Appeal No. 1999-2783
Application No. 08/654,034
collective teachings Fussell, Budge and Hill, we note that
Fussell was one of the prior art patents discussed by
appellant on page 1 of the specification and was distinguished
from appellant's floating artificial weed line because the
structure in Fussell is a bottom anchored, fully submerged
fish attracting structure, while appellant's floating
artificial fish attracting habitat or weed line drifts on the
surface of a body of water and simulates floating sea weed by
blocking at least a portion of the sun's rays. Budge is
directed to an apparatus for growing oysters in sea water.
Figure 6 of Budge shows a wooden framework (42) carrying
floats (47) which ensure that the framework floats adjacent
the surface (48) of the sea or ocean (49). As indicated in
column 5, lines 8-12, a plurality of wires (51) are mounted to
the framework in such a manner that they are positioned a
substantial distance below the surface (48) of the sea or
ocean so that they will not be uncovered by the normal wave
action of the sea or ocean. These wires carry screens (22)
which have seed oysters (26) attached thereto. The seed
oysters are intended to remain covered by the sea water and to
grow to maturity while being supported by the apparatus of
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