The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte PATRICE DIONNE __________ Appeal No. 2002-1198 Application 09/349,306 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before FRANKFORT, STAAB, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 and 4, which are all of the claims remaining in this application. As set forth on page 1 of the specification, appellant’s invention relates to the game of golf and, more particularly, to a method of chipping around the green. That method involves selecting a golf club having an elongate shaft, having a club head that is disposed at a substantially one hundred degree angle 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007