Appeal No. 1998-2139
Application No. 08/572,727
been canceled.
Appellants’ invention relates to a hollow telescopic
fishing rod comprising a fishing rod body (13) having a
plurality of hollow fishing rod body sections (14) made from
fiber-reinforced resin. The hollow interiors of the plurality
of body sections (14) define an internal path (15) for a
fishing line (30) and allow the body sections to nest together
while in a storage mode. At least one of the body sections
(14) including an inner surface in which is formed a spiral
groove. The spiral groove defining in cross section a
plurality of generally trapezoidal fishing line holding
protrusions (40) with inclined sides and arc shaped corners
(45, 46) to reduce wear between the line and the protrusions
(40), e.g., see Figure 3. A representative copy reproduced
from Appellants’ brief of independent claim 13 is attached to
this decision.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner as evidence of obviousness are:
Akiba 5,488,797 Feb. 6, 1996
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