Appeal No. 1997-4000
Application 08/319,004
The invention relates to “a golf club having an
elastomeric head which is easily constructed of relatively
inexpensive components, making the club particularly suitable
as an introductory club for teaching the game of golf to
youths” (specification, page 2). Claim 1 is illustrative and
reads as follows:
1. A training golf club comprising a metal insert shaped
to the configuration of a desired standard golf club head, an
elastomeric material molded around said metal insert and
shaped into the configuration of the desired standard golf
club head to form a golf club head similar in size, loft, lie
and striking surface of said standard golf club head and a
shaft affixed to said golf club head.
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
anticipation and obviousness are:
Kaye 1,222,770 Apr. 17,
1917
Mosier et al. (Mosier) 4,244,576 Jan. 13, 1981
Kobayashi 4,728,105 Mar. 1,
1988
Petruccelli et al. (Petruccelli) 5,269,517 Dec. 14, 1993
(filed Oct. 22,
1992)
The appealed claims stand rejected as follows:
a) claims 1 through 8 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, as failing to particularly point out and distinctly
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