APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING OLEFINS FROM AN OLEFINS-RICH PRODUCT STREAM - Patent 0960087

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EP 0 960 087 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	01.12.1999 Bulletin 1999/48

(21)	Application number: 97953444.0

(22)	Date of filing: 31.12.1997

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

C07C 7/ 144^{( . )}

C07C 11/ 02^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1997/023876

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1998/029367 (09.07.1998 Gazette 1998/27)

(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:

31.12.1996 US 19960033949P

(71)	Applicant: EXXON CHEMICAL PATENTS INC.
	Baytown, TX 77520-5200 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	HALL, Richard, B. Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889 (US) VAUGHN, Stephen, N. Kingwood, TX 77339 (US) HO, W., S., Winston Annandale, NJ 08801 (US) SUN, Hsiang-ning Houston, TX 77005 (US)

(74)	Representative: Dew, Melvyn John, et al
	Exxon Chemical Europe Inc. P.O.Box 105 1830 Machelen 1830 Machelen (BE)

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