.~ Obtaining plural product pieces from unitary workpiece {5}
414
.~.~ Dividing through modified portion
DEFINITION
Classification: 29/414
Dividing through modified portion:
(under subclass 412) Process in which a stock element (1) has been worked on to produce a localized area of a different characteristic from the remainder of the stock element or (2) has another part or stock material assembled therewith at a localized area comprising separating the product member from the stock element through the localized area.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
413, for a process of breaking a stock element through a weakened localized area.