B29C 51/264
Auxiliary operations prior to the thermoforming operation
Official title: {Auxiliary operations prior to the thermoforming operation, e.g. cutting (B29C51/42, B29C51/46 take precedence)}
B29C51/264 (Auxiliary operations prior to the thermoforming operation) appears on 69 US grants and 116 published applications in this corpus.
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