Appeal No. 2006-0241
Application No. 10/208,870
double patenting rejection
The appellant acknowledges the provisional obviousness-type double patenting
rejection (brief, page 6), but does not challenge that rejection. Accordingly, we summarily
affirm the provisional obviousness-type double patenting rejection.
Rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103
We need to address only claim 1, which is the sole independent claim.1
The appellant’s claim 1 requires that a metallic surface of a basal body of a golf club
head is coated with a multilayer coating comprising a clear first layer on the metallic
surface, a colored clear second layer on the clear first layer, and an iridescent third layer
on the colored clear second layer, wherein the metallic surface of the basal body is visible
through the multilayer coating.
Rejection over Leon in view of
Bradstreet and Molitor
Leon discloses a golf club iron having on its rear face a recessed portion filled with
a polymeric material that absorbs shock and adjusts the swing weight of the club (col. 3,
1 The examiner does not rely upon Baum for any disclosure that remedies the
deficiency in the references applied to claim 1.
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