METHOD AND APPARATUS OF DECORATING A METALLIC CONTAINER BY DIGITAL PRINTING TO A TRANSFER BLANKET - Patent 3749522

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EP 3 749 522 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	23.04.2020

(43)	Date of publication:
	16.12.2020 Bulletin 2020/51

(21)	Application number: 19750534.0

(22)	Date of filing: 08.02.2019

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

B41F 17/00^(2006.01)
B41F 17/28^(2006.01)

B41F 17/18^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2019/017301

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2019/157346 (15.08.2019 Gazette 2019/33)

(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
	Designated Extension States:
	BA ME
	Designated Validation States:
	KH MA MD TN

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Priority:

09.02.2018 US 201815893364

(71)	Applicant: Ball Corporation
	Broomfield, CO 80021 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	STOWITTS, Adam P.S. Arvada, Colorado 80002 (US)

(74)	Representative: Eisenführ Speiser
	Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB Anna-Louisa-Karsch-Strasse 2 10178 Berlin 10178 Berlin (DE)

(54)	METHOD AND APPARATUS OF DECORATING A METALLIC CONTAINER BY DIGITAL PRINTING TO A TRANSFER BLANKET