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          Appeal No. 96-3824                                                           
          Application No. 08/311,635                                                   

               hydroxylamine compound                                                  
               from 0.5 to 15 ml/l (as an 85% solution of                              
               diethylhydroxylamine), and                                              
                                                                                      
               wherein the composition is buffered by a phosphate                      
               to a pH in the range of from 11 to 12.                                  
                                                                                      
                                                                                      
               10. A method for processing an                                          
               imagewise exposed colour 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 a hydroxylamine                    
               compound of the formula:                                                
                                                                                      
               R                        1                                              
               OH-N          (I)                                                       
               R                              2                                        
                                                                                      
                                                                                      
                                             1     2                                   
               or a salt thereof wherein R  and R  are each a                          
               substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group of 1-4                         
               carbon atoms and wherein the concentration ranges                       
               are:                                                                    
               hydrogen peroxide from 0.5 to 10                                        
               ml/l (as 30% w/w solution),                                             
                                                                                      
               hydroxylamine compound from                                             
               0.5 to 15 ml/l (as an 85% solution of                                   
               diethylhydroxylamine), and                                              
                                                                                      
               wherein the composition is buffered by a phosphate                      
               to a pH in the range of from 11 to 12.                                  
               The references of record which are being relied on by the               
          examiner as evidence of obviousness are:                                     
          Nakamura et al. (Nakamura)      4,414,305       November 8,                  
          1983                                                                         

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