Appeal No. 96-1615
Application 08/249,650
THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Appellants have appealed to the Board from the examiner’s
final rejection of claims 1 to 22 and 33 to 53, which
constitute all the claims remaining in the application.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced below:
1. An optical interference coating for reflecting
infrared radiation and transmitting visible light radiation
which comprises a plurality of alternating high and low
refractive index layers, said coating having a spectrally
broad high transmittance of at least about 90% average at a
normal angle of incidence between about 400 to 700 nm, a
spectrally broad high transmittance of at least about 90%
average at about a 30 degree angle of incidence between about
400 to 700 nm and a spectrally broad high reflectance of at
least about 70% average between about 800 and 1900 nm.
The following references are relied on by the examiner:
Rancourt et al. (Rancourt) 4,229,066 Oct. 21,
1980
Martin, Jr. et al. (Martin) 4,663,557 May 05,
1987
Brock et al. (Brock) 4,940,636 Jul. 10,
1990
(filed Jul. 21, 1988)
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