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(11) EP 1 159 085 B8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 B1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
28.12.2005 Bulletin 2005/52

(45) Mention of the grant of the patent:
12.10.2005 Bulletin 2005/41

(21) Application number: 00913569.0

(22) Date of filing: 23.02.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B22D 23/00, C23C 4/08, C23C 4/00, C23C 4/12
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2000/004494
(87) International publication number:
WO 2000/050177 (31.08.2000 Gazette 2000/35)

(54)

SPRAY DEPOSITION PROCESS

SPRÜHBESCHICHTUNGSVERFAHREN

PROCEDE DE DEPOT PAR PULVERISATION

(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 23.02.1999 GB 9903964

(43) Date of publication of application:
05.12.2001 Bulletin 2001/49

(73) Proprietors:
  • Sprayform Holdings Limited
    Swansea, West Glamorgan SA2 8PP (GB)
  • Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Dearborn, MI 48126 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • JORDAN, Richard Michael
    Ho ok Norton, Oxfordshire OX15 5NX (GB)
  • BETTS, Jonathan
    Treboeth, Swansea SA3 3DP (GB)
  • GRANT, Patrick
    Oxford, Oxfordshire (GB)
  • ROCHE, Allen Dennis
    Saline, MI 48176 (US)
  • NEWBERY, Piers
    Lewes East Sussex BN7 2BE (GB)

(74) Representative: Messulam, Alec Moses et al
A. Messulam & Co. Ltd., 43-45 High Road
Bushey Heath, Bushey, Herts WD23 1EE
Bushey Heath, Bushey, Herts WD23 1EE (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
EP-A- 0 781 625
US-A- 5 340 090
US-A- 5 817 267
 US-A- 4 971 133
US-A- 5 718 863
   
       
    Note: Within nine months from the publication of the mention of the grant of the European patent, any person may give notice to the European Patent Office of opposition to the European patent granted. Notice of opposition shall be filed in a written reasoned statement. It shall not be deemed to have been filed until the opposition fee has been paid. (Art. 99(1) European Patent Convention).