(under the class definition) Processes which are directed to the production of a base having a coating thereon for receiving the negative design in copy printing, usually by imbibition from an inked positive, and from which negative, positive copies may be made.
(1) Note. This subclass provides for uniformly coating a printing plate. However, applying a nonuniform coating to a planos:graphic printing plate is provided for in Class 101.
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101, Printing, for processes of printing, and for processes of manufacturing printing members. The line between Class 101 and Class 427 for processes of making printing members, (e.g., lithos:graphic plates, etc.) is as follows: Class 427 will take coating processes wherein the resultant product is a substrate having a uniformly coated surface even when disclosed or claimed as a printing member, Class 101 provides for processes of coating wherein the process results in a nonuniform coating, (e.g., providing an image) and the disclosed use is as a printing member.
