Appeal No. 2005-0333
Application No. 09/918,074
APPEALED SUBJECT MATTER
The subject matter on appeal is directed to a fish bait
comprising a porous thermoplastic plastic containing at least one
fish luring aromatic and/or fish enticing substance and methods for
making and using the same. See the specification, pages 1-3.
Details of the appealed subject matter are recited in
representative claims 1, 14 and 18, which are reproduced below:
1. Method for producing aromatic and/or enticing articles and
parts thereof, comprising treating a material comprising porous,
thermoplastic plastic with at least one fish-luring aromatic and/or
enticing substance.
14. Aromatic and/or enticing articles, comprising a porous,
thermoplastic plastic treated with at least one fish-luring
aromatic and/or enticing substance.
18. Method of luring fish, comprising placing a porous,
thermoplastic plastic treated with at least one fish-luring
aromatic and/or enticing substance in a body of water containing
fish.
PRIOR ART
The prior art references relied upon by the examiner are:
Larsen et al. (Larsen) 3,351,495 Nov. 7, 1967
Sibley et al. (Sibley) 4,887,376 Dec. 19, 1989
Reinhardt et al. (Reinhardt) 4,957,787 Sep. 18, 1990
REJECTION
Claims 1 through 7 and 13 through 18 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over the combined disclosures of
Reinhardt and Sibley. Claims 8 through 12 stand rejected under 35
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