(under subclass 446) Processes wherein the coating is applied (1) to only selected portions of a base (2) in such a manner as to produce uneven, discontinuous or nonuniform thickness or (3) so that it varies from area to area as to physical or chemical properties.
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256+, for nonuniform coating processes without the use of electrical, magnetic, electromagnetic, or wave energy.
466+, for nonuniform or patterned coating processes utilizing electrostatic charge, field, or force.
504, for processes to polymerize an applied nonuniform or
patterned coating utilizing high energy electromagnetic radiation or high energy particles.
510, for processes to polymerize an applied nonuniform or patterned coating utilizing low energy electromagnetic radiation.
526, for nonuniform or patterned coating processes utilizing ion plating or ion implantation. 552, for nonuniform or patterned coating processes involving pretreating a substrate or post-treating a coated substrate utilizing high energy electromagnetic radiation.
555, for nonuniform or patterned coating processes utilizing laser radiation in a thermal pretreatment of a substrate or a thermal post-treatment of a coated substrate.
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430, Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof,
31+, for radiation imagery involving coating using electric or magnetic energy.
