Appeal No. 1999-1979
Application No. 08/758,788
allowed. Claims 2 through 5, 7 through 9, 12, 14 through 19
and 21 through 24 have been canceled.
We AFFIRM.
The appellant’s invention relates to a golf putter with
adjustable characteristics. A more complete understanding of
the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim
1, which appears on page 14 of the brief (Paper No. 15).
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Kenon 3,848,737 Nov. 19,
1974
Ebbing 4,121,832 Oct. 24,
1978
Huggins et al. 4,156,526 May
29, 1979
(Huggins)
Tucker, Sr. 5,332,214 Jul. 26,
1994
(Tucker)
Fisher 5,458,332 Oct. 17,
1995
Sturm 5,690,562 Nov. 25,
1997
(filed Sep. 3,
1996)
The following rejections are before us for review:
(I) claims 1 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
102(b) as being anticipated by Fisher;
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