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CABLE - Classes 049, 439, 725
CABLE* - Class 187
CAIBE - Class 438
CALCULATING OPERATION: - Class 700
CALCULATING OPERATIONS - Classes 701, 702, 705
CALCULATION OPERATIONS - Class 708
CALL ADDRESS SIGNAL - Class 379
CAM, ECCENTRIC - Class 269
CAMERA - Class 396
CAMERA STRUCTURE - Class 396
CAMERA, MOTION PICTURE - Class 352
CAPACITANCE - Class 334
CAPACITOR - Classes 257, 320, 334, 438
CAPPING - Class 164
CAPTURE ELEMENT - Class 073
CARBAMATE - Class 516
CARBOCYCLIC - Classes 260, 514, 532
CARBOHYDRATE - Classes 426, 977
CARBOHYDRATE A - Class 430
CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE - Class 520
CARBOHYDRATE; CARBOHYDRATE-DERIVATIVE - Class 516
CARBOHYDRATES - Class 520
CARBON - Class 428
CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL - Class 201
CARBONYLIC - Class 260
CARBOXAMIDO - Class 510
CARBOXYL (Carboxylic Acid) - Class 510
CARBOXYL GROUP - Class 516
CARBOXYLIC - Class 424
CARBOXYLIC ACID OR DERIVATIVE - Class 520
CARBURIZING - Class 148
CARBURIZING (Carbonizing) - Class 164
CARCASS - Class 452
CARRIAGE - Class 400
CARRIAGE-RACK - Class 400
CARRIER - Classes 226, 257, 329, 332, 355, 401, 406, 416
CARRIER CONCENTRATION - Class 257
CARRIER, MOTION PICTURE - Class 352
CASCADE AMPLIFIER - Class 330
CASE HARDENING - Class 148
CASE-SHIFT - Class 400
CASING - Classes 166, 175, 313, 415
CASTING - Classes 065, 164, 264, 425
CATALYST - Classes 423, 502, 588
CATALYZE - Class 502
CATARACT CORRECTION LENS - Class 351
CATEGORY - Class 725
CATHANODE - Class 313
CATHODE - Class 313
CATHODE IMPEDANCE - Class 330
CATHODE OR CATHODE ELECTRODE - Class 330
CATHODE RAY DEVICE - Class 313
CATHODE-HEATER - Class 330
CATIONIC SUBSTITUENT - Class 510
CAVITY - Classes 072, 428
CB JUNCTION - Class 257
CBE - Class 117
CBIC - Class 438
CBKR - Class 438
CCB - Class 438
CCC - Class 438
CCD - Class 438
CDE - Class 438
CDI - Class 438
CEL - Class 438
CELL - Classes 257, 320, 428, 715
CELL* - Class 349
CELLULAR - Class 725
CELLULOSIC - Class 428
CEMENTATION - Class 075
CENTRAL CHAMBER - Class 166
CENTRAL CONDUIT - Class 166
CENTRIFUGE - Class 210
CER - Class 438
CERAMIC - Classes 428, 501
CERDIP - Class 438
CHAFF - Class 460
CHAFFER - Class 460
CHAIN - Classes 514, 532
CHALCEDONY - Class 117
CHALCOGEN - Classes 423, 588, 987
CHANGE-KEY - Class 070
CHANNEL - Classes 257, 373, 438, 725
CHANNEL LENGTH EFFECTS - Class 257
CHANNEL PINCH-OFF REGION - Classes 257, 438
CHANNEL STOP - Classes 257, 438
CHANNEL WIDTH EFFECTS - Class 257
chanstop - Class 438
CHAPLET - Class 164
CHAR - Classes 201, 202, 502
CHARACTER - Class 400
CHARACTERISTIC - Classes 329, 332
CHARACTERISTIC CURVE - Class 257
CHARACTERISTIC IMPEDANCE - Class 333
CHARACTER-SPACE - Class 400
CHARGE - Classes 149, 373
CHARGE CARRIER - Classes 257, 438
CHARGE CARRIER PARTICLE - Class 330
CHARGE CONFINEMENT - Classes 257, 438
CHARGE GAS, GAS, OR SYSTEM FLUID - Class 096
CHARGE INJECTION DEVICE - Classes 257, 438
CHARGE TRANSFER DEVICE - Class 257
CHARGE: - Class 123
CHARGE: BATTERY OR CELL - Class 320
CHARGE: CAPACITOR - Class 320
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE - Class 257
CHARGING - Class 373
CHARGING CIRCUIT - Class 320
CHARGING SOURCE - Class 320
CHARGING SOURCE CONTROL - Class 320
CHARTS - Class 351
CHEEK - Class 164
CHEMFET - Class 438
CHEMICAL EVOLUTION PROCESS - Class 506
