The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not
written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte THOMAS J. KENNEDY III, MICHAEL J. TZIVANIS,
VIKTOR KELLER, WILLIAM M. RISEN JR., MARK L. BINETTE,
and JOHN L. NEALON
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Appeal No. 2005-1119
Application No. 10/074,665
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ON BRIEF
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Before WALTZ, TIMM, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent
Judges.
WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the primary examiner’s
final rejection of claims 46 through 53. The remaining claims in
this application are claims 27 through 45, which stand withdrawn
from consideration by the examiner as drawn to a non-elected
invention (Brief, page 2, ķIII). We have jurisdiction pursuant
to 35 U.S.C. § 134.
According to appellants, the invention is directed to a golf
ball comprising a core, an inner cover layer which has a Shore D
hardness of at least 60 and is formed from a specified material,
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