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(88) Date of publication A3: 26.08.2010 (43) Date of publication: 02.11.2011 Bulletin 2011/44 (21) Application number: 09774800.8 (22) Date of filing: 16.12.2009

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  C25D 13/04(2006.01) C25D 13/12(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2009/068156 (87) International publication number: WO 2010/077896 (08.07.2010 Gazette 2010/27)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR (30) Priority: 29.12.2008 US 345321 (71) Applicant: BASF Coatings GmbH 48165 Münster (DE)	(72) Inventors: DECEMBER, Timothy S. Rochester Hills Michigan 48307 (US) CHOUAI, Abdellatif Lake Jackson Texas 77566 (US) STANTS, Cynthia A. Pinckney, Michigan 48169 (US) MENOVCIK, Gregory G. Northville Michigan 48168 (US)