SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATION OF ASCORBIC ACID WITH REDUCED COLOR - Patent 1463720

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EP 1 463 720 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	06.10.2004 Bulletin 2004/41

(21)	Application number: 02800980.1

(22)	Date of filing: 09.10.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: C07D 307/62

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2002/032259

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2003/031427 (17.04.2003 Gazette 2003/16)

(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:

09.10.2001 US 327884 P

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

(72)	Inventor:
	ZOELLER, Joseph, R. Kingsport, TN 37660-2367 (US)

(74)	Representative: Jones Day
	Rechtsanwälte, Attorneys-at-Law, PatentanwältePrinzregentenstrasse 11 80538 München 80538 München (DE)

(54)	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATION OF ASCORBIC ACID WITH REDUCED COLOR