(under the class definition) Process wherein etching is used in the forming or treating of an article whose ultimate use is to expel an ink droplet, and in which the ink droplet is produced by the action of thermal energy to form a propelling vapor.
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346, Recorders,
1.1, for processes of using thermal ink jet devices, subclass 75 for the use of a gas blast against a receiver in printing.
438, Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process,
21, for manufacturing an electrical device controlled printhead utilizing a semiconductive substrate having an electrical device formed therein or thereon.