Appeal No. 1997-4000
Application 08/319,004
1010 (Fed. Cir. 1991). It is not necessary that the reference
teach what the subject application teaches, but only that the
claim read on something disclosed in the reference, i.e., that
all of the limitations in the claim be found in or fully met
by the reference. Kalman v. Kimberly Clark Corp., 713 F.2d
760, 772, 218 USPQ 781, 789 (Fed. Cir. 1983), cert. denied,
465 U.S. 1026 (1984).
The appellants contend (see pages 4 and 5 in the main
brief) that the rejection in question is unsound because
Kaye’s golf club does not meet the limitations in claim 1
requiring the metal insert and elastomeric material to be
configured in accordance with a “standard” golf club head. It
is not apparent, however, nor have the appellants cogently
explained, why a person of ordinary skill in the art would not
view Kaye’s metal insert (elements 3 and 4) and elastomeric
material (element 6) as being so configured. In this regard,
Kaye’s metal insert and elastomeric material have
configurations consistent with well established and very
familiar golf club heads, as well as with
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