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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 1977
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Minoru Osugi, Niigata, JA;
Takako Endo, Niigata, JA;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc., Tokyo, JA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2606 / ;
Abstract
Methanol is dehydrogenated at 500-750.degree. C. using a catalyst whose active components are copper, zinc and sulfur to form a stable product containing 30 to 85% by weight of formaldehyde, 0 to 2% by weight of water, the balance being methanol.