Appeal No. 97-0754 Page 10
Application No. 08/408,478
Since the limitation of claim 1 that the golf club be formed
in sections connected together is not taught or suggested by
Pelz, the rejection of claims 1, 2, 12 and 13 under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Pelz is not sustained.
We have also reviewed the reference to Steffes additionally
applied in the rejection of claims 14 and 15 but find nothing
therein which makes up for the deficiencies of Pelz discussed
above. Accordingly, we cannot sustain the examiner's rejection
of appealed claims 14 and 15 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
CITATION OF PRIOR ART
We cite the patents to Murphy, Dopkowski and Palmer for
consideration by both the appellant and the examiner in any
further proceedings on the merits of the claimed subject matter
once the indefiniteness of the claimed subject matter is
overcomed by the appellant.
Murphy discloses a golf club shaft formed in two sections
14, 16. As shown in Figure 1, the two sections are connected
together by a threaded opening in the lower end 18 of the upper
section 14 and a threaded upper end 20 of the lower section 16.
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