Appeal No. 1999-1754
Application No. 08/800,230
The appellants’ invention is directed to a handle for a
fishing rod. The claims before us on appeal have been
reproduced in an appendix to the Appeal Brief.
THE REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Sleight 2,091,458 Aug. 31,
1937
Strader 4,653,215 Mar. 31,
1987
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1, 2, 4, 6 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Strader.
Claims 3, 5 and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Strader.
Claims 9 and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Strader in view of Sleight.
Rather than attempt to reiterate the examiner’s full
commentary with regard to the above-noted rejections and the
conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the
appellants regarding the rejections, we make reference to the
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