Application to opposite sides of sheet, web, or strip (excluding processes where all coating is by immersion)

Nonuniform coating

Roller applicator utilized

Applying superposed diverse coating or coating a coated base

Cellulosic coating

Metal coating

Metal base

Zinc coating

Metallic compound-containing coating

Boride, carbide, nitride, phosphide, silicide, or sulfide-containing coating

Organometallic or metal salt of organic compound-containing coating

Oxide-containing coating

Organic coating

Superposed diverse oxide coatings

Vitreous coating

Vitreous coating

Natural resin, oil, or fat containing

Metallic compound-containing coating

Natural rubber or derivative containing coating

Protein or derivative containing coating (e.g., casein, glue, gelatin, etc.)

Settable inorganic coating (e.g., cement, etc.)

Synthetic resin coating

Glass base

Fiberglass base

Metal base

Epoxy or polyepoxide containing coating

Nonfibrous organic base

Cellulose derivative base

Halogen-containing resin base

Polyester or alkyd resin base

Polyolefin base

Paper base

Textile or leather base

Wood base

Wax containing coating

Base supplied constituent

Resin or rubber base

Body member printing (e.g., fingerprinting, etc.)

Brush or absorbent applicator utilized

Centrifugal force utilized

Metal coating

Chemical vapor infiltration (i.e., cvi)

Coating by vapor, gas, or smoke

Coating by vapor, gas, or smoke

Base includes an inorganic compound containing silicon or metal (e.g., glass, ceramic, brick, etc.)

Base includes inorganic metal containing compound

Iron compound containing base (e.g., ferric oxide, etc.)

Chemical vapor infiltration (i.e., cvi) of porous base (e.g., fiber, fibrous web etc.)

Glaze coating produced

Metal oxide containing coating

Organic compound containing coating

Plural coatings applied utilizing vapor, gas, or smoke

Silicon containing coating

Halogen containing coating, reactant, or precursor

Base supplied constituent

Carbon or carbide coating

Boron and carbon containing coating (e.g., boron carbide, etc.)

Chemical vapor infiltration (i.e., cvi) of porous base (e.g., fiber, fibrous web, etc.)

Diamond coating

Diamond seed crystals utilized

Hot filament utilized

Patterned or non-uniform coating

Superposed coatings (i.e., layered)

Tungsten containing base

Diamond-like carbon coating (i.e., dlc)

Fiber or fibrous web or sheet base (e.g., strand, filament, fabric, cloth, etc.)

Inorganic carbon base (e.g., graphite, etc.)

Graphite coating

Metal carbide containing coating

Chromium (cr), molybdenum (mo), or tungsten (w) metal carbide containing coating

Titanium (ti), zirconnium (zr), or hafnium (hf) metal carbide containing coating

Silicon and carbon containing coating (e.g., silicon carbide, etc.)

Inorganic carbon base (e.g., graphite, etc.)

Metal coating

By decomposing metallic compound (e.g., pack process, etc.)

Halogen containing compound

Moving the base

Mixture of vapors or gases (e.g., deposition gas and inert gas, inert gas and reactive gas, two or more reactive gases, etc.) utilized

Coating formed by reaction of vaporous or gaseous mixture with a base (i.e., reactive coating of non-metal base)

Silicon containing coating

Coating formed from vaporous or gaseous phase reaction mixture (e.g., chemical vapor deposition, cvd, etc.)

Halogen or halogen compound containing reactant

Silicon containing coating

Titanium compound containing coating (e.g., titanium carbonitride, titanium nitride, etc.)

Tungsten compound containing coating (e.g., tungsten silicide, etc.)

Inorganic oxygen, sulfur, selenium, or tellurium (i.e., chalcogen) containing coating (e.g., phosphosilicate, silicon oxynitride, etc.)

Metal and chalcogen containing coating (e.g., metal oxide, metal sulfide, metal telluride, etc.)

Gallium (ga), aluminum (al), or indium (in) containing

Germanium (ge), tin (sn), or lead (pb) containing

Plural metal containing coating (e.g., indium oxide/tin oxide, titanium oxide/aluminum oxide, etc.)

Titanium (ti) or zirconium (zr) containing

Zinc (zn), cadmium (cd), or mercury (hg), containing

Silicon dioxide coating

Nitrogen containing coating (e.g., metal nitride, etc.)

