Appeal No. 2003-0584
Application No. 09/845,280
In our view, the specification (e.g., page 2) more correctly
sets forth that the alignment device which extends along a
surface of the club shaft and a surface of the head is "in a
common plane with the longitudinal axis of the shaft and parallel
to the striking face of the head." For purposes of this appeal,
we understand the language of claim 1 to require this
relationship and suggest that appellant consider, during any
further prosecution of the application before the examiner,
amending claim 1 to make this point clear.
Claim 3 on appeal adds to the subject matter of independent
claim 1 that the alignment means is "a discontinuous line."
While page 6, lines 15-16, of the specification indicate that
this embodiment of the invention is "shown in Fig. 2," we find no
such showing in Figure 2 of the drawings. Since the
specification provides no other guidance as to what constitutes
"a discontinuous line," we give this terminology its broadest
reasonable interpretation consistent with common usage. Thus, a
"discontinuous line" is a line which is broken up by at least one
interruption or gap and is therefore made up of a series of
aligned line segments separated by a gap or gaps.
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