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`Please find below andfor attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`The time period for reply, if any. is set in the attached communication.
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`Patent Owner Magna - Ex. 2006, p. 1
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`Application No.
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`Applicantls)
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`LYNAM. NIALL R.
`13f071.174
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`Examiner
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`Office Action Summary
`ALESSANDRO AMARI
`2872
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`Any reply received by the Office later than three months after the mailing date of this communication. even if timely filed. may reduce any
`earned patent term adjustment. See 3? CFR 1.?04(b)
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`DE Responsive to communication(s) filed on 03 October 201 t.
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`2ajE] This action is FlNAL.
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`2mg This action is non-final.
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`3)|:[ An election was made by the applicant in response to a restriction requirement set forth during the interview on
`_; the restriction requirement and election have been incorporated into this action.
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`4)]:[ Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters. prosecution as to the merits is
`closed in accordance with the practice under Ex parte Quayle, 1935 CD. 11,453 0.6. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims
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`Sim Claimts) t-27isfare pending in the application.
`5a) Of the above claimts)
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`6 I] Ciaimts}
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`7 E Ciaimts 1-18 and 20-27 israre rejected
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`israre allowed
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`SHE Claimss)_tQisrare objected to.
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`Application Papers
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`NH] The drawing(sj filed on _ israre: a}I:I accepted or bjEI objected to by the Examiner.
`Applicant may not request that any objection to the drawing(s) be held in abeyance. See 37 CFFt 1.85ta).
`Replacement drawing sheet(s) including the correction is required if the drawing(s) is objected to. See 37 CFR 1.121(d).
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`12)|:| The oath or declaration is objected to by the Examiner. Note the attached Office Action or form PTO~152.
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`13)|:I Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(aj—(d) or (f).
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`21] Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No. _
`3.|:[ Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this National Stage
`appiication from the International Bureau (PCT Ftule 17.2(a}).
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`‘ See the attached detailed Office action for a list of the certified copies not received.
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`4) D interview Summary {PTO-413)
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`Patent Owner Magna - Ex. 2006, p. 2
`Patent Owner Magna - Ex. 2006, p. 2
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`Application/Control Number: 13i071,174
`Art Unit: 2872
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Terminal Disciaimer
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`The terminal disclaimer filed on 3 October 2011 disclaiming the terminal portion
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`of any patent granted on this application which would extend beyond the expiration date
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`of US7,934,843 and 13i071169 has been reviewed and is accepted. The terminal
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`disclaimer has been recorded.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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`The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that
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`form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
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`A person shall be entitled to a patent unless —
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`(e) the invention was described in {1) an application for patent. published under section 122(b), by
`another filed in the United States before the invention by the applicant for patent or (2) a patent
`granted on an application for patent by another filed in the United States before the invention by the
`applicant for patent, except that an international appiicaticn filed under the treaty defined in section
`351 (a) shall have the effects for purposes of this subsection of an application filed in the United States
`only if the international application designated the United States and was published under Article 21(2)
`of such treaty in the English language.
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`Claims 1-18 and 20-27 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(e) as being anticipated
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`by Lynam et al (hereafter “Lynam”) US 2002i0072026.
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`The applied reference has a common inventor with the instant application.
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`Based upon the earlier effective U.S. filing date of the reference, it constitutes prior art
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`under 35 U.S.C. 102(e). This rejection under 35 U.S.C. 102(e) might be overcome
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`either by a showing under 37 CFR 1.132 that any invention disclosed but not claimed in
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`the reference was derived from the inventor of this application and is thus not the
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`invention "by another," or by an appropriate showing under 37 CFR 1.131.
