Appeal No. 2005-1577
Application No. 09/581,159 Page 8
as disclosed by Winter but rather are concerned with other types
of glazes and preparation methods therefore and, as such, offer
no particular suggestion as to how to modify the antenna
structure of Winter.
For example, Winter places no special requirements on the
relative location of the outer boundaries of the electro-
conductive coating (212) that forms an antenna and is sealed
between the two glass plies using a thermoplastic interlayer.
See, e.g, column 4, lines 25-56 of Winter. While Winter does
teach that the antenna connector (224) can be positioned along a
surface (214) of the glass ply (216) in order to establish a
direct connection with the antenna coating (212), there is no
specific teaching in Winter concerning how such a direct
connection arrangement is to be formed for a two ply glazing,
although Winter does indicate that the connector (224) is
relatively small when employing a direct connection as compared
to the size thereof when employing a capacitive coupling
arrangement.
Koontz and Tweadey, which references are not drawn to
windows having antenna systems, are not particularly relevant in
suggesting to one of ordinary skill in the art how the antenna
system and connections of the glazing of Winter should be made.
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