Appeal No. 2003-0560 Page 2
Application No. 09/472,893
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to a four-piece solid golf ball having high launch
angle (specification, page 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the
appendix to the appellants’ brief. As is evident from the claims, a key feature of
appellants’ invention is the hardnesses of the four components (core, intermediate
layer, outer layer and cover) of the golf ball.
The examiner relied upon the following prior art reference of record in rejecting
the appealed claims:
Higuchi et al. (Higuchi) 5,733,205 Mar. 31, 1998
The following rejection is before us for review.
Claims 1, 7 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Higuchi.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the answer
(Paper No. 16) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejection and to
the brief (Paper No. 15) for the appellants’ arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to
the appellants’ specification and claims, to the applied prior art reference, and to the
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