Phosphorus or boron containing coating (e.g., aluminum boride, boron phosphide etc.)

Fiber or fibrous web or sheet based (e.g., strand, filament, fabric, cloth, etc.)

Inorganic coating

Mixture contains liquid or solid particulate suspension

Moving the base

Organic coating applied by vapor, gas, or smoke

Plural coatings applied by vapor, gas, or smoke

Wood base

Coating has x-ray, ultraviolet, or infrared properties

Coating pavement or the earth (e.g., roadmaking, etc.)

Asphalt, bitumen, oil, or tar containing coating

Rolling

Striping, marking, or increasing reflectivity

Coating remains adhesive or is intended to be made adhesive

Application to opposite sides of base

Heat sensitive adhesive

Pressure sensitive adhesive

Applying superposed diverse coatings or coating a coated base

Nonuniform coating (e.g., perforated, etc.)

Combined

Delustering fabric or yarn

Diamond-like carbon coating (i.e., dlc)

Utilizing ion plating or ion implantation

Utilizing low energy electromagnetic radiation (e.g., microwave, radio wave, ir, uv, visible, actinic laser, etc.)

Utilizing plasma (e.g., corona, glow discharge, cold plasma, etc.)

Direct application of electrical, magnetic, wave, or particulate energy

Chemical deposition from liquid contiguous with substrate via electron beam or light (e.g., photochemical liquid deposition, etc.)

Chemical vapor deposition (e.g., electron beam or heating using ir, inductance, resistance, etc.)

Pyrolytic use of laser or focused light (e.g., ir, uv lasers to heat, etc.)

Resistance or induction heating

Boron, nitrogen, or inorganic carbon containing coating

Silicon or semiconductor material containing coating

Silicon carbide

Electrical discharge (e.g., arcs, sparks, etc.)

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.)

Laser or electron beam (e.g., heat source, etc.)

Metal or metal alloy containing coating material applied

Electrostatic charge, field, or force utilized

Applying coatings to opposite sides of a substrate (excluding processes where all coating is by immersion)

Flock or fiber applied

Pile- or nap-type surface formed

Heating, drying, or cooling adhesive surface

Organic substrate specified (e.g., fabric, etc.)

Fluidized bed utilized

Heating or fusing applied coating

Ionization or corona discharge utilized

Nonuniform or patterned coating (e.g., ink jet printing, etc.)

Coating material consists of charged particles (e.g., paint, pigment, dye, etc.)

Edging or striping

Mask or stencil utilized

Positioning, orientation, or application of nonsprayed, nonatomized coating material solely by electrostatic charge, field, or force

Inorganic substrate

Solid particles applied

Solid particles or atomized liquid applied

Articles or substrates sequentially moved past atomizing source

Collection of off-target or fugitive coating material

Movable atomizer or spray source (e.g., spray source or atomizer rotates, reciprocates, oscillates, etc.)

Rotatable base or support for substrate

Utilizing multiple spray sources (e.g., atomizers)

Coating contains organic material

Inorganic substrate

Inside hollow articles

Running or indefinite length substrate

Utilizing apparatus to atomize and electrostatically charge liquid coating material (e.g., charging electrode adjacent spray source, etc.)

Rotatable atomizer or spray source

Superposed diverse or multilayer similar coatings applied

Induction or dielectric heating

Ion plating or implantation

Inorganic metal compound present in plating or implanted material (e.g., nitrides, carbides, borides, etc.)

Inorganic oxide containing plating or implanted material

Metal or metal alloy plating or implanted material

Metal or metal alloy substrate

Nonuniform or patterned ion plating or ion implanting (e.g., mask, etc.)

Organic material present in substrate, plating, or implanted layer

Silicon present in substrate, plating, or implanted layer

With simultaneous sputter etching of substrate

Magnetic field or force utilized

Magnetic recording medium or device formed

Photoinitiated chemical vapor deposition (i.e., photo cvd)

Metal, metal alloy, or metal oxide coating

Silicon containing coating

Plasma (e.g., corona, glow discharge, cold plasma, etc.)

Generated by microwave (i.e., 1mm to 1m)

Inorganic carbon containing coating material, not as steel (e.g., carbide, etc.)

