EP1564261A3

Interference pigments

Abstract

The present invention relates to interference pigments based on transparent low-index platelet-shaped substrates which comprise a high-index coating consisting of TiO2 with a layer thickness of 20-200 nm, and optionally an outer protective layer, and their use in paints, lacquers, printing inks, security printing inks, plastics, button pastes, ceramic materials, glasses, for seed coloring, as a dopant in the laser marking of plastics and papers, as an additive for the laser welding of plastics, as an additive for coloring in the food and pharmaceutical sector and in cosmetic formulations and for the production of pigment preparations and dry preparations.

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Document	Relation	Office	Category	Cited during	Relevant claims
WO03006558A2	Cites	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	X	Search report	1,3,5,6
EP0753545A2	Cites	European Patent Office (EPO)	X	Search report	1,3,5,6
EP1469041A2	Cites	European Patent Office (EPO)	PX	Search report	1-6
US2003047115A1	Cites	United States of America	X	Search report	1-6
WO9853011A1	Cites	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	X	Search report	1-4,6

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Document	Office	Kind	Date
102004006360	Germany	A	2004-02-09
102004006360	Germany	A	2004-02-09
102004006360	Germany	–	2004-02-09
102004052544	Germany	A	2004-10-28
102004052544	Germany	A	2004-10-28
102004052544	Germany	–	2004-10-28
102004006360	–	–	–
102004052544	–	–	–
DE20041006360	–	–	–
DE20041052544	–	–	–

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US2005176850A1	United States of America	A1	2005-08-11
CN1654548A	China	A	2005-08-17
EP1564261A2	European Patent Office (EPO)	A2	2005-08-17
DE102004052544A1	Germany	A1	2005-08-25
JP2005314649A	Japan	A	2005-11-10
EP1564261A3This record	European Patent Office (EPO)	A3	2006-04-19
CN102277016A	China	A	2011-12-14
JP2013018987A	Japan	A	2013-01-31
JP5409983B2	Japan	B2	2014-02-05
EP1564261B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2016-05-25
US2016222213A1	United States of America	A1	2016-08-04
ES2587998T3	Spain	T3	2016-10-28
US10822497B2	United States of America	B2	2020-11-03

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2022-06-01	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2020-07-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
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2019-08-30	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2019-07-15	Revocation of the patentMA03	MA03	AT
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2019-04-30	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP	PGFP	EP
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2019-04-17	Patent revokedRevoked27W	27W	EP
2019-04-17	Gb: patent revoked under art. 102 of the ep convention designating the uk as contracting stateRevokedGBPR	GBPR	EP
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2018-11-27	Communication despatched that patent is revokedRevokedORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNREV1RDAF	RDAF	EP
2018-10-18	Epo's revocation decision now finalR064	R064	DE
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2016-09-28	Patent invalid in the netherlands as no translation has been filedMP	MP	NL
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Interference pigments

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