B29C 71/04
After-treatment of articles without altering their shape: by wave energy or particle
Official title: by wave energy or particle radiation {, e.g. for curing or vulcanising preformed articles (during moulding, e.g. in a mould B29C35/08)}
B29C71/04 (After-treatment of articles without altering their shape: by wave energy or particle) appears on 532 US grants and 532 published applications in this corpus.
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