Ex parte WACKERMAN - Page 6




          Appeal No. 1998-3007                                       Page 6           
          Application No. 08/690,994                                                  


          Claim 12                                                                    
               Claim 12 "reads on" the fishing lure shown in Cole's                   
          Figure 3 as follows: A fishing lure comprising: a                           
          substantially rigid head section having a bait simulating                   
          appearance, a front end and a rear end (Cole's front section                
          37); a substantially rigid middle section having a front end                
          and a rear end (Cole's rear section 43); a multi-dimensional                
          pivot connection between said head section rear end and said                
          middle section front end (Cole's interlocking eyelets 50, 52);              
          a flexible material tail section having a front end and a rear              
          end, said front end of said tail section fixed to said rear                 
          end of said middle section (Cole's tail 53); at least one hook              
          receiving connection fixed to at least one of said head and                 
          middle sections (Cole's unlabeled connections from which the                
          unlabeled fish hooks are suspended); at least one attachment                
          for connecting at least one of said head and middle sections                
          to a fishing line (Cole's front eyelet 41); said head and                   
          middle sections each have a top and a bottom (Cole's front                  
          section 37 and rear section 43 each have a top and a bottom);               







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