Appeal 2006-1941
Application 09/877,835
THE INVENTION
The appellant claims a golf ball. Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. A golf ball comprising:
a multi-layer core comprising a center component and a
core layer disposed about said center component, wherein said
center component of said multi-layer core is softer relative to
said core layer;
wherein said center component comprises a thermoset
material and said core layer comprises a thermoset material;
and,
a cover layer disposed about said multi-layer core;
wherein said cover layer includes one of (i) a multi-layer
cover comprising an inner cover layer having a Shore D
hardness of 65 or greater and an outer cover layer having a
Shore D hardness of 65 or less, said inner cover layer being
harder than said outer cover layer, (ii) a multi-layer cover
comprising an inner cover layer having a Shore D hardness of
65 or less and an outer cover layer of 65 or greater, wherein
said inner cover layer is softer than said outer cover layer, (iii) a
single non-ionomeric outer cover layer having a Shore D
hardness of from about 40 to 80, and (iv) a single ionomeric
outer cover layer having a Shore D hardness of at least 56.
THE REFERENCES
Yamagishi 5,688,595 Nov. 18, 1997
Melvin 5,779,562 Jul. 14, 1998
Science and Golf III, Proceedings of the 1998 World Scientific Congress of
Golf 441-42 (M.R. Farrally and A.J. Cochran, eds., Human Kinetics,
undated) (Farrally).1
1 There is no dispute as to whether Farrally is prior art.
2
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