Patents by Inventor Bethany M. Neilson

Bethany M. Neilson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11891464
    Abstract: A compound of formula (1) as drawn in the description, wherein M is a Group 4 metal, one R is a silicon-containing organic solubilizing group, and the other R is a silicon-containing organic solubilizing group or a silicon-free organic solubilizing group. A method of synthesizing the compound (1). A solution of compound (1) in alkane solvent. A catalyst system comprising or made from compound (1) and an activator. A method of polymerizing an olefin monomer with the catalyst system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Bethany M. Neilson, Roger L. Kuhlman, Ian M. Munro, John F. Szul
  • Patent number: 11859031
    Abstract: A compound of formula (1) as drawn herein, wherein M is a Group 4 metal and each R independently is a silicon-free organic solubilizing group. A method of synthesizing the compound (1). A solution of compound (1) in alkane solvent. A catalyst system comprising or made from compound (1) and an activator. A method of polymerizing an olefin monomer with the catalyst system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Bethany M. Neilson, Roger L Kuhlman, Ian M. Munro, John F. Szul
  • Publication number: 20230279165
    Abstract: A process to form a crosslinked composition comprising thermally treating a composition at a temperature ? 25° C., in the presence of moisture, and wherein the composition comprises the following components: a) an olefin/silane interpolymer, b) a cure catalyst selected from the following: i) a metal alkoxide, ii) a metal carboxylate, iii) a metal sulfonate, iv) an aryl sulfonic acid, v) a tris-aryl borane, vi) any combination of two or more from i)-v). Also, a composition comprising the following components a and b, as described above. A process to form an olefin/alkoxysilane interpolymer, and the corresponding composition, said process comprising thermally treating a composition comprising the following components: a) an olefin/silane interpolymer, b) an alcohol, and c) a Lewis acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicants: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Dow Silicones Corporation
    Inventors: Jordan C. Reddel, Mark F. Sonnenschein, David S. Laitar, Andrew B. Shah, Bethany M. Neilson, Colin LiPi Shan, David D. Devore, Jozef J. I. Van Dun, Philip D. Hustad, Zhanjie Li, Zachary S. Kean, Ken Kawamoto
  • Publication number: 20230272206
    Abstract: A process to form a crosslinked composition, the process comprising thermally treating a composition that comprises the following components: a) at least one olefin/silane interpolymer comprising at least one Si—H group, b) at least one peroxide, and c) optionally, at least one crosslinking coagent. A composition that comprises the following components: a) at least one olefin/silane interpolymer comprising at least one Si—H group, b) at least one peroxide, and c) optionally, at least one crosslinking coagent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Gaoxiang Wu, Yabin Sun, Shuqi Lai, Bethany M. Neilson, Colin Li Pi Shan, David S. Laitar, Jordan C. Reddel
  • Publication number: 20230265222
    Abstract: An interpolymer, which comprises at least one siloxane group, and prepared by polymerizing a mixture comprising one or more “addition polymerizable monomers” and at least one siloxane monomer, in the presence of a catalyst system comprising a Group 3-10 metal complex, and the siloxane monomer is selected from the following Formula 1: Aa-Si(Bb)(Cc)(Hh0)—O—(Si(Dd)(Ee) (Hh1)—O)x—Si(Ff)(Gg)(Hh2), described herein. An ethylene/siloxane interpolymer comprising at least one chemical unit of Structure 1, or at least one chemical unit of Structure 2, each described herein. A process to form an interpolymer, which comprises, in polymerized form, at least one siloxane monomer, or at least one silane monomer without a siloxane linkage, said process comprising polymerizing a mixture comprising one or more “addition polymerizable monomers” and at least one monomer of Formula 4, described herein, in the presence of a catalyst system comprising a metal complex from Formula A or Formula B, each described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicants: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Dow Silicones Corporation, Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Liam Spencer, Zachary S. Kean, David D. Devore, Jordan C. Reddel, Bethany M. Neilson, Matthew Olsen, Zhanjie Li, Phillip D. Hustad
