g., light reflecting small spherical beads, etc.) |
| | 164 | Transparent base |
| | 170 | DELUSTERING FABRIC OR YARN |
| | 171 | WITH STRETCHING OR TENSIONING |
| | 177 | WITH WINDING, BALLING, ROLLING, OR COILING |
| | 180 | SOLID PARTICLES OR FIBERS APPLIED |
| | 181 | Interior or hollow article coating |
| | 184 | Nonuniform speed or nonrectilinear base motion |
| | 185 | Fluidized bed utilized |
| | 186 | Roofing produced |
| | 189 | Uniting particles to form continuous coating with nondiscernible particles |
| | 190 | Metallic compound particles |
| | 191 | Metal particles |
| | 193 | Vitrifiable particles |
| | 194 | Roller utilized |
| | 195 | Synthetic resin particles |
| | 196 | Plural direction application of coating materials or simultaneously applying particles and binder from different sources |
| | 197 | Localized different areas produced (e.g., printing, etc.) |
| | 198 | Deforming the base or coating or removing part of the coating |
| | 199 | Silicon compound, metal, or metallic compound containing particles applied |
| | 200 | Flock or fibers applied |
| | 201 | Plural particulate materials applied |
| | 202 | Applying superposed diverse coatings or coating a coated base |
| | 207.1 | COATING REMAINS ADHESIVE OR IS INTENDED TO BE MADE ADHESIVE |
| | 208 | Application to opposite sides of base |
| | 208.2 | Heat sensitive adhesive |
| | 208.4 | Pressure sensitive adhesive |
| | 209 | APPLICATION TO OPPOSITE SIDES OF SHEET, WEB, OR STRIP (EXCLUDING PROCESSES WHERE ALL COATING IS BY IMMERSION) |
| | 212 | PARTICLES, FLAKES, OR GRANULES COATED OR ENCAPSULATED |
| | 213 | Fluidized bed utilized |
| | 213.3 | Solid encapsulation process utilizing an emulsion or dispersion to form a solid-walled microcapsule (includes liposome) |
| | 213.31 | With post-treatment of encapsulant or encapsulating material (e.g., further coating, hardening, etc.) |
| | 213.34 | Solid-walled microcapsule formed by in situ polymerization |
| | 213.35 | Solid-walled microcapsule formed from gelatin or derivative thereof |
| | 213.36 | Solid-walled microcapsule formed from preformed synthetic polymer |
| | 214 | Applying superposed diverse coatings or coating a coated base |
| | 215 | Inorganic base |
| | 222 | Resin base |
| | 223 | FLAME CONTACT |
| | 226 | HEAT DECOMPOSITION OF APPLIED COATING OR BASE MATERIAL |
| | 227 | Base material decomposed or carbonized |
| | 228 | Coating decomposed to form carbide or coating carbonized |
| | 229 | Coating decomposed to form metal |
| | 230 | INTERIOR OF HOLLOW ARTICLE COATING |
| | 231 | Rotating the article |
| | 235 | Removing excess coating material |
| | 236 | Spraying |
| | 237 | Coating by vapor, gas, mist, or smoke |
| | 238 | Vacuum or pressure utilized |
| | 239 | Metal base |
| | 240 | CENTRIFUGAL FORCE UTILIZED |
| | 242 | RUMBLING OR TUMBLING |
| | 243 | FORAMINOUS PRODUCT PRODUCED |
| | 248.1 | COATING BY VAPOR, GAS, OR SMOKE |
| | 249.1 | Carbon or carbide coating |
| | 249.2 | Chemical vapor infiltration (i.e., CVI) of porous base (e.g., fiber, fibrous web, etc.) |
| | 249.3 | Fiber or fibrous web or sheet base (e.g., strand, filament, fabric, cloth, etc.) |
| | 249.5 | Boron and carbon containing coating (e.g., boron carbide, etc.) |
| | 249.6 | Graphite coating |
| | 249.7 | Diamond-like carbon coating (i.e., DLC) |
| | 249.8 | Diamond coating |
| | 249.9 | Patterned or non-uniform coating |
| | 249.11 | Hot filament utilized |
| | 249.12 | Diamond seed crystals utilized |
| | 249.13 | Tungsten containing base |
| | 249.14 | Superposed coatings (i.e., layered) |
| | 249.15 | Silicon and carbon containing coating (e.g., silicon carbide, etc.) |
| | 249.17 | Metal carbide containing coating |
| | 250 | Metal coating |
| | 254 | Wood base |
| | 255.11 | Base includes an inorganic compound containing silicon or metal (e.g., glass, ceramic, brick, etc.) |
| | 255.12 | Chemical vapor infiltration (i.e., CVI) of porous base (e.g., fiber, fibrous web etc.) |
| | 255.13 | Glaze coating produced |
