OLEFIN POLYMERIZATION CATALYSTS CONTAINING GROUP 8-10 TRANSITION METALS, BIDENTATE LIGANDS , PROCESSES EMPLOYING SUCH CATALYSTS AND POLYMERS OBTAINED THEREFROM - Patent 0973762

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EP 0 973 762 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	10.12.1998

(43)	Date of publication:
	26.01.2000 Bulletin 2000/04

(21)	Application number: 98907610.4

(22)	Date of filing: 24.02.1998

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: C07D 319/02, C07C 247/14, C08F 10/00, C08F 4/70, C07D 265/30, C07C 257/06, C07C 2/24, C07D 233/96, C07D 339/08, C07D 241/06

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US9803/593

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 9840/374 (17.09.1998 Gazette 1998/37)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB NL

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Priority:

10.03.1997 US 39945 P
25.03.1997 US 41542 P
04.04.1997 US 42925 P
04.04.1997 US 43406 P
18.04.1997 US 44691 P
18.09.1997 US 59372 P

(71)	Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
	Kingsport, TN 37660 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	MACKENZIE, Peter, Borden Kingsport, TN 37660 (US) MOODY, Leslie, Shane Johnson City, TN 37604 (US) KILLIAN, Christopher, Moore Gray TN 37615 (US) PONASIK, James, Allen, Jr. Kingsport, TN 37660 (US) MCDEVITT, Jason, Patrick Wake Forest, NC 27587 (US)

(74)	Representative: Evans, David Charles et al
	fJ CLEVELAND 40-43, Chancery Lane London, WC2A 1JQ London, WC2A 1JQ (GB)

(54)	OLEFIN POLYMERIZATION CATALYSTS CONTAINING GROUP 8-10 TRANSITION METALS, BIDENTATE LIGANDS , PROCESSES EMPLOYING SUCH CATALYSTS AND POLYMERS OBTAINED THEREFROM