Appeal No. 1999-1979
Application No. 08/758,788
claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellant and the
examiner. As a consequence of our review, we make the
determination which follows.
Rejection (I)
Initially, we note that appellant has indicated that
claims 1 and 20 stand or fall together (brief, page 5).
Accordingly, with respect to Rejection (I), we select
independent claim 1 for
review and claim 20 will stand or fall with claim 1. 37 CFR
§ 1.192(c)(7).
Fisher discloses a golf putter 10 having a head 12, a
shaft 14 received in a recess 18 formed in the upper surface
20 of putter head 12 (Fig. 2). Head 12 includes a forward
face 24 having a rectangular recess 22. A flexible
polyurethane pad or insert 26 having a golf ball impacting
forward surface 28 is mounted or installed in recess 22. Pad
26 is constructed from solid polyurethane having a hardness
that is selected according to a golfer's preference. To
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