.~.~ With other than ancillary treating or assembling
DEFINITION
Classification: 29/426.2
With other than ancillary treating or assembling:
(under subclass 426.1) Process combined with an additional, diverse step of physically altering, juxtaposing, associating, integrating, or joining the parts or articles and wherein the additional step is other than an auxiliary step to facilitate disassembly.
(1) Note. Mere handling or conveying of a part is not considered "treatment" as defined, above.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
402.03+, for a process of repairing which includes a disassembly step.
403.1, for a process of salvaging which may include a disassembly step.
418, for a process including providing a temporary integral
holding portion which portion is later removed.
423+, for a process which includes removing or destroying separate material which has been temporarily associated or attached to a part while a manufacturing operation is performed on the part. 425, for a process of temporarily assembling a plurality of parts, changing their configuration while they are so associated, and then disassembling and reassembling them in different spacial relationship.
