Ex parte MASON et al. - Page 6

               Appeal No. 94-0291                                                                                                     
               Application 07/490,760                                                                                                 


               compounds as animal or insect repellents, anticipates or would have rendered the claimed method                        
               obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art.  That is, would teachings of the use of pulegone to                       
               repell German cockroaches by the test tube and beaker methods as described by Inazuka have                             
               suggested the claimed method of applying pulegone and/or piperitone to any locus, or to a trash                        
               receptacle or a poison such as antifreeze, or placed said method in the possession of the public.                      
                                                 REVERSED AND REMANDED                                                                






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