Appeal No. 2000-0530
Application No. 08/811,192
The patent to Vance provides an eyeless fishing rod 10
wherein fishing line passes through the hollow bore of the rod
(Fig. 1). A cylindrical tip member 11A fits over the end of
the rod and includes a cavity 14 with a ceramic bushing 15
bonded therein. As explained by the patentee, the bushing
prevents snagged lines and reduces to a minimum the drag of
the fishing line passing over the surface thereof (column 2,
lines 54 through 64). Vance also teaches (column 4, lines 36
through 51) that the interior of the rod may be coated with a
low friction material (TFE) to reduce the drag on the line.
The SU ’045 reference discloses a fishing rod whose
fishing line passes through pass-through rings fixed in the
cavity of the fishing rod. A stated object of the invention
is indicated as increasing the elasticity of a whip-like part
and precluding adhesion of wet fishing line to the whip-like
part (translation, page 2). The fishing rod includes three
telescopically connected fishing rod sections 1, 2, and 3 and
an elastic or flexible fourth section 4 consisting of at least
two parallel whip-like elements. Porcelain passing-through
rings 12 are removably mounted by wire fittings 13, 14, and 15
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