Appeal No. 2005-0806 Page 11
Application No. 10/179,812
that Nesbitt teaches should have the maximum coefficient of restitution (i.e., inner cover
14).
With regard to claims 9 and 10, the recited inner cover layer having a modulus of
from about 15,000 to about 70,000 psi and the outer cover layer having a modulus in a
range of about 1,000 to about 30,000 psi is met by Nesbitt's inner cover 14 and outer
cover 16. Moreover, the limitation that the inner cover layer comprising an ionomeric
resin including about 17% to about 25% by weight of an alpha, beta-unsaturated
carboxylic acid is met by the combined teachings of the applied prior art for the reasons
set forth above. Lastly, the recited inner cover layer having a modulus of from about
15,000 to about 70,000 psi is met by Horiuchi's cover material when such material is
substituted for the inner cover layer of Nesbitt's golf ball.
In the brief (p. 9), the appellant has referenced the Board decision (mailed
September 17, 2001) in an earlier appeal in parent Application No. 08/815,556. The
appellant also makes reference to the Board decision (mailed April 25, 2002) in another
appeal in parent Application No. 09/121,628. In addition, prior to the filing of the brief in
this application, this panel of the Board rendered another decision (mailed June 24,
2004) in another appeal in parent Application No. 08/815,556. We have reviewed the
three Board decisions and note that our decision herein is in harmony with our decisions
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