US PATENT SUBCLASS 426 / 392
.~ Packaging or treatment of packaged product

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426 /   HD   FOOD OR EDIBLE MATERIAL: PROCESSES, COMPOSITIONS, AND PRODUCTS

665  DF  PROCESSES {25}
392.~ Packaging or treatment of packaged product {6}
393  DF  .~.~> Involving temperature 32 degrees F. or less
394  DF  .~.~> In container having diverse utility, e.g., dispensing, etc.
395  DF  .~.~> In container having structure cooperating with food material generated gas
396  DF  .~.~> By covering rigid receptacle or support with flexible wrap or container
397  DF  .~.~> In rigid liquid impermeable container, e.g., can, bottle, etc. {7}
410  DF  .~.~> In flexible wrapper or container {5}

DEFINITION

Classification: 426/392

(under subclass 665) Processes involving (1) completely enrobing a food with a nonedible packaging material which packaging material is solid at the time of packaging, or (2) the treatment of a food which is completely enrobed in an edible material.

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5, for methods of packaging of chewing gum.

8, for a fermentation process in a package.

302+, for the coating of a solid food with a strippable film forming liquid.

389, for the, per se, removal of food from a package or container.

418+, for the storage of a solid food in a nonconsumer container. 420+, for a process of preparing a food which may not be completely enrobed by an inedible wrapper.

521+, for sterilizing or pasteurizing a food in a nonmercantile container.

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53, Package Making,

3, for a food packaging operation absent any food working operation, (e.g., cooking, comminuting, etc..)