Appeal No. 2000-0693
Application 08/845,282
only claims 4, 8-15, 17-19, 21-57 and 59 remain before us for
review.
Appellant’s invention pertain to an “inter-line” fishing
rod, that is, a fishing rod “in which a fishing line is
introduced into the inside of the fishing rod and laid therein
in the longitudinal direction of the rod” (specification, page
1). A substantially correct copy of the claims on appeal is
found in the appendix to appellant’s brief.1
The references of record relied upon by the examiner in
final rejection are:2
Barnett 56-127032 Oct. 5, 1981
(Japanese Patent Application)
Harada 63-169871 Apr. 25, 1987
(Japanese Patent Application)
Kure 1-304836 Dec. 8, 1989
1 The claims as reproduced in the appendix to appellant’s
brief contain several errors. For example, in the penultimate
line of claim 1 “contact are” should be --contact area--.
Suffice it to say, in considering the obviousness issues
raised in this appeal, we have considered the claims in their
proper form.
2 Our understanding of these Japanese language patent
documents is derived from translations obtained by the Patent
and Trademark Office. Copies of these translations are
attached to this decision.
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