US4965098A — Two-tone paint film

Claim 1

Independent Claim 113 words

A two-tone paint film, comprising a first paint film and a second paint film formed adjacent to said first paint film, each of said first paint film and said second paint film including pigment comprising a ceramic flake-like substrate, a transparent inorganic thin film layer formed on the surface of said substrate, and glittering portions having metallic luster comprising metal dots or alloy dots formed on the surfaces of said thin film layer, and said pigment of said first paint film and said pigment of said second paint film having different ratios of the total areas of said glittering portions to the entire surface area of said thin film layer from each other.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 113 words

A two-tone paint film, comprising a first paint film and a second paint film formed adjacent to said first paint film, each of said first paint film and said second paint film including pigment comprising a ceramic flake-like substrate, a transparent inorganic thin film layer formed on the surface of said substrate, and glittering portions having metallic luster comprising metal dots or alloy dots formed on the surfaces of said thin film layer, and said pigment of said first paint film and said pigment of said second paint film having different ratios of the total areas of said glittering portions to the entire surface area of said thin film layer from each other.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 47 words

A two-tone paint film according to claim 1, wherein each of said first paint film and said second paint film has a pigment of 0.0005 to 0.95 in the ratio of the total areas of said glittering portions to the surface area of said thin film layer.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 29 words

A two-tone paint film according to claim 1, wherein the pigment of said first paint film and the pigment of said second paint film are of a similar hue.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 59 words

A two-tone paint film according to claim 1, wherein said second paint film is partially overlaid on said first paint film, and the pigment of said second paint film has a higher ratio of the total area of said glittering portions to the entire surface area of said thin film layer from the pigment of said first paint film.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 59 words

A two-tone paint film according to claim 1, wherein said first paint film is partially formed under said second paint film, and the pigment of said first paint film has a higher ratio of the total areas of said glittering portions to the entire surface area of said thin film layer than the pigment of said second paint film.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 20 words

A two-tone paint film according to claim 5, wherein said first paint film is in the form of a mark.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 39 words

A two-tone paint film according to claim 1, wherein said ceramic flake-like substrate of each pigment of said first paint film and said second paint film comprises one of natural mica, synthetic mica, and molybdenum disulfide (MoS 2 ).

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 55 words

A two-tone paint film according to claim 1, wherein said inorganic thin film layer of each pigment of said first paint film and said second paint film comprises at least one of titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ), iron oxide (Fe 2 O 3 ), aluminum hydroxide (Al(OH) 3 ), and chromium hydroxide (Cr(OH) 3 ).

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 71 words

A two-tone paint film according to claim 1, wherein said glittering portions of each pigment of said first paint film and said second paint film are selected from the group consisting of silver (Ag), gold (Au), copper (Cu), palladium (Pd), nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), a nickel-phosphorus (Ni-P) alloy, a nickel-boron (Ni-B) alloy, a nickel-cobalt-phosphorus (Ni-Co-P) alloy, a nickel-tungsten-phosphorus alloy (Ni-W-P) alloy, and a cobalt-phosphorus (Co-P) alloy, and a silver-gold (Ag-Au) alloy.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 115 words

An article having a two-tone paint film comprising a first paint film and a second paint film formed adjacent to said first paint film, each of said first paint film and said second paint film including pigment comprising a ceramic flake-like substrate, a transparent inorganic thin film layer formed on the surface of said substrate, and glittering portions having metallic luster comprising metal dots or alloy dots formed on the surfaces of said thin film layer, and said pigment of said first paint film and said pigment of said second paint film having different ratios of the total areas of said glittering portions to the surface area of said thin film layer from each other.

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 115 words

An article having a two-tone paint film comprising a first paint film and a second paint film formed adjacent to said first paint film, each of said first paint film and said second paint film including pigment comprising a ceramic flake-like substrate, a transparent inorganic thin film layer formed on the surface of said substrate, and glittering portions having metallic luster comprising metal dots or alloy dots formed on the surfaces of said thin film layer, and said pigment of said first paint film and said pigment of said second paint film having different ratios of the total areas of said glittering portions to the surface area of said thin film layer from each other.

Claim 13

Dependent Claim 46 words

An article according to claim 10, wherein each of said first paint film and said second paint film has a pigment of 0.0005 to 0.95 in the ratio of the total areas of said glittering portions to the entire surface area of said thin film layer.

