The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was
not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the
Board.
Paper No. 40
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DAVID M. SCRUGGS,
WILLIAM L. JOHNSON and ATAKAN PEKER
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Appeal No. 2002-1037
Application 08/963,131
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ON BRIEF
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Before STAAB, MCQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.
MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
David M. Scruggs et al. appeal from the final rejection
(Paper No. 28) of claims 1, 4 through 14 and 21 through 29, all
of the claims pending in the application.
THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a golf club head made of a bulk-
solidifying amorphous metal. The appellants’ specification (see
pages 6, 8 and 9) and most of the appealed claims define a bulk-
solidifying amorphous metal as one that retains its amorphous
structure when cooled from a melt at a rate of about 500°C per
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