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					<text>SECTION E <emdash/> FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS</text>
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				<title>
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						<text>EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING</text>
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					<titlePart>
						<text>MINING</text>
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				<title>
					<titlePart>
						<text>EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING</text>
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					<titlePart>
						<text>MINING</text>
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					<note type="none">
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							<text>In this class, the following term is used with the meaning indicated:</text>
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									<text>"drilling" covers boring and <u>vice versa</u>.</text>
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			<ipcEntry kind="u" symbol="E21B" ipcLevel="C" edition="19900101" entryType="K" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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					<title>
						<titlePart>
							<text>EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING</text>
							<entryReference>mining, quarrying <sref ref="E21C"/></entryReference>
							<entryReference>making shafts, driving galleries or tunnels <sref ref="E21D"/></entryReference>
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						<titlePart>
							<text>OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS</text>
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				<ipcEntry kind="n" symbol="E21B" ipcLevel="C" entryType="K" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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						<note type="number">
							<noteParagraph edition="20000101">
								<text>This subclass <u>covers</u>:</text>
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									<noteParagraph edition="20000101">
										<text>primarily equipment for drilling of earth or rock in their natural formation;</text>
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									<noteParagraph edition="20000101">
										<text>similar equipment for drilling of man-made structures <u>in situ</u>, e.g. of road surfaces or concrete structures.</text>
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								</subnote>
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								<text>This subclass <u>does not cover</u>:</text>
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									<noteParagraph edition="20000101">
										<text>hand-held drilling machines, e.g. for domestic use;</text>
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									<noteParagraph edition="20000101">
										<text>drilling equipment for manufacturing operations, i.e. where an article is worked, e.g. for further processing;</text>
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								</subnote>
								<orphan indent="1" edition="20000101">
									<text>which are covered by relevant subclasses of section B, e.g. <sref ref="B23B"/>;</text>
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										<noteParagraph edition="20060101">
											<text>compositions for drilling of boreholes or wells or for treating boreholes or wells, which compositions are covered by group <sref ref="C09K0008000000"/>, e.g. compositions for enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons <sref ref="C09K0008580000"/>.</text>
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							<noteParagraph edition="20060101">
								<text>Processes using enzymes or micro-organisms in order to:</text>
								<subnote type="roman" indent="1">
									<noteParagraph edition="20060101">
										<text>liberate, separate or purify a pre-existing compound or composition, or to</text>
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									<noteParagraph edition="20060101">
										<text>treat textiles or clean solid surfaces of materials</text>
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								<orphan indent="1" edition="20060101">
									<text>are further classified in subclass <sref ref="C12S"/>.</text>
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						</note>
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								<text>METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR DRILLING </text>
								<references><mref ref="E21B0001000000" endRef="E21B0007000000"/></references>
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							<indexEntry>
								<text>DRILLING TOOLS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR </text>
								<references><sref ref="E21B0010000000"/>, <sref ref="E21B0011000000"/>; <sref ref="E21B0012000000"/></references>
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								<text>OTHER EQUIPMENT OR DETAILS FOR DRILLING; WELL EQUIPMENT OR MAINTENANCE</text>
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									<text>Derricks; drilling rods or the like </text>
									<references><sref ref="E21B0015000000"/>; <sref ref="E21B0017000000"/>, <sref ref="E21B0019000000"/></references>
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								<indexEntry>
									<text>Flushing or cleaning; sealing; heating or cooling </text>
									<references><sref ref="E21B0021000000"/>, <sref ref="E21B0037000000"/>; <sref ref="E21B0033000000"/>; <sref ref="E21B0036000000"/></references>
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									<text>Valve arrangements; fire-fighting </text>
									<references><sref ref="E21B0034000000"/>; <sref ref="E21B0035000000"/></references>
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									<text>Other equipment or details </text>
									<references><mref ref="E21B0023000000" endRef="E21B0031000000"/>, <sref ref="E21B0040000000"/>, <sref ref="E21B0041000000"/></references>
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							</indexEntry>
							<indexEntry>
								<text>OBTAINING FLUIDS FROM WELLS </text>
								<references><sref ref="E21B0043000000"/></references>
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							<indexEntry>
								<text>CONTROL; SURVEYING OR TESTING </text>
								<references><sref ref="E21B0044000000"/>; <mref ref="E21B0045000000" endRef="E21B0049000000"/></references>
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			<ipcEntry kind="u" symbol="E21C" ipcLevel="C" entryType="K" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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					<title>
