Appeal No. 98-1427
Application No. 08/511,310
Independent claim 1 addresses an artificial snake or eel-
like fish bait to be pulled through water in one direction3
which comprises, inter alia, an elongated flexible material
having a unitary head, body, and tail, with the tail being a
flattened web-like strip substantially transverse to the
direction pulled through the water so as to retain, in a
static position, a
normally S-shaped curve extending above the head, but capable
of substantially undulating in one direction when pulled
through water.
Independent claim 8 is drawn to an artificial fish bait
comprising, inter alia, an elongated flexible material having
a unitary head, body, and tail, with the body and a flattened
web-like tail being formed so as to retain, in a static
position, a normally S-shaped curve extending above the head.
Claim 3, dependent from claim 8, specifies that the body
3In the recitation “snake or eel-like” fish bait of
claim 1 (line 1) we understand “eel-like”, in light of the
underlying disclosure (page 2), to denote, e.g., a worm.
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