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`Patent Owner Magna - Ex. 2006, p. 3
`Patent Owner Magna - EX. 2006, p. 3
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`Application/Control Number: 13i071,174
`Art Unit: 2872
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`In regard to claim 1, Lynam discioses (see Figures 3-9) an exterior sideview
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`mirror system suitable for use on an automobile, said exterior sideview mirror system
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`comprising: an exterior sideview mirror assembly (12) adapted for attachment to a side
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`of an automobile; said exterior sideview mirror assembly including a reflective element
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`(30) having a rearward field of view when attached to the side of the automobile; said
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`reflective element attached to an electrically-operated actuator (36) of said exterior
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`sideview mirror assembly and movable by said actuator in order to position said
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`rearward field of view to a driver-desired position when said exterior sideview mirror
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`assembly is attached to the side of the automobile as described in paragraph [0036];
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`wherein said reflective element comprises a piano-auxiliary reflective element
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`assembly, said piano-auxiliary reflective element assembly comprising a piano reflective
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`element having unit magnification and a separate auxiliary reflective element having a
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`curvature as described in paragraph [0015] and as shown in Figures 5A-5H; said piano
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`reflective element and said auxiliary reflective element of said piano-auxiliary reflective
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`eiement assembly mounted adjacently at said piano-auxiliary reflective element
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`assembly in a side-by-side relationship and not superimposed with one reflective
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`element on top of the other reflective element as shown in Figures 5a—5H; said piano
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`reflective element and said auxiliary reflective element supported at a backing plate
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`eiement (60, 160), said backing plate element mounting to said actuator such that
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`movement of said backing plate element of said piano-auxiliary reflective clement
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`assembly by said actuator simultaneously and similarly moves said piano reflective
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`eiement and said auxiliary reflective element as described in paragraph [0042]; said
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`Patent Owner Magna - Ex. 2006, p. 4
`Patent Owner Magna - Ex. 2006, p. 4
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`auxiliary reflective element having a wide-angle field of view encompassing a blind spot
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`in the side lane adjacent the side of the automobile to which said exterior sideview
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`mirror assembly is attached as described in paragraph [0058]; said backing plate
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`element having a first support portion supporting said piano reflective element and a
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`second support portion supporting said auxiliary reflective eiement as shown in Figures
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`3 and 6; wherein said auxiliary reflective element is positioned at an outboard portion of
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`said piano-auxiliary reflective element assembly when said exterior sideview mirror
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`assembly is mounted to the side of the automobile as shown in Figures 5A~5H and as
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`described in paragraph [005?]; wherein said backing plate element comprises a
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`polymeric substrate that is formed as a single element by injection molding of a
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`polymeric resin as described in paragraph [0050]; wherein said backing plate element is
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`capable of supporting said piano reflective element and said auxiliary reflective element
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`as described in paragraph [0050]; wherein said first support portion of said backing
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`piate element comprises a flat portion and wherein said piano reflective element is
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`disposed at said flat portion as described in paragraph [0050]; wherein said second
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`support portion of said backing plate element comprises a curved portion and wherein
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`said auxiliary reflective element is disposed at said curved portion; wherein at least one
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`of said piano reflective element and said auxiliary reflective element comprises one of
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`(a) a glass substrate having a surface coated with a metallic reflector coating and (b) a
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`polymeric substrate having a thin glass eiement applied to a surface thereof and with an
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`opposing surface thereof having a reflecting layer applied thereto as described in
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`paragraph [0043]; wherein said piano reflective etement and said auxiliary reflective
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`Patent Owner Magna - Ex. 2006, p. 5
`Patent Owner Magna - EX. 2006, p. 5
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`eiement are adjacently supported at said backing plate element at a joint, and wherein
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`said piano-auxiliary reflective element assembly includes a demarcation element (65,
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`165), said demarcation element disposed at said joint to form a demarcation between
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`said piano reflective eiement and said auxiliary reflective element, said demarcation
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`eiement having a portion visible to a driver of the automobile when said exterior
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`sideview mirror assembly is attached to the side of the automobile as described in
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`paragraph [0051] and as shown in Figures 3 and 5; wherein at least a portion of said
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`auxiliary reflective element adjacent said piano reflective element has its front surface
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`generally coplanar with the front surface of said piano reflective element as described in
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`paragraph [0048]; wherein said demarcation element is dark colored as described in
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`paragraph [0051]; wherein said demarcation element comprises a polymer material as
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`described in paragraph [0051]; wherein said joint comprises a space between said
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`piano reflective element and said auxiliary reflective element as described in paragraph
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`[0051] and as shown in Figures 3, 6, 8 and 9; wherein said demarcation element is at
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`least partially disposed at said space between said piano reflective element and said
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`auxiliary reflective element as shown in Figures 3, 6, 8 and 9: and wherein said
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`demarcation element comprises a wall on said backing plate element, said wall located
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`on said backing plate element at said joint. said wali disposed between said plano
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`reflective element and said auxiliary reflective element as shown in Figure 6 and as
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`described in paragraph [0051]; and wherein, when said exterior sideview mirror
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`assembly is attached to the side of the automobile, the entirety of said auxiliary
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`Patent Owner Magna - Ex. 2006, p. 6
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`reflective element is further distant from the side of the equipped automobile than the
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`entirety of said piano reflective element as shown in Figures SD, 5H and 8.
