ANTITARNISH, ANTIMICROBIAL COPPER ALLOYS AND SURFACES MADE FROM SUCH ALLOYS - Patent 2499269

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EP 2 499 269 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	19.09.2012 Bulletin 2012/38

(21)	Application number: 10830632.5

(22)	Date of filing: 10.11.2010

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

C22C 9/01^(2006.01)

C22C 9/06^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2010/056179

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2011/060034 (19.05.2011 Gazette 2011/20)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AL 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 RS SE SI SK SM TR

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Priority:

10.11.2010 US 943196
10.11.2009 US 259837 P

(71)	Applicant: GBC Metals, LLC
	East Alton IL 62024 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	TRYBUS, Carole, Lynne Edwardsville IL 62025 (US) VIEROD, Richard, P. St. Louis MO 63105 (US) ROBINSON, Peter, William Glen Carbon IL 62034 (US)

(74)	Representative: Hedges, Martin Nicholas
	A.A. Thornton & Co. 235 High Holborn London WC1V 7LE London WC1V 7LE (GB)

(54)	ANTITARNISH, ANTIMICROBIAL COPPER ALLOYS AND SURFACES MADE FROM SUCH ALLOYS