Appeal No. 2004-0825
Application 09/954,786
The subject matter on appeal relates to an environ-
mentally friendly fishing sinker made of bismuth in a non-alloyed
condition or made of a eutectic alloy of 58% bismuth and 42% tin.
Further details of this appealed subject matter are readily
apparent from a review of the claims before us which read as
follows:
20. An environmental friendly fishing sinker
comprising:
a body of material, said body of material consisting of
bismuth in a non-alloyed condition; and
a line support on said body of material for connecting
a fishing line thereto.
21. An environmental friendly fishing sinker:
a body of material, said body of material consisting of
eutectic alloy of bismuth and tin wherein the amount of bismuth
is about 58% and the amount of tin is about 42%; and
a line support on said body of material for connecting
a fishing line thereto.
The references set forth below are relied upon by the
examiner in the § 102 and § 103 rejections advanced on this
appeal:
Bond 3,745,302 July 10, 1973
Brown 5,946,849 Sept. 7, 1999
Pesticide & Toxic Chemical News, vol. 22, no. 19, Mar. 19, 1994
(hereinafter “Pesticide”)
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