The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was
not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the
Board.
Paper No. 12
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte THEODORE RYDELL
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Appeal No. 2002-1906
Application 09/263,532
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ON BRIEF
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Theodore Rydell appeals from the final rejection of claims 1
and 2, the only claims pending in the application.
THE INVENTION
The invention relates to “fishing lures wherein multiple
soft bodied plastic fishing baits are secured on multiple hooks
formed of a single wire” (specification, page 1). Representative
claim 1 reads as follows:
1. A soft bodied fishing lure comprising:
a) a double hook formed of a single length of wire and
having an eye formed in the middle of the length of wire, two
parallel hook shanks extending from the eye, each shank
terminating in a semicircular bend and having a hook point formed
at each end of the wire, and the semicircular bends are at an
angle to each other so that the hook points are spaced apart from
each other and the parallel shanks are resiliently biased towards
each other,
b) a first soft bodied plastic bait partially threaded onto
a first parallel shank of the double hook and the bait is clamped
in place along the first parallel shank by a second parallel
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