Lines with other classes and within this classNOTES TO LINES WITH OTHER CLASSES The lines between Class 34 and other classes are in the notes below and also in References To OTher Classes, below. (0.5) NOTE TO THIS SECTION (0.5) Note. Class 134, Cleaning and Liquid Contact With Solids, is the generic class for contacting solid material with liquids, and see the line with Class 34 in Lines With Other Classes in the class definition of Class 134. (1) NOTE TO THIS SECTION (1) Note. Material heating and heat generating classes that have lines with Class 34 are referenced to this (1) Note in the search notes in References to Other Classes, below. (2) NOTE TO THIS SECTION (2) Note. The following classes are superior to this class (34) and takes the subject matter there provided for, even though involving drying and/or gas or vapor contact with solids: Class 8, Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers. Class 12, Boot and Shoe Making, has the following line: Processes and apparatus for drying only are in Class 34. Where in addition to the drying there are steps of or means for shoe manufacture, the patents are in Class 12. Class 12 also includes (see particularly subclasses 1, 41.1, 41.3, and 41.5) processes and apparatus for treating shoes or shoe parts by steam or other vapors, moisture or moist air to temper or soften the shoes. Class 19, Textiles: Fiber Preparation. Class 26, Textiles: Cloth Finishing. Subclasses 71+ take cloth drying or heating with means for expanding (e.g., stretching, spreading) a running length web of the cloth; or steps for applying a stretching or spreading force to the fabric in addition to that incidental to mere feed of the fabric through the machine. Class 28, Textiles: Manufacturing, subclasses 217+ for thread finishing combined with drying. Class 38, Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing, has processes and apparatus for producing a smooth appearance on the surface of a textile article or fabric, most of which necessarily produce a concurrent drying action and some of which have gas or vapor contact means, particularly subclasses 3, 14+ and 77.1+. Class 43, Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying. See particularly subclasses 124+ for destruction of vermin by gases and vapors. Class 44, Fuel and Related Composition. Class 47, Plant Husbandry. Class 48, Gas: Heating and Illuminating. Class 57, Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining. Class 65, Glass Manufacturing. Class 66, Textiles: Knitting. Class 68, Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus, particular attention being called to subclasses 5+ for textile gas or vapor treating apparatus; subclasses 19+ for drying combinations, and subclasses 241+ for wringers, per se. Class 71, Chemistry: Fertilizers. Class 72, Metal Deforming, subclasses 41+ for disclosure of work lubricating. Class 75, Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures. Class 87, Textiles: Braiding, Netting, and Lace Making. Class 99, Foods and Beverages: Apparatus, (1) takes apparatus for treating food materials, in which, in addition to drying and/or gas or vapor contact there are additional means for performing additional treating operations on food (for example, adding ingredients, comminuting, forming, etc.); (2) takes apparatus for treating foods by gas or vapor contact for moistening. See Class 99, subclasses 468+ for apparatus of that class type providing an enclosed modified atmosphere, and subclasses 516+ for the application of treating fluid. Class 101, Printing. Note particularly subclasses 416.1+ and the notes thereto. Class 106, Compositions: Coating or Plastic. Class 109, Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device, subclasses 20 and 29+. Class 127, Sugar, Starch, and Carbohydrates. Class 132, Toilet. Class 139, Textiles: Weaving. Class 140, Wireworking. Class 144, Woodworking, see particularly subclasses 50+, 254 and 271. Class 148, Metal Treatment. Class 149, Explosive and Thermic Compositions or Charges. 156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture. 159, Concentrating Evaporators, for drying apparatus or processes which start with a liquid suspension or solution of solids and concentrate the same, even though carried to the point of complete dryness of the solids. 162, Paper Making and Fiber Liberation, for combination of drying or gas or vapor contact with solids combined with a paper making or fiber liberation step there provided for; see especially subclasses 290, 359 and 375+ for such combinations including heating or heat exchange means. 169, Fire Extinguishers, for such apparatus and processes, per se, Class 34 having combinations involving such subject matter; see particularly subclasses 43+, 83 and 90. 196, Mineral Oils: Apparatus, for apparatus for the treatment of mineral oils. 201, Distillation: Processes, Thermolytic. See Lines With Other Classes of the class definition of Class 201 for the line. 202, Distillation: Apparatus, and see Lines With Other Classes to the class definition of Class 202 for the line. 203, Distillation: Processes, Separatory. See Lines With Other Classes of the class definition of Class 203 for the line. 204, Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy. 208, Mineral Oils: Processes and Products, for processes of treating and preparing mineral oils including their separation from sands, coal or shales. 