Appeal 2007-3412
Application 10/832,450
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) in view of prior art. We have jurisdiction under
35 U.S.C. § 6(b). We AFFIRM.
The subject matter on appeal relates to heat-reflective laminated glass
panels such as those found in automobile windshields. Claim 1 is
representative and reads as follows:
1. A laminated glass panel, comprising:
a glass layer;
an infrared reflective layer disposed in contact
with said glass layer; and
a polymer layer disposed in contact with said
infrared reflective layer, wherein said polymer
layer comprises poly(vinyl butyral) and has a glass
transition temperature of 23°C or less.
(Br. at 8 (Claims Appendix).)
The Examiner has rejected claims 1–7 and 9–21 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable in view of the combined teachings of
D'Errico 8612, D'Errico 8483, and Toyama4. (Examiner's Answer mailed
7 March 2007 ("Answer") at 3.)
D'Errico has not argued for the separate patentability of the claims.
Therefore, all claims stand or fall with claim 1. Moreover, D'Errico has not
challenged the status of the references as prior art. Any argument not
2 U.S. Patent 5,427,861 to John J. D'Errico, 27 June 1995.
3 U.S. Patent 5,529,848 to John J. D'Errico, 25 June 1996.
4 U.S. Patent 6,903,152 B2, issued 7 June 2005, to Kiyofumi Toyama et al.,
based on application 10/220,197, based on PCT/JP01/01620, filed 2 March
2001.
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