Appeal 2007-2848
Application 10/765,106
extends at least half of the overall length of the golf club from said club head
to said upper end of said shaft.”
According to the Examiner, Cacicedo lacks a handle extending at least
half of the overall length of the club from the head to the upper end of a
shaft. (Answer 8.)
The Examiner relies on Eberle for the disclosure of a pendulum putter:
Eberle discloses an elongated handle having a generally
oval, cross-sectional shape including rounded front and rear
edges (Fig. 3), an elongated axis of an oval, cross-sectional
shape being perpendicular to the plane of the ball striking face
(Col. 3, Lns. 55-57), and a handle having a length
approximately half the overall length of the golf club (Fig. 1) in
order to have a pendulum type putter (Col. 1, Lns. 7-32).
(Answer 8.) The Examiner cites Dishner as disclosing
an elongated handle having a generally oval, cross-
sectional shape including rounded front and rear edges (Fig. 3),
and a handle having a length approximately half the overall
length of the golf club (Figs. 5-6) in order to have a length
adaptable to a wide variance of personal stances and
physiognomy (Col. 4, Lns. 13-14).
(Answer 8.)
The Examiner concludes
it would have been obvious to modify the putter of
Cacicedo to have a handle extending at least half of the overall
length of the club from the head to the upper end of a shaft in
order to be able to modify the stiffness and feel for a handle of a
pendulum type putter and to have a length adaptable to a wide
variance of personal stances and physiognomy.
(Answer 8.)
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