How to patent a fishing lure [New Data]

Last updated : Sept 15, 2022

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Are fishing lures worth money?

The most valuable lures are usually made of wood and have glass eyes. Some very rare examples can be worth more than $20,000. Most won't be nearly that valuable, however, and price out between $25 and several hundred apiece.

What is the world's best lure?

Bucktails.
Spoons.
Soft Plastic Jigs.
Marabou Jigs.
Topwater Plugs.

How do you charge animated lures?

Step 1: Connect the red wire clip to the ring coming out on the top of the fish's head. Step 2: Connect the black wire clip to the ring coming out directly from the bottom of the head. Step 3: once Animated Lure Mini started to charge, blue light in the head will turn on to indicate that charging had begun.

What wood is best for fishing lures?

As a general rule, softer woods (balsa, pine, cedar, white cedar, basswood) are lighter and thus have faster action and a tendency to float. Harder woods (maple, oak, ash, and walnut) are more difficult to shape, but make excellent suspending lures with tighter action.

What was the first fishing lure?

James Heddon (1845- 1911)â€” Credited with the invention of first wooden-body artificial lures in the 1890s, James Heddon, and his company James Heddon and Sons, produced the first commercially-successful lure called the 'Dowagiac.

Are old musky lures worth anything?

A one-of-a-kind Musky Charmer Minnow was sold in 2018 for $21,000, which is an eye-popping sum until you learn that the most ever paid for old fishing lures was $101,200 for a Riley Haskell Minnow in 2003.

What is the most used fishing lure?

Dardevle Spinnie The familiar red-and-white striped Dardevle is probably the world's most recognized fishing lure, just as effective now as it was a century ago when Lou Eppinger first started selling them. Among varied sizes, the Dardevle Spinnie is basic for bass, larger trout, and more.

What bait catches the most bass?

What is the best bait for largemouth bass? In terms of live bait, fish (like shiners, minnows, or shad) and crawfish work very well since these are what bass usually eat. Because largemouth bass are carnivorous, the best artificial baits tend to be those that mimic their prey in some way.

What is spooning fishing?

This article has been viewed 27,990 times. Using spoons is a classic method to lure fish, whether it be in deep or shallow waters. The concave piece of plastic, wood, or metal, works by reflecting the sunlight through the water, luring the fish in. Fishing with spoons starts with choosing the right type of spoon.

How much does an Animated Lure cost?

There are several different â€œskinsâ€ for each size to mimic different baitfish. Each lure provides a life like swimming motion and sounds that attract fish to bite. A mini lure costs $29.95, a classic is $32.95 or $34.95 depending on which skin you want.

Is Animated Lure still in business?

Is Animated Lure Still In Business? Animated Lure is still in business as of June 2022 despite the Sharks investment and operating profitably.

How long do animated lures last?

Animated Lure automatically turns off when it is taken out of the water. How long does Animated Lure swim for? The Classic model can swim for 1 to 1.5 continuous hours, depending on water conditions. The Mini model can swim for 45 mins to 1 hour, depending on water conditions.

How much do lure makers make?

Salary Ranges for Lure Makers The salaries of Lure Makers in the US range from $18,740 to $45,250 , with a median salary of $27,620 . The middle 50% of Lure Makers makes $27,620, with the top 75% making $45,250.

What material are fishing lures made from?

Lures are usually used with a fishing rod and reel and can be bought commercially or made by hand. They're typically made out of materials such as plastic, cork, rubber, wood, or metal and sometimes have feathers or tinsel attached to them to resemble the moving parts of fish prey, as is the case in fly fishing flies.

Does cedar make good fishing lures?

Basswood, pine, balsawood or cedar are good choices for spook-style lures. Let's start with topwater lures.

Who invented Rapala lures?

Lauri Rapala (1905â€“1974) was a Finnish fisherman, inventor and the founder of Rapala-Normark Group, the world's largest fishing lure and tackle producer. He died in 1974 at the age of 69. During the course of his life, he married once and fathered seven children.

Are lures better than bait?

Lures Are Better For Catch and Release While it's one of the most popular ways to fish, bait fishing can be bad news for catch and release. Handling time and time out of water are both important factors in whether a caught and released fish will survive.

What are old fishing rods worth?

Many used fishing rods are worth less than $50; many more, less than $20. If you think you might have a valuable fishing rod, it's important to know what to look for to determine its worth. Vintage fishing rod advertisements.

What do you do with old fishing tackles?

Instead of letting it collect dust, donate the old stuff to a local charity or a recycled sporting goods organization. The next time you cast on a peaceful lake, you'll feel great knowing you have given a fellow fisher the chance to do the same. Gather up all of the gear you intend to donate.

What is the most versatile lure?

The humble grub is one of the simplest fishing baits ever invented. But it's also one of the most versatile lures you can tie on your line. It will catch bass and a variety of other gamefish in almost any fishing situation.