  • Publication number: 20230242693
    Abstract: A process to form a crosslinked composition, said process comprising thermally treating a composition that comprises the following components: a) an olefin/silane interpolymer, b) a cure catalyst, and c) a multi-vinyl compound. A composition comprising the following components: a) an olefin/silane interpolymer, b) a cure catalyst, and c) a multi-vinyl compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Andrew B. Shah, Jordan C. Reddel, Zachary S. Kean, Bethany M. Neilson, Gerald F. Billovits, David D. Devore, Mark F. Sonnenschein, David S. Laitar
  • Publication number: 20230203218
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure directed towards converting a non-metallocene precatalyst into a productivity enhanced non-metallocene catalyst. As an example, the present disclosure provides a method of making an productivity enhanced non-metallocene catalyst, the method comprising combining a first non-metallocene precatalyst, an effective amount of an activator, and an effective amount of a productivity-increasing organic compound under conditions effective for the activator and the productivity-increasing organic compound to chemically convert the first non-metallocene precatalyst into the productivity enhanced non-metallocene catalyst; wherein the productivity-increasing organic compound is of formula (A), as detailed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Rhett A. Baillie, Bethany M. Neilson, Roger L. Kuhlman, John F. Szul
  • Publication number: 20230151127
    Abstract: A method of making an attenuated-light-off hybrid catalyst, the method comprising combining a faster-light-off catalyst with an effective amount of a kinetics modifier compound of formula (A1), (B1), or (C1): R5—C?C—R6 (A1), (R5)2C?C?C(R6)2 (B1), or (R5)(R7)C?C(R6)(R7) (C1) as defined herein under effective reaction conditions to give an attenuated hybrid catalyst that exhibits an attenuated light-off kinetics profile (relative to that of the faster-light-off catalyst); wherein the faster-light-off catalyst has been made by activating a hybrid precatalyst (i.e., an unactivated “coordination entity” or “ligand-metal complex”) of structural formula (I): (Cp) (L)k(X)x (I) as defined herein; and related methods, compositions and uses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Bethany M. Neilson, Roger L. Kuhlman, Rhett A. Baillie, John F. Szul
  • Publication number: 20230151126
    Abstract: A method of making an attenuated-light-off post-metallocene catalyst (“attenuated post-metallocene catalyst” or “attenuated P-M catalyst”), the method comprising combining a faster-light-off catalyst with an effective amount of a kinetics modifier compound of formula (A1), (B1), or (C1): R5—C?C—R6 (A1), (R5)2C?C?C(R6)2 (B1), or (R5)(R7)C?C(R6)(R7) (C1) as defined herein under effective reaction conditions to give an attenuated post-metallocene catalyst that exhibits an attenuated light-off kinetics profile (relative to that of the faster-light-off catalyst); wherein the faster-light-off catalyst has been made by activating a post-metallocene precatalyst (i.e., an unactivated “coordination entity” or “ligand-metal complex”) of structural formula (I): (D)dM(T)t(Q)q(X)x (I) as defined herein; and related methods, compositions and uses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Bethany M. Neilson, Roger L. Kuhlman, Rhett A. Baillie, John F. Szul
  • Publication number: 20230144520
    Abstract: A method of making an attenuated-light-off post-metallocene catalyst, the method comprising combining a faster-light-off catalyst with an effective amount of a kinetics modifier compound of formula (A1), (B1), or (C1): R5-C?C—R6 (A1), (R5)2C?C?C(R6)2 (B1), or (R5)(R7)C?C(R6)(R7) (C1) as defined herein under effective reaction conditions to give an attenuated post-metallocene catalyst that exhibits an attenuated light-off monomer uptake profile (relative to that of the faster-light-off catalyst); wherein the faster-light-off catalyst has been made by activating a post-metallocene precatalyst of structural formula (I) as defined herein; and related methods, compositions and uses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Bethany M. Neilson, Roger L. Kuhlman, Rhett A. Baillie, John F. Szul
  • Publication number: 20230132152
