PROCESS FOR VINYL CHLORIDE MANUFACTURE FROM ETHANE AND ETHYLENE WITH AIR FEED AND ALTERNATIVE HCL PROCESSING METHODS - Patent 1395537

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EP 1 395 537 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	10.03.2004 Bulletin 2004/11

(21)	Application number: 02729168.1

(22)	Date of filing: 08.05.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: C07C 17/154, C07C 17/156, C07C 17/152, C07C 21/06

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2002/014801

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2002/094752 (28.11.2002 Gazette 2002/48)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

23.05.2001 US 292944 P

(71)	Applicant: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
	Midland, Michigan 48674 (US)

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Inventors:

HAYMON, Terry, D.
Brazoria, TX 77422 (US)
HENLEY, John, P.
Midland, MI 48642 (US)
HICKMAN, Daniel, A.
Midland, MI 48642 (US)
JONES, Mark, E.
Midland, MI 48642 (US)
MILLER, Matt, C.
Lake Jackson, TX 77566 (US)
MORRIS, Thomas, E.
Lake Jackson, TX 77566 (US)
REED, Daniel, J.
Angleton, TX 77515 (US)
SAMSON, Lawrence, J.
Lake Jackson, TX 77566 (US)
SMITH, Steve, A.
Baton Rouge, LA 70816 (US)
CLARKE, William, D.
Brazoria, TX 77422 (US)

(74)	Representative: Hayes, Adrian Chetwynd et al
	Boult Wade Tennant,Verulam Gardens70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT London WC1X 8BT (GB)

(54)	PROCESS FOR VINYL CHLORIDE MANUFACTURE FROM ETHANE AND ETHYLENE WITH AIR FEED AND ALTERNATIVE HCL PROCESSING METHODS