Appeal No. 2000-0082
Application No. 08/745,472
appellant's brief.
The references applied in the final rejection are:
Solheim 3,042,405 July 3, 1962
Taylor 3,954,265 May 4, 1976
Finney 4,999,000 Mar. 12, 1991
Simmons 5,489,097 Feb. 6, 1996
Mendenhall 5,518,235 May 21, 1996
Meyer 5,544,883 Aug. 13, 1996
"Skyway T-Line Putters," Golf Digest, p.29 (December 1974)
(hereinafter Skyway).
The appealed claims stand finally rejected under 35
U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as unpatentable over the following combinations of
references:
(1) Claims 1 to 3, 5 to 8, 11, 13 and 14, Simmons in view of
Mendenhall, Solheim and Finney;
(2) Claims 9, 10, 15, 16, 18 and 21, Simmons in view of
Mendenhall, Solheim, Finney and Taylor;
(3) Claim 12, Simmons in view of Mendenhall, Solheim, Finney
and Skyway;
(4) Claim 17, Simmons in view of Mendenhall, Solheim, Finney,
Taylor and Meyer;
(5) Claims 19 and 20, Simmons in view of Mendenhall, Solheim,
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