EP0239320A3 - Liquid fuel compositions - Google Patents

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EP0239320A3
EP0239320A3 EP87302351A EP87302351A EP0239320A3 EP 0239320 A3 EP0239320 A3 EP 0239320A3 EP 87302351 A EP87302351 A EP 87302351A EP 87302351 A EP87302351 A EP 87302351A EP 0239320 A3 EP0239320 A3 EP 0239320A3
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liquid fuel
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Robert Dryden Tack
Kenneth Lewtas
Iain More
Gerald Ivan Brown
June Kathleen Costello
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ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc
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    • C10—PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
    • C10L—FUELS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NATURAL GAS; SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS OBTAINED BY PROCESSES NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C10G, C10K; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; ADDING MATERIALS TO FUELS OR FIRES TO REDUCE SMOKE OR UNDESIRABLE DEPOSITS OR TO FACILITATE SOOT REMOVAL; FIRELIGHTERS
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    • C10L—FUELS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NATURAL GAS; SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS OBTAINED BY PROCESSES NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C10G, C10K; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; ADDING MATERIALS TO FUELS OR FIRES TO REDUCE SMOKE OR UNDESIRABLE DEPOSITS OR TO FACILITATE SOOT REMOVAL; FIRELIGHTERS
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    • C10L—FUELS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NATURAL GAS; SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS OBTAINED BY PROCESSES NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C10G, C10K; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; ADDING MATERIALS TO FUELS OR FIRES TO REDUCE SMOKE OR UNDESIRABLE DEPOSITS OR TO FACILITATE SOOT REMOVAL; FIRELIGHTERS
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    • C10—PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
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    • C10L1/1973—Macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions involving only carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds derived from monomers containing a carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bond and an acyloxy group of a saturated carboxylic or carbonic acid mono-carboxylic
EP87302351A 1986-03-18 1987-03-18 Liquid fuel compositions Expired - Lifetime EP0239320B1 (en)

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GB868606656A GB8606656D0 (en) 1986-03-18 1986-03-18 Fuel oil compositions
GB8609293 1986-04-16
GB868609293A GB8609293D0 (en) 1986-03-18 1986-04-16 Liquid fuel compositions

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EP0239320A2 EP0239320A2 (en) 1987-09-30
EP0239320A3 true EP0239320A3 (en) 1988-01-13
EP0239320B1 EP0239320B1 (en) 1993-12-29

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KR (1) KR950009004B1 (en)
CN (1) CN1024014C (en)
AU (1) AU590827B2 (en)
DE (1) DE3788585T2 (en)
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GB (1) GB8609293D0 (en)

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JPH01103698A (en) * 1987-07-28 1989-04-20 Sumitomo Chem Co Ltd Fuel oil composition
GB9504222D0 (en) * 1995-03-02 1995-04-19 Exxon Chemical Patents Inc Fuel oil compositions
GB9725578D0 (en) 1997-12-03 1998-02-04 Exxon Chemical Patents Inc Oil additives and compositions
GB9725579D0 (en) 1997-12-03 1998-02-04 Exxon Chemical Patents Inc Additives and oil compositions
GB9725581D0 (en) 1997-12-03 1998-02-04 Exxon Chemical Patents Inc Additives and oil compositions
US6136050A (en) * 1998-06-22 2000-10-24 Tonen Corporation Diesel fuel oil composition
US8053614B2 (en) 2005-12-12 2011-11-08 Neste Oil Oyj Base oil
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FR2305492A1 (en) * 1975-03-28 1976-10-22 Exxon Research Engineering Co FUEL-OIL WITH A COMPOUND ADDITIVE TO IMPROVE COLD FLOW

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GB8609293D0 (en) 1986-05-21
EP0239320B1 (en) 1993-12-29
DE3788585D1 (en) 1994-02-10
AU7014187A (en) 1987-09-24
AU590827B2 (en) 1989-11-16
CN1024014C (en) 1994-03-16
JPS62270687A (en) 1987-11-25
DE3788585T2 (en) 1994-04-28
ES2048157T3 (en) 1994-03-16
KR870008998A (en) 1987-10-22
EP0239320A2 (en) 1987-09-30
JP2514199B2 (en) 1996-07-10
CN87102962A (en) 1987-12-16

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