Ex parte BORGER et al. - Page 2




          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                   
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