CHEMICAL FORCE MICROSCOPE - Class 977
CHEMICAL PROCESS A - Class 430
CHEMICAL REACTION - Classes 060, 117
CHEMICAL TREATING AGENT - Class 520
CHILL - Class 164
CHIP - Classes 257, 438
CHIP CARRIER - Classes 257, 438
CHIP COMPONENT - Class 257
CHL - Class 438
CHOPPER - Class 363
CHORD - Class 416
CHROMATICITY TEST - Class 351
CHROMATOGRAPHY - Class 210
CHRYSOBERYL - Class 117
CHUTE - Class 198
CID - Class 438
CIPHER - Class 380
CIRCUIT - Classes 250, 257
CIRCUIT MAKING AND/OR BREAKING - Class 320
CIRCUIT MAKING AND/OR BREAKING DEVICE - Class 318
CLADDING BARRIER - Classes 257, 438
CLAMP - Class 072
CLAMP COUPLE ELEMENT - Class 269
CLAMSHELL - Class 037
CLASP(*) - Class 024
CLATHRATES AND INTERCALATES (INCLUSION COMPOUNDS) - Class 532
CLAY - Classes 501, 502
CLEAN - Class 072
CLEANING - Class 431
CLEANSING - Class 173
CLEANSING FLUID - Class 173
CLIENT - Class 725
CLIP - Class 725
CLIP(*) - Class 024
CLOSED COIL - Class 336
CLOSED DIE - Class 072
CLOSED LOOP CONTROL - Class 388
CLOSED SYSTEM - Class 425
CLOSURE - Classes 049, 053, 413
CLOTH - Class 428
CLSEG - Class 438
CLUTCH - Class 475
CLUTCH: - Class 477
CML - Class 438
CMOS - Classes 257, 438
CMP - Class 438
COAGULATE - Class 516
COAL TAR - Class 208
COALESCE - Class 210
COALESCENCE - Class 516
COATING - Classes 065, 118
COAX (COAXIAL CABLE) - Class 725
COB - Class 438
COD - Class 438
CODE - Classes 234, 380
CODED-INTERPOSER - Class 234
CODED-SELECTOR-MEANS - Class 234
CODING OR ECODING - Class 506
COG - Class 438
COHERENCE LENGTH - Classes 257, 438
COHERENT LIGHT - Class 372
COHERER - Classes 257, 438
COIL - Classes 072, 336
COIL AXIS - Class 336
COIL SPRING - Class 267
COKE - Classes 201, 202
COKING - Class 208
COLLATING-TABLE - Class 400
COLLECTIVE PITCH CHANGE - Class 416
COLLECTOR - Class 257
COLLECTOR CURRENT - Class 257
COLLECTOR DIFFUSION ISOLATION (CDI) - Classes 257, 438
COLLECTOR ELECTRODE - Class 330
COLLOID - Class 977
COLLOID SYSTEM - Class 516
COLLOIDAL - Class 210
COLOPHONY - Class 516
COLOR IMAGE IN OR ON AN IMAGE RECORD - Class 430
COMBINATION - Class 070
COMBINATIONAL-CODE - Class 234
COMBINATIONAL-CODING-MEANS - Class 234
COMBINATORIAL LIBRARY - Class 506
COMBINATORIAL SYNTHESIS - Class 506
COMBINE - Class 460
COMBINED - Class 347
COMBUSTION - Classes 110, 431
COMBUSTION CHAMBER - Class 110
COMBUSTION CHAMBER: - Class 123
COMFET - Class 438
COMMERCIAL - Class 725
COMMON- or GATE-CONFIGURATION - Class 257
COMMON-BASE CONFIGURATION - Class 257
COMMON-COLLECTOR CONFIGURATION - Class 257
COMMON-DRAIN CONFIGURATION - Class 257
COMMON-EMITTER CONFIGURATION - Class 257
COMMUNICATION - Classes 342, 343
COMMUNICATIONS - Class 375
COMMUTATOR - Class 388
COMPACTING - Class 419
COMPANDER - Class 333
COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR (CMOS) - Class 257
COMPLETED BOOK(*) - Class 412
COMPLEX COMPOUND - Class 423
COMPONENT - Classes 112, 257, 403, 428, 451, 902
COMPONENT, REACTOR - Class 376
COMPOSITE - Classes 425, 428
COMPOSITE COLOR SIGNAL - Class 348
COMPOSITE SHEET - Class 112
COMPOSITE VIDEO SIGNAL - Class 348
COMPOSITE WEB - Class 112
COMPOSITION - Classes 428, 588
COMPOUND - Classes 257, 423, 423, 516, 588
COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR - Class 438
COMPRESSOR OR VOLUME COMPRESSOR - Class 330
COMPUTER - Classes 345, 705, 706, 709, 710, 711, 712, 713, 714, 715, 718, 719
COMPUTER PROGRAM - Class 706
COMPUTER: - Classes 700, 707
COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA - Class 706
CONCAVE - Class 460
CONCAVE SPACING - Class 460
CONCEALED STITCH - Class 112
CONCENTRATED LIGHT SOURCE - Classes 353, 355
CONCENTRATION GRADIENT - Class 257
CONCENTRIC LINES - Class 330
CONDENSATE - Classes 201, 202, 203, 425
CONDENSATION - Class 260
CONDENSED - Class 435
CONDENSED-BILLING - Class 400
CONDENSER - Class 320
CONDENSING LENS - Classes 353, 355
CONDITION RESPONSIVE - Classes 198, 475
CONDUCTION ELECTRONS - Class 257
CONDUCTION BAND - Classes 257, 438
CONDUCTION ELECTRONS - Class 438
CONDUCTIVITY - Class 257
CONDUCTIVITY WATER - Class 210
CONDUCTOR - Classes 257, 336, 338, 439
CONDUCTOR SPACING - Class 257
CONFIGURATION - Class 330
CONFINEMENT PLASMA - Class 376
CONNECTING - Class 385
CONNECTING ROD: - Class 123
CONNECTOR - Classes 403, 439
CONNECTOR AREA - Classes 257, 438
CONSOLIDATE - Class 075
CONSOLIDATION - Class 419
CONSTITUENT - Class 428
CONTACT - Classes 257, 438, 439
CONTACT WINDOW - Class 257
CONTAINED IN - Class 506
CONTAINER - Class 413
CONTAINING - Class 532
CONTAINMENT - Class 588
CONTAINS - Class 528
CONTAMINATE - Class 588
CONTENTS - Class 053
CONTINUOUS CASTING - Class 164
CONTINUOUS CASTING STRAND - Class 164
CONTROL - Classes 072, 323, 330, 347, 363, 725
CONTROL ELECTRODE - Classes 313, 330
CONTROL ELEMENT - Class 376
CONTROL GRID - Class 330
CONTROL INPUT - Class 137
CONTROL ROD - Class 376
CONTROL* - Class 187
CONTROLLABLE PITCH - Class 416
CONVECTIVE DISTILLATION - Class 203
CONVENTIONAL CHANNEL - Class 348
CONVERSION - Classes 208, 363, 376
CONVEYOR - Classes 175, 271
CONVOLUTE - Class 425
COOLANT - Class 376
COPE - Class 164
COPY (n.) - Class 234
COPYING CAMERA OR PROJECTION PRINTER - Class 355
CORE - Classes 164, 249, 336, 425, 428
CORE BOX - Class 164
CORE PRINT - Class 164
CORE, REACTOR - Class 376
CORE-PIT - Classes 099, 099
CORK - Class 428
CORRELATION - Class 704
CORROSION (See METAL CORROSION) - Class 510
CORRUGATE - Class 425
CORRUGATING - Class 065
CORUNDUM - Class 117
COUNTER EMF - Class 388
COUPLING - Class 385
COUPLING NETWORKS - Class 333
COUPLING PART - Class 439
COVALENT BONDING - Class 257
COVER - Classes 052, 053
COVER-ADJUNCT - Class 053
CRACKING - Class 208
CRACKLED - Class 065
CRANKSHAFT: - Class 123
CRASH(*) - Class 412
CREAM - Class 510
CREPE - Class 008
CRITICAL - Class 376
Critical bandwidths - Class 704
CROSS-LINKER DYE ADDITIVE - Class 008
CRUCIBLE - Classes 117, 373
CRUCIBLE FURNACE - Class 075
CRYOSAR - Class 257
CRYPTANALYSIS - Class 380
CRYPTOCRYSTALLINE - Class 117
CRYPTOGRAPHY - Classes 380, 705
CRYSTAL - Class 257
CRYSTAL BOUNDARY - Class 117
CRYSTAL DEFECT - Classes 257, 438
CSBH - Class 438
CSL - Classes 117, 438
C-SUBSTITUENT - Class 260
CTD - Class 438
CTSL - Classes 117, 438
CULLET - Classes 065, 425
CUP - Class 029
CUPOLA - Class 075
CURE - Class 425
CURRENT CONVERSION - Class 363
CURRENT OR VOLTAGE MAGNITUDE CONTROL - Class 363
CUSHIONING MEANS: - Class 410
CUT - Class 072
CUT-OFF - Class 141
CUTOFF - Class 257
CUTTER - Class 407
CUTTING EDGE - Class 408
CVD - Classes 117, 438
CYANO - Class 987
CYCLE - Class 425
CYCLIC PITCH CHANGE - Class 416
CYCLICAL OPERATION - Class 141
CYCLO - Class 532
CYCLOALIPHATIC - Class 987
CYCLONE - Class 210
CYLINDER - Classes 091, 092, 418, 460
CYLINDER: - Class 123
CZ - Class 117
Cz - Class 438

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