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| 2H113 | PRINTING METHODS | |
| B41M1/00 -3/18;7/00-9/04 | ||
| B41M1/00-3/18;7/00-9/04 | AA | AA00 INVENTION TYPES |
AA01 | AA02 | AA03 | AA04 | AA05 | AA06 | ||||
| . Printing methods | . Printing plates | . Printing materials | . Treatment or manufacturing methods | . Printing members or devices | . Printed matter | |||||||
| BA | BA00 PRINTING SYSTEMS |
BA01 | BA03 | BA05 | BA06 | BA07 | BA09 | BA10 | ||||
| . Letterpress printing (i.e., including flexographic printing) | . Intaglio printing (i.e., including gravure printing) | . Planographic printing (i.e., including offset printing) | . . Dry printing | . . Direct printing | . Mimeographing (i.e., including screen printing) | . . Flat screens | ||||||
| BA12 | BA13 | BA14 | BA15 | BA17 | BA18 | BA19 | BA20 | |||||
| . . Curved screens | . . Framed bodies or silkscreens | . . Squeegees | . . Stencils | . Multicolor printing | . . Printing one ink over another | . . Single-plate printing | . . Ink mixing | |||||
| BA21 | BA22 | BA23 | BA24 | BA25 | BA27 | BA28 | BA29 | |||||
| . Transfer printing | . . Transfer sheets | . . Thermographic transfer | . . Pressure-sensitive transfer | . . Wet transfer | . Forming uneven surfaces | . . Mechanical formation | . . Chemical formation | |||||
| BA31 | BA32 | BA33 | BA34 | BA35 | BA36 | BA37 | BA39 | |||||
| . Electrostatic printing or duplication | . . Insulating images on conductive substrates | . . Conductive images on insulating substrates | . . Cleaning-off of toner remaining | . . Electrostatic screens | . . Electrostatic planographics | . . Combined use with magnets | . Use of magnets | |||||
| BA41 | BA43 | BA45 | BA47 | |||||||||
| . Pad printing | . Printing with metallic or powdered ink | . Varying of ink adhesion by voltage impression | . Varying of ink adhesion by heat or light | |||||||||
| BB | BB00 PRINTED BODIES |
BB01 | BB02 | BB03 | BB04 | BB05 | BB06 | BB07 | BB08 | BB09 | BB10 | |
| . Objects | . . Paper | . . . Japanese paper | . . . Thin paper | . . . Corrugated cardboard | . . Fabrics | . . Plastics or rubber | . . . Films | . . Glass or ceramics | . . Metals | |||
| BB12 | BB13 | BB14 | BB15 | BB16 | BB17 | BB18 | BB19 | |||||
| . . . Aluminum | . . . Steel | . . . . Plating or steel-sheet coatings | . . . . Stainless steel | . . . Use of vacuum evaporation | . . . Lamination on metallic foil | . . Wood | . . Leather | |||||
| BB21 | BB22 | BB23 | BB24 | BB25 | BB26 | BB27 | ||||||
| . Shapes | . . Sheets or plates | . . Curved surfaces | . . . Cylinders or tubes | . . . Spheres | . . . Strips | . . Square pillars | ||||||
| BB31 | BB32 | BB33 | ||||||||||
| . Structures | . . Lamination bodies | . . Surface-treatment layers or reformation layers | ||||||||||
| BC | BC00 INKS OR DYES |
BC01 | BC02 | BC03 | BC04 | BC05 | BC06 | BC07 | BC09 | BC10 | ||
| . Water-based inks | . Oil-based inks | . Foaming inks | . Powdered inks or toners | . Inks with characteristic dyes | . . Sublimation dyes | . . Leuco dyes | . Inks with characteristic pigments | . Inks with characteristic binders | ||||
| BC11 | BC12 | BC13 | BC14 | |||||||||
| . Magnetic inks | . Conductive inks | . Dyes within print layers | . . Opaque types | |||||||||
| CA | CA00 PURPOSE OR USES OF PRINTING |
CA01 | CA03 | CA05 | CA06 | CA07 | CA08 | |||||
| . Drawings | . Sheet music | . Faced materials | . . Woodgrain prints | . . . Printing grain in substrates | . . . Grained printing papers | |||||||
| CA11 | CA13 | CA15 | CA17 | CA19 | ||||||||
| . Calligraphic paintings, or art objects | . Braille printing | . Signs or indications | . Electronic parts | . Key tops | ||||||||
| CA21 | CA23 | CA25 | CA27 | |||||||||
| . Optical parts | . Acoustic recording carriers | . Containers | . Food or medicine | |||||||||
| CA31 | CA32 | CA33 | CA34 | CA35 | CA36 | CA37 | CA38 | CA39 | CA40 | |||
| . Special functions | . . Fluorescent printing | . . Recurrent reflexibility | . . Concealed pictures or watermarks | . . Color developing or achromatism | . . Variation of colors or print | . . . Variation by viewing angle | . . . Variation by excitation | . . Measures to prevent counterfeiting (i.e., security printing) | . . Measures to prevent duplication | |||
| CA42 | CA43 | CA44 | CA45 | CA46 | CA47 | |||||||
| . . Use of absorbers for specific wavelengths | . . Use of photo-chromic materials | . . Use of lines or dots | . . Use of ink tonality or density differentials | . . Lamination of printed layers | . . Use of magnetism or capacitance | |||||||
