US Patent Issued to SPFM on Dec. 2 for "Multiple mode artificial fishing lure" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,560, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SPFM LP (San Antonio).

"Multiple mode artificial fishing lure" was invented by Robert Castaneda (San Antonio) and Basil E. Battah (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multiple mode fishing lure that includes a main body portion having a waterproof inner capsule, the waterproof inner capsule containing an electronic circuit to produce sounds which mimic bait fish. The electronic circuit includes a controller having pre-recorded bait fish sounds replaceably stored thereon and operationally coupled to a speaker to broadcast the bait fish sounds, a power source for providing power to the com...