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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. 23, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ayusman Sen, State College, PA (US);
Minren Lin, State College, PA (US);
Assignee:
Gas Research Institute, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
562542 ;
Abstract
A process for direct oxidative carbonylation of lower alkanes to acids having one greater carbon atom. The process uses a metal salt catalyst promoted by halide ions and/or a metal with oxygen as the oxidant in an aqueous medium. The process is especially effective for conversion of methane to acetic acid.