Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Composite – Of inorganic material
Reexamination Certificate
2006-05-23
2009-12-22
McNeil, Jennifer (Department: 1794)
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Composite
Of inorganic material
C428S699000, C428S688000, C428S689000, C427S255394, C204S192150
Reexamination Certificate
active
07635528
ABSTRACT:
An article is coated with a multi-layer coating having a bronze color. In a preferred embodiment, the coating comprises a nickel or polymer basecoat layer, and a color and protective stack layer comprised of layers of carbon-rich refractory metal or refractory metal alloy carbonitride alternating with layers of nitrogen-rich refractory metal or refractory metal alloy carbonitride. In another embodiment, the alternating layers of the color stack layer may comprise layers of carbon-rich refractory metal carbides or carbon-rich refractory metal alloy carbides alternating with layers of nitrogen-rich refractory metal nitrides or nitrogen-rich refractory metal alloy nitrides.
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Anton Bryce
Chen Guocon
Emch, Schaffer, Schaub & Porcello & Co., L.P.A.
McNeil Jennifer
Quinlan Ronald A
Vapor Technologies Inc.
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