Ex parte KOBAYASHI et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 1999-0349                                                        
          Application 08/621,379                                                      


               The appellants’ invention relates to a laminated glass                 
          used in a head-up display system for an automobile.                         
          An understanding of the invention can be derived from a                     
          reading of exemplary claim 2, which is reproduced as follows:               


               2.  A laminated glass defining a passenger compartment of              
          an automobile, comprising:                                                  
               first and second glass plates which are respectively                   
          located at an inside where a person resides and an outside                  
          opposite to the inside;                                                     
               an antireflection film formed on an inside surface of                  
          said first glass plate;                                                     
               an intermediate film disposed between and in contact with              
          said first and second glass plates;                                         
               a polarization-direction changing film disposed between                
          the first and second glass plates for changing a direction of               
          polarization of light to be incident thereon;                               
               a light-transmittable reflection film disposed between                 
          said polarization-direction changing film and said first glass              
          plate;                                                                      
               an adhesive disposed between said polarization-direction               
          changing film and said second glass plate to bond said                      
          polarization-direction changing film to said second glass                   
          plate; and                                                                  
               means by which said polarization-direction changing film               
          is separate from said first glass plate so that said                        
          intermediate film resides between said polarization-direction               
          changing film and said first glass plate.                                   


               The prior art references of record relied upon by the                  
          examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:                              


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