Ex parte BEACH et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 2000-0486                                                        
          Application No. 08/853,651                                                  


               We REVERSE.                                                            




               The appealed claims are directed to a golf club having an              
          iron-type head.  A copy of the claims under appeal is set                   
          forth in the appendix to the appellants’ main brief.                        
               The prior art references of record relied upon by the                  
          examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:                              
          Meredith et al.          5,018,735      May  28, 1991                       
          (Meredith)                                                                  
          Fenton et al.       5,093,162                Mar. 03,                       
          1992                                                                        
          (Fenton)                                                                    
          Hogan                    5,308,062                May  03,                  
          1994                                                                        
          Teramoto et al.          5,333,859                     Aug. 02,             
          1994                                                                        
          (Teramoto)                                                                  
          Allen                    5,401,021                     Mar. 28,             
          1995                                                                        
               Claims 23 through 30 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §                  
          103(a) as unpatentable over Fenton in view of Allen, Meredith,              
          Teramoto and Hogan.                                                         
               Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced              

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