Patent ID: 9522569
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: B60B,B60Y,C23C,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An article comprising: a substrate; a primer polymer layer overlaying and contacting the substrate; a chrome metallic layer overlaying and contacting the primer polymer layer; a plasma vapor deposited (PVD) oxide layer overlaying the chrome metallic layer and having a thickness of 1 to 5 nanometers and a parameter of color change of the underlying chrome metallic layer determined according to the following equation: wherein L is a color brightness of the oxide layer, and a and b are color-opponent dimensions of the oxide layer and chrome metallic layer, wherein the ΔE* an exposed polymeric layer overlaying the oxide layer; and a protective layer at an interface between the exposed polymeric and oxide layers and being a reaction product of the exposed polymeric and oxide layers.