Appeal No. 2005-1116 Page 2
Application No. 10/077,148
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to golf balls having a soft core (specification, p.
1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellants'
brief.
Claims 38 to 42, 44 to 49 and 51 to 57 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e)
as being anticipated by or, in the alternative, under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over
U.S. Patent No. 5,779,563 to Yamagishi et al. (Yamagishi).
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the answer
(mailed November 15, 2004) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the
rejection, and to the brief (filed August 20, 2004) 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 Yamagishi patent, and to the respective
positions articulated by the appellants and the examiner. As a consequence of our
review, we make the determinations which follow.
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