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                     Patent Interference No. 103,548                                                                                             

                     7.      A method for dyeing keratinous fibres, in particular human keratinous                                               
                     fibres, wherein at least one composition as defined in claim 4 is applied to these                                          
                     fibres, this composition is kept in contact with the fibres for a period sufficient to                                      
                     develop a colour, either in air or with the aid of an oxidizing system, and wherein                                         
                     the fibres are then rinsed.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                
                     8.      A method according to claim 7, wherein the colour is allowed to develop in                                          
                     contact with air without adding an external oxidizing agent.                                                                
                                                                                                                                                
                     9.      A method according to claim 7, wherein the at least one composition as                                              
                     defined in claim 1 is identified as composition (A) and the colour is developed                                             
                     with the aid of a chemical oxidizing system consisting of:                                                                  
                     (i)iodide ions and hydrogen peroxide, the composition (A) additionally                                                      
                          containing, in this case, either (a) iodide ions or (b) hydrogen                                                       
                          peroxide and the application of the composition (A) being preceded or                                                  
                          followed by the application of a composition (B) which contains, in a medium                                           
                          appropriate for dyeing, either:                                                                                        
                              (a) hydrogen peroxide at a pH of between 2 and 12 when the composition                                             
                              (A) contains iodide ions, or                                                                                       
                              (b) iodide ions at a pH of between 3 and 11, when the composition (A)                                              
                              contains hydrogen peroxide;                                                                                        
                     (ii) nitrite, the application of the composition (A) being followed by                                                      
                          the application of an aqueous composition (B) having an acid pH, the                                                   
                          composition (A) or the composition (B) containing at least one nitrite;                                                
                     (iii) oxidant comprising hydrogen peroxide, periodic acid or a                                                              
                          water-soluble salt thereof, sodium hypochlorite, chloramine T,                                                         
                          chloramine B, potassium ferricyanide, silver oxide, Fenton's reagent, lead(IV)                                         
                          oxide, caesium sulphate or ammonium persulphate; the oxidant being                                                     
                          present in the composition (A) or being applied simultaneously or                                                      
                          sequentially by means of a composition (B) containing it in a medium                                                   
                          appropriate for dyeing;                                                                                                
                     (iv)metal anions comprising permanganate or dichromate, the oxidising                                                       
                          agent being applied by means of an aqueous composition (B), at a pH of 2 to                                            
                          10, before application of the composition (A);                                                                         
                     (v)salt of a metal of groups 3 to 8 of the periodic table, the metal                                                        
                          salt being applied in a separate step by means of a composition (B)                                                    
                          containing the salt in a medium appropriate for dyeing;                                                                
                     (vi) rare-earth salt, the rare-earth salt being applied by means of a                                                       
                          composition containing the salt in a medium appropriate for dyeing, the                                                
                          composition (B) being applied before or after the application of the                                                   
                          composition (B) being applied before or after the application of the                                                   
                          composition (A); and                                                                                                   
                     (vii) a quinone derivative comprising an ortho- or para-  benzoquinone, an                                                  
                          ortho- or para-benzoquinone monoimine or diimine, a 1,2- or 1,4-                                                       
                          naphthoquinone, an ortho- or para-benzoquinone sulphonimide, an ",T-                                                   
                          alkylenebis-1,4-benzoquinone or a 1,2- or 1,4-naphthoquinone monoimine or                                              






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