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Appeal No. 96-1820
Application No. 08/189,140
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner finally
rejecting claims 1 through 4, which constitute all of the claims
of record in the application.
The appellant's invention is directed to a practice baseball
of a size smaller than that of a regulation baseball. The
subject matter before us on appeal is illustrated by reference to
claim 1, which reads as follows:
1.
A practice baseball for use in batting practice having
dimension and weight proportionally less than that of a
regulation baseball, comprising:
a central core with yarn tightly wrapped therearound to form a
spherical interior portion, said central core having a diameter
in the range of 0.85 inches to 1.18 inches;
an outer cover of two pieces of leather stitched together to form
a tightly wrapped outer surface on the practice baseball;
said practice baseball having an outer diameter measured at the
outer surface in the range of 1.86 to 2.65 inches and having a
total weight in the range of 3.25 to 4.725 ounces.
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