Appeal No. 2002-1037
Application 08/963,131
second or less. Representative claims 1 and 28 read as follows:
1. A golf club head made at least in part of a bulk-
solidifying amorphous metal that may be cooled from the melt at a
cooling rate of about 500"C per second or less, yet retain an
amorphous structure, the golf club head being fabricated by
casting the bulk-solidifying amorphous metal to shape in a mold.
28. A golf club head having at least a portion thereof cast
to shape against a mold and made of a metal having a strength-to-
density ratio of at least about 1 x 106 inches, an elastic strain
limit of more than about 1.5 percent, and a density of from about
5.0 to about 7.0 grams per cubic centimeter.
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Peker et al. (Peker) 5,288,344 Feb. 22, 1994
Anderson et al. (Anderson) 5,417,419 May 23, 1995
THE REJECTION
Claims 1, 4 through 14 and 21 through 29 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Anderson in
view of Peker.
Attention is directed to the appellants’ main and reply
briefs (Paper Nos. 34 and 36) and to the examiner’s answer (Paper
No. 35) for the respective positions of the appellants and the
examiner regarding the merits of this rejection.
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