The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a Notice of Allowance this week for Mann’s Bait Company’s U.S. Patent Application No. 11/083,422, which is entitled "Fishing Lures having Elastomeric Portions." In simple terms, that means that the process the company uses to produce its HardNose line of baits is patentable.
“The issuance of the Notice of Allowance by the patent office is further recognition of the important technological advance represented by Mann’s HardNose products to our customers and of the proprietary nature of these products,” said Mann's president Frank Oelerich.
Mann's anticipates that the HardNose patent will be issued shortly.
