MISCELLANEOUS SPECIFIC TECHNIQUES OF GENERAL APPLICABILITY:
(under the class definition) Collection of art disclosing steps or methods which effect a useful or desirable property of function irrespective of the material acted upon.
(1) Note. This subclass includes treatments of catalysts, sorbent and/or supports in general such as methods of coating, activating mixing, conditioning or increasing surface area. An example is patent no. 513,109 disclosing a method of applying a myriad of catalytic material on various supports.