Appeal No. 2002-1969
Application No. 09/665,907
support of the rejections, and to appellant's brief (Paper No. 7,
filed January 14, 2002) and reply brief (Paper No. 9, filed
May 28, 2002) for the arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to appellant's specification and claims, to
the applied prior art references, and to the respective positions
articulated by appellant and the examiner. As a consequence of
our review, we have made the determinations which follow.
Independent claim 1 sets forth appellant's novel method of
constructing a fishing lure (Fig. 1) including a tail slot (54)
in the rear end of tail section (16) of the lure and a tail (12)
affixed in the slot. That method includes, inter alia, the steps
of a) providing a plurality of nylon strands; b) binding an
insert end of the strands; c) shaping the bound insert end to fit
in the tail slot; d) trimming a flared end of the strands,
opposite the insert end, into a desired shape; and e) affixing
the bound insert end in the tail slot. A description of
appellant's claimed method is set forth on pages 5 and 6 of the
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