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EP 1040875 B1 20070912 - Soft feeling multi-layer coating

Title (en)

Soft feeling multi-layer coating

Title (de)

Softfeeling-Mehrschichtlackierung

Title (fr)

Revêtement multicouche au toucher souple

Publication

EP 1040875 B1 20070912 (DE)

Application

EP 00103045 A 20000215

Priority

DE 19914807 A 19990331

Abstract (en)

[origin: DE19914807C1] A multi-layer coating system comprising a first pigmented layer on the substrate and a second unpigmented layer, in which the second layer consists entirely or partly of an unpigmented soft-feel varnish.

IPC 8 full level

B05D 5/06 (2006.01); B05D 7/00 (2006.01); C09D 175/06 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B05D 7/53 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1040875 A2 20001004; EP 1040875 A3 20040526; EP 1040875 B1 20070912; AT E372834 T1 20070915; DE 19914807 C1 20000629; DE 50014640 D1 20071025; ES 2296577 T3 20080501

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 00103045 A 20000215; AT 00103045 T 20000215; DE 19914807 A 19990331; DE 50014640 T 20000215; ES 00103045 T 20000215