Ex parte LACHUT - Page 2


                 Appeal No. 2001-0933                                                      Page 2                   
                 Application No. 09/205,530                                                                         

                       Claims 1, 9, 16, 17, 25, 35, 36, and 46 are illustrative of the claims on appeal             
                 and read as follows:                                                                               
                 1.    A composition comprising: (1) from about 50 to about 95% by weight of a                      
                 lower alkanol ester of a fatty acid and, (2) from about 5 to about 50% by weight of an             
                 emulsifier package wherein said emulsifier package is comprised of (a) a nonionic                  
                 surfactant selected from the group consisting of an ethoxylated castor oil, an                     
                 ethoxylated-propoxylated castor oil, an ethylene-propylene block copolymer, an                     
                 ethoxylated-propoxylated alkyl phenol, an ethoxylated sorbitan fatty acid ester, a                 
                 sorbitan fatty acid ester and combinations thereof and, (b) an anionic surfactant                  
                 selected from the group consisting of an ethoxylated partial phosphate ester, alkyl                
                 sulfate, an alkyl ether sulfate, a branched alkyl benzene sulfonate, a linear alkyl                
                 benzene sulfonate, an alpha olefin sulfonate and combinations thereof.                             
                 9.    A composition comprised of: (1) from about 50 to about 95% by weight of a                    
                 lower alkanol ester of a fatty acid and (2) from about 5 to about 50% by weight of an              
                 emulsifier package wherein the emulsifier package is comprised of: (a) from about                  
                 50% to about 94% by weight of the emulsifier package of an ethoxylated sorbitan                    
                 fatty acid ester having from 1 to 30 moles of EO; (b) from about 1% to about 20% by                
                 weight of the emulsifier package of a sorbitan fatty acid ester; (c) from about 5% to              
                 about 35% by weight of the emulsifier package of an ethoxylated partial phosphate                  
                 ester.                                                                                             
                 16.  A composition comprised of from about 75% to about 76% of Ethyl                               
                 Canolate; from about 16% to about 18% of POE(20) Sorbitan Trioleate; from about                    
                 1% to about 2% of Sorbitan Trioleate; from about 4% to about 5% of phosphoric                      
                 acid partially esterified with nonyl phenol (EO)-9.                                                
                 17.  A composition which is the product of the process which comprises mixing:                     
                 (1) from about 50 to about 95% by weight of a lower alkanol ester of a fatty acid                  
                 and, (2) from about 5 to about 50% by weight of an emulsifier package wherein said                 
                 emulsifier package is comprised of (a) a nonionic surfactant selected from the                     
                 group consisting of an ethoxylated castor oil, an ethoxylated-propoxylated castor oil,             
                 an ethylene-propylene block copolymer, an ethoxylated-propoxylated alkyl phenol,                   
                 an ethoxylated sorbitan fatty acid ester, a sorbitan fatty acid ester and combinations             
                 thereof and, (b) an anionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of an                    
                 ethoxylated partial phosphate ester, alkyl sulfate, an alkyl ether sulfate, a branched             
                 alkyl benzene sulfonate, a linear alkyl benzene sulfonate, an alpha olefin sulfonate               
                 and combinations thereof.                                                                          
                 25.   A pesticide composition comprised of an effective amount of a biologically                   
                 active ingredient and a composition comprised of: (1) from about 50 to about 95%                   
                 by weight of a lower alkanol ester of a fatty acid and, (2) from about 5 to about 50%              





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