Appeal No. 2002-1198
Application 09/349,306
relative to the elongate shaft, and having a lofted club face;
maintaining the golf club in a substantially vertical plane by
first and second hands of a golfer standing in an erect posture
and facing a target hole; with a golf ball positioned near a
preselected foot of the golfer on an exterior side thereof; and
executing a chip shot by swinging the club head with a motion and
with a force substantially equal to a motion and force used to
perform an underhand toss of a golf ball toward the target golf
hole. In the paragraph bridging pages 4 and 5 of the
specification, appellant defines what is meant by a golfer
“standing erect” or being in an erect posture, i.e, that “said
golfer does not bend over at the waist, nor does said golfer bend
his or her knees;” in addition, “the golfer’s head is not bent
downwardly to look at the ball and . . . the golfer does not lean
to either side.” Independent claim 1 is representative of the
subject matter on appeal and a copy of that claim may be found in
the Appendix to appellant’s brief.
The prior art references relied upon by the examiner in
rejecting the appealed claims are:
White 5,830,082 Nov. 3, 1998
Shiraishi 5,890,971 Apr. 6, 1999
Williams 5,976,025 Nov. 2, 1999
Gidney 6,039,657 Mar. 21, 2000
(filed Jan. 15, 1998)
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