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            1                       said detackifier being a particulate having a diameter in                     
            2                 the approximate range of 2 nanometers to 10 micros and a                            
            3                 surface area less than 1000 square meters per gram.                                 
            4                                                                                                     
            5          Independent claim 19 reads (indentation added):                                            
            6                 A fishing lure comprises [sic—comprising]:                                          
            7                       a shaped mixture of a synthetic rubber polymer and oil,                       
            8                 said synthetic rubber polymer being one or more styrenic block                      
            9                 copolymers,                                                                         
          10                        said oil being in excess by weight of said synthetic                          
          11                  rubber polymer, and                                                                 
          12                        a coating of a detackifier thereon, where said detackifier                    
          13                  is selected from the group consisting of:  silica gels, natural                     
          14                  silicas, fumed silicas, minerals, zeolites (natural or synthetic),                  
          15                  organic materials, decorative or ornamental compounds,                              
          16                  pigments and combinations thereof,                                                  
          17                        said coating further comprises a particulate having a                         
          18                  surface area of less than 1000 square meters per gram and a                         
          19                  coating oil, wherein a weight ratio of the shaped mixture to said                   
          20                  coating oil being 8000:25 ± 20.                                                     
          21                                                                                                      
          22                                        Prior Art                                                     
          23           The examiner relied on two U.S. Patents to support the rejection under                     
          24    § 103.                                                                                            
          25                                           (1)                                                        
          26                    Hastings, U.S. Patent 4,589,223 issued in 1986                                    
          27           Hastings is prior art under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b).                                            

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