HIGH WATER CONTENT, LOW VISCOSITY, OIL CONTINUOUS MICROEMULSIONS AND EMULSIONS, AND THEIR USE IN CLEANING APPLICATIONS

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EP 0 866 889 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	30.09.1998 Bulletin 1998/40

(21)	Application number: 97935130.0

(22)	Date of filing: 24.07.1997

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

B01F 17/ 00^{( . )}
B01F 17/ 42^{( . )}
C11D 1/ 02^{( . )}
C11D 1/ 37^{( . )}
C11D 17/ 00^{( . )}
C23G 5/ 06^{( . )}
C11D 1/ 22^{( . )}

B01F 17/ 12^{( . )}
B01J 13/ 00^{( . )}
C11D 1/ 04^{( . )}
C11D 3/ 43^{( . )}
C11D 17/ 08^{( . )}
C11D 1/ 14^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1997/013145

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1998/004761 (05.02.1998 Gazette 1998/05)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	CH DE ES FR GB IT LI NL SE

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Priority:

26.07.1996 US 19960022664P

(71)	Applicant: THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY
	Midland, Michigan 48674 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	TUCKER, Christopher, J. Bay City, MI 48706 (US)

(74)	Representative: Weickmann, Heinrich, Dipl.-Ing., et al
	Patentanwälte H. Weickmann, Dr. K. Fincke F.A. Weickmann, B. Huber Dr. H. Liska, Dr. J. Prechtel, Dr. B. Böhm Kopernikusstrasse 9 81679 München 81679 München (DE)

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