Appeal No. 95-3096
Application 08/139,072
rupturing which may occur when such elements are subject to
sudden stresses. According to appellants, their invention
provides an additional advantage beyond Eckardt et al
and solves the problems introduced by the efforts of
Eckardt et al to overcome the drawbacks of Boaz, i.e.,
it provides stress isolation while remaining compatible
with automatic brazing operations. (Brief, page 9.)
After fully considering the record in light of the arguments
presented by appellants and the examiner, we conclude that the
subject matter recited in claim 5 is unpatentable under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103.
We note first that, while Eckardt does state at column 1,
lines 21 to 24, that conductors may be either imprinted on one of
two joined glass sheets or embedded therebetween, the particular
braided wire member is disclosed only for use with conductors 13
which are sandwiched between two sheets of glass 1a, 1b. Thus,
Eckardt discloses that the ends 5 of the braid are soldered to
the conductors through a solder window 2 through one of the glass
sheets (Fig. 4).
Boaz, on the other hand, discloses terminal (bridge element)
14 as being used to make a connection to conductors 12 which are
on the surface of the window 10. Moreover, the terminal is so
constructed as to be soldered to the conductor by a resistance
heating gun which is pressed down on bonding feet 16 of the
terminal (column 3, line 57 to column 4, line 13).
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