1 compounds, (8) pigments and (9) combinations thereof. Specification,
2 page 6, lines 3-6.
3 According to applicant, "[t]he preferred detackifier is a fumed silica."
4 Specification, page 6, lines 16-17.
5 Fumed silicas are commercially available, inter alia, under the
6 registered trademark CAB-O-SILŪ. Specification, page 6, lines 17-18.
7 As will become apparent later in the opinion, CAB-O-SILŪ is a
8 well-known material which those having ordinary skill in the art would have
9 known is a "detackifier."
10 The "detackifier" is placed on a lure made of synthetic rubber in the
11 form of a "detackifying coating." Specification, page 7, lines 1 and 20-21.
12 The detackifying coating may "further comprise a coating oil,
13 preferably a silicone." Specification, page 7, lines 1-2.
14 We are not told explicitly why "silicone" oil is preferred as the coating
15 oil.
16 Perhaps silicone oil is preferred because when molded, the synthetic
17 rubber lures are said to have a chalky appearance, but when the silicone is
18 applied the chalky appearance is said to disappear. Specification, page 7,
19 line 20 through page 8, line 2.
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21 The rejections
22 The examiner made three rejections.
23 Rejection 1: Claims 1-20 were rejected for failure to comply with the
24 enablement requirement of 35 U.S.C. § 112. The examiner was concerned
25 that the specification did not enable a means for providing a coating that is
26 "permanent."
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