Appeal No. 95-3096 Application 08/139,072 5. In an automobile glazing having a conductive layer thereon, an electrical connection element comprising: a segment of flexible metal braid; a plug mounted on one end of the braid; and a connection piece formed of a piece of rigid sheet metal and connected to another end of the segment of flexible metal braid, said connection piece being brazed to the conductive layer, wherein the piece of sheet metal forming the connection piece comprises a middle section and two end sections, and the middle section is bent so as to take the shape of a bridge element so that only the end sections are braze mounted to the conductive layer. The references applied in the final rejection are: Reeder 3,980,382 Sept. 14, 1976 Boaz 4,246,467 Jan. 20, 1981 Sinharoy et al. (Sinharoy) 4,658,504 Apr. 21, 1987 Eckardt et al. (Eckardt) 5,023,403 June 11, 1991 The claims on appeal stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as follows: (1) Claims 1 and 5, unpatentable over Boaz in view of Eckardt. (2) Claim 4, unpatentable over Boaz in view of Eckardt and either of Reeder or Sinharoy. We will first consider the rejection of claims 1 and 5. The basis of this rejection is set forth on pages 2 and 3 of the examiner’s answer as follows: Boaz discloses a connection piece having the claimed structure, namely, a middle section, and two -2-Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007