Ex Parte Langer et al - Page 7



          Appeal No. 2004-1590                                                         
          Application No. 10/009,699                                                   

                                       Appendix                                        
                                       Claim 11                                        

          11. A process for the preparation of 2-halo-6-nitrobenzoic acids             
               of formula (I)                                                          




                                                                                      
                                                                                      
          wherein                                                                      
          R1, R2, and R3, independently of one another, are hydrogen,                  
          fluorine, chlorine, bromine, nitro, or carboxyl, and                         
          Hal   is fluorine, chlorine, or bromine,                                     
          comprising heating a 2-halo-6-nitrobenzyl alcohol, ester, or                 
          ether of formula (II) or a mixture thereof,                                  








          wherein                                                                      
          R1, R2, and R3, and Hal have the meanings given above for formula            
          (I), and                                                                     


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