Metal, metal alloy, or metal oxide coating

Silicon containing coating material

Silicon oxides or nitrides

Utilizing plasma with other nonionizing energy sources

Light as energy source

Silicon containing coating

With heated substrate

With magnetic enhancement

Polymerization of coating utilizing direct application of electrical, magnetic, wave, or particulate energy (i.e., including cross-linking, curing, and hardening of organics)

Application of plural diverse energy sources to polymerize (e.g., electromagnetic wave plus resistance heat, ultraviolet wave plus infrared wave, etc.)

Gloss control (e.g., light scattering, etc.)

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.)

Benzene ring or nitrogen containing coating material

Styrene or carboxamide group containing coating material (e.g., urea, urethane, etc.)

Coating is adhesive or intended to be made adhesive (e.g., release sheet or coating, etc.)

Coating material includes colorant or pigment

Immersion, partial immersion, spraying, or spin coating utilized (e.g., dipping, etc.)

Natural cellulose substrate

Magnetic recording medium formed

Nonuniform or patterned coating (e.g., mask, printing, etc.)

Organosilicon containing coating material

Textile, fiber, or wire coated or impregnated

Vapor deposition utilized

Low energy electromagnetic radiation utilized (e.g., uv, visible, ir, microwave, radio wave, actinic, laser, etc.)

Benzene ring or nitrogen containing coating material

Coating includes specified rate affecting material

Inorganic substrate

Keto or aldehyde containing group is part of the rate affecting coating material (e.g., benzoin, benzophenone, acetaldehyde, etc.)

Coating is adhesive or is intended to be made adhesive (e.g., release sheet or coating, etc.)

Coating material includes colorant or pigment

Immersion, partial immersion, spraying, or spin coating utilized (e.g., dipping, etc.)

Nonuniform or patterned coating (e.g., mask, printing, textured, etc.)

Printing ink utilized

Organosilicon containing coating material

Radiation as heat source (e.g., radiant energy, etc.)

Textile or fiber coated or impregnated

Vapor deposition utilized

Multiple applications of identical radiation energy source to polymerize (e.g., pulse, flash, lamp, etc.)

Plasma initiated polymerization

Flurocarbon containing coating

Organic substrate

Organosilicon containing coating

Polymerization involving the control of oxygen containing gas as an inhibitor (e.g., air, etc.)

Resistance or induction heat-initiated polymerization

Pretreatment of coating supply or source outside of primary deposition zone or off site

Electric discharge (e.g., corona, glow discharge, etc.)

Metal, metal alloy, or metal oxide containing coating material

Silicon containing coating material

Electron irradiation (e.g., e-beam evaporation, etc.)

Silicon or metal oxide coating (e.g., glass, etc.)

Silicon containing coating supply or source

Sonic or ultrasonic (e.g., vibratory energy, etc.)

Pretreatment of substrate or post-treatment of coated substrate

Arc or electrical discharge

Drying

Infrared or radiant heating

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.)

Nonuniform or patterned coating

Induction or dielectric heating

Organic coating containing material

Ionized gas utilized (e.g., electrically powered source, corona discharge, plasma, glow discharge, etc.)

Cleaning or removing part of substrate (e.g., etching with plasma, glow discharge, etc.)

Plasma (e.g., cold plasma, corona, glow discharge, etc.)

Organic substrate

Metal containing coating

Textile or fiber coated or impregnated

Oxygen containing atmosphere

Low energy electromagnetic radiation (e.g., microwave, radio wave, ir, uv, visible, actinic, laser, etc.)

Laser

Nonuniform or patterned coating

Metal or metal alloy substrate

Thermal processes (e.g., radiant heat, infrared, etc.)

Fusing, curing, or annealing (e.g., ceramics, etc.)

Ultraviolet light

Magnetic field or force utilized

Magnetic recording medium or device formed

Running length substrate

Magnetizable powder, flakes, or particles utilized

Resistance heating

Metal or metal alloy containing coating

Sonic or ultrasonic (e.g., cleaning or removing material from substrate, etc.)

Resistance heating

Immersion or partial immersion

Vapor deposition employing resistance heating of substrate or coating material

Sonic or ultrasonic

Immersion bath utilized

Electrical product produced (427/58)

Electrical product produced

Carbon base

Brushes

Carbon coating

Cellulosic or fibrous base (e.g., wood, paper, etc.)

