Appeal No. 2004-0086 2
Application No. 09/730,868
may be randomly arranged. Additional limitations are described in the following
illustrative claim.
THE CLAIM
Claim1 is illustrative of appellant’s invention and is reproduced below:
1. A golf ball having a spherical surface containing a plurality of dimples, a
first group of said dimples having a circular configuration and a second group of said
dimples having a compound configuration including a first circular dimple portion
and a second circular dimple portion arranged in a bottom surface of said first
circular dimple portion, said second circular dimple portion having a diameter less
than that of said first circular dimple portion, whereby the circular and compound
dimples increase the turbulence of the air flow at the golf ball surface to improve
the flight characteristics of the ball.
THE REFERENCES OF RECORD
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies upon the following references:
Oka et al. (Oka) 5,174,578 Dec. 29, 1992
Cadorniga 5,470,076 Nov. 28, 1995
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 through 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) as being unpatentable
over Oka in view of Cadorniga.
OPINION
We have carefully considered all of the arguments advanced by the appellant and
the examiner and agree with the examiner for the reasons stated in the Answer and the
reasons herein that the rejection of the claims is well founded. Accordingly, we affirm the
rejection.
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