| | 255.14 | Organic compound containing coating |
| | 255.15 | Plural coatings applied utilizing vapor, gas, or smoke |
| | 255.18 | Silicon containing coating |
| | 255.19 | Metal oxide containing coating |
| | 255.21 | Base includes inorganic metal containing compound |
| | 255.23 | Mixture of vapors or gases (e.g., deposition gas and inert gas, inert gas and reactive gas, two or more reactive gases, etc.) utilized |
| | 255.24 | Fiber or fibrous web or sheet based (e.g., strand, filament, fabric, cloth, etc.) |
| | 255.25 | Mixture contains liquid or solid particulate suspension |
| | 255.26 | Coating formed by reaction of vaporous or gaseous mixture with a base (i.e., reactive coating of non-metal base) |
| | 255.28 | Coating formed from vaporous or gaseous phase reaction mixture (e.g., chemical vapor deposition, CVD, etc.) |
| | 255.29 | Inorganic oxygen, sulfur, selenium, or tellurium (i.e., chalcogen) containing coating (e.g., phosphosilicate, silicon oxynitride, etc.) |
| | 255.31 | Metal and chalcogen containing coating (e.g., metal oxide, metal sulfide, metal telluride, etc.) |
| | 255.32 |  Plural metal containing coating (e.g., indium oxide/tin oxide, titanium oxide/aluminum oxide, etc.) |
| | 255.33 | Zinc (Zn), cadmium (Cd), or mercury (Hg), containing |
| | 255.34 | Gallium (Ga), aluminum (Al), or indium (In) containing |
| | 255.35 | Germanium (Ge), tin (Sn), or lead (Pb) containing |
| | 255.36 | Titanium (Ti) or zirconium (Zr) containing |
| | 255.37 | Silicon dioxide coating |
| | 255.38 | Phosphorus or boron containing coating (e.g., aluminum boride, boron phosphide etc.) |
| | 255.39 | Halogen or halogen compound containing reactant |
| | 255.391 | Titanium compound containing coating (e.g., titanium carbonitride, titanium nitride, etc.) |
| | 255.392 | Tungsten compound containing coating (e.g., tungsten silicide, etc.) |
| | 255.393 | Silicon containing coating |
| | 255.394 | Nitrogen containing coating (e.g., metal nitride, etc.) |
| | 255.395 | Inorganic coating |
| | 255.4 | Base supplied constituent |
| | 255.5 | Moving the base |
| | 255.6 | Organic coating applied by vapor, gas, or smoke |
| | 255.7 | Plural coatings applied by vapor, gas, or smoke |
| | 256 | NONUNIFORM COATING |
| | 257 | Wrinkled or crackled coating |
| | 258 | Applying superposed diverse coatings or coating a coated base |
| | 259 | Including a masking coating |
| | 260 | Handheld brush or absorbent applicator utilized |
| | 261 | Final coating nonuniform |
| | 262 | Variegated surface produced (e.g., mottled, stippled, wood grained, etc.) |
| | 264 | Deforming the base or coating or removing a portion of the coating |
| | 265 | Plural nonuniform coatings |
| | 267 | Variegated surface produced (e.g., mottled, stippled, wood grained, etc.) |
| | 269 | Glass or ceramic base |
| | 270 | Deforming the base or coating or removing a portion of the coating |
| | 271 | Deforming the base or coating or removing a portion of the coating |
| | 272 | Mask or stencil utilized |
| | 273 | Fluid treating the coating (e.g., vapor treating, etc.) |
| | 274 | Variegated surface produced (e.g., stippled, marbleized, mottled, wood grained, etc.) |
| | 275 | Deforming the base |
| | 277 | Solid treating member contacts coating |
| | 279 | Vitreous coating |
| | 280 | Variegated surface produced (e.g., mottled, wood grained, etc.) |
| | 282 | Mask or stencil utilized |
| | 283 | Crystalization or precipitation coating |
| | 284 | Edge or border coating |
| | 286 | Striping (i.e., forming stripes) |
| | 287 | Metal, glass, or ceramic base |
| | 288 | Paper or textile base |
| | 289 | WITH CUTTING, HOLDING, SEVERING, OR ABRADING THE BASE |
| | 294 | VACUUM UTILIZED PRIOR TO OR DURING COATING |
| | 299 | WITH PRETREATMENT OF THE BASE |
| | 300 | Shielding or spacing |
| | 301 | Preapplied reactant or reaction promoter or hardener (e.g., catalyst, etc.) |
| | 302 | Resin, rubber, or hardenable oil containing coating |
