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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. 18, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Merck Patent GmbH, Darmstadt, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 1/00 ;
Abstract
A process for preparing mannitol from fructose is described and entails the hydrogenation of fructose taking place in the presence of a Raney copper catalyst and being carried out continuously.