(under subclass 770) Subject matter wherein the heating application is to warm, defrost, or cook (edibles) food.
(1) Note. For claims reciting both food (edible) and nonfood (nonedible) heating by an electric heating device or method, classification is proper for Class 219. If the claims recited are limited to food (edible) heating methods, composition, product, or processes, classification is proper for Class 426.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
620+, for inductive cooking.
725+, for microwave cooking.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
99, Food and Beverages: Apparatus, 358, for cooking with an electrode-type heater; subclass 451 for treating food by electric, radiant, or vibrational energy; and digest 14 for induction heating food materials.
426, Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products,
237+, for the direct application of electrical or wave energy to food material.
