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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:
Apr. 17, 1979
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Paul D Taylor, Clinton, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Celanese Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; B01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568902 ; 252438 ;
Abstract
This invention provides an improved process for converting methanol into ethanol and ethanol precursors with higher efficiency than prior art methods. This invention further provides a novel heterogeneous co-catalyst system adapted for alkanol homologation which consists essentially of cobalt carbonyl and rhenium metal.