THE USE OF BIS(DIFLUOROMETHYL)ETHER AS A FIRE EXTINGUISHANT - Patent 0841967

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EP 0 841 967 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	20.05.1998 Bulletin 1998/21

(21)	Application number: 96919022.0

(22)	Date of filing: 31.05.1996

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A62C 99/ 00^{( . )}

A62D 1/ 00^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1996/008187

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1996/040371 (19.12.1996 Gazette 1997/03)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

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Priority:

07.06.1995 US 19950484005

(71)	Applicant: HAMPSHIRE CHEMICAL CORPORATION
	Lexington, Massachusetts 02173 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	O'NEILL, Gerald, J. Arlington, MA 02174 (US)

(74)	Representative: Fritzsche, Thomas M., Dr.
	Brienner Strasse 52 80333 München 80333 München (DE)

(54)	THE USE OF BIS(DIFLUOROMETHYL)ETHER AS A FIRE EXTINGUISHANT