Appeal 2007-2848
Application 10/765,106
alignment line, parallel to a ball striking face and a first
alignment line and second alignment line intersecting to form
four angles and a cross.
(Answer 5-6.)
To make up for the deficiencies of Cacicedo, the Examiner
relies on Bloom.
Bloom discloses a putter (Fig. 4), an elongated axis of an
oval, cross-sectional shape having a length being perpendicular
to the plane of the ball striking face (Abstract), and an oval
cross section shape along the entire handle between an upper
and lower edge in order to have an ergonomic gripping surface
that promotes a preferred palm and promotes proper hand and
body placement (Abstract).
The Examiner concludes that
[i]n view of … Bloom it would have been obvious to modify
the club of Cacicedo to include a putter in order to utilize the
advantages of establishing a stiffness and feel to a handgrip for
a putter. In addition, in view of … Bloom it would have been
obvious to modify the club of Cacicedo to have an elongated
axis of an oval along the entire handle between an upper and
lower edge, cross-sectional shape having a length being
perpendicular to the plane of the ball striking face in order to
promote a preferred palm and … proper hand and body
placement along the handle and in order to have the same feel
along the entire length of a grip.
(Answer 6.)
The Examiner further relies on Radakovich as teaching a
sighting device and Takeuchi for the disclosure of alignment lines for
grip positioning. (See Answer pages 6-7.) In particular, Radakovich
describes indicia on a sticker which is placed on a butt end of a grip,
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