Ex parte DAVIES et al. - Page 2



              Appeal No. 1997-0666                                                                                        
              Application 08/338,830                                                                                      



                     Representative claim 12 is reproduced below:                                                         
                     12.  A composition comprising                                                                        
                     (a) a mixture of copper phthalocyanines containing on average, from 0.1 to 3 methyl                  
              groups per phthalocyanine nucleus; and                                                                      
                     (b) a deflocculating agent comprising a copper phthalocyanine containing up to four                  
              basic groups selected from those of Formulae (1) and (2),                                                   

                                           R1                                                                             
                            ª                                                                                             
                                   - CH   -  N                                                                            
                                         2                                                                                
                                         2        ®                                                                       
                                           R2                                                                             
                                  Formula (1)                                                                            


                                                  R1                                                                      
              ª                                                                                                           
                                   - SO  - NH-R-N                                                                         
                                        2                                                                                 
              ®                                                                                                           
                                                  R2                                                                      
                                   Formula (2)                                                                            
              wherein,                                                                                                    
                     R  & R  are each independently H or C -alkyl; and1    2                                 1-4                                                         

                     R is selected from alkylene, alkenylene and cycloalkylene.                                           


                     The references of record relied upon by the examiner are:                                            
              Leister et al. (Leister)                   3,729,330                    Apr. 24, 1973                       
              Barraclough et al. (Barraclough)           4,152,171                    May   1, 1979                       


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