ISOMERIZATION PROCESS USING METAL-MODIFIED SMALL CRYSTALLITE MTT MOLECULAR SIEVE - Patent 2074199

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EP 2 074 199 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	31.07.2008

(43)	Date of publication:
	01.07.2009 Bulletin 2009/27

(21)	Application number: 07843768.8

(22)	Date of filing: 03.10.2007

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

C10G 73/02^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2007/080340

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2008/042979 (10.04.2008 Gazette 2008/15)

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

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Priority:

04.10.2006 US 828193 P
02.10.2007 US 866281

(71)	Applicant: Chevron U.S.A., Inc.
	San Ramon, CA 94583 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	ZONES, Stacey I. San Francisco, California 94122 (US) KRISHNA, Kamala Danville, CA 94526 (US)

(74)	Representative: Nash, David Allan
	Haseltine Lake LLP Redcliff Quay 120 Redcliff Street Bristol BS1 6HU Bristol BS1 6HU (GB)

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