Appeal No. 2002-1906
Application 09/263,532
barb 5 at its end. The live bait holder 7, which is a
continuation of the fishhook extending from the eye 2, consists
of a pressure exerting loop 8, a bar clamp 9 and a curved portion
10 having a barb 11 at its end which effectively forms a second
fishhook oriented at an angle to the first fishhook. To attach
live bait, such as a fresh water shrimp, the pressure exerting
loop 8 is pressed inwardly to expand the spacing between the bar
clamp 9 and the shank 3 and the bait is slipped into the expanded
spacing and firmly held between the bar clamp and shank when the
pressure is released from the loop (see column 3, line 34,
through column 4, line 2).
Temple does not respond to the limitations in claim 1, or to
the identical limitations in claim 2, requiring first and second
soft bodied plastic baits partially threaded onto respective
parallel shanks of a double hook with each bait being clamped in
place along its shank by the other shank. To overcome this
deficiency, the examiner turns to Renaud.
Renaud discloses a double hook fishing jig comprising two
spaced hooks and a soft rubber or plastic worm bait threaded onto
the shank of each hook. Figures 1, 2, 4 and 5 show that the hook
shanks are spaced too far apart to permit them to clamp the baits
in place.
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