						<titlePart>
							<text>MINING OR QUARRYING</text>
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						<index>
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								<text>CUTTING; SLITTING; DISLODGING</text>
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									<text>General structure of machines </text>
									<references><sref ref="E21C0025000000"/>, <sref ref="E21C0027000000"/></references>
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									<text>Details </text>
									<references><sref ref="E21C0029000000"/>, <sref ref="E21C0031000000"/>, <sref ref="E21C0035000000"/></references>
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									<text>Other devices </text>
									<references><sref ref="E21C0033000000"/>, <sref ref="E21C0037000000"/>, <sref ref="E21C0039000000"/></references>
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							<indexEntry>
								<text>METHODS OF MINING OR QUARRYING; OPEN-PIT MINING </text>
								<references><sref ref="E21C0041000000"/>, <sref ref="E21C0045000000"/>; <sref ref="E21C0047000000"/>, <sref ref="E21C0049000000"/></references>
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							<indexEntry>
								<text>OBTAINING MINERALS FROM UNDERWATER </text>
								<references><sref ref="E21C0050000000"/></references>
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							<indexEntry>
								<text>WINNING MATERIALS FROM EXTRATERRESTRIAL SOURCES </text>
								<references><sref ref="E21C0051000000"/></references>
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			<ipcEntry kind="u" symbol="E21D" ipcLevel="C" edition="19740701,19950101" entryType="K" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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					<title>
						<titlePart>
							<text>SHAFTS</text>
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						<titlePart>
							<text>TUNNELS</text>
						</titlePart>
						<titlePart>
							<text>GALLERIES</text>
						</titlePart>
						<titlePart>
							<text>LARGE UNDERGROUND CHAMBERS</text>
							<entryReference>soil-conditioning or soil-stabilising materials <sref ref="C09K0017000000"/></entryReference>
							<entryReference>cutting machines for mining or quarrying <sref ref="E21C"/></entryReference>
							<entryReference>safety devices, transport, rescue, ventilation or drainage <sref ref="E21F"/></entryReference>
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				<ipcEntry kind="n" symbol="E21D" ipcLevel="C" entryType="K" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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						<note type="number">
							<noteParagraph edition="19950101">
								<text>This subclass <u>covers</u> methods or apparatus for making or lining tunnels, galleries or large underground chambers, using underground mining methods only, i.e. not involving disturbance of the ground surface.<nbsp/></text>
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							<noteParagraph edition="19950101">
								<text>This subclass <u>does not cover</u> underground spaces made by foundation engineering, i.e. involving disturbance of the ground surface, which are covered by subclass <sref ref="E02D"/>.<nbsp/></text>
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						</note>
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				<ipcEntry kind="i" symbol="E21D" ipcLevel="C" entryType="K" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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						<index>
							<indexEntry>
								<text>MAKING SHAFTS; LININGS THEREFOR </text>
								<references><sref ref="E21D0001000000"/>, <sref ref="E21D0003000000"/>, <sref ref="E21D0007000000"/>, <sref ref="E21D0008000000"/>; <sref ref="E21D0005000000"/></references>
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							<indexEntry>
								<text>MAKING TUNNELS OR GALLERIES; LININGS THEREFOR </text>
								<references><sref ref="E21D0009000000"/>; <sref ref="E21D0011000000"/></references>
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							<indexEntry>
								<text>MAKING UNDERGROUND CHAMBERS; LININGS THEREFOR </text>
								<references><sref ref="E21D0013000000"/>; <sref ref="E21D0011000000"/></references>
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							<indexEntry>
								<text>WORKING-FACE SUPPORTS OR COVERS </text>
								<references><sref ref="E21D0015000000"/>, <sref ref="E21D0017000000"/>, <sref ref="E21D0019000000"/>, <sref ref="E21D0021000000"/></references>
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								<text>SUPPORTS FOR STEP-BY-STEP MOVEMENT </text>
								<references>
									<sref ref="E21D0023000000"/>
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								<text>SETTING ANCHORING BOLTS </text>
								<references>
									<sref ref="E21D0020000000"/>
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			<ipcEntry kind="u" symbol="E21F" ipcLevel="C" edition="19740701" entryType="K" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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					<title>
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							<text>SAFETY DEVICES, TRANSPORT, FILLING-UP, RESCUE, VENTILATION, OR DRAINAGE IN OR OF MINES OR TUNNELS</text>
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					</title>
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				<ipcEntry kind="i" symbol="E21F" ipcLevel="C" entryType="K" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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						<index>
							<indexEntry>
								<text>VENTILATION </text>
								<references><sref ref="E21F0001000000"/>, <sref ref="E21F0003000000"/></references>
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							<indexEntry>
								<text>DRAINAGE </text>
								<references><sref ref="E21F0016000000"/></references>
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							<indexEntry>
								<text>SAFETY DEVICES, RESCUE DEVICES </text>
								<references><mref ref="E21F0005000000" endRef="E21F0011000000"/></references>
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							<indexEntry>
								<text>TRANSPORT; FILLING-UP </text>
								<references><sref ref="E21F0013000000"/>; <sref ref="E21F0015000000"/></references>
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							<indexEntry>
								<text>OTHER METHODS OR DEVICES </text>
								<references><sref ref="E21F0017000000"/></references>
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