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`Regarding claim 2, Lynam discloses that the rearward field of view of said
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`auxiliary reflective etement is at an angle of at least about 3 degrees relative to the
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`rearward field of view of said piano reflective element as described in paragraph [0059].
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`Regarding claim 3, Lynam discloses that the rearward field of view of said
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`auxiliary reflective element is generally directed at least one of outwardly and
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`downwardly with reSpect to the longitudinal axis of the equipped automobile when said
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`exterior sideview mirror assembly is attached to the side of the automobile as described
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`in paragraph [0059].
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`Regarding claim 4, Lynam discloses that said plano reflective element is
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`supported at said backing plate element by at least one of an adhesive attachment and
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`a mechanical attachment and wherein said auxiliary reflective element is supported at
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`said backing plate element by at least one of an adhesive attachment and a mechanical
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`attachment, and wherein said auxiliary reflective element comprises a glass substrate
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`having a surface coated with a metallic reflector coating and wherein said auxiliary
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`reflective element comprises a bent glass substrate as described in paragraph [004?]
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`and[0055l
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`Regarding claim 5, Lynam discloses that said piano reflective element comprises
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`a flat glass substrate having a surface coated with a metallic reflector coating and
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`wherein said auxiliary reflective element comprises a bent glass substrate having a
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`Patent Owner Magna - Ex. 2006, p. 7
`Patent Owner Magna - EX. 2006, p. 7
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`surface coated with a metallic reflector coating, and wherein said bent glass substrate
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`as described in paragraph [0047] and [0055].
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`Regarding claim 6, Lynam discloses that said plano reflective element comprises
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`a flat glass substrate having a surface coated with a metallic reflector coating and
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`wherein said auxiliary reflective element comprises a bent glass substrate having a
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`surface coated with a metallic reflector coating, and wherein said bent glass substrate
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`has an aspherical curvature as described in paragraph [0005] and [0080].
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`Regarding claim 7, Lynam discloses that said plano reflective element comprises
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`a substrate having a surface coated with a metallic reflector coating and wherein said
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`auxiliary reflective element comprises a substrate having a surface coated with a
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`metallic reflector coating as described in paragraph [0043] and [0047]; and wherein said
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`curved portion of said backing plate element comprises a curvature corresponding to a
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`curvature of said auxiliary reflective element, and wherein said curved portion of said
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`backing plate element comprises at least one of (a) a spherical curvature, (b) an
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`aspherical curvature and (c) a multiradius curvature as shown in Figures 3 and 6.
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`Regarding claim 8, Lynam discloses that said demarcation element comprises a
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`wall structure that at least partially partitions said backing piate element into a first
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`region where said plano reflective element is disposed and a separate and adjacent
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`second region where said auxiliary reflective element is disposed, and wherein at least
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`one of (a) said first region is adapted to receive said plano reflective element and (b)
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`said second region is adapted to receive said auxiliary reflective element as described
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`in paragraph [0051] and as shown in Figure 6.
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`Patent Owner Magna - Ex. 2006, p. 8
`Patent Owner Magna - EX. 2006, p. 8
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`Regarding claim 9, Lynam discloses that said auxiliary reflective element
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`comprises a heater element operable to demistfdeice the outmost surface of said
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`auxiliary reflective element when said auxiliary reflective eiement is disposed at said
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`backing plate element and when said exterior sideview mirror assembly is attached and
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`operated on the side of the automobile as described in paragraph [0054].
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`Regarding claim 10, Lynam discloses that said exterior sideview mirror assembly
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`including said piano-auxiliary reflective element having a rearward field of view when
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`attached to the side of the automobile comprises a driver-side exterior sideview mirror
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`assembly, and wherein, when attached to the side of the automobile, said driver-side
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`exterior sideview mirror assembly provides to the driver of the equipped automobile a
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`total field of view that generally subtends an angle of at least about 25 degrees with
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`respect to the side of the equipped automobile as described in paragraph [0046].
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`Regarding claim 11, Lynam discloses that said auxiliary reflective element has an
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`aspherical curvature as described in paragraph [0083].
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`Regarding claim 12, Lynam discloses that the ratio of the width of said piano
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`reflective element to the width of said auxiliary reflective element is greater than 1.5 as
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`described in paragraph [0039].
