Appeal No. 2002-1507 2
Application No. 09/196,87
in Figures 2-6. Embodiments of the resulting leader are shown in Figures 7 and 8 and
comprise loops 60, 70 which are “integral” with the leader, which term in the present
application “is meant to exclude constructions of forming loops by knotting, tying or
interweaving” (specification, page 7). A further understanding of the invention can be
derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which appears in Appendix A to appellant’s
brief.
The references cited by the examiner in the final rejection are:
Gregoire 2,600,232 Dec. 24, 1987
(French Patent Document)1
“Spring Fishing and Outdoor 1995", (Orvis Publication) pp. 48 and 49.
Claims 1-5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
French Patent 2,600,232 to Rene Jean Gregoire (Gregoire) in view of the Orvis publication
(Orvis).
1 Our understanding of this French language reference is derived in part from a
translation thereof prepared in the PTO, a copy of which is attached to this decision.
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