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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:
Jun. 25, 1991
Filed:
May. 24, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignees:
Institut Francais du Petrole, Rueil-Malmaison, FR;
Elf France, Courbevoie, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ; B01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
202158 ; 203 29 ; 203D / ; 261 97 ; 422193 ; 422194 ; 422195 ; 568699 ;
Abstract
The invention concerns a process and apparatus for manufacturing methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) by reacting methanol with an isobutene-containing hydrocarbon mixture. This process is characterized by the steps of: