US PATENT SUBCLASS 427 / 2.2
.~.~.~ Significant color or other intended appearance altering layer formed (e.g., shining, indicia)

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427 /   HD   COATING PROCESSES

2.1  DF  MEDICAL OR DENTAL PURPOSE PRODUCT; PARTS; SUBCOMBINATIONS; INTERMEDIATES (E.G., BALLOON CATHETER, SPLINT) {7}
2.14  DF  .~ Particulate or unit-dosage-article base (e.g., tablet, pill, pellet, capsule, liposome, powder, controlled-release implant, suppository; excluding transdermal patch) {5}
2.18  DF  .~.~ En masse rotating means employed (e.g., rotating pan, tumbling) {2}
2.2.~.~.~ Significant color or other intended appearance altering layer formed (e.g., shining, indicia)

DEFINITION

Classification: 427/2.2

Significant color or other intended appearance altering layer formed (e.g., shining, indicia):

(under subclass 2.18) Processes in which a layer is formed or modified for the disclosed intent to alter the appearance and which is more than a nominally recited application of a dye or pigment.

(1) Note. For purposes of this subclass, differential or non-uniform color application, such as a strip or a printing of a symbol or a letter, is always significant and, therefore, proper for placement in this subclass.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

2.17, for similar subject matter further involving a fluidized bed.

2.23, for similar subject matter not involving either a fluidized bed or an en masse rotating means.