Appeal No. 97-3003
Application 08/390,403
result of such an impact (see column 1, lines 11 through 29).
As described by Cannan,
[t]he release joint includes a lower link fixed to
the lower section of the shaft and an upper link
fixed to the upper section of the shaft. The links
are pivotally connected for relative rotation in
response to impact on the shaft to permit the lower
section to rotate relative to the upper section to
relieve the stress of impact. The pivot is on a
threaded hinge pin which is adjustable to vary the
friction within the release joint and thereby the
responsiveness of the joint to impact on the shaft
[column 1, lines 34 through 43].
There is nothing in Cannan’s disclosure of this
articulated shaft construction which would have suggested
modifying the Grant golf club by providing it with the socket-
type or over-hosel type club head engagement features required
by independent claim 11. Furthermore, the faulty combination
of Grant and Cannan proposed by the examiner finds no cure in
Guier’s disclosure of a putter having an adjustable sole or
lie angle. Accordingly, we shall not sustain either of the 35
U.S.C. § 103 rejections on appeal.
The following rejection is entered pursuant to 37 CFR
§ 1.196(b).
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