US PATENT SUBCLASS 427 / 535
.~.~.~ Plasma (e.g., cold plasma, corona, glow discharge, etc.)

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427 /   HD   COATING PROCESSES

457  DF  DIRECT APPLICATION OF ELECTRICAL, MAGNETIC, WAVE, OR PARTICULATE ENERGY {15}
532  DF  .~ Pretreatment of substrate or post-treatment of coated substrate {9}
533  DF  .~.~ Ionized gas utilized (e.g., electrically powered source, corona discharge, plasma, glow discharge, etc.) {2}
535.~.~.~ Plasma (e.g., cold plasma, corona, glow discharge, etc.) {2}
536  DF  .~.~.~.~> Organic substrate {2}
539  DF  .~.~.~.~> Oxygen containing atmosphere

DEFINITION

Classification: 427/535

Plasma (e.g., cold plasma, corona, glow discharge, etc.):

(under subclass 533) Processes wherein an ionized gas used is a plasma, having a concentration of negatively and positively charged carriers which are approximately equal.

(1) Note. A plasma consists of a wholly or partially ionized gas composed of ions, electrons, and neutral particles.