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                    THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                      
               The opinion in support of the decision being entered                   
               today (1) was not written for publication in a law                     
               journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                 
                                                               Paper No. 35           

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                  ________________                                    
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
                                  ________________                                    
                       Ex parte AIME MENASSA and HENRI CAUPIN                         
                                  ________________                                    
                                 Appeal No. 94-2861                                   
                               Application 08/013,5371                                
                                                                                     
                                HEARD:  July 16, 1997                                 
                                                                                     
          Before KIMLIN, JOHN D. SMITH and THIERSTEIN, Administrative                 
          Patent Judges.                                                              
          KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judges.                                       
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-20,             
          all the claims in the present application.  Claims 1 and 3 are              
          illustrative:                                                               
               1.  A composition of matter comprising (a) an animal                   
          foodstuff and (b) and effective foodstuff deodorizing amount of             
          at least one alkyl or polyoxyalkylene ester of undecylenic acid.            


               Application for patent filed January 28, 1993.  According1                                                                     
          to appellants, this application is a continuation of Application            
          07/902,484, filed June 23, 1992; which is a continuation of                 
          Application 07/629,848, filed December 19, 1990, both abandoned.            
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