Appeal No. 1998-3007 Page 3
Application No. 08/690,994
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a fishing lure and a
method of using a fishing lure. An understanding of the
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claims 12
and 19, which appear in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims (i.e., the applied
prior art) are:
Patterson 3,003,276 Oct.
10, 1961
Pippert 5,070,639 Dec. 10,
1991
Cole 5,522,170 June
4, 1996
Claims 12 and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(a)
as being anticipated by Cole.
Claims 13, 16 and 19 to 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Cole.
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