1. A golf club head comprising
a basal body having a metallic surface and a multilayer coating provided on the
metallic surface, wherein
the multilayer coating comprises
a clear first layer disposed on the metallic surface,
a colored clear second layer disposed on the clear first layer, and
an iridescent third layer formed on the colored clear second layer by applying an
iridescent paint comprising a solvent, a transparent colorless synthetic resin and an
iridescent
material, the iridescent material in the iridescent third layer dispersed to maintain a certain
degree of transparence of the iridescent third layer, whereby
the metallic surface of the basal body is visible through the multilayer coating.
THE REFERENCES
Bradstreet et al. (Bradstreet) 2,908,502 Oct. 13, 1959
Molitor 4,204,684 May 27, 1980
Baum 5,338,024 Aug. 16, 1994
Meckel 6,196,936 Mar. 6, 2001
THE REJECTIONS
The claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as follows: claims 1, 3-8 and 10-
13 over Leon in view of Bradstreet and Molitor; claim 9 over Leon in view of Bradstreet,
Molitor and Baum; claims 1, 3-8 and 11-13 over Meckel in view of Bradstreet and Molitor;
and claim 9 over Meckel in view of Bradstreet, Molitor and Baum. Claims 1-4 and 7 stand
provisionally rejected under the judicially created doctrine of obviousness-type double
patenting over claim 1 of copending application no. 10/123,110.
OPINION
We affirm the provisional obviousness-type double patenting rejection and reverse
the rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
Provisional obviousness-type
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