Ex parte MICHAEL E. ORLOWSKI - Page 11




                    Appeal No. 96-1823                                                                                                                                    
                    Application No. 08/187,521                                                                                                                            


                                                                             APPENDIX                                                                                     

                              1.        An improved putter of the type having a hollow shaft                                                                              
                    with a handle at one end and a putter head at the other end and                                                                                       
                    having a volume of air within the interior of said putter shaft,                                                                                      
                    wherein the improvement comprises:                                                                                                                    
                                        a rigid filling replacing the air within said putter                                                                              
                    shaft, said rigid filling comprising an epoxy resin filled with                                                                                       
                    microballoons, said filling being bonded to the interior of said                                                                                      
                    shaft.                                                                                                                                                


                              5.        A process for improving the feel of a putter having a                                                                             
                    hollow shaft with a handle at one end and a putter head at the                                                                                        
                    other end comprising the steps of:                                                                                                                    
                                        mixing a liquid epoxy resin with a hardener and at                                                                                
                    least 35 percent by weight of microballoons to provide a                                                                                              
                    microballoon filled with epoxy resin;                                                                                                                 
                                        injecting said microballoon filled liquid epoxy resin                                                                             
                    into the handle end of the putter shaft; and                                                                                                          
                                        permitting the epoxy resin to cure within said putter                                                                             
                    shaft.                                                                                                                                                










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