(under subclass 14) Process wherein the sensed condition is an optical characteristic of the process or of the device made thereby.
(1) Note. Optical aligning per se is not deemed to be a measurement of an optical characteristic and as such would not bring original classification to this subclass solely based on that claimed feature.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
348, Television,
86+, for manufacturing wherein a picture signal generator (i.e., television camera) is utilized for monitoring a manufacturing operation.
356, Optics: Measuring and Testing, for optical alignment processes.
382, Image Analysis, especially
141+, for a manufacturing process using image analysis, aligning images/masks, or pattern recognition.
