METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR USING STABILIZED BETA-CAROTENE AS CETANE IMPROVER IN HYDROCARBONACEOUS DIESEL FUELS - Patent 1532230

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EP 1 532 230 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	08.04.2004

(43)	Date of publication:
	25.05.2005 Bulletin 2005/21

(21)	Application number: 03736989.9

(22)	Date of filing: 10.06.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: C10L 1/14

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2003/018282

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2003/104360 (18.12.2003 Gazette 2003/51)

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

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Priority:

11.06.2002 US 388385 P
05.09.2002 US 409115 P

(71)	Applicant: Oryxe Energy International, Inc.
	Irvine, CA 92618 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	JORDAN, Frederick, L. Santa Ana, CA 92705 (US) Laub ,Richard ,J. Newport Beach,CA 92660 (US)

(74)	Representative: Woods, Geoffrey Corlett
	J.A. KEMP & CO.Gray's Inn14 South Square London WC1R 5JJ London WC1R 5JJ (GB)

(54)	METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR USING STABILIZED BETA-CAROTENE AS CETANE IMPROVER IN HYDROCARBONACEOUS DIESEL FUELS