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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:
Nov. 20, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nick Allen Collins, Fall Branch, TN (US);
Steven Thomas Perri, Kingsport, TN (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
Abstract
A process for recovering an organic acid or a metal salt thereof includes contacting an alcoholic phase containing one or more organic acid(s) or metal salt(s) thereof with water under conditions effective to provide an aqueous phase containing a portion of the organic acid(s) or metal salt(s) thereof. The aqueous phase does not contain substantial amounts of the alcohol(s). This process can also include recovery of the organic acid(s) or metal salt(s) thereof from the aqueous phase.