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G03C 5/38

Fixing; Developing-fixing; Hardening-fixing (bleach-fixing G03C5/44)

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Fixing; Developing-fixing; Hardening-fixing

CPC: Fixing; Developing-fixing; Hardening-fixing (bleach-fixing G03C5/44)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Photographic processes or agents therefor; Regeneration of such processing agents > Processes using silver-salt-containing photosensitive materials or agents therefor > Fixing; Developing-fixing; Hardening-fixing

CPC:

Photographic processes or agents therefor; Regeneration of such processing agents (multicolour processes or agents therefor G03C7/00; diffusion-transfer processes or agents therefor G03C8/00; stereo-photographic processes G03C9/00; photomechanical processes G03F) > Processes using silver-salt-containing photosensitive materials or agents therefor (physical development G03C5/58) > Fixing; Developing-fixing; Hardening-fixing (bleach-fixing G03C5/44)

CPC subdivides this area 3x more granularly than IPC with 2 additional codes.

2 codes are CPC-only extensions.

IPC defines codes here since 1974.

Child Classifications

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  • G03C 5/383 CPC only CPC only
  • G03C 5/386 CPC only CPC only
  • G03C 5/39 Stabilising, i.e. fixing without washing out since 1974 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC