ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,582, issued on Sept. 30.
"Fishing lure" was invented by Nathaniel Bogan (Natick, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides various components for a fishing lure. These components include a Hard Bodied Ballast Oscillator ("HBBO") which oscillates around various axes, an HBB with positive lift that rises during retrieval, and a hook for use in a rigid body which, while being fished, remains at least partially inside the body and reliably pointing upwards, and which, when the fish bites, is at least partially exposed. In some cases multiple components may be connected to each other via a stiff wire and designed to ma...