Appeal No. 1998-3003 Page 3
Application No. 08/589,621
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a fish-attracting
sound-generating module. An understanding of the invention
can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which
appears in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims under 35 U.S.C. §§
102 and 103 are:
Dugan, Jr. 4,583,313 Apr. 22,
1986
(Dugan)
Buchanan 4,625,447 Dec. 2,
1986
Fuentes et al. 4,805,339 Feb.
21, 1989
(Fuentes)
The reference relied upon by the examiner in rejecting
the appealed claims under obviousness-type double patenting
is:
Watson et al. 4,960,437 Oct. 2,
1990
(Watson)
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