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`Regarding claim 13, Lynam discloses that said exterior sideview mirror assembly
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`comprises a door~mounted exterior sideview mirror assembly adapted for attachment to
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`a side of the automobile adjacent a driver seating location of a driver of the automobile
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`and wherein the rearward field of view of said auxiliary reflective element generally
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`views downwardly towards the road surface adjacent to the driver seating location at
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`Patent Owner Magna - Ex. 2006, p. 9
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`least at a distance in the range of about 1 foot to about 24 feet to the rear of the driver
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`seating location as described in paragraph [0059).
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`Regarding claim 14, Lynam discloses that at least one of said plano reflective
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`eiement and said auxiliary reflective element comprises a glass substrate having a
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`surface coated with a metallic reflector coating, and wherein said metallic reflector
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`coating is selected from the group consisting of (i) a chromium coating, (ii) a titanium
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`coating, (iii) a rhodium coating, (iv) a metal-alloy coating, (v) a nickel alloy coating, (vi)
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`an aluminum coating and (vii) a silver coating as described in paragraph [0043].
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`Regarding claim 15, Lynam discloses that said plano reflective element
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`comprises an electro-optic reflective element as described in paragraph [0043].
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`Regarding claim 16, Lynam discloses that said auxiliary reflective element
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`comprises a fixed reflectance mirror reflector and said fixed reflectance mirror reflector
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`comprises a curved substrate coated with a metallic reflector coating as described in
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`paragraph [0055].
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`In regard to claim 17, Lynam discloses (see Figures 3-9) an exterior sideview
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`mirror system suitable for use on an automobile, said exterior sideview mirror system
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`comprising: an exterior sideview mirror assembly (12) adapted for attachment to a side
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`of an automobile; said exterior sideview mirror assembly including a reflective element
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`(30) having a rearward field of view when attached to the side of the automobile; said
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`reflective element attached to an electrically-operated actuator (36) of said exterior
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`sideview mirror assembly and movable by said actuator in order to position said
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`rearward field of view to a driver-desired position when said exterior sideview mirror
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`Patent Owner Magna - Ex. 2006, p. 10
`Patent Owner Magna - EX. 2006, p. 10
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`assembly is attached to the side of the automobile as described in paragraph [0036];
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`wherein said reflective element comprises a piano-auxiliary reflective element
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`assembly, said piano-auxiliary reflective element assembly comprising a piano reflective
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`eiement having unit magnification and a separate auxiliary reflective element having a
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`curvature as described in paragraph [0015] and as shown in Figures 5A-5H; said piano
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`reflective element and said auxiliary reflective element of said piano-auxiliary reflective
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`eiement assembly mounted adjacently at said piano-auxiliary reflective element
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`assembly in a side-by~side relationship and not superimposed with one reflective
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`element on top of the other reflective element as shown in Figures 5a-5H; said piano
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`reflective element and said auxiliary reflective element supported at a backing plate
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`element (60, 160), said backing plate element mounting to said actuator such that
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`movement of said backing plate element of said piano-auxiliary reflective dement
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`assembly by said actuator simultaneously and similarly moves said piano reflective
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`element and said auxiliary reflective element as described in paragraph [0042]; said
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`auxiliary reflective element having a wide-angle field of view encompassing a blind spot
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`in the side lane adjacent the side of the automobile to which said exterior sideview
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`mirror assembly is attached as described in paragraph [0058]; said backing piate
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`element having a first support portion supporting said piano reflective element and a
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`second support portion supporting said auxiliary reflective element as shown in Figures
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`3 and 6; wherein said auxiliary reflective element is positioned at an outboard portion of
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`said piano-auxiliary reflective element assembly when said exterior sideview mirror
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`assembly is mounted to the side of the automobile as shown in Figures 5A-5H and as
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`Patent Owner Magna - Ex. 2006, p. 11
`Patent Owner Magna - Ex. 2006, p. 11
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`described in paragraph [005?]; wherein said backing plate element comprises a
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`polymeric substrate that is formed as a single element by injection molding of a
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`polymeric resin as described in paragraph [0050]; wherein said backing plate element is
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`capable of supporting said plano reflective element and said auxiliary reflective element
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`as described in paragraph [0050]: wherein said first support portion of said backing
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`plate element comprises a flat portion and wherein said plano reflective element is
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`disposed at said flat portion as described in paragraph [0050]; wherein said second
