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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1998

Filed:

Sep. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:

Douglas S Hubbell, Sudbury, MA (US);

Philippe W Rutten, Delft, NL;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
585815 ; 585805 ; 585813 ; 585814 ;
Abstract

Improved process and apparatus for purifying paraxylene from mixed C8-aromatic feedstocks are disclosed in which the use of at least two crystallization stages operated at different temperatures in combination with a final product separator improves purity and recovery while reducing capital and energy costs.


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