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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:
Feb. 23, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 26, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
John M McIntyre, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Assignee:
The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
204 80 ;
Abstract
A method of converting olefins, preferably butylene or propylene into oxides is disclosed. A metal halide salt, preferably KBr, is introduced into an electrochemical cell wherein the cathode has a gas side preferably supplied with oxygen and operated at a low voltage to suppress hydrogen production.