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`support portion of said backing plate element comprises a curved portion and wherein
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`said auxiliary reflective element is disposed at said curved portion; wherein the rearward
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`field of view of said auxiliary reflective element is different from and angled to the
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`rearward field of view of said plano reflective element when both are attached to said
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`backing plate element of said piano-auxiliary reflective element assembly when said
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`piano-auxiliary reflective element assembly is included in said exterior sideview mirror
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`assembly and when said exterior sideview mirror assembly is attached to the side of the
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`automobile as described in paragraphs [0042] and [0051]; wherein angling of the
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`rearward field of view of said auxiliary reflective element relative to the rearward field of
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`view of said plano reflective element is achieved, at least in part, by an angling of said
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`second support portion of said backing plate element supporting said auxiliary reflective
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`eiement relative to said first support portion of said backing plate element supporting
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`said plano reflective element as described in paragraph [0059]; wherein, when said
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`exterior sideview mirror assembly is attached to the side of the automobile, the field of
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`view of said plano reflective element generally views rearwardly of the equipped
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`Patent Owner Magna - Ex. 2006, p. 12
`Patent Owner Magna - Ex. 2006, p. 12
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`automobile and the field of view of said auxiliary reflective element generally views
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`towards a blind spot in the side lane adjacent the side of the automobile to which said
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`exterior sideview mirror assembly is attached, said blind spot being generally outside
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`the rearward field of view of said piano reflective element when said piano reflective
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`element is viewed by a driver of the equipped automobile when said exterior sideview
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`mirror assembly is attached to the side of the automobile as described in paragraphs
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`[0052], [0058] and [0059]; wherein at least one of said piano reflective element and said
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`auxiliary reflective element comprises one of (a) a glass substrate having a surface
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`coated with a metallic reflector coating and (b) a polymeric substrate having a thin glass
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`element applied to a surface thereof and with an opposing surface thereof having a
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`reflecting layer applied thereto as described in paragraph [0043]; wherein tile rearward
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`field of view of said auxiliary refiective element is generally directed at least one of
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`outwardly and downwardly with respect to the longitudinal axis of the equipped
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`automobile when said exterior sideview mirror assembly is attached to the side of the
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`automobile as described in paragraph [0059]; wherein said exterior sideview mirror
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`assembly including said piano-auxiliary reflective element having a rearward field of
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`view when attached to the side of the automobile comprises a driver-side exterior
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`sideview mirror assembly, and wherein, when attached to the side of the automobile,
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`said driver-side exterior sideview mirror assembly provides to the driver of the equipped
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`automobile a total field of view that generally subtends an angle of at least about 25
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`degrees with respect to the side of the equipped automobile as described in paragraph
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`Patent Owner Magna - Ex. 2006, p. 13
`Patent Owner Magna - EX. 2006, p. 13
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`[0046]; and wherein said auxiliary reflective element comprises a fixed reflectance
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`mirror reflector as described in paragraph [0055].
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`Regarding claim 18, Lynam discloses that said auxiliary reflective element
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`comprises a polymeric substrate having a thin glass element applied to a surface
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`thereof and with an opposing surface thereof having a reflecting layer applied thereto as
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`described in paragraphs [0047] and [0050].
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`Regarding claim 20, Lynam discloses that said auxiliary reflective element
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`comprises a glass substrate having a surface coated with a metallic reflector coating as
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`described in paragraphs [0043] and [0047].
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`Regarding claim 21, Lynam discloses that said plano reflective element
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`comprises a substrate having a surface coated with a metaliic reflector coating and
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`wherein said auxiliary reflective element comprises a substrate having a surface coated
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`with a metallic reflector coating as described in paragraphs [0043] and [0047], and
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`wherein said curved portion of said backing plate element comprises a curvature
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`corresponding to a curvature of said auxiliary reflective element, and wherein said
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`curved portion of said backing plate element comprises at least one of (a) a spherical
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`curvature, (b) an aspherical curvature and (c) a multiradius curvature as shown in
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`Figures 3 and 6.
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`Regarding claim 22, Lynam discloses that said auxiliary reflective element has a
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`spherical curvature, and wherein said curved portion of said backing plate element has
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`a spherical curvature as described in paragraph [0083].
