Appeal No. 2005-1577
Application No. 09/581,159 Page 5
Winter, which is common to all of the examiner’s stated
rejections, is drawn to the use of electrically conductive
ceramic paints in antenna elements or connectors of antenna
systems that are associated with vehicle window glazes. In the
illustrated embodiment depicted in drawing Figure 4 of Winters,
two glass plies (216 and 232) are employed with a transparent
conductive coating (212) there between that is positioned in
close proximity to surface (214) of ply (216) in a desired
pattern for use as an antenna coating and occupying a generally
central region of the space between the panes. A thermoplastic
interlayer (234) is employed to bond the glass plies with each
other and seal the antenna coating element (212) between the
plies. In an undepicted option, connector (224, shown in drawing
Figure 4 in a capacitive type antenna arrangement) is described
as being optionally positioned along surface (214) of ply (216)
to provide a direct electrical connection with coating (212).
See, e.g., drawing Figure 4 and column 4, line 25 through column
5, line 26 of Winter.
Turning to the examiner’s § 103(a) rejection of method
claims 1, 5, 7-9, 18 and 19, the examiner takes the position that
“the skilled artisan reading the reference [Winter] as a whole
would have appreciated that when the two pane windshield has a
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