Patents by Inventor Geir Morten Johansen

Geir Morten Johansen 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).

  • Polyethylene composition with improved stress crack resistance/stiffness relation for blow moulding
    Patent number: 7875691
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyethylene composition wherein (i) the composition has an MFR2 of 0.05 to 100 g/10 min, (ii) the environmental stress crack resistance ESCR measured according to the FNCT at 12 MPa and 23° C. in hours and the E-modulus EM measured according to ISO 527-2: 1993 satisfy the following relation: ESCR>?0.244 EM h/MPa+416 h (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Borealis Technology Oy
    Inventors: Eggen Svein, Katrin Nord-Varhaug, Geir Morten Johansen
  • USE OF POLYPROPYLENE HAVING CHAIN BRANCHING TO BROADEN THE PROCESSING WINDOW IN THE INJECTION STRETCH BLOW MOLDING
    Publication number: 20100063212
    Abstract: Use of polypropylene having long chain branching to broaden the processing window in the injection stretch blow moulding of at least one propylene polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: BOREALIS TECHNOLOGY OY
    Inventors: Harry Oysaed, Geir Morten Johansen, Tung Pham
  • ARTICLE
    Publication number: 20100003435
    Abstract: The present invention provides an article comprising a biaxially oriented polypropylene composition, wherein said composition comprises a multimodal polypropylene and a polymeric nucleating agent. The articles are suitable for use in the medical and food industries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Inventors: Harry Oysaedm, Pirjo Jaaskelainen, Espen Ommundsen, Geir Morten Johansen, Max