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The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
A person shall be entitled to a patent unless –
(a)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claims 1-4 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Schield et al. (US 5,088,258).
Claim 1: Schield teaches a glazing 50 (col. 3, lines 46-47) comprising two glass panes 30 (col. 2, line 42), a spacer 12 between the two glass panes 30 (col. 2, line 28), a secondary sealant 32 between the two glass panes 30 on the exposed faces 34 of glass panes 30 (col. 2, lines 55-56), primary sealants 16 between the spacer 12 and glass panes 30 (col. 2, line 29), and thermal breaks 14 formed onto both sidewalls 22 of spacer 12 along at least a portion of the upper third of the sidewall (col. 3, lines 10-12). See also Fig. 2. The glazing 50 meets the claimed glass package unit, the two glass panes 30 meet the claimed two sheets of glass, the spacer 12 meets the claimed distance frame, the secondary sealant 32, primary sealants 16 and thermal breaks 14 meet the claimed adhesive. Schield teaches the spacer 12 is rectangular (col. 2, line 28). Schield teaches the two glass panels 30 are separated by a sealed dry air space (col. 1, lines 8-9). The sealed dry air space meets the claimed hermetic chamber.
Claim 2: Schield teaches the secondary sealant 32 comprises an epoxy material (col. 3, line 64) which meets the claimed epoxy resin adhesive.
Claim 3: Schield teaches the secondary sealant 32 comprises a polyurethane material (col. 3, line 65) which meets the claimed polyurethane resin adhesive.
Claim 4: Schield teaches the thermal break 14 comprises a polyvinyl chloride, polyphenylene oxide or polycarbonate (col. 3, lines 5, 9 and 10). The polyvinyl chloride, polyphenylene oxide or polycarbonate meet the claimed plastic adhesive substance capable of hardening.
Pertinent Prior Arts
Kawami (US 2013/0287975 A1).
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July 2, 2026
/BETELHEM SHEWAREGED/
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 1785
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