Patents by Inventor Eric D. Whetmore

Eric D. Whetmore 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).

  • Catalysts comprising salan ligands
    Patent number: 8957171
    Abstract: Catalysts comprising salan ligands with carbazole moieties. Also, catalyst systems comprising the catalyst and an activator; methods to prepare the ligands, catalysts and catalyst systems; processes to polymerize olefins using the catalysts and/or catalyst systems; and the olefin polymers prepared according to the processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignees: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc., Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd.
    Inventors: Garth R. Giesbrecht, Gregory S. Day, Matthew W. Holtcamp, Moshe Kol, David A. Cano, Eric D. Whetmore, Konstantin Press
  • Diphenylamine salan catalyst
    Patent number: 8937137
    Abstract: Catalysts comprising Salan ligands with bridged or unbridged diphenyl amine moieties. Also, catalyst systems comprising the catalyst and an activator; methods to prepare the ligands, catalysts and catalyst systems; processes to polymerize olefins using the catalysts and/or catalyst systems; and the olefin polymers prepared according to the processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignees: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc., Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd.
    Inventors: Matthew W. Holtcamp, Meagan E. Evans, David A. Cano, Eric D. Whetmore, Gregory S. Day, Moshe Kol
  • Diphenylamine salan catalyst
    Publication number: 20140275454
    Abstract: Catalysts comprising Salan ligands with bridged or unbridged diphenyl amine moieties. Also, catalyst systems comprising the catalyst and an activator; methods to prepare the ligands, catalysts and catalyst systems; processes to polymerize olefins using the catalysts and/or catalyst systems; and the olefin polymers prepared according to the processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicants: Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd., ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew W. Holtcamp, Meagan E. Evans, David A. Cano, Eric D. Whetmore, Gregory S. Day, Moshe Kol
  • Catalysts Comprising Salan Ligands
    Publication number: 20140039138
    Abstract: Catalysts comprising salan ligands with carbazole moieties. Also, catalyst systems comprising the catalyst and an activator; methods to prepare the ligands, catalysts and catalyst systems; processes to polymerize olefins using the catalysts and/or catalyst systems; and the olefin polymers prepared according to the processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Garth R. Giesbrecht, Gregory S. Day, Matthew W. Holtcamp, Moshe Kol, David A. Cano, Eric D. Whetmore, Konstantin Press