The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte FRANK THOMAS ____________ Appeal No. 2003-0584 Application No. 09/845,280 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before COHEN, FRANKFORT, and STAAB, 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 through 4. Claims 5 through 25, which are all of the other claims remaining in this application, stand allowed. Appellant's invention is directed to a golf club having an alignment means thereon and, more specifically, to a putter having alignment means thereon in the form of an alignment mark or line which extends along a surface of the golf club shaft andPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007