Ex parte TWIST - Page 3




          Appeal No. 96-1675                                                           
          Application No. 08/317,977                                                   

          method of developing an imagewise exposed color photographic                 
          element by using appellant's compositions described above.                   
               Claims 1 and 12 are reproduced below for a more facile                  
          understanding of the appealed subject matter.                                
               1.  An aqueous redox amplifier composition                              
               comprising a colour developing agent, hydrogen                          
               peroxide or a compound which provides hydrogen                          
               peroxide and hydroxylamine or a salt thereof wherein                    
               the concentration ranges are:                                           
                                                                                      
               hydrogen peroxide from 0.5 to 10 ml/l (as                               
               30% w/w solution),                                                      
                                                                                      
               hydroxylamine or a salt thereof from                                    
               0.25 to 5.5 g/l (as hydroxylamine sulphate), and                        
                                                                                      
               wherein the pH is in the range                                          
               of from 11 to 12.                                                       
               12. A method for                                                        
               processing an imagewise exposed color photographic                      
               element comprising contacting said element with an                      
               aqueous redox amplifier composition comprising a                        
               colour developing agent, hydrogen peroxide or a                         
               compound which provides hydrogen peroxide and                           
               hydroxylamine or a salt thereof wherein the                             
               concentration ranges are:                                               
                                                                                      
               hydrogen peroxide from 0.5 to 10 ml/l (as 30%                           
               w/w solution),                                                          
                                                                                      
               hydroxylamine or a salt thereof from 0.25                               
               to 5.5 g/l (as hydroxylamine sulphate), and                             
                                                                                      
               wherein the pH is in the range                                          
               of from 11 to 12.                                                       
               The references of record which are being relied on by the               

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