Coil or winding

Condenser or capacitor

Electrolytic or barrier layer type

Vacuum or pressure utilized

Electron emissive or suppressive (excluding electrode for arc)

Vapor deposition or spraying

Filament for lamp or tube

Carbon filament

Fluorescent or phosphorescent base coating (e.g., cathode-ray tube, luminescent screen, etc.)

Electroluminescent lamp

Fluorescent lamp

Multicolor or mosaic (e.g., color t.v. tube, etc.)

Particles applied

Rotating the base

Settling out of liquid

Vapor deposition

Nonmetallic coating formed by vapor deposition

X-radiation properties

Fuel cell part

Hollow article

Glass (e.g., light bulb, etc.)

Vapor deposition

Integrated circuit, printed circuit, or circuit board

Coating hole wall

With posttreatment of coating or coating material

Heating (e.g., curing, etc.)

With pretreatment of substrate

Immersion metal plating from solution (e.g., electroless plating, etc.)

Activating or catalyst pretreatment

Front and back of substrate coated (excluding processes where all coating is by immersion)

Immersion metal plating from solution (e.g., electroless plating, etc.)

Multilayer

Coating hole wall

Nonuniform or patterned coating

With posttreatment of coating or coating material

Polymer deposited

With posttreatment of coating or coating material

Nonuniform or patterned coating

With pretreatment of substrate

Protective coating (e.g., encapsulating, etc.)

Barrier to diffusion of specific fluid (e.g., silicone rubber, selectively permeable membrane which excludes water or moisture, etc.)

Conformal (e.g., thin film

Electromagnetic wave energy shield (e.g., electromagnetic wave shield (ews), etc.)

Mechanical shock, stress, or physical damage absorbing or shielding (e.g., scratch or puncture-resistant coating, etc.)

Using mist or aerosol

Vapor or gas deposition

With posttreatment of coating or coating material

Planarization

Polymer deposited

With pretreatment of substrate

Activating or catalyst pretreatment

Etching or roughening

Heating

Swelling

Metal coating

Silver, gold, platinum, or palladium

Vapor deposition or utilizing vacuum

Metallic compound coating

Glass or ceramic base or coating

Metal oxide, peroxide, or hydroxide coating

Metal is al

Metal is au, ag, pt, pd, ru, rh, os, ir

Metal is ni, fe, or co

Motor stator or core for winding

Photoelectric

Coating is selenium, tellurium, or compound thereof

Mosaic or nonuniform coating

Piezoelectric properties

Resistor for current control (excludes heating element)

Applying superposed diverse coatings or coating a coated base

Nonuniform coating

Superconductor

Nonuniform coating

Transparent base

Spraying

Vapor deposition

Welding electrode

Metal coating or group iia metallic compound containing coating

Post-treating with solid treating member

Wire conductor

Applying superposed coatings or coating a coated base

Foam, cellular, or natural rubber coating

Heat utilized

Falling curtain of coating material utilized (i.e., curtain coating)

Flame contact

After coating

Metal coating

Fluorescent or phosphorescent coating

Optical brightening

Foraminous product produced

Filter, sponge, or foam

Metal base

Microporous coating (e.g., vapor permeable, etc.)

Coagulating or jelling the coating

Fraud or tamper detecting

Frictional application (i.e., rubbing solid coating material on base)

Fullerene type base or coating

Heat decomposition of applied coating or base material

Base material decomposed or carbonized

Coating decomposed to form carbide or coating carbonized

Coating decomposed to form metal

Hectrographic or copying surface making

Immersion or partial immersion

Cellulosic base

Wax, oil, asphalt, or bitumen containing coating

Wood base

Creosote, wax, oil, asphalt, or bitumen containing coating

Chemical compound reducing agent utilized (i.e., electroless deposition)

Inorganic base

Metal base

Metal coating

Chemical compound reducing agent utilized (i.e., electroless deposition)

Nickel coating

Molten metal or fused salt bath

Inert gas or nonoxidizing atmosphere utilized

Lead, zinc, or tin coating (e.g., galvanizing, etc.)

Running lengths

Base treated by solid member in bath (e.g., scraped, squeezed, etc.)

Coating applied at surface of bath only

Coating material moved (e.g., agitated, circulated, etc.)

