Appeal No. 2002-1924 Page 2
Application No. 09/102,342
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to golf balls having a low rate of spin upon club
impact (specification, p. 6). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the
appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Shama 4,848,770 July 18, 1989
Horiuchi et al. 5,222,739 June 29, 1993
(Horiuchi) (filed Aug. 2, 1991)
Sullivan 5,312,857 May 17, 1994
(filed Jan. 9, 1992)
Claims 18 to 23 and 27 to 32 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being
anticipated by Sullivan.
Claims 18 to 29 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by
or, in the alternative, under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Horiuchi.
Claims 18 to 29 and 33 to 37 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Shama in view of Horiuchi.
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