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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 18, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dennis A Cupolo, Suffern, NY (US);
Robert J Teichmann, Towaco, NJ (US);
Ramona Cardona-Grajales, Aguadilla, PR;
Assignee:
Avon Products, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ; C25D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428670 ; 428672 ; 428673 ; 428674 ; 428935 ; 205182 ;
Abstract
A unique multi-layered coating process that includes coating the base metal with a layer of strike copper, a subsequent layer of bright copper, a barrier layer of palladium or related element, and a thin surface layer of a precious metal such as gold. The bright copper layer is produced by a special acid copper bath.