US PATENT SUBCLASS 427 / 559
.~.~.~.~ Fusing, curing, or annealing (e.g., ceramics, 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}
553  DF  .~.~ Low energy electromagnetic radiation (e.g., microwave, radio wave, IR, UV, visible, actinic, laser, etc.) {2}
557  DF  .~.~.~ Thermal processes (e.g., radiant heat, infrared, etc.) {2}
559.~.~.~.~ Fusing, curing, or annealing (e.g., ceramics, etc.)

DEFINITION

Classification: 427/559

Fusing, curing, or annealing (e.g., ceramics, etc.):

(under subclass 557) Processes wherein wave energy is utilized to produce heat which will fuse, cure, or anneal the coating in a post-treatment process.

(1) Note. Annealing of metals is not classified here. Search the appropriate metal working and metal treating classes.