A01K 85/02
Artificial bait for fishing: with means for concealing or protecting hooks
Official title: with means for concealing or protecting hooks, e.g. to prevent entanglement with weeds
A01K85/02 (Artificial bait for fishing: with means for concealing or protecting hooks) appears on 272 US grants and 221 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Fish bait retaining lure13 Aug 2026US 2026/0231919 A1B. S. Fish Tales, Inc.
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