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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:
Oct. 14, 1980
Filed:
May. 07, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shigeto Suzuki, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Chevron Research Company, San Francisco, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
562579 ; 562518 ;
Abstract
A process for preparing glycolic acid which comprises contacting formaldehyde with formic acid in the presence of hydrogen fluoride present in an amount to serve as both catalyst and solvent for the reactants and reaction mixture.