Appeal No. 2004-0242 Page 2
Application No. 09/873,594
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to golf balls and, more particularly, to improved
standard and oversized golf balls comprising multi-layer covers which have a
comparatively hard inner layer and a relatively soft outer layer such as that produced by
the use of a polyurethane based outer layer. The improved multi-layer golf balls
provide for enhanced distance and durability properties over single layer cover golf balls
while at the same time offering enhanced "feel" and spin characteristics generally
associated with soft balata and balata-like covers of the prior art (specification, p. 1). A
copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Nesbitt 4,431,193 Feb. 14, 1984
Wu 5,334,673 Aug. 2, 1994
Claims 1, 4 to 7, 10 to 13 and 16 to 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Nesbitt in view of Wu.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the answer
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