The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication and is not binding
precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 35
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN
ROBERT A. WEISS and MICHELLE BELLINGER
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Appeal No. 2002-0322
Application 08/681,870
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ON BRIEF
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Before WARREN, KRATZ and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges.
WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge.
Decision on Appeal
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of the examiner finally
rejecting claims 1 through 15. Claims 1, 9 and 10, as they stand of record,1 are is illustrative of
the claims on appeal:
1. A golf ball having a core and a cover wherein said cover comprises about 0 to 90 parts
by weight of a metal cation neutralized acid copolymer and about 100 to 10 parts by weight of an
alkali metal cation hydrolyzed and neutralized ethylene copolymer including up to about 30% by
weight of an alkyl acrylate.
9. A golf ball having a core and a cover wherein the cover comprises a composition
including an acid copolymer including about 1% to about 30% acrylic acid, and an ethylene
copolymer including up to about 30% by weight of an alkyl acrylate selected from the group
1 Error appears in the copy of claims 9, 10 and 14 set forth in the appendix to the brief. See
specification, pages 73 and 74, and the amendment of April 10, 1997 (Paper No. 6; page 3).
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