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                                  The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written                                          
                                           for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                 

                                                                                                                 Paper No. 17                         

                                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                           BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                          AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                            Ex parte KORYO MIURA, TAKESHI NARUO,                                                                      
                                              KOJI SAKAI, and YOSHIHIRO FUJIKAWA                                                                      
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                                                           Appeal No. 2002-1488                                                                       
                                                        Application No. 09/463,695                                                                    
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                                                                   ON BRIEF                                                                           
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                 Before ABRAMS, STAAB and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                         
                 STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                  


                                                          DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                          
                          This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims                                               
                 11-20, all the claims currently pending in the application.                                                                          
                          Appellants’ invention pertains to an oversized golf club head having a hollow                                               
                 portion and constructed mainly of metal, wherein a so-called PCCP structure is                                                       
                 employed for the outer surface of the golf club head.  The term “PCCP” stands for a                                                  
                 “Pseudo-Cylindrical Concave Polyhedral” shell structure.  More particularly:                                                         









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