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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:
Jan. 22, 1980
Filed:
Jun. 15, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ted J Logan, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11C / ; C11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
260415 ; 260413 ; 260416 ; 562598 ; 562606 ;
Abstract
A process for hydrolyzing methyl esters having carboxylic acid moieties containing 6 to 22 carbon atoms involves reacting said esters with water in the presence of carboxylic acid and strong acid catalysts to produce acid corresponding to reactant ester and methanol and driving the reaction toward completion by removing the methanol.