Cord, thread, yarn, wire, or rod

Extending through bath-containing wall

Wax, oil, asphalt, or bitumen containing coating

Incandescent mantle produced

Interior of hollow article coating

Coating by vapor, gas, mist, or smoke

Metal base

Removing excess coating material

Rotating the article

Metal base

Removing excess coating material

Spraying

Spraying

Vacuum or pressure utilized

Latent image formed or developed

Liquid source chemical depostion (i.e., lscvd) or aerosol chemical vapor deposition (i.e., acvd)

Magnetic base or coating

Magnetic coating

Applying superposed diverse coating or coating a coated base

Metal coating

With post-treatment of coating or coating material

With pretreatment of base

Measuring, testing, or indicating

Thickness or uniformity of thickness determined

Electrical or optical

Medical or dental purpose product; parts; subcombinations; intermediates (e.g., balloon catheter, splint)

Analysis, diagnosis, measuring, or testing product (e.g., specimen preparation, microscope slide smearing)

For contacting living body or transfusing bodily fluid (e.g., endoscope, electrode, thermometer, probe)

Layer formed contains chemical reagent or chemically reacts with substrate (e.g., cell stain or fix, ph paper, immobilized antigen)

Dental product (e.g., floss, denture, orthodontia wire)

Device for creating or holding open an unnatural opening in a membrane or organ (e.g., syringe, scalpel, drainage tube)

Flexible web, sheet, film, or filament base (e.g., fabric, bandage, suture, transdermal patch, orthopedic cast tape)

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)

Implantable permanent prosthesis (i.e., artificial body member) (e.g., pacemaker, lens, cornea, glaucoma shunt, heart valve, muscle, spinal disc, breast, internal organ)

For mineralized body part (e.g., bone, tooth, crown, hip)

Inorganic oxygen-containing compound containing layer formed (e.g., hydroxyapatite, ceramic, glass)

Liquid conveying (e.g., vascular, arterial, bile duct, urethra)

Particulate or unit-dosage-article base (e.g., tablet, pill, pellet, capsule, liposome, powder, controlled-release implant, suppository; excluding transdermal patch)

En masse rotating means employed (e.g., rotating pan, tumbling)

Retarded or controlled-release layer produced (e.g., enteric)

Significant color or other intended appearance altering layer formed (e.g., shining, indicia)

Fluidized bed utilized

Retarded or controlled-release layer produced (e.g., enteric)

Significant color or other intended appearance altering layer formed (e.g., shining, indicia)

Gelatin matrix layer produced

Retarded or controlled-release layer produced (e.g., enteric)

Significant color or other intended appearance altering layer formed (e.g., shining, indicia)

Miscellaneous

Mold coating

Metal mold

Sand mold

Nonuniform coating

Applying superposed diverse coatings or coating a coated base

Deforming the base or coating or removing a portion of the coating

Final coating nonuniform

Deforming the base or coating or removing a portion of the coating

Plural nonuniform coatings

Glass or ceramic base

Variegated surface produced (e.g., mottled, stippled, wood grained, etc.)

Marbleized

Glass or ceramic base

Handheld brush or absorbent applicator utilized

Including a masking coating

Variegated surface produced (e.g., mottled, stippled, wood grained, etc.)

Marbleized

Crystalization or precipitation coating

Deforming the base or coating or removing a portion of the coating

Deforming the base

Simultaneously deforming the coating

Fluid treating the coating (e.g., vapor treating, etc.)

Mask or stencil utilized

Solid treating member contacts coating

Roller treating member

Variegated surface produced (e.g., stippled, marbleized, mottled, wood grained, etc.)

Edge or border coating

Paper or textile base

Mask or stencil utilized

Metal, glass, or ceramic base

Paper or textile base

Striping (i.e., forming stripes)

Variegated surface produced (e.g., mottled, wood grained, etc.)

Marbleized

Vitreous coating

Wrinkled or crackled coating

Optical element produced

Polarizer, windshield, optical fiber, projection screen, or retroreflector

Optical fiber, rod, filament, or waveguide

Projection screen

Retroreflector (e.g., light reflecting small spherical beads, etc.)

Transparent base

Glass

Immersion

Spraying

Vapor depositing

Silicon compound coating (e.g., quartz, etc.)

