Appeal No. 2002-2188
Application No. 09/442,970
The invention relates to “a method of repairing divots and
to a divot repair body for use in this method” (specification,
page 1).1 Representative claims 1 and 11 read as follows:
1. A method of repairing a divot which includes the steps
of:
providing a divot repair body which comprises a particulate
growing material pre-selected to accommodate turf requirements of
a golf course, said body being moulded into a dry, consolidated
mass of a pre-measured amount;
depositing the divot repair body into a divot to be
repaired; and
crushing the divot repair body and spreading the particulate
growing material within the divot, to thereby fill the divot.
11. A divot repair body for use in a method of repairing a
divot, which comprises a particulate growing material pre-
selected to accommodate turf requirements of a golf course, said
body being moulded into a dry, consolidated mass of a pre-
measured amount that can be deposited into a divot in a grass
covered surface and then be crushed to spread the growing
material and thereby fill the divot.
THE REJECTION
The appealed rejection, which is not easily paraphrased, is
reproduced here verbatim:
1 As used in the appellant’s specification (see pages 2, 5
and 6 and numeral 12 in Figures 1A and 1C) and claims, the term
“divot” refers to the hole or cavity formed in a grass playing
surface by a golf stroke which strikes a segment from the
surface.
2
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