Appeal No. 1999-2186
Application No. 08/857,571
Appellants’ invention is a golf tee which includes a
writing point, such as pencil lead, a ball point pen, or
crayon, and an eraser, such as rubber or felt.1
Claim 1 is illustrative of the subject matter in issue,
and reads:
1. A golf tee having an enlarged head
defining a hollow depression to provide a
concave surface for supporting a golf ball, the
golf tee comprising an eraser located at the
head and a writing point.
The references applied in the final rejection are:
Pryde 1,522,544 Jan. 13,
1925
Ranseen 1,670,123 May 15,
1928
Lundy 1,679,579 Aug. 7,
1928
Liccardello 4,893,818 Jan. 16,
1990
Rudduck 5,720,677 Fed. 24,
1998
Jones 326,915 Apr. 17,
1930
(British Patent)
Stewart 2,227,416 Jan. 8,
1990 (British Application)
1In reviewing the application drawings we note that
although the tees shown in Figs. 1 to 6 are shown in section,
none of them is cross-hatched.
2
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007