Appeal No. 2003-0584
Application No. 09/845,280
With the above in mind, we turn to the examiner's rejection
of claims 1 through 4 on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) based on
the collective teachings of Reach and Seisaku. Reach discloses a
golf club comprising a shaft (b) having a longitudinal axis, a
head (a) extending laterally from one end of the shaft and having
a flat striking face thereon and a hosel extending angularly
upwardly from the top surface of the head and into which the
shaft (b) is mounted. Reach also discloses an alignment means in
the form of a sighting line or groove (c) formed on and extending
along a surface of the club head and up to the top of the hosel
and arranged in a common plane with the longitudinal axis of the
shaft (b) and parallel to the striking face of the head.
Reach notes (page 1, lines 30-39) that it is a principal
object of the invention therein to provide in the head of a golf
club designed primarily for putting, a sight line of materially
greater length than the face of the club and of materially
greater length actually and as viewed by the player, than the
head of the club, which sighting line will improve the accuracy
of play without disturbing the "feel" and balance of the club.
On page 1, lines 53-57, it is indicated that the line, as viewed
from above, presents a very substantial length to the eye and
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