Appeal No. 2000-009
Application 08/742,426
from the poor quality reproduction, is “ . . .SS DIVISION – PR&D OFFICE . . . RBARN, MI.
48120.” The lab report shows a “Part/Material Description: SGV Solar tint rec’d 1/90” in a
quantity of “2” from “Supplier SGV” with the notation “latest SGV composition,” and a “date
submitted 1/19/90.” The two samples were designated “SGV1” and “SVG2” with the latter hand
circled and hand annotated “used in Arizona.” The “Purpose of Investigation,” to the extent it
can be determined from the poor quality reproduction, is “Analyze for colorant level of – Fe2O3,
. . . CeO2, TiO2.” The “solar transmittance” report is titled “SGV2 - SGV-2 Solar Green – Jan
90” and tests “Illuminant ‘A’ ” and “ ‘C’. ” The further, undiscussed report has the same title
and samples.
It is further alleged (Ford letter, page 2) that the “original purchase of 1988 SGV glass
was followed by others,” which “others” apparently includes that shown by the “purchase
notification” having a typed “date of order 6-12-89” and a handwritten “delivery date 7-12-89”
(Attachment E). This purchase order was for 5 different sizes of “super green tint glass” from
seller “Vegla Glaswerke . . . Aachen, West Germany,” and shipped to the “ . . . Glass Tech
Center . . . Lincoln Park, MI.” No invoice corresponding to this purchase notification is of
record.
It is stated in the Ford Letter (pages 1-2) that the purchase order was prepared, “[a]s is
often the case,” “after the actual delivery of the glass to Ford in 1998” as seen from the date on
the invoice; that there was enough glass for “one hundred to two hundred cars;” that “the glass
was tested and evaluated by Ford, some . . .formed into windows actually installed by Ford on
Taurus vehicles,” and “[a] number of those vehicles remained in use as ‘pool cars’ at Glass
Division until a year or two ago;” that the “composition of the 1988 SGV glass is shown in the”
lab report; that reference in the lab report “to ‘SGV Solar tint received 1/90’ . . . is the date the
test sample piece was sent for analysis;” that the “glass sample identified in the report as ‘SVG2’
was a piece of the 1988 SGV glass received” under the purchase notification of “02-13-89;” that
the “light transmittance properties of the SVG glass are shown in” the report titled “SVG – SVG-
2 Solar Green” and has the identifier “Illuminant ‘A’ ;” and that among the other purchases of
glass from “SGV’s German subsidiary, Vegla Glaswerke” was that identified in the purchase
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