Particles, flakes, or granules coated or encapsulated

Applying superposed diverse coatings or coating a coated base

Fluidized bed utilized

Inorganic base

Metal base

Metal coating

Organic coating

Resin, rubber, or hardenable oil containing coating

Pigment containing coating

Silicon compound containing coating

Resin base

Solid encapsulation process utilizing an emulsion or dispersion to form a solid-walled microcapsule (includes liposome)

Solid-walled microcapsule formed by in situ polymerization

Solid-walled microcapsule formed from gelatin or derivative thereof

Solid-walled microcapsule formed from preformed synthetic polymer

With post-treatment of encapsulant or encapsulating material (e.g., further coating, hardening, etc.)

Hardening

Using crosslinking agent

Plant member or animal specimen coating

Pretreatment, per se, or post-treatment, per se (without claimed coating)

Radioactive base or coating

Particles or nuclear reactor fuel elements coated

Removable protective coating applied

Metal base

Organic base

Restoring or repairing

Carbon paper or inked ribbon

Metal article

Roller applicator utilized (e.g., padding, etc.)

And doctor or roller used to distribute coating material on roller applicator

And guiding base to follow surface curvature of roller applicator

And using transfer roller to feed coating material to roller applicator

Including using roller backup support for base

And roller end dams used

Direct contact of roller applicator with coating material supply bath used

Fibrous or porous surface roller used

Grooved or textured surface roller used

Including using force to supply coating material to roller applicator

Through nozzle or projector

Including using roller backup support for base

Opposed, counter, or reverse surface movement at contact between roller applicator and base

And using transfer roller to feed coating material to roller applicator

Resilient (e.g., rubber, etc.) surface roller used

Including using roller backup support for base

Opposed, counter, or reverse surface movement at contact between roller applicator and base

Plural roller applicators used

Roller composed of three or more layers used

Single roller applies plural layers of same coating material to base

Tapered roller used

Rumbling or tumbling

Solid particles or fibers applied

Applying superposed diverse coatings or coating a coated base

Coating over the applied coating of particles

Flock or fibers applied

Metal or metallic compound containing particles

Silicon compound containing particles (e.g., sand, etc.)

Fluidized bed utilized

Interior or hollow article coating

Fluidized bed utilized

Rotating the base

Localized different areas produced (e.g., printing, etc.)

Deforming the base or coating or removing part of the coating

Flock or fibers applied

Silicon compound, metal, or metallic compound containing particles applied

Nonuniform speed or nonrectilinear base motion

Plural direction application of coating materials or simultaneously applying particles and binder from different sources

Plural particulate materials applied

Roofing produced

Localized different areas produced

With cutting

Uniting particles to form continuous coating with nondiscernible particles

Metal particles

Aluminum, copper, or zinc particles

Metallic compound particles

Roller utilized

Synthetic resin particles

Vitrifiable particles

Spray coating utilizing flame or plasma heat (e.g., flame spraying, etc.)

Continuous feed solid coating material (e.g., wire, rod, or filament, etc.)

Inorganic carbon containing coating, not as steel (e.g., carbide, etc.)

Additionally containing nickel, cobalt, or iron as free metal or alloy

Metal or metal alloy coating

Aluminum, nickel, cobalt, or iron metal or alloy containing coating

Metal oxide containing coating

Superposed diverse or multilayer similar coatings applied

Nonuniform or patterned coating

Organic containing coating

Silicon containing coating

Spraying

Heated coating material

Ingredients supplied separately

Inorganic coating material

Moving nozzle or projector

Moving the base

Rotating or inverting

Organic compound containing base

Polymer containing coating material

Metal base

Organic compound containing base

Using nozzle or projector supported or guided by base (e.g., work, workpiece, etc.) during coating

With programmed control or using mechanized nozzle or projector (e.g., robotic sprayer, etc.)

Stencil blank making

Transfer or copy sheet making

Carbon paper type

Coating opposite sides or forming plural or nonuniform coats

Decal or embossing foil type (i.e., continuous film transfers)

Fluid releasable

Heat sensitive

Reactive components

Heterocyclic organic compound component

Transparency or translucency increased (e.g., making window envelopes, etc.)

Vacuum utilized prior to or during coating

Metal base

Organic base

Wood base

Creosote, wax, oil, asphalt, or bitumen coating

With cutting, holding, severing, or abrading the base

Prior to coating

Inorganic base

Wood base (e.g., injecting, etc.)