| DA | DA00 MATERIALS |
DA01 | DA02 | DA03 | DA04 | DA05 | DA06 | DA07 | DA08 | DA09 | DA10 | |
| . Inorganic materials | . . Elements | . . . Carbon | . . . Metal or alloys | . . Halogen-containing compounds | . . Oxygen-containing compounds | . . . Oxides or hydroxides | . . . Acids or salts thereof | . . Nitrogen-containing compounds | . . Sulfur-containing compounds | |||
| DA12 | DA13 | DA14 | DA15 | |||||||||
| . . Phosphorus or boron-containing compounds | . . . Phosphoric acid or phosphates | . . Silicon-containing compounds | . . . Silica | |||||||||
| DA21 | DA22 | DA23 | DA24 | DA25 | DA26 | DA27 | DA28 | DA29 | DA30 | |||
| . Organic materials | . . Hydrocarbons | . . Halogen-containing organic compounds | . . Oxygen-containing organic compounds | . . . Alcohols or ethers | . . . Aldehydes or ketones | . . . Carboxylic acids, and salts and anhydrides thereof | . . . Esters or ether esters | . . . Types of phenols | . . . Peroxides | |||
| DA32 | DA33 | DA34 | DA35 | DA36 | DA37 | DA38 | DA39 | |||||
| . . Nitrogen-containing organic compounds | . . . Amines | . . . Carboxylic-acid amides | . . . Azo or azide compounds | . . Sulfur-containing organic compounds | . . Phosphorus- or boron-containing organic compounds | . . Silicon-containing organic compounds | . . Organic metal compounds or complex compounds | |||||
| DA41 | DA42 | DA43 | DA44 | DA45 | DA46 | DA47 | DA48 | DA49 | DA50 | |||
| . Macromolecules | . . Saccharides | . . . Cellulose or derivatives thereof | . . Proteins | . . Waxes | . . Natural or synthetic rubber | . . Olefin polymers | . . Aromatic vinyl polymers | . . Vinyl-halide polymers | . . Vinyl-acetate polymers | |||
| DA52 | DA53 | DA54 | DA55 | DA56 | DA57 | DA58 | DA59 | DA60 | ||||
| . . Polyvinyl alcohol polymers | . . Polymers of unsaturated carboxylic acid, esters, and salts | . . Unsaturated nitrile or amide polymers | . . Phosphorus-, boron-, or sulfur-containing polymers | . . Epoxy resins | . . Polyesters | . . Polycarbonate resins | . . Polyether resins | . . Phenols, melamines, or urea resins | ||||
| DA62 | DA63 | DA64 | DA66 | DA68 | ||||||||
| . . Urethane resins | . . Polyamide resins | . . Silicon resins or silicon rubbers | . Functions | . Shapes | ||||||||
| EA | EA00 NUMERIC LIMITS AND RANGES |
EA01 | EA02 | EA03 | EA04 | EA05 | EA06 | EA07 | EA08 | EA09 | EA10 | |
| . Physical values | . . Temperature | . . . Fusion or softening point | . . Pressure | . . Density | . . Length | . . . Thickness | . . . Grain diameter | . . Time | . . Density | |||
| EA12 | EA13 | EA14 | EA15 | EA16 | EA17 | EA19 | EA20 | |||||
| . . Viscosity | . . Molecular weight or degree of polymerization | . . Smoothing | . . Screen line number | . . Dimensions | . . Brightness | . Chemical values | . . PH | |||||
| EA21 | EA22 | EA23 | EA24 | EA25 | EA27 | |||||||
| . Mechanical values | . . Power of resistance or degree of strength | . . Elasticity ratio | . . Expansion ratio | . . Hardness | . Electrical values | |||||||
| FA | FA00 MANUFACTURING METHODS, TREATMENTS, OPERATIONS, OR DEVICES THEREFOR |
FA01 | FA02 | FA03 | FA04 | FA05 | FA06 | FA07 | FA08 | FA09 | FA10 | |
| . Processes | . . Grinding or polishing | . . Adhesion or joining | . . . Pasting or lamination | . . Formation | . . Surface treatments | . . . Rough surfacing | . . Coating | . . . Evaporation | . . . Application | |||
| FA12 | FA14 | FA15 | FA16 | |||||||||
| . . Dusting | . Chemical types | . . Neutralization | . . Polymerization, condensation, or cross-linkage | |||||||||
| FA21 | FA22 | FA23 | FA24 | FA26 | FA27 | FA28 | FA29 | FA30 | ||||
| . Electrical types | . . Voltage impression | . . Corona electric discharge | . . Data exchange | . Unit operations | . . Mixing | . . Pressurization or decompression | . . Heating or cooling | . . Humidification | ||||
| FA32 | FA33 | FA34 | FA35 | FA36 | FA38 | FA39 | FA40 | |||||
| . . Drying | . . . Drying acceleration agents | . . . Drying processes other than post-treatments | . . . Ink drying | . . . Coated membranes | . . Melting or dispersion | . . Absorption | . . Printing or fixation | |||||
| FA42 | FA43 | FA44 | FA45 | FA46 | FA48 | FA50 | ||||||
| . . Active-energy irradiation | . . . Ultraviolet rays | . . . Infrared rays | . . . Electron rays | . . Conveyance or transfer | . Post-treatments | . Preparatory treatments | ||||||
| FA51 | FA52 | FA53 | FA54 | FA55 | FA56 | |||||||
| . Management of control or printing | . . Speed | . . Tension | . . Ink application | . . Positioning or resister marks | . . Inspection methods |