| | 304 | Metal coating (e.g., electroless deposition, etc.) |
| | 307 | Etching, swelling, or dissolving out part of the base |
| | 310 | Fluxing |
| | 314 | Heating or drying pretreatment |
| | 322 | Organic base |
| | 327 | Metal base |
| | 331 | WITH POST-TREATMENT OF COATING OR COATING MATERIAL |
| | 332 | Deodorizing |
| | 333 | Plural film forming coatings wherein one coating contains a chemical treating agent for the other |
| | 334 | Oil or wax treatment of coating |
| | 335 | Solvent vapor treatment of coating |
| | 336 | Swelling agent or solvent applied to treat coating |
| | 337 | Chemical agent applied to treat coating |
| | 338 | Proteinaceous coating |
| | 339 | Cellulosic coating |
| | 340 | Resin, resin precursor, rubber, or hardenable oil containing coating |
| | 343 | Inorganic coating |
| | 345 | Coating material recirculation or regeneration |
| | 346 | Movement of work treats coating (e.g., vibrating, tilting, etc.) |
| | 348 | Gas jet or blast mechanically treats coating |
| | 350 | Vacuum or reduced pressure utilized |
| | 352 | Liquid extraction of coating constituent or cleaning coating |
| | 355 | Solid treating member or material contacts coating |
| | 356 | Die, blade, or sharp-edged tool |
| | 359 | Roller, drum, or cylinder |
| | 360 | Metal coating |
| | 361 | Paper base (e.g., calendering, etc.) |
| | 365 | Treating between rollers (e.g., calendering, etc.) |
| | 367 | Metal coating |
| | 368 | Brushing |
| | 369 | Pressure treatment of coating (e.g., squeezing, etc.) |
| | 371 | Organic base |
| | 372.2 | Heating or drying (e.g., polymerizing, vulcanizing, curing, etc.) |
| | 373 | Cells, foam, or bubbles formed |
| | 374.1 | And cooling |
| | 375 | Fusion or softening of coating |
| | 377 | Modified condition of atmosphere (e.g., steam, air movement, etc.) |
| | 379 | Plural heating or drying steps |
| | 383.1 | Metal coating |
| | 384 | Organic coating |
| | 385.5 | Resin, resin precursor, rubber, or hardenable oil-containing coating |
| | 386 | Epoxy or polyepoxide containing coating |
| | 387 | Silicon compound containing coating |
| | 388.1 | Metal base |
| | 388.2 | Cross-linked or infusible coating |
| | 388.4 | Water-containing coating (i.e., aqueous dispersion, emulsion, or solution) |
| | 388.5 | Nonaqueous dispersion |
| | 389 | Proteinaceous base (e.g., wool, leather, etc.) |
| | 389.7 | Glass base |
| | 389.9 | Textile or cellulose base |
| | 391 | Paper base |
| | 392 | Natural cellulose base |
| | 393.1 | Antistatic properties increased |
| | 393.2 | Wrinkle resistance of crease holding properties increased |
| | 393.3 | Flame resistance increased |
| | 393.4 | Antisoiling or water repellency increased |
| | 393.5 | Resin, rubber, or elastomer base |
| | 393.6 | Asbestos, ceramic, concrete, or masonry base |
| | 394 | Textile or cellulosic base |
| | 397.7 | Inorganic silicon-containing coating |
| | 398.1 | Cooling |
| | 399 | BASE SUPPLIED CONSTITUENT |
| | 401 | COMBINED |
| | 402 | APPLYING SUPERPOSED DIVERSE COATING OR COATING A COATED BASE |
| | 403 | Settable inorganic coating (e.g., cement, etc.) |
| | 404 | Metal coating |
| | 407.1 | Synthetic resin coating |
| | 407.2 | Glass base |
| | 408 | Wood base |
| | 409 | Metal base |
| | 411 | Paper base |
| | 412 | Textile or leather base |
| | 412.1 | Nonfibrous organic base |
| | 413 | Natural rubber or derivative containing coating |
| | 414 | Protein or derivative containing coating (e.g., casein, glue, gelatin, etc.) |
| | 415 | Cellulosic coating |
| | 416 | Wax containing coating |
| | 417 | Natural resin, oil, or fat containing |
| | 419.1 | Metallic compound-containing coating |
| | 420 | FALLING CURTAIN OF COATING MATERIAL UTILIZED (I.E., CURTAIN COATING) |
| | 421.1 | SPRAYING |
| | 422 | Heated coating material |
| | 424 | Moving the base |
| | 426 | Ingredients supplied separately |
| | 427 | Inorganic coating material |
| | 427.1 | Using nozzle or projector supported or guided by base (e.g., work, workpiece, etc.) during coating |
