Appeal No. 1998-1919 Page 2
Application No. 08/620,993
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a fish-attracting
system (claims 1 through 10), a fishing lure (claims 11
through 28) and a fish-attracting or repelling device (claims
29 through 40). An understanding of the invention can be
derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which is
reproduced in the opinion section below.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Smith 2,784,399 March 5,
1957
Ursrey et al. 4,227,331 Oct.
14, 1980
(Ursrey)
Claims 1, 2, 5-11, 15, 24, 25, 27-29 and 40 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by Ursrey.
Claims 3, 4, 16-23 and 33-39 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Ursrey.
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