Appeal No. 2004-0099 Page 3
Application No. 09/388,663
reasoning in support of the rejection, and to the Brief (Paper No. 20) and Reply Brief
(Paper No. 22) for the appellant's arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to
the appellant's specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellant and the examiner. As a consequence
of our review, we make the determinations which follow.
The appellant’s invention is directed to golf clubs of the type known as “metal
woods,” that is, clubs that have the shape of conventional woods but are made of
metal. The object of the invention is to provide individual golf clubs, or sets of golf
clubs, equivalent to the standard 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 irons with regard to distance of travel,
but which incorporate the desirable features of a metal wood on a short shafted club.
According to the appellant, the shorter shaft provides for increased control and
consistency of shots, the greater club head mass and weight provide for easier
penetration of the club head through grass or sand than a club of the same weight that
is of the conventional length, and the combination of the features recited in the
invention provides a set of clubs with the same swing weight as the equivalent standard
irons while having the aforesaid advantages over the standard irons. See specification,
pages 1-5.
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