Appeal No. 2002-1031
Application 09/129,883
of 65) and a Type I dimple pattern (VR = 1.014). Thus, CE3 meets
the solid core distortion requirement of claim 4, and VR = 1.014
is only slightly above the range of VR of .7 to 1 called for in
combination (3) of claim 4. Yamagishi ‘563 does not seem to
favor any one of the dimple patterns of Table 3 over another.
The examiner should determine whether it would have been obvious
to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of appellants’
invention to provide CE3 of Yamagishi ‘563 with a Type II dimple
pattern (VR = 0.996), which modification would result in a golf
ball having parameters that appear to satisfy all the
requirements of claim 4, as well as several claims that depend
therefrom.
US Patent 5,439,227 to Egashira et al. (Egashira) (copy
attached) pertains to a multi-piece solid golf ball having a core
inner layer 1, a core outer layer 2, and a cover 4. Egashira
indicates (col. 1, lines 17-18) that the cover of the golf ball
includes dimples, but is silent as the pattern in which they are
arranged. Egashira discloses a number of examples for golf balls
in accordance with the invention thereof. Table 1 shows that the
core outer layers of Examples 3 and 4 are made of an elastomer
having a Shore D hardness of 40 (see footnote 2 of Table 1) and
Table 2 shows that covers 4 of Examples 3 and 4 are made of a
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