Appeal No. 2000-0528
Application No. 09/209,702
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a planar board for use in fishing at least one fishing
line at a predetermined distance from a trolling boat. An understanding of the invention can be
derived from a reading of exemplary claims 46, 51 and 55, 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 are:
Wille 4,028,840 Jun. 14, 1977
Anderson 4,920,689 May 1, 1990
Reiger 5,867,932 Feb. 9, 1999
(filed Sep. 23, 1996)
The following rejections are before us for review.
(1) Claims 46, 47, 51, 55 and 56 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Wille.
(2) Claims 46, 47, 51, 55 and 56 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Anderson.
(3) Claims 46, 47, 51, 55 and 56 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being
anticipated by Reiger.
Reference is made to the brief (Paper No. 10) and the answer (Paper No. 11) for the
respective positions of the appellant and the examiner with regard to the merits of these
rejections.
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