Appeal No. 2005-0765 2
Application No. 09/844,989
The claimed invention is directed to a golf club with a toe end and a heel end
wherein the loft angle configuration continuously varies from a positive loft angle to a
negative loft angle. The golf club head further includes a non-metallic insert in at least a
portion of the face surface.
The claimed invention may be further understood with reference to the appealed
claims appended to the appellant’s brief.
The references of record relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
MacKeil 5,098,103 Mar. 24, 1992
Viollaz et al. (Viollaz) 5,310,185 May 10, 1994
Turner 5,322,285 Jun. 21, 1994
Stuff 5,505,450 Apr. 9, 1996
Werner et al. (Werner) 6,319,150 Nov. 20, 2001
(filed May 25, 1999)
Claims 1-22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Stuff in
view of Turner and MacKeil.
Claims 10, 15, 20 and 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable
over Stuff in view of Turner, MacKeil, Viollaz and Werner.
The details of these rejections can be had by reference to the examiner’s
answer. Appellant’s response to these rejections may be reviewed with reference to the
appeal brief.
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