MANUFACTURE OF HIGHER HYDROCARBONS FROM METHANE, VIA METHANESULFONIC ACID, SULFENE, AND OTHER PATHWAYS - Patent 1720831

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EP 1 720 831 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	15.11.2006 Bulletin 2006/46

(21)	Application number: 04810350.1

(22)	Date of filing: 05.11.2004

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

C07C 315/00^(2006.01)
C07C 5/31^(2006.01)
C07C 4/02^(2006.01)

C07C 319/00^(2006.01)
C07C 1/00^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2004/036831

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2005/044789 (19.05.2005 Gazette 2005/20)

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

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Priority:

05.11.2003 WO PCT/US03/35396
15.04.2004 US 562675 P
21.06.2004 WO PCT/US2004/001997

(71)	Applicant: Richards, Alan K.
	Houston, TX 77042 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	Richards, Alan K. Houston, TX 77042 (US)

(74)	Representative: Ettmayr, Andreas et al
	Kehl & Ettmayr Patentanwälte Friedrich-Herschel-Strasse 9 81679 München 81679 München (DE)

(54)	MANUFACTURE OF HIGHER HYDROCARBONS FROM METHANE, VIA METHANESULFONIC ACID, SULFENE, AND OTHER PATHWAYS