Appeal No. 2004-0631 Page 2
Application No. 10/236,715
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates generally to the field of fishing rod cases. More
specifically, the appellants' invention is to a fishing rod case made of a series of
modular segments that can be connected together in an end-to-end manner to
accommodate a fishing rod of any length (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims
under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Sauey et al. (Sauey) 3,811,216 May 21, 1974
Ward 4,170,801 Oct. 16, 1979
Hepworth et al. (Hepworth) 5,341,590 Aug. 30, 1994
Claims 1, 2, 6 and 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Sauey.
Claims 3, 4, 12 to 15 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Sauey in view of Hepworth.
Claims 5 and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Sauey in view of Hepworth and Ward.
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