.~ Synthesis from methane or inorganic carbon source, e.g., coal, etc.
DEFINITION
Classification: 585/943
Synthesis from methane or inorganic carbon source, e.g., coal, etc.:
Collection of documents (under unnumbered subclass SPECIAL CHEMICAL CONSIDERATIONS) which disclose synthesis of hydrocarbons from CH4, elemental carbon, or an inorganic carbon compound.
(1) Note. Inorganic compounds are those which do not fall under the definition of carbon compounds given in the class definition of Class 260 and also the following compounds which are considered inorganic: hydrocyanic acid, cyanogen, isocyanic acid, cyanamide, cyanogen halides, isothiocyanic acid, fulminic acid, and metal carbides.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
538+, for acetylene manufacture from methane.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
208, Mineral Oils: Products and Processes,
400, for a process in which coal or other solid mineral material is converted to a liquid mixture of materials
similar to petroleum or a petroleum fraction. 518, Chemistry: Fischer-Tropsch Processes; or Purification or Recovery of Products Thereof, for the manufacture of hydrocarbons from hydrogen and carbon oxides.