Claim 14

Dependent Claim 27 words

An article according to claim 10, wherein the pigment of said first paint film and the pigment of said second paint film are of a similar hue.

Claim 15

Dependent Claim 57 words

An article according to claim 10, wherein said second paint film is partially overlaid on said first paint film, and the pigment of said second paint film has a higher ratio of the total area of said glittering portions to the entire surface area of said thin film layer from the pigment of said first paint film.

Claim 16

Dependent Claim 57 words

An article according to claim 10, wherein said first paint film is partially formed under said second paint film, and the pigment of said first paint film has a higher ratio of the total areas of said glittering portions to the entire surface area of said thin film layer than the pigment of said second paint film.

Claim 17

Dependent Claim 19 words

An article according to claim 14, wherein said first paint film is in the form of an identifying mark.

Claim 18

Dependent Claim 117 words

An automobile body having a two-tone paint film comprising a first paint film and a second paint film formed adjacent to said first paint film, each of said first paint film and said second paint film including pigment comprising a ceramic flake-like substrate, a transparent inorganic thin film layer formed on the surface of said substrate, and glittering portions having metallic luster comprising metal dots or alloy dots formed on the surfaces of said thin film layer, and said pigment of said first paint film and said pigment of said second paint film having different ratios of the total areas of said glittering portions to the entire surface area of said thin film layer from each other.

Claim 19

Dependent Claim 117 words

An automobile body having a two-tone paint film comprising a first paint film and a second paint film formed adjacent to said first paint film, each of said first paint film and said second paint film including pigment comprising a ceramic flake-like substrate, a transparent inorganic thin film layer formed on the surface of said substrate, and glittering portions having metallic luster comprising metal dots or alloy dots formed on the surfaces of said thin film layer, and said pigment of said first paint film and said pigment of said second paint film having different ratios of the total areas of said glittering portions to the entire surface area of said thin film layer from each other.

Claim 20

Dependent Claim 47 words

An automobile body according to claim 16, wherein each of said first paint film and said second paint film has a pigment of 0.0005 to 0.95 in the ratio of the total areas of said glittering portions to the entire surface area of said thin film layer

Claim 21

Dependent Claim 28 words

An automobile body according to claim 16, wherein the pigment of said first paint film and the pigment of said second paint film are of a similar hue.

Claim 22

Dependent Claim 58 words

An automobile body according to claim 16, wherein said second paint film is partially overlaid on said first paint film, and the pigment of said second paint film has a higher ratio of the total area of said glittering portions to the entire surface area of said thin film layer from the pigment of said first paint film.

Claim 23

Dependent Claim 39 words

An automobile body according to claim 19, wherein said first paint film is formed on the entire automobile body, and said second paint film is formed on said first paint film at a lower part of the automobile body.

Claim 24

Dependent Claim 87 words

An automobile body according to claim 19, which comprises a steel sheet, an electrodeposition paint film formed on surface of said steel sheet, an intermediate paint film formed on surface of said electrodeposition paint film, said first paint film formed on surface of said intermediate paint film, a clear paint film formed on surface of said first paint film, said second paint film formed on a part of surface of said clear paint film, and a clear paint film formed on surface of said second paint film.

Claim 25

Dependent Claim 58 words

An automobile body according to claim 16, wherein said first paint film is partially formed under said second paint film, and the pigment of said first paint film has a higher ratio of the total areas of said glittering portions to the entire surface area of said thin film layer than the pigment of said second paint film.

Claim 26

Dependent Claim 36 words

An automobile body according to claim 22, wherein said first paint film is in the form of an identifying mark, and said second paint film is formed on the entire automobile body including on said mark.

Claim 27

Dependent Claim 80 words

An automobile body according to claim 23, which comprises a steel sheet, an electrodeposition paint film formed on the entire surface of said steel plate, an intermediate paint film formed on surface of said electrodeposition paint film, said first paint film formed on a part of surface of said intermediate paint film, a second paint film formed on surface of said intermediate paint film and said first paint film, and a clear paint film formed on said second paint film.

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	1993-10-22	1994-04-23	1994-10-23	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	1997-10-22	1998-04-23	1998-10-23	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	2001-10-22	2002-04-23	2002-10-23	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

Two-tone paint film

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