Appeal No. 2004-0919 Page 3
Application No. 09/842,607
wherein at least one of said inner cover layer and said outer cover layer
comprises a thermoplastic polyurethane.
25. A golf ball comprising:
a multi-layer core assembly including (i) a center core component, and
(ii) a solid core layer disposed about said center core component; and
a multi-layer cover assembly formed about said multi-layer core assembly,
said multi-layer cover assembly comprising (i) an inner cover layer disposed on
said core layer, and (ii) an outer cover layer disposed on said inner cover layer,
wherein said multi-layer core assembly exhibits a PGA compression of less than
85.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Saito 4,919,434 Apr. 24, 1990
Horiuchi et al. 5,222,739 June 29, 1993
(Horiuchi)
Claims 11, 14 to 26 and 29 to 39 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by Saito.
Claims 1 to 10, 12, 13, 27 and 28 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Saito in view of Horiuchi.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the answer
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