(under subclass 59.2) Processes in which the metal part is at least in part exterior to the glass part as a result of the fusion.
(1) Note. The term "exterior" as used herein means that more of the metal part lies outside the glass than merely minor length of a filament lead-in wire of an electric lamp which remains on the outside when a glass tube forming a support for the filament has the filament wire fused to same prior to being fused into the main lamp envelope.