Appeal No. 2002-0265 Page 2
Application No. 08/787745
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to a golf club shaft. An understanding of the
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which has been
reproduced below.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner are:
Wanaga 4,725,060 Feb. 16, 1988
Akatsuka et al. (Akatsuka ‘396) 5,156,396 Oct. 20, 1992
Hogan 5,308,062 May 3, 1994
Huang 5,571,051 Nov. 5, 1996
Akatsuka (Akatsuka ‘450) 5,437,450 Aug. 1, 1995
Claims 1-3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by
Akatsuka ‘450.
The following rejections stand under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a):
Claim 5 on the basis of Akatsuka ‘450 in view of Hogan.
Claim 6 on the basis of Akatsuka ‘450 in view of Hogan and Akatsuka ‘396.
Claims 7-9, 11, 13-16 and 18 on the basis of Akatsuka ‘450 in view of Hogan and
Iwanaga.
Claim 12 on the basis of Akatsuka ‘450 in view of Hogan, Iwanaga and Akatsuka
‘396.
Claim 17 on the basis of Akatsuka ‘450 in view of Hogan, Iwanaga and Huang
Claims 19 and 20 on the basis of Akatsuka ‘450 in view of Hogan.
Claim 21 on the basis of Akatsuka ‘450 in view of Iwanaga.
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