Europaisches Patentamt European Patent Office EUROPEAN 0 445 © Publication number: Office europeen des brevets A3 APPLICATION PATENT int. Ci.5; C08G © Application number: 91103324.9 738 65/00, C08G 6 5 / 3 2 @ Date of filing: 05.03.91 © Priority: 06.03.90 IT 1958590 I-28040 Dormelletto, Novara(IT) Inventor: Pasquale, Antonio 8, Corso Milano 1-28100 Novara(IT) Inventor: Staccione, Anna Maria, Dr. 14, Viale San Michele del Carso 1-20144 Milan(IT) Inventor: Marchionni, Giuseppe, Dr. 8, Via Vallisneri 1-20133 Milan(IT) @ Date of publication of application: 11.09.91 Bulletin 91/37 © Designated Contracting States: BE DE ES FR GB NL © Date of deferred publication of the search report: 28.10.92 Bulletin 92/44 © Applicant: AUSIMONT S.p.A. Foro Buonaparte, 31 1-20121 Milano(IT) © @ Inventor: Marraccini, Antonio, Dr. 3, Corso Riviera Representative: Barz, Peter, Dr. et al Patentanwalte Dipl.-lng. G. Dannenberg Dr. P. Weinhold, Dr. D. Gudel Dipl.-lng. S. Schubert, Dr. P. Barz Siegfriedstrasse 8 W-8000 Munchen 40(DE) © Perfluoropolyethers and processes for preparing them. © Described are new perfluoropolyethers of general formula: AO(CF.O) a (CF--CF0), O X CO < wherein: A and B X (CFO) (O) ,B (I) 0 I X are end groups, represents a group (R'0)mR" wherein R' is selected from -CF2-, -CF2-CF2- and 00 00 -CF--CF-, z i CF. R" is a perfluoroalkyl group; and m ranges from 0 to 6. The invention also relates to processes for preparing said perfluoropolyethers and other classes of nonperoxidic perfluoropolyethers derived therefrom. Rank Xerox (UK) Business Services European Patent Office J Application Number EUROPEAN SEARCH REPORT EP DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED TO BE RELEVANT Citation of document with indication, where appropriate, Relevant Category of relevant passages to claim EP-A-0 259 980 (MINNESOTA MINING AND D.X 1,8-12 MANUFACTURING COMPANY) * page 18, line 24 - page 23, line 20; claims 1-12; examples * EP-A-0 393 700 (AUSIM0NT) 91 10 3324 CLASSIFICATION OF THE APPLICATION ant. Cl.S ) C08G65/00 C08G65/32 1,3-6 * claims; example 14 * D.A US-A-3 699 145 (D. SIANESI ET AL. ) * column 4, line 31 - line 68 * D.A US-A-3 810 874 ( R. A. MITSCH ET AL. ) * column 1, line 55 - column 2, line 72 * 11 A.P EP-A-0 393 230 (AUSIM0NT) * claims * & IT-A-4 786 989 11 D TECHNICAL FIELDS SEARCHED (Int. CI.5 ) C08G The present search report has been drawn up for all claims Placeof uarch Date ofCM*rieUoaofthe iearca BERLIN 20 AUGUST 1992 CATEGORY OF CITED DOCUMENTS X: particularly relevant if taken alone Y: particularly relevant if combined with another document of the same category A: technological background O : non-written disclosure P : intermediate document BOEKER R. T : theory or principle underlying the invention E : earlier patent document, but published on, or after the filing date D : document cited in the application L : document cited for other reasons A: member of the same patent family, corresponding document