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(88) Date of publication A3: 28.11.2002 (43) Date of publication: 07.01.2004 Bulletin 2004/02 (21) Application number: 02716977.0 (22) Date of filing: 02.04.2002

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: C07C 337/06, C07D 285/12 (86) International application number: PCT/IB2002/001023 (87) International publication number: WO 2002/081438 (17.10.2002 Gazette 2002/42)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK RO SI (30) Priority: 09.04.2001 ZA 200102904 (71) Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLC Indianapolis, Indiana 46268 (US)	(72) Inventor: DE KLERK, Colette 1911 Vanderbijlpark (ZA) (74) Representative: Dey, Michael, Dr. et al Weickmann & Weickmann,Patentanwälte,Postfach 86 08 20 81635 München 81635 München (DE)