| | 427.2 | With programmed control or using mechanized nozzle or projector (e.g., robotic sprayer, etc.) |
| | 427.3 | Moving nozzle or projector |
| | 427.4 | Polymer containing coating material |
| | 427.7 | Organic compound containing base |
| | 428.01 | ROLLER APPLICATOR UTILIZED (E.G., PADDING, ETC.) |
| | 428.02 | Single roller applies plural layers of same coating material to base |
| | 428.03 | Roller composed of three or more layers used |
| | 428.04 | Tapered roller used |
| | 428.05 | Fibrous or porous surface roller used |
| | 428.06 | Grooved or textured surface roller used |
| | 428.07 | Resilient (e.g., rubber, etc.) surface roller used |
| | 428.08 | Plural roller applicators used |
| | 428.09 | Opposed, counter, or reverse surface movement at contact between roller applicator and base |
| | 428.1 | Including using roller backup support for base |
| | 428.11 | Opposed, counter, or reverse surface movement at contact between roller applicator and base |
| | 428.13 | And roller end dams used |
| | 428.14 | And doctor or roller used to distribute coating material on roller applicator |
| | 428.15 | And using transfer roller to feed coating material to roller applicator |
| | 428.16 | And guiding base to follow surface curvature of roller applicator |
| | 428.17 | Including using roller backup support for base |
| | 428.18 | Including using force to supply coating material to roller applicator |
| | 428.2 | Direct contact of roller applicator with coating material supply bath used |
| | 428.21 | Including using roller backup support for base |
| | 429 | BRUSH OR ABSORBENT APPLICATOR UTILIZED |
| | 430.1 | IMMERSION OR PARTIAL IMMERSION |
| | 431 | Molten metal or fused salt bath |
| | 432 | Inert gas or nonoxidizing atmosphere utilized |
| | 433 | Lead, zinc, or tin coating (e.g., galvanizing, etc.) |
| | 434.2 | Running lengths |
| | 434.3 | Coating applied at surface of bath only |
| | 434.4 | Base treated by solid member in bath (e.g., scraped, squeezed, etc.) |
| | 434.5 | Coating material moved (e.g., agitated, circulated, etc.) |
| | 434.6 | Cord, thread, yarn, wire, or rod |
| | 435 | Metal base |
| | 439 | Cellulosic base |
| | 443 | Wax, oil, asphalt, or bitumen containing coating |
| | 443.1 | Chemical compound reducing agent utilized (i.e., electroless deposition) |
| | 443.2 | Inorganic base |
| | 444 | PRETREATMENT, PER SE, OR POST-TREATMENT, PER SE (WITHOUT CLAIMED COATING) |
| | 445 | MISCELLANEOUS |
| CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS | ||
| | 900 | CHEMICAL VAPOR INFILTRATION (I.E., CVI) |
| | 901 | LIQUID SOURCE CHEMICAL DEPOSTION (I.E., LSCVD) OR AEROSOL CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (I.E., ACVD) |
| | 903 | FULLERENE TYPE BASE OR COATING |
| | 902 | DIAMOND-LIKE CARBON COATING (I.E., DLC) |
| | 904 | Utilizing low energy electromagnetic radiation (e.g., microwave, radio wave, IR, UV, visible, actinic laser, etc.) |
| | 905 | Utilizing ion plating or ion implantation |
| | 906 | Utilizing plasma (e.g., corona, glow discharge, cold plasma, etc.) |
| FOREIGN ART COLLECTIONS | ||
| FOR000 | CLASS-RELATED FOREIGN DOCUMENTS |
| Any foreign patents or non-patent literature from subclasses that have been reclassified have been transferred directly to FOR Collections listed below. These Collections contain ONLY foreign patents or non-patent literature. The parenthetical references in the Collection titles refer to the abolished subclasses from which these Collections were derived. | ||
| COATING BY VAPOR, GAS, OR SMOKE |
| FOR100 | Carbon or carbide coating (427/249) |
| FOR101 | Base includes inorganic silicon or metal containing compound (e.g., glass, ceramic, brick, etc.) (427/255) |
| FOR102 | Mixture of vapors or gases utilized (427/255.1) |
| ELECTRICAL PRODUCT PRODUCED (427/58) |
| FOR109 | SPRAYING (427/421) |
| FOR110 | ROLLER APPLICATOR UTILIZED (E.G., PADDING, ETC.) (427/428) |
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