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: Page 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007