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(11) EP 4 323 706 A1

(12)

(43) Date of publication:
21.02.2024 Bulletin 2024/08

(21) Application number: 22720839.4

(22) Date of filing: 11.04.2022
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
F25J 1/00(2006.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
F25J 1/0022; F25J 1/0042; F25J 1/005; F25J 1/0072; F25J 1/0208; F25J 1/0288; F25J 1/029; F25J 1/0294; F25J 3/0209; F25J 3/0233; F25J 3/0247; F25J 2200/02; F25J 2200/40; F25J 2200/70; F25J 2200/76; F25J 2210/06; F25J 2215/04; F25J 2220/62; F25J 2220/64; F25J 2230/20; F25J 2270/16; F25J 2270/42; F25J 2270/88
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2022/024190
(87) International publication number:
WO 2022/221160 (20.10.2022 Gazette 2022/42)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME
Designated Validation States:
KH MA MD TN

(30) Priority: 15.04.2021 US 202163175207 P

(71) Applicant: Praxair Technology, Inc.
Danbury, CT 06810 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • HOWARD, Henry Edward
    Grand Island, NY 14072 (US)

(74) Representative: Schwan Schorer & Partner mbB 
Patentanwälte Bauerstraße 22
80796 München
80796 München (DE)

   


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