Appeal No. 2003-0491 Page 2
Application No. 09/584,173
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to holders for fishing rods which provide means
for automatically setting the hook at the end of the fishing line when a fish strikes the
bait. A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellants’
brief.
The examiner relied upon the following prior art references in rejecting the
appealed claims:
Becker et al. (Becker) 975,822 Nov. 15, 1910
Creviston et al. (Creviston) 3,550,302 Dec. 29, 1970
Moisan 4,573,281 Mar. 4, 1986
Smoluk 4,912,870 Apr. 3, 1990
The following rejections are before us for review.
Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by
Smoluk.
Claims 2-4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Smoluk in view of Moisan.
Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Becker in view of Creviston.1
Claims 2-4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Becker in view of Creviston and Moisan.
1 The examiner’s reference to claims 2-4 in the answer was clearly an inadvertent error.
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