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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:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2007
Applicant:
Peter Schwarz, Koenigsdorf, DE;
Inventor:
Peter Schwarz, Koenigsdorf, DE;
Assignee:
Byk-Gardner GmbH, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/30 (2006.01); G01V 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention describes a method for an apparatus for examining surface properties. Properties of effect pigments are to be examined in particular. A surface () to be examined is examined at different emission and reception angles and any curvature of the effect pigments is deduced on the basis of these different angles.