Appeal No. 1998-2057 Page 2
Application 08/331,541
We AFFIRM-IN-PART and REMAND.
The subject matter on appeal relates to a golf club
belonging to the category of irons and to a set of iron golf
clubs. According to the specification, the purpose of the
invention is to offer golfers the opportunity to clear
relatively high and distant obstacles with precision (page 3).
A copy of the appealed claims appears in an appendix to
the brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Pfau 3,416,797 Dec.
17, 1968
Carl Paul, Golf Clubmaking and Repair, Paul Associates,
Austin, Texas, 1984, pages 193, 194, 291, 299, 344, 346-348,
363, 364, 396, 456, 457, 468 and 469 (hereinafter referred to
as “Paul”).
An additional reference relied upon by this panel of the
Board in a remand to the examiner is:2
Divnick 5,133,553 Jul. 28,
1992
(filed Feb. 14,
1991)
Claims 18 through 35 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
2A copy of the reference is enclosed with this decision.
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