Appeal No. 2003-0017 Page 2
Application No. 09/326,996
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a golfing aid (specification, p. 1). A copy of
the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Pruitt 2,979,335 Apr. 11, 1961
Piazza 4,021,068 May 3, 1977
Luther, Sr. 5,335,953 Aug. 9, 1994
Erickson, Jr. 5,759,117 June 2, 1998
Cole et al. (Cole) 6,290,617 Sep. 18, 2001
Claims 3 to 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Piazza in view of Cole.
Claims 2, 7, 11, 21 and 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Piazza in view of Erickson.
Claims 8 to 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Piazza in view of Erickson and Pruitt.
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