Appeal No. 1998-3003 Page 17
Application No. 08/589,621
evidence in this rejection to support the examiner's
determination of obviousness. Accordingly, the decision of9
the examiner to reject claims 2 through 4 under 35 U.S.C. §
103 is reversed.
Claim 5
The examiner determined (first Office action, p. 5) that
"it would have been obvious to provide Fuentes with first and
second conductors as shown by Buchanan to attract fish."
The appellants argue (brief, p. 6) that Buchanan "does
not fairly suggest terminal ends exposed to water and
conductive ends coupled to electronic circuity on a printed
circuit board as required by Claim 5."
The examiner responded (answer, pp. 4-5) to the
appellants' argument stating that
9Dugan teaches (column 2, lines 47-61) varying the
frequency output of a transducer in a fishing lure. The
examiner should consider whether or not the subject matter of
claims 2 through 4 would have been obvious under 35 U.S.C. §
103 from the combined teachings of Fuentes and Dugan.
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