METHOD FOR PREPARING A DIALKYL CARBONATE, AND ITS USE IN THE PREPARATION OF DIARYL CARBONATES AND POLYCARBONATES - Patent 1419132

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EP 1 419 132 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	19.05.2004 Bulletin 2004/21

(21)	Application number: 02756947.4

(22)	Date of filing: 01.08.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: C07C 68/00, C07C 68/08, C07C 69/96

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2002/024731

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2003/016258 (27.02.2003 Gazette 2003/09)

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

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Priority:

14.08.2001 US 682284

(71)	Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
	Schenectady, NY 12345 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	BODEN, Eugene, Pauling Scotia, NY 12302 (US) VIC FERNANDEZ, Ignacio E-28290 Las Matas, Madrid (ES)

(74)	Representative: Szary, Anne C.
	London Patent OperationGeneral Electric International, Inc.15 John Adam Street London WC2N 6LU London WC2N 6LU (GB)

(54)	METHOD FOR PREPARING A DIALKYL CARBONATE, AND ITS USE IN THE PREPARATION OF DIARYL CARBONATES AND POLYCARBONATES