Appeal No. 2004-1399
Application No. 09/777,595
Saito discloses a golf ball with a thin cover that is durable and
controllable. (Saito, column 1, lines 14-18). It would have been
obvious in view of Cavallaro II to fabricate the golf ball cover
of Saito with a Shore D hardness of Cavallaro to receive the
durability of the Cavallaro II ball while maintaining the
controllability of Saito’s ball.
Moreover, Cavallaro II describes a durable golf ball with a
good feel comprising a core and a cover with a Shore D hardness
of at least 65. (Cavallaro II, column 4, lines 36-37, 61).
Saito’s golf ball is described as providing the following
characteristics (Saito, column 1, lines 16-18):
a long overall distance, improved controllability,
extended durability, and a good shot feeling.
In view of Saito, it would have been obvious at the time the
invention was made to make a Cavallaro II ball with a cover made
of the thickness and composition that Saito discloses for the
benefit of having a soft feel ball with Cavallaro’s durable hard
cover.
The golf ball of appellant’s Claim 18 also requires a core
and a hard cover. However, the core of the golf ball has an
outer wound layer. The wound layer around the core of the golf
ball of Claim 18, although not required or even preferred by
Cavallaro or Saito, is described in Cavallaro II as well known in
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