Processes under the definition wherein a coating step is combined with contacting the base with a solid member to (1) divide the base into plural parts or (2) remove a portion of the base material.
(1) Note. Making holes in or removing part of the base by chemical action is excluded from this subclass.
(2) Note. Sandpaper is considered a solid member for the purposes of this subclass and thus sandpapering the base is provided for here.
(3) Note. Pricking the base with a small needle like device is also provided for here.
(4) Note. Injecting is assumed to involve severing the base and is provided for here, generally in indented subclass 291.
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171+, for processes which include stretching the base.
198, for applying a coating of particles to a base and deforming the base.
275+, for processes of forming nonuniform coatings which include deforming the base. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
