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          Appeal No. 2001-0600                                                        
          Application No. 08/584,776                                                  


               1.   $ modification of the dye of the formula I                        
                                                                                     
                                                   (I)                               



          having an X-ray diffraction pattern (Cu K", radiation) containing           
          lines at the following diffraction angles 22(º):                            
               high intensity lines:    7.15, 10.25, 25.9,                            
               medium-intensity lines:       16.9, 19.5, 20.1                         
                                             21.85, 22.65, 23.4,                      
                                             25.2, 28.5, 32.45.                       
               2.   A process for preparing the $ modification of the                 
               dye of the formula I according to claim 1, comprising                  
               heating the dye which is not present in the $ modifi-                  
               cation in an aqueous phase at temperatures from about                  
               70 to about 150ºC.                                                     
               The references relied upon by the examiner are:                        
          von Rambach et al. (Rambach)  3,956,270      May 11, 1976                   
          Koller et al. (Koller)        4,327,999      May 04, 1982                   
          Eugster et al. (Eugster)      4,329,144      May 11, 1982                   
          Sommer et al. (Sommer)        4,460,375      Jul. 17, 1984                  
          Hashimoto et al. (Hashimoto) 4,536,569       Aug. 20, 1985                  

                                Grounds of Rejection                                  
               1. Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                    
          unpatentable over the admitted state of the art as recited on               
          page 1, lines 18-31 of the specification and further in view of             
          Rambach, Koller, Eugster, Sommer or Hashimoto.                              


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