C23C 16/0254
Physical treatment to alter the texture of the surface
Official title: {Physical treatment to alter the texture of the surface, e.g. scratching or polishing}
C23C16/0254 (Physical treatment to alter the texture of the surface) appears on 189 US grants and 213 published applications in this corpus.
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