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(11) EP 1 100 615 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
23.05.2001 Bulletin 2001/21

(21) Application number: 98958477.6

(22) Date of filing: 06.11.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7B01F 3/04, B01D 3/20, B01D 3/22
(86) International application number:
PCT/US9823/670
(87) International publication number:
WO 9926/718 (03.06.1999 Gazette 1999/22)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE DE ES FR GB IT NL

(30) Priority: 20.11.1997 US 66216 P

(71) Applicant: MOBIL OIL CORPORATION (a New York corporation)
Fairfax, Virginia 22037 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • BUCHANAN, John, Scott
    Trenton, NJ 08619 (US)
  • STOBER, Berne, Kim
    Glen Mills, PA 19342 (US)

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


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