Appeal No. 2006-0846
Application No. 10/068,695
channel, would have been determinable by one of ordinary skill
in the art through no more than routine experimentation.
We therefore are not convinced of reversible error in the
rejection of claim 6.
Claim 18
Shakespeare, Jr. discloses a fishing reel having a
vertically extending elongated ring line guide eye (4) that
presents a rounded wear surface to the fishing line, reinforces
the edges of the line guide opening, and provides the line guide
opening with an attractive finish (page 1, lines 1-5 and 96-99).
The appellant argues that Shumate and Shakespeare, Jr. do
not disclose preventing backlash (brief, pages 15-16). As
pointed out above, the references need not be combined for the
purpose of solving the problem addressed by the appellant.
One of ordinary skill in the art would have been led by
Shakespeare, Jr. to use a vertically extending elongated ring
guide eye in Shumate’s fishing reel to provide a reinforced
opening having a rounded wear surface and an attractive finish.
Thus, the applied references would have fairly suggested
the fishing reel in claim 18 to one of ordinary skill in the
art.
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