Appeal No. 2003-1937
Application No. 09/522,296
"metal wood" club head therein where the socket or shaft securing
portion (19) is cast integrally with the first hollow shell part
(11) and extends to and is secured to a separately formed sole
plate member (18) by welding. We also point out that the portion
designated by reference character (15) in Mockridge is said to be
the "bottom" of the club head and would appear to be properly
termed a "sole portion" (emphasis added) integrally formed as
part of the shell part (11). Thus, the unillustrated embodiment
of the golf club head in Mockridge would appear to be fully
responsive to that set forth in appellants' claim 1 on appeal,
even though the shaft securing portion is not integrally cast
with a connection to the sole plate (18). The examiner should
also consider the unillustrated embodiment of Mockridge with
respect to the golf club head defined in claim 28 on appeal.
In addition, we direct the examiner's attention to 1) Prior
Art Figure 28 of the present application and the description
thereof in the paragraph bridging pages 4 and 5 of appellants'
specification as being from Japanese Patent Publication No.
10-295857; and 2) Prior Art Figure 5 of Take et al. (US Patent
No. 5,575,723) and the description thereof in column 1 of that
patent as being disclosed in Japanese Patent Unexamined
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