    Abstract: A method of making an attenuated-light-off post-metallocene catalyst, the method comprising combining a faster-light-off catalyst with an effective amount of a kinetics modifier compound of formula (A1), (B1), or (C1): R5—C?C—R6 (A1), (R5)2C=C?C(R6)2 (B1), or (R5)(R7)C?C(R6)(R7)(C1) as defined herein under effective reaction conditions to give an attenuated post-metallocene catalyst that exhibits an attenuated light-off monomer uptake profile (relative to that of the faster-light-off catalyst); wherein the faster-light-off catalyst has been made by activating a post-metallocene precatalyst of structural formula (I) as defined herein; and related methods, compositions and uses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Rhett A. Baillie, Bethany M. Neilson, Roger L. Kuhlman, John F. Szul
  • Publication number: 20220403061
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards the use of a supported biphenylphenol polymerization catalyst made from a biphenylphenol polymerization precatalyst of Formula I via a gas-phase or slurry-phase polymerization process under gas-phase or slurry-phase polymerization conditions to make a polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Angela I. Padilla-Acevedo, Andrew J. Young, Roger L. Kuhlman, Ruth Figueroa, Susan Brown, Matthew E. Belowich, David R. Neithamer, Jerzy Klosin, David M. Pearson, Mari S. Rosen, Bethany M. Neilson, Johnathan E. DeLorbe, Leslie E. O'Leary
  • Publication number: 20220049032
    Abstract: A compound of formula (1) as drawn in the description, wherein M is a Group 4 metal, one R is a silicon-containing organic solubilizing group, and the other R is a silicon-containing organic solubilizing group or a silicon-free organic solubilizing group. A method of synthesizing the compound (1). A solution of compound (1) in alkane solvent. A catalyst system comprising or made from compound (1) and an activator. A method of polymerizing an olefin monomer with the catalyst system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Bethany M. Neilson, Roger L. Kuhlman, Ian M. Munro, John F. Szul
  • Publication number: 20220010045
    Abstract: A compound of formula (1) as drawn herein, wherein M is a Group 4 metal and each R independently is a silicon-free organic solubilizing group. A method of synthesizing the compound (1). A solution of compound (1) in alkane solvent. A catalyst system comprising or made from compound (1) and an activator. A method of polymerizing an olefin monomer with the catalyst system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Bethany M. Neilson, Roger L. Kuhlman, Ian M. Munro, John F. Szul
  • Publication number: 20210403615
    Abstract: A method of polymerizing an olefin monomer to make a polyolefin composition comprising a polyolefin polymer, the method comprising contacting a solution of an alkane-soluble non-metallocene precatalyst dissolved in an alkane solvent with an activator so as to make a trim catalyst comprising an alkane-soluble non-metallocene catalyst, feeding the trim catalyst, as a solution in an alkane solvent or supported on a support material as a dry powder or a slurry thereof in an alkane solvent, into a polymerization reactor, and polymerizing the olefin monomer with the trim catalyst in the polymerization reactor, thereby making the polyolefin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Roger L. Kuhlman, Bethany M. Neilson, John F. Szul, Ian M. Munro
  • Patent number: 9983327
    Abstract: A magnetic nanoparticle suitable for imaging a geological structure having one or more magnetic metal or metal oxide nanoparticles with a polymer grafted to the surface to form a magnetic nanoparticle, wherein the magnetic nanoparticle displays a colloidal stability under harsh salinity conditions or in a standard API brine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Keith P. Johnston, Christopher W. Bielawski, Hitesh G. Bagaria, Ki Youl Yoon, Bethany M. Neilson, Chun Huh, Steven L. Bryant, Edward Lee Foster, Zheng Xue, Lynn Michelle Foster
  • Publication number: 20150268370
    Abstract: A magnetic nanoparticle suitable for imaging a geological structure having one or more magnetic metal or metal oxide nanoparticles with a polymer grafted to the surface to form a magnetic nanoparticle, wherein the magnetic nanoparticle displays a colloidal stability under harsh salinity conditions or in a standard API brine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Keith P. Johnston, Christopher W. Bielawski, Hitesh G. Bagaria, Ki Youl Yoon, Bethany M. Neilson, Chun Huh, Steven L. Bryant, Edward Lee Foster, Zheng Xue, Lynn Michelle Foster