Rectilinear cutting to length

With post-treatment of coating or coating material

Chemical agent applied to treat coating

Cellulosic coating

Inorganic coating

Silicon compound containing coating

Proteinaceous coating

Resin, resin precursor, rubber, or hardenable oil containing coating

Inorganic treating agent

Textile or cellulosic base

Coating material recirculation or regeneration

Cooling

Liquid utilized (e.g., quenching, spraying, etc.)

Movement of atmosphere

Utilizing solid member contacting base or coating (e.g., cooling roller, etc.)

Vacuum, vapor, or gas other than air utilized

Deodorizing

Gas jet or blast mechanically treats coating

Metal coating

Heating or drying (e.g., polymerizing, vulcanizing, curing, etc.)

And cooling

Fused or molten coating cooled

Liquid or solid cooling medium

Vacuum, vapor, or gas other than air utilized

Vitreous or glazed coating

Heating after cooling

Without intervening coating step

Cells, foam, or bubbles formed

Fusion or softening of coating

Inorganic coating

Metal oxide- or silicon-containing coating (e.g., glazed, vitreous enamel, etc.)

Metal base

Ferrous base

Metal-containing coating (e.g., cermet, etc.)

Metal-containing coating

Coating consists of metal

Metal base

Inorganic silicon-containing coating

Alkali silicate

Metal coating

Inorganic base

Fused oxide-containing base (e.g., ceramic, glass, etc.)

Metal base

Modified condition of atmosphere (e.g., steam, air movement, etc.)

Movement of atmosphere

Organic coating

Resin, resin precursor, rubber, or hardenable oil-containing coating

Asbestos, ceramic, concrete, or masonry base

Epoxy or polyepoxide containing coating

Glass base

Fiberglass base

Metal base

Cross-linked or infusible coating

Aldehyde-containing precursor

Nonaqueous dispersion

Water-containing coating (i.e., aqueous dispersion, emulsion, or solution)

Proteinaceous base (e.g., wool, leather, etc.)

Resin, rubber, or elastomer base

Silicon compound containing coating

Textile or cellulose base

Antisoiling or water repellency increased

Antistatic properties increased

Flame resistance increased

Natural cellulose base

Wood base

Paper base

Wrinkle resistance of crease holding properties increased

Textile or cellulosic base

Natural cellulose base

Wood base

Paper base

Plural heating or drying steps

Metal or metallic compound containing coating

Textile or cellulosic base

Paper or natural cellulose base

Liquid extraction of coating constituent or cleaning coating

With water

Drying subsequent to washing

Movement of work treats coating (e.g., vibrating, tilting, etc.)

Metal coating

Oil or wax treatment of coating

Plural film forming coatings wherein one coating contains a chemical treating agent for the other

Solid treating member or material contacts coating

Brushing

Die, blade, or sharp-edged tool

Metal coating

Organic coating

Metal coating

Organic base

Pressure treatment of coating (e.g., squeezing, etc.)

With heating (e.g., hot ironing, etc.)

Roller, drum, or cylinder

Metal coating

Paper base (e.g., calendering, etc.)

Casein or starch containing coating

Cast coating

Wax or oil containing coating

Treating between rollers (e.g., calendering, etc.)

With heating (e.g., heated roller, etc.)

Solvent vapor treatment of coating

Swelling agent or solvent applied to treat coating

Vacuum or reduced pressure utilized

Wood base

With pretreatment of the base

Etching, swelling, or dissolving out part of the base

Cellulosic base

Inorganic base

Fluxing

Lead or tin coating

Supernatant flux (floating)

Lead or tin coating

Heating or drying pretreatment

Metal base

Metal coating

Aluminum coating

Zinc or spelter coating (e.g., galvanizing, etc.)

Organic base

Wood base

Steam utilized

Metal base

Metal coating

Molten metal bath utilized

Vitreous coating

Organic base

Cellulosic base

Paper base

Wood base

Natural protein containing base (e.g., silk, wool, leather, etc.)

Preapplied reactant or reaction promoter or hardener (e.g., catalyst, etc.)

Metal coating (e.g., electroless deposition, etc.)

Nickel, copper, cobalt, or chromium coating

Organic base

Resin, rubber, or hardenable oil containing coating

Cellulosic base

Shielding or spacing

With stretching or tensioning

Running lengths

Cord, thread, yarn, or wire

Lateral stretching

Particles or fibers applied

Textile fabric

With winding, balling, rolling, or coiling

Metal or glass base (e.g., wire, etc.)

Paper or felt base