Appeal No. 98-2520
Application 08/613,792
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's
final rejection of claims 1 through 4, 6 through 27 and 29. 2
Claim 5
has been canceled. Claim 28 stands objected to, but has been
indicated by the examiner to be allowable if rewritten in
independent form.
Appellant's invention is directed to a lightweight
shaft of composite construction, a golf club which utilizes
said lightweight shaft, and a method of making said light-
weight shaft. Claims 1, 17, 23, 24, 25 and 29 are representa-
tive of the subject matter on appeal and copies of those
claims appear in the Appendix to appellant's brief.
The prior art references relied upon by the examiner
in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Roy 4,889,575 Dec. 26, 1989
Noguchi 5,385,767 Jan. 31, 1995
Kusumoto 5,427,373 June 27, 1995
Akatsuka et al. (Akatsuka) 5,437,450 Aug. 1, 1995
2Claim 29 was amended subsequent to the final rejection
in a paper filed February 18, 1998 (Paper No. 10).
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