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(11) EP 2 004 781 A1

(12)

(43) Date of publication:
24.12.2008 Bulletin 2008/52

(21) Application number: 07754306.4

(22) Date of filing: 28.03.2007
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
C10M 169/04(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2007/007765
(87) International publication number:
WO 2007/126951 (08.11.2007 Gazette 2007/45)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE

(30) Priority: 31.03.2006 US 788235 P
23.02.2007 US 710374

(71) Applicant: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
Annandale NJ 08801-0900 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • POIRIER, Marc-Andre
    Sarnia, Ontario, N7W1C1 (CA)
  • WARDLOW, Andrea, B.
    Cherry Hill, NJ 08034 (US)

(74) Representative: Troch, Geneviève 
ExxonMobil Chemical Europe Inc. I.P. Law Shared Services P.O. Box 105 Hermeslaan 2
1831 Machelen
1831 Machelen (BE)

   


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