Appeal No. 2005-0806 Page 5
Application No. 10/179,812
The 35 U.S.C. § 103 rejection of claims 1 to 5 and 9 to 13
We sustain the rejection of claims 1 to 5 and 9 to 13 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Nesbitt in view of Horiuchi.
Claims 1, 9 and 10 read as follows:
1. A golf ball comprising:
a core;
an inner cover layer molded on said core, said inner cover layer
comprising a high acid ionomer including at least 16% by weight of alpha, beta-
unsaturated carboxylic acid; and
an outer cover layer molded on said inner cover layer, said outer cover
layer comprising a relatively soft polymeric low flexural modulus ionomer resin.
9. A multi-layer golf ball comprising:
a spherical core;
an inner cover layer molded over said spherical core, said inner cover
layer comprising an ionomeric resin including at least 16% by weight of an alpha,
beta-unsaturated carboxylic acid and having a modulus of from about 15,000 to
about 70,000 psi; [and]
an outer cover layer molded over said spherical intermediate ball[7] to form
a multi-layer golf ball, said outer cover layer having a modulus in a range of
about 1,000 to about 30,000 psi.
10. A multi-layer golf ball comprising:
a spherical core;
an inner cover layer molded over said spherical core to form a spherical
intermediate ball, said inner cover layer comprising an ionomeric resin including
about 17% to about 25% by weight of an alpha, beta-unsaturated carboxylic acid
and having a modulus of from about 15,000 to about 70,000 psi; [and]
7 There is no antecedent basis for "said spherical intermediate ball."
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