PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ACETIC ACID AND/OR ACETIC ANHYDRIDE - Patent 1071647

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EP 1 071 647 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	31.01.2001 Bulletin 2001/05

(21)	Application number: 99915943.7

(22)	Date of filing: 14.04.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: C07C 51/12, C07C 51/56, C07C 53/08, C07C 53/12

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/GB9901/142

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 9954/273 (28.10.1999 Gazette 1999/43)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB

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Priority:

17.04.1998 GB 9808208
16.06.1998 GB 9812881

(71)	Applicant: BP Chemicals Limited
	London EC2M 7BA (GB)

(72)	Inventors:
	LAW, David John Beverley,East Yorkshire HU17 0QF (GB) LUCY, Andrew Richard Brough,East Riding HU15 2AA (GB) SUNLEY, John Glenn Cottingham,East Yorkshire HU16 4LF (GB)

(74)	Representative: Perkins, Nicholas David et al
	BP International LimitedPatents and Agreements Division,Chertsey Road Sunbury-on-Thames,Middlesex TW16 7LN Sunbury-on-Thames,Middlesex TW16 7LN (GB)

(54)	PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ACETIC ACID AND/OR ACETIC ANHYDRIDE