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`Patent Owner Magna - Ex. 2006, p. 14
`Patent Owner Magna - Ex. 2006, p. 14
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`Application/Control Number: 13i071,174
`Art Unit: 2872
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`Page 14
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`Regarding claim 23, Lynam discloses that said piano reflective element
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`comprises a flat glass substrate having a surface coated with a metallic reflector coating
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`and wherein said auxiliary reflective element comprises a bent glass substrate having a
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`surface coated with a metallic reflector coating, and wherein said bent glass substrate
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`has a spherical curvature as described in paragraphs [0045] and [0083].
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`In regard to claim 24, Lynam discloses (see Figures 3-9) an exterior sideview
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`mirror system suitable for use on an automobile, said exterior sideview mirror system
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`comprising: an exterior sideview mirror assembly (12) adapted for attachment to a side
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`of an automobile; said exterior sideview mirror assembly including a reflective element
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`(30) having a rearward field of view when attached to the side of the automobile; said
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`reflective element attached to an electrically-operated actuator (36) of said exterior
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`sideview mirror assembly and movable by said actuator in order to position said
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`rearward field of view to a driver-desired position when said exterior sideview mirror
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`assembly is attached to the side of the automobiie as described in paragraph [0036];
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`wherein said reflective element comprises a piano-auxiliary reflective element
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`assembly, said piano-auxiliary reflective element assembly comprising a piano reflective
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`element having unit magnification and a separate auxiliary reflective element having a
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`curvature as described in paragraph [0015] and as shown in Figures 5A-5H; said planc
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`reflective element and said auxiliary reflective element of said plane-auxiliary reflective
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`element assembly mounted adjacently at said piano-auxiliary reflective element
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`assembly in a side-by-side relationship and not superimposed with one reflective
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`element on top of the other reflective element as shown in Figures 5a-5H; said piano
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`Patent Owner Magna - Ex. 2006, p. 15
`Patent Owner Magna - EX. 2006, p. 15
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`Application/Control Number: 13f071,174
`Art Unit: 2872
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`Page 15
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`reflective element and said auxiliary reflective element supported at a backing plate
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`eiement (60, 160), said backing plate element mounting to said actuator such that
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`movement of said backing plate element of said piano-auxiliary reflective dement
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`assembly by said actuator simultaneously and similarly moves said plano reflective
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`eiement and said auxiliary reflective element as described in paragraph [0042]; said
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`auxiliary reflective element having a wide-angle fieid of view encompassing a blind spot
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`in the side lane adjacent the side of the automobile to which said exterior sideview
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`mirror assembly is attached as described in paragraph [0058]; said backing plate
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`eiement having a first support portion supporting said piano reflective element and a
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`second support portion supporting said auxiliary reflective eiement as shown in Figures
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`3 and 8; wherein said auxiliary reflective element is positioned at an outboard portion of
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`said piano-auxiliary reflective element assembly when said exterior sideview mirror
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`assembly is mounted to the side of the automobile as shown in Figures 5A-5H and as
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`described in paragraph [005?]; wherein said backing plate element comprises a
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`polymeric substrate that is formed as a single element by injection molding of a
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`polymeric resin as described in paragraph [0050]; wherein said backing plate element is
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`capable of supporting said piano reflective element and said auxiliary reflective element
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`as described in paragraph [0050]; wherein said first support portion of said backing
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`plate element comprises a flat portion and wherein said piano reflective element is
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`disposed at said flat portion as described in paragraph [0050]: wherein said second
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`support portion of said backing plate element comprises a curved portion and wherein
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`said auxiliary reflective element is disposed at said curved portion; wherein the rearward
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`Patent Owner Magna - Ex. 2006, p. 16
`Patent Owner Magna - EX. 2006, p. 16
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`Application/Control Number: 13i071,174
`Art Unit: 2872
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`Page 16
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`field of view of said auxiliary reflective element is different from and angled to the
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`rearward field of view of said piano reflective element when both are attached to said
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`backing plate element of said piano-auxiiiary reflective element assembly when said
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`piano-auxiliary reflective element assembly is inciuded in said exterior sideview mirror
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`assembly and when said exterior sideview mirror assembly is attached to the side of the
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`automobile as described in paragraphs [0042] and [0051]; wherein angling of the
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`rearward field of view of said auxiliary refiective element relative to the rearward field of
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`view of said piano reflective element is achieved, at least in part, by an angling of said
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`second support portion of said backing plate element supporting said auxiliary reflective
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`eiement relative to said first support portion of said backing plate element supporting
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`said pi

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