Appeal No. 96-1820 Application No. 08/189,140 DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner finally rejecting claims 1 through 4, which constitute all of the claims of record in the application. The appellant's invention is directed to a practice baseball of a size smaller than that of a regulation baseball. The subject matter before us on appeal is illustrated by reference to claim 1, which reads as follows: 1. A practice baseball for use in batting practice having dimension and weight proportionally less than that of a regulation baseball, comprising: a central core with yarn tightly wrapped therearound to form a spherical interior portion, said central core having a diameter in the range of 0.85 inches to 1.18 inches; an outer cover of two pieces of leather stitched together to form a tightly wrapped outer surface on the practice baseball; said practice baseball having an outer diameter measured at the outer surface in the range of 1.86 to 2.65 inches and having a total weight in the range of 3.25 to 4.725 ounces. 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007