Appeal 2006-2115
Application 09/862,077
Claims 1, 3, 14, and 19, copied from the Claims Appendix to the
Brief,1 illustrate Appellants’ claimed invention and are representative of the
claims on appeal:
1. A method of inhibiting the growth of Tyrophagus putrescentiae in
a stored, tallow coated pet food product, said method comprising the step of
adding a Tyrophagus putrescentiae growth inhibiting amount of conjugated
linoleic acid to the pet food product prior to storage.
3. A method in accordance with Claim 1 wherein adding conjugated
linoleic acid to the pet food product comprises the steps of:
adding conjugated linoleic acid to a meal pre-mix;
extruding the conjugated linoleic acid containing premix to form the
pet food product;
cutting the pet food product to size; and
drying the pet food product.
8. A method of inhibiting the growth of Tyrophagus putrescentiae in
a stored, tallow coated pet food product, said method comprising the step of
adding conjugated linoleic acid to the pet food product prior to storage so
that the dry pet food contains at least 0.3% by weight conjugated linoleic
acid.
14. A method of manufacturing a pet food product having storage
inhibition against growth of Tyrophagus putrescentiae, said method
comprising the steps of:
adding conjugated linoleic acid to a meal pre-mix;
extruding the conjugated linoleic acid containing premix to form the
pet food product;
cutting the pet food product to size;
drying the pet food product; and
coating the pet food with animal tallow.
19. An extruded farinaceous pet food product having storage retained
inhibition against growth of Tyrophagus putrescentiae comprising a meal
1 We consider the Brief filed February 3, 2006.
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