Appeal No. 1997-4000
Application 08/319,004
Petruccelli.
Claims 3 and 8 require the affixation of a pad of
relatively soft material to the surface of the elastomeric
golf club head opposite its striking surface. Notwithstanding
the appellants’ arguments to the contrary (see page 8 in the
main brief), Petruccelli’s disclosure of polyurethane back
cushion 24 meets the limitations in these claims.
We shall not sustain, however, the standing 35 U.S.C. §
103 rejection of claim 4 as being unpatentable over
Petruccelli in view of Kobayashi.
As conceded by the examiner (see page 4 in the answer),
Petruccelli does not meet the limitations in claim 4 requiring
the surface opposite the striking surface of the golf club
head to have a recessed area with a relatively soft pad
positioned in and affixed thereto. Kobayashi’s disclosure of
a golf club head 11, 13 having a recess in its back surface to
accommodate a metallic weight plate 20 (see Figure 5) does not
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