INTERNATIONAL SEARCH REPORT PCT/US00/13967 C. (Continuation) DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED TO BE RELEVANT Category ° Citation of document, with indication, where appropriate, of the retevant passages Relevant to claim No. P, X WO 00 15351 A (INNOVATIVE CONCEPTS 1, 2,4,7, UNLIMITED) 23 March 2000 (2000-03-23) 9, 10, 13-20, 22,23, 26-32, 35,36 page 3, paragraph 2 page 4, line 17-19 page 5, paragraphs 2,4 page 6, paragraph 3 page 9, line 20-page 10, line 13 A US 2 963 378 A (MINNESOTA MINING AND 1-36 MANUFACTURING COMPANY) 6 December 1960 (1960-12-06) cited in the application whole document 1 Intel,, ational application ! INTERNATIONAL SEARCH REPORT PCT/US 00/13967 Box I Observations where certain claims were found unsearchable (Continuation of item 1 of first sheet) This International Search Report has not been established in respect of certain claims under Article 17 (2) (a) for the following reasons: 1. Claims Nos.: because they relate to subject matter not required to be searched by this Authority, namely: 2. Claims Nos.: because they relate to parts of the International Application that do not comply with the prescribed requirements to such an extent that no meaningful International Search can be carried out, specifically : 3. Claims Nos.: because they are dependent claims and are not drafted in accordance with the second and third sentences of Rule 6.4 (a). Box 11 Observations where unity of invention is lacking (Continuation of item 2 of first sheet) This International Searching Authority found multiple inventions in this international application, as follows : see additional sheet 1. As all required additional search fees were timeiy paid by the applicant, this international Search Report covers all searchable claims. 2. As all searchable claims could be searched without effort justifying an additional fee, this Authority did not invite payment of any additional fee. 3. As only some of the required additional search fees were timely paid by the applicant, this International Search Report covers only those claims for which fees were paid, specifically claims Nos.: 4. No required additional search fees were timely paid by the applicant. Consequently, this International Search Report is restricted to the invention first mentioned in the claims; it is covered by claims Nos.: 1-36 Remark on Protest The additional search fees were accompanied by the applicant's protest. H No protest accompanied the payment of additional search fees. u FURTHER INFORMATION CONTINUED FROM PCT/ISA/210 This International Searching Authority found multiple (groups of) inventions in this international application, as follows: 1. Claims: 1-36 Metallic automotive vehicle component coated with a retroreflective coating composition containing a crosslinkable film-forming polymer 2. Claims: 37-53 Polymer automotive vehicle component coated with a retroreflective coating composition containing a film-forming polymer 3. Claim: 54 Automotive vehicle component coated with a retroreflective coating composition containing a crosslinkable film-forming polymer, microbeads and reflective particles INTERNATIONAL SEARCH REPORT Intern al Application No ., ormation on patent family members PCT/US 00/13967 Patent document Publication Patent family Publication cited in search report date member (s) date US 5736602 A 07-04-1998 NONE WO 0015351 A 23-03-2000 AU 5688299 A 03-04-2000 US 2963378 A 06-12-1960 NONE