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Comment by Dong Lightner

today we're here with dylan adams a patent attorney with davis wright and tremaine which is a massive patent uh a firm and he's also written a book called patents demystified which is used by the american bar association stanford harvard mit and i'm sure the university of houston my alma mater uses it uh i'm surprised you didn't add them in there and he also has a youtube channel which is how i found him oddly enough called patents demystified as well i'll have links to all this stuff down in the description so thanks for joining us dylan we're glad to have you yeah you bet glad to be here so the reason i reached out to you is i'm involved in lure design lure making and i always see these kind of discussions explode on facebook online about oh you can't make this lure because it has a patent you can't do this because it has a patent and you know when i start digging into them um it most of the time they don't have patents they end up having trademarks but i think a good place to start would be my understanding is that the field of law is intellectual property is that right yeah exactly that's going to be what's going to be protecting these things is intellectual property in general and then the four types of intellectual property that you know that are possible are going to be patents trademarks copyrights and trade secrets but when it comes to lure is really you know trade secret isn't going to be applicable because you know you're going to be having stuff that's public maybe if you had like you know fake compositions you know that were secretive or maybe a secretive process but really i think what we would want to talk about here is going to be copyright sorry trademarks and and patents copyrights are related to artistic work as artistic as lures are you know the law sees them as being useful articles and so they're going to be covered by patents and then the branding stuff that stuff is going to be covered by trademark okay great the um and so my understanding is also two different types of patents at least maybe more yes exactly so the two that are applicable to lures and i think i sent you some examples of both of these so there are utility patents and then there are design patents so utility patents cover functionalities of things and they also do kind of cover design so in some ways it's kind of confusing um but they can cover sort of a physical article they can cover methods of manufacturing methods of using things whereas design patents they cover one very very specific design so they're a lot more limited and narrow but they're a lot easier to get through and especially with things like lures where if there's not a lot of functionality to them and it's just sort of you know like the surface contours that are new and different from other things a design pattern is going to be more relative going to be more relevant to something like that whereas if there's more functionality if it has unique designs more complex the utility pattern may be the way to go with those things but that's something you want to talk to your patent attorney about is you know sometimes we actually file both we'll do a design patent and utility patent on the same thing and protecting sort of the ornamental design of some pieces but then some functionality of other stuff as well yeah so we can pull up one of those uh patents right now this is a um utility patent yes and um you know can you like all these patents i look at have these crazy drawings well they're not even crazy drawings it looks like somebody drove it by hand and then all these numbers and um and so these numbers i think relate to points down here usually is that correct yeah so usually so there's really three parts of a of a patent application and an issue pattern there's going to be the the description and that's called some typical specification um and then there's going to be the drawings which you kind of point out and then there's going to be the claims which that's the section you have up right now and especially it's the claims that actually define the meats and bounds of what is owned and not owned in the pack so think of it like a legal description on your house so in if you're gonna be selling your house you're gonna be putting out pictures of of stuff on on the website or whatever but what really determines what you own in terms of the house and the land it's that legal description right it's not pictures of the you know pictures of stuff um it's only that legal description that really says hey this is the land that i own versus what i don't and the claims are just like that the claims to find the meats and bounds of what's protecting what's not and a good example of that is so for instance a lot of times the claims are just a subset of what is in the description and the drawings and people usually look at the drawings and descriptions say well all of this is protected you know by the patent that's completely untrue a lot of times it's just a small subset of that or something that's really narrow and specific um so you kind of have to look at that claim section to really determine what's protected and what's not and that's a big mistake that a lot of folks make when looking at patents so the question i would have is so these are all numbered obviously here and is it kind of is this like all-inclusive um or is there like ores between these things or there's ands you know so if if i had let's just take this random lure for example if i had like the same thing but without this top part number 18 right is that now not infringing or is that kind of a case-by-case basis yeah so essentially look at the claims it's perfect then the way you do a an infringement analysis you have to infringe at least one claim of an issued and enforceable patent that's another thing to keep in mind is that like a lot of times you'll be looking at patent publications these things are publications of pending applications or applications that went abandoned and people will freak out oh my gosh like you know these planes are so broad and they they told me it's like well this application never issued it's 10 years old it went abandoned it didn't go through it's not an active uh issued patent so that's something you should keep in mind this one is an issue patent so for instance here like let's look at claim one so to infringe claim one you have to have all the elements in each of those lines and here there's no oars it's going to be an and thing right so you know let's start with the first one so a fishing lure comprising okay right so you're probably gonna have a fishing lure comprised and then the next thing would be the next line is a first connecting rod having opposed first and second ends the first and first end of the first connecting rod being secured to the fishing line so you would look at your product say does it have that or does it not and then you go through each of those elements and if your product has all of those things you would be infringing that claim one and therefore would be infringing the path that that makes sense yeah you know the thing i love about trying to read patents is they're

Thanks for your comment Dong Lightner, have a nice day.
- Altha Cesare, Staff Member

Comment by Keesha

the invention is provided with various spinners located on either side of the fishing lure in an outrigger configuration this location provides for reflected light in a 360 degree pattern thus providing the appearance of multiple fish swimming together the moving nature of the spinners provides vibrations and sounds in the water attracting additional fish the invention is provided with a movable eye mechanism for enhanced realistic appearance when compared to conventional fixed eye configurations the invention is approximately four inches long and one inch wide

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- Altha Cesare

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I've studied evolution at Montreat College in Montreat and I am an expert in poetics. I usually feel angry. My previous job was surgeon I held this position for 11 years, I love talking about astronomy and jaw harp. Huge fan of Rajiv Surendra I practice american football and collect books.

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