Ex Parte Palmway-Riley - Page 2




              Appeal No. 2005-1246                                                                  Page 2                
              Application No. 09/776,147                                                                                  



                                                    BACKGROUND                                                            
                     The appellant's invention relates to a fishing hook.  A copy of dependent claim 24                   
              is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's brief.  Claim 23 reads as follows:                          
                            A fishing hook comprising a body composed of a metal which is exposed                         
                     for contact with water, a winding of metal, said winding having a central opening                    
                     with said body being within the central opening such that the winding extends                        
                     around the body in multiple turns to form a coil, the metal of said winding being                    
                     exposed for contact with water, and a nonconductive insulating layer between the                     
                     winding and the body to insulate the winding from direct contact with the body,                      
                     wherein the winding and the body are of dissimilar metals such that immersion of                     
                     the hook in water results in the generation of a fish-attracting electromagnetic                     
                     field as a result of electrolytic action between the two metals.                                     


                     The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the                      
              appealed claims are:                                                                                        
              Goddard et al. (Goddard)                   2,384,993                    Sept. 18, 1945                      
              Massie                                     4,970,808                    Nov. 20, 1990                       


                     Claims 23 and 24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable                          
              over Goddard in view of Massie.                                                                             


                     Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and                        
              the appellant regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the non-final                       
              action (mailed October 21, 2003) and the answer (mailed June 17, 2004) for the                              








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