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UNIDIRECTIONAL PANEL
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FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS
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George Roland Hill, Stockport (GB)
11/1974
0 000 446 A1
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Appl. No.: 08/775,560 Filed:
Dec. 31, 1996 Related US. Patent Documents
Reissue of;
(64) Patent No.:
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Appl' NO‘:
06/760 648
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US. Cl. ........................ .. 428/187, 428/191, 428/204,
428/208; 428/105; 428/171; 428/261; 428/132; 428/133; 428/134; 428/135; 428/136; 428/137; 428/138; 156/277; 156/240; 156/2722;
156/273.3; 40/590; 40/591; 40/592; 40/584; 40/615; 40/427 h ................................... .. 428 187 191
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7/1976 (JP). 3/1978 (JP) . 4/1979
56450702
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10/1978 (GB) .
4,673,609
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1/1979 (EP) '
(73) Assignee: Contra Vision Limited, Cheshire (GB) (21)
May 22, 2001
(JP) .
11/1981 (JP) ' OTHER PUBLICATIONS
American Scenics Catalog (Oct' 4, 1978)'
Shadow Screens 1979 Catalog and attached “Sample Mate
ria1#1” 3M Aircraft Markin
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Films Brochure and attached sam le 1’
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Alrcraft Marklng Fllm (Clrca 1970) GILA Automotive Products Catalog and attached “Sample Material #2” “Green On Black” assembly (circa 1979). P _ E _ _R_ h d W _ b "mm “mm” 1° at 615 erg“
(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Pillsbury Madison & Sutro
272.2, 2733; 40/590, 591, 592, 584, 615,
LLP
427
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ABSTRACT
References Cited
A panel Which comprises a substrate of transparent or
US. PATENT DOCUMENTS
design superimposed on, or forming part of, an opaque
translucent material having applied to one or both sides a _ 728’O63 12/1903 Wllson ' 760,059 5/1904 Dolley. 8097698 * 1/1906 Kelley -
131993882 1,842,324
10/1916 Frefy ' 1/1932 Griffith.
1,938,085 * 12/1933 Page.
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pattern so that the design on one side of the panel cannot be seen from the other side
' This is a Reissue of a Patent Which Was the subject of a
Reexamination Certi?cate No. B1 4,673,609, dated Jul. 25,
1995, Request No. 90/003,201, Sep. 21, 1993. 89 Claims, 20 Drawing Sheets
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