Appeal No. 2003-0584
Application No. 09/845,280
utilizing a sighting line on the putter head and hosel and the
club shaft, wherein such line is arranged to be parallel to the
face of the putter. As is generally apparent from both Reach and
Seisaku, the goal of such an extended sighting line is to hold
the eye more readily and improve the accuracy of play without
disturbing the proper "feel" and balance of the putter, while
presenting the eye with a sighting line of relatively great
length thereby facilitating squaring of the putter face to the
line of play.
Appellant's arguments in the brief have not convinced us
that the examiner's position is in error. In the interest of
holding the eye more readily and presenting the eye with a
sighting line of relatively great length thereby facilitating
squaring of the putter face to the line of play, we are of the
opinion that one of ordinary skill in the art would have found it
obvious to either extend the sighting line (c) of Reach onto and
along the club shaft, as urged by the examiner, or would have at
the very least ensured that the sighting line on the shaft and
that on the club head were of the same size (width) and in
alignment with one another. The first of the above arrangements
would provide a sighting or alignment means in the form of a
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