245, Wire Fabrics and Structure. 252, Compositions, particularly subclasses 60 and 61, for physical separation agents. 260, Chemistry of Carbon Compounds. It is noted that the removal of water of crystallization is considered a chemical manufacturing operation for Class 260. 264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes, the line between Classes 34 and 264 in regard to processes for spinning (by extrusion) and drying the extruded filament in a significant manner, is that Class 34 takes such inventions when the extrusion step is not significantly claimed. Class 264 takes methods, per se, for treating a plastic body with a vapor to smooth or polish the surface, subclass 341. 266, Metallurgical Apparatus, subclasses 251+ for means treating solid metal objects by contacting the object with a gas to bring about a metallurgical change in the object, e.g., gas quenching. 270, Sheet-Material Associating. 291, Track Sanders, particularly subclasses 3+, 18, and 19+. 396, Photography, subclass 579 for the use of a gaseous fluid treating apparatus in photography. 399, Electrophotography, subclass 338 for fixing an image to a copy medium by heat contact. 404, Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus, subclasses 83+. 422, Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing, has the following line with Class 34: Processes and Apparatus for preserving, disinfecting, or sterilizing by drying only, or drying combined with special ray treatment only, are in Class 34. Where in addition to the drying and/or special ray treatment steps or apparatus, there are additional steps or apparatus to perform disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing, the patent is placed in Class 422, or placed in classes which provided for the additional combined operations, e.g., Class 8, Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers, or Class 427, Coating Processes, etc. 423, Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds, it is noted that the removal of water of crystallization is considered a chemical reaction for Class 423. 424, Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions. 425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus, appropriate subclass for shaping or reshaping apparatus for plastic material combined with drying means, especially subclasses 72.1+ for a shaping orifice and downstream gaseous treating means and subclasses 73+ for such apparatus combined with a ventilating hood or chamber. 426, Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products, (1) takes all. 430, Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof. 435, Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology, subclasses 283.1+, particularly subclass 284.1, for apparatus for preserving differentiated tissue or organs; subclass 307.1 for apparatus for preserving micro-organisms and subclass 308.1 for apparatus for separating micro-organisms from culture media. 460, Crop Threshing or Separating. 493, Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web. 502, Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support, Therefor: Product or Process of Making, subclasses 20+ for a process of regenerating or reactivating a catalyst or sorbent, other than mere drying. 504, Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions. 516, Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents; Subcombinations Thereof; Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting, subclasses 113+ for compositions for or subcombination compositions for or breaking of or inhibiting of colloid systems (e.g., foam breaking, emulsion breaking, dispersion inhibiting, suspension settling, gel breaking, smoke suppressing, coagulating, flocculating), when generically claimed or when there is no hierarchically superior provision in the USPC for the specifically claimed art. 585, Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds, subclass 15 for synthesis of a hydrocarbon hydrate with subsequent removal of water therefrom. 588, Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment, this is the generic class for permanently containing any form of hazardous or toxic waste, or for chemically destroying non-gaseous hazardous or toxic waste (i.e., too hazardous or toxic to be placed in an ordinary municipal landfill). 607, Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application, see particularly subclasses 1+. (3) NOTE TO THIS SECTION (3) Note. The classes with special types of Class 34 subject matter or combinations involving such subject matter not treated above are referenced to this (3) Note in the search notes in References to Other Classes, below. (4) NOTE TO THIS SECTION (4) Note. The classes that take the subcombinations of Class 34 subject matter there provided for are referenced to this (4) Note in the search notes in References to Other Classes, below. |
Bizarre Patents 
PatentStorm News
Patents 
