Appeal No. 1999-2361
Application 08/410,496
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1, 2, 8, 16 and 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as unpatentable over Turner.
Claims 3-6 and 11-14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as unpatentable over Turner in view of Panicci.
Claims 7 and 15 were rejected in the final rejection
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Turner in view of
Panicci and Baker.
With respect to the rejection based on Turner alone, the
examiner is of the opinion that it would have been obvious to
merely reverse the lure body of Turner, thereby rendering the
claimed subject matter of claims 1 and 8 prima facie obvious.
With respect to the rejection based on Turner in view of
Panicci, it is the examiner's opinion that Panicci shows the
claimed 90 degree twisted middle section. Therefore, the
examiner is of the view that it would have been obvious to
make the twist of Turner of the specified 90 degrees.
OPINION
We have carefully reviewed the rejections on appeal in
light of the arguments of the appellant and the examiner. As
a result of this review, it is our conclusion that the
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