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(43) Date of publication: 14.10.1998 Bulletin 1998/42 (21) Application number: 95940809.0 (22) Date of filing: 28.11.1995

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A01N 55/ 00( . ) A01N 55/ 10( . ) C07F 7/ 30( . ) A01N 55/ 02( . ) C07F 7/ 08( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1995/015236 (87) International publication number: WO 1996/017851 (13.06.1996 Gazette 1996/27)

(84) Designated Contracting States: BE DE ES FR GB IT (30) Priority: 08.12.1994 US 19940352002 (71) Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY Wilmington Delaware 19898 (US)	(72) Inventors: BROWN, Richard, James Newark, DE 19711-2939 (US) DAUB, John, Powell Wilmington, DE 19808-1618 (US) DRUMM, Joseph, Eugene, III Newark, DE 19713-4012 (US) FRASIER, Deborah, Ann Martinez, CA 94553-5029 (US) (74) Representative: Woodman, Derek, et al  Frank B. Dehn & Co., European Patent Attorneys, 179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)