Appeal No. 2003-0584
Application No. 09/845,280
continuous line, while the second would involve a sighting or
alignment means in the form of a discontinuous line.
As for appellant's assertion (brief, page 6) that neither of
the applied references teaches aligning the putter with a cup or
intended path, we note that Reach on several occasions talks of
the need to facilitate sighting of the face of the putter therein
with respect to the "line of play" and, more particularly, of
bringing the face of the club into an orientation where it is
squared with the "line of play." Seisaku (translation, page 2,
last paragraph) likewise discusses the need for setting the face
of the putter "in perpendicular alignment with the putting line"
during putting, and provides a sighting line on the club of
substantial length to thereby provide a putter that is set easily
and accurately.
In light of the foregoing, it is our determination that the
examiner's rejection of claims 1 through 4 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Reach in view of Seisaku will
be sustained.
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