Appeal No. 2002-1037
Application 08/963,131
DISCUSSION
Anderson, the examiner’s primary reference, discloses a golf
club head, and more particularly a metal wood head, comprising a
metallic main body portion, a metallic front face reinforcement
plate having a recess therein, and a non-metallic ball striking
plate bonded within the recess. The main body portion and
reinforcement plate may be made of stainless steel, aluminum,
beryllium copper or titanium, and the ball striking plate may be
made of graphite, ceramic or KEVLAR®.
As conceded by the examiner, Anderson does not respond to
the limitations in independent claims 1, 21 and 24 requiring the
claimed club head to be made at least in part of a “bulk-
solidifying amorphous metal,” or the limitations in independent
claim 28 requiring the club head to be 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. To overcome these deficiencies, the examiner turns
to Peker.
Peker discloses amorphous metallic alloys having high
strength to weight ratios (see column 12, lines 26 through 35)
for use in making plates, rods, strips and net shape parts (see
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