The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte HISASHI YAMAGISHI, HIROSHI HIGUCHI, JUNJI HAYASHI and AKIRA KAWATA __________ Appeal No. 2002-1031 Application 09/129,883 ___________ HEARD: February 13, 2003 ___________ Before COHEN, STAAB, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 3-16, all the claims currently pending in the application. The Invention Appellants’ invention pertains to a multi-piece solid golf ball comprising a solid core and a cover consisting of inner and outer layers surrounding the core, with the outer cover layer 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007