Appeal No. 1998-2657
Application No. 08/659,359
§ 102(e); 2
(2) Claims 1 and 3 to 5, unpatentable over Brandell in view of
Terry, under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a).
Rejection (1)- Under U.S.C. § 102(e)
Claim 11 reads:
A device providing means for practicing proper alignment
of a face of a putter with respect to an optimum path of a
properly impacted golf ball, said apparatus [sic: device]
comprising:
a target placed on a surface for putting thereon, said
target simulating a golf hole for putting thereto;
a laser emitter positioned adjacent said target
projecting a laser beam forwardly thereof defining an
illuminated reference line for aligning said putter with
respect thereto; and
said golf ball to be putted being placed on said path,
said face being positioned adjacent said golf ball and said
face being aligned perpendicularly to said reference line such
that a properly aimed putt rolls along said reference line
toward said target.
In order to constitute an anticipation of a claim, a
reference must disclose every claimed limitation, either
2The examiner designated this as a new ground of
rejection in the answer because in the final rejection he had
designated the statutory basis as § 102(b), rather than §
102(e).
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