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Let \(\Gamma\) be an absolutely irreducible plane algebraic curve of degree \(d\geq 2\), and \(S\) a quadratic two-dimensional interval of side length \(N\). It had been shown by \textit{E. Bombieri} and \textit{J. Pila} [Duke Math. J. 59, No. 2, 337-357 (1989; Zbl 0718.11048)] that the number \(A(N)\) of (integer) lattice points lying on \(\Gamma\) and in \(S\) satisfies \[ A(N)\leq N^{1/d}\exp(12\sqrt{d \log N \log\log N}), \] provided that \(N\geq \exp(d^6)\). While the example \(\Gamma_0:\;y=x^d\) readily shows that the exponent \(1/d\) is best possible, the additional factor can be improved. This is done so in the present article: The author shows that \[ A(N) \leq (3d)^{4d+8} N^{1/d} (\log N)^{2d+3}\quad\text{ if } N\geq 2, \] using an elaborate variant of his (basically elementary) earlier method. For \(d=2\), the large sieve can be applied to obtain the stronger bound \(A(N)\ll N^{1/2} (\log N)^\gamma\), with some \(\gamma<1\) [Cf. \textit{J.-P. Serre}, Lectures on the Mordell-Weil Theorem, Vieweg, Braunschweig (1989; Zbl 0676.14005)].