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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. 13, 1979
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert G Wall, Pinole, CA (US);
Assignee:
Chevron Research Company, San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568840 ; 568852 ;
Abstract
Ethylene glycol and methanol are prepared in one step by contacting carbon monoxide, hydrogen and formaldehyde in the presence of an alcohol solvent and a catalyst comprising a rhodium compound.