Appeal No. 2002-0970
Application 09/181,814
performance (see page 1 in the specification). Representative
claim 1 reads as follows:
1. A hollow golf ball comprising:
a hollow core composed of a hollow portion and at least one
hollow core outer layer defining the hollow portion and formed
from a composition comprising a rubber component, a resin
component or mixtures thereof, and
a cover formed on the hollow core outer layer, wherein, when
a secondary natural frequency of the hollow golf ball is
expressed as X (kHz) and a deformation amount, when applying from
an initial load of 10 kgf to a final load of 130 kgf on the
hollow golf ball, is expressed as Y (mm), the difference of X-Y
is within the range of 0.1 to 1.5.2
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 through 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as being anticipated by U.S. Patent No. 5,150,906 to Molitor et
al. (Molitor), and in the alternative under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being obvious over Molitor.
Attention is directed to the appellants’ main and reply
briefs (Paper Nos. 22 and 24) and to the examiner’s answer (Paper
No. 23) for the respective positions of the appellants and the
examiner regarding the merits of these rejections.
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