Appeal No. 2004-0919 Page 4
Application No. 09/842,607
(Paper No. 14, mailed June 30, 2003) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support
of the rejections, and to the brief (Paper No. 13, filed April 17, 2003) for the appellants'
arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to
the appellants' specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellants and the examiner. As a consequence
of our review, we make the determinations which follow.
The teachings of Saito
Figure 1 of Saito is a cross-sectional view of a golf ball having a solid core 1 and
a cover 2 consisting of an inner layer 3 and an outer layer 4 having dimples 5. Figure 2
of Saito is a cross-sectional view of a golf ball having a core 6 made of a center core 7
and an outer core 8, and a cover 9 consisting of an inner layer 10 and outer layer 11
having dimples 12.
The solid core is one which contains polybutadiene having more than 40%,
preferably more than 60%, and more preferably more than 85% of cis-1,4 bond and an
unsaturated carboxylic acid and/or a metal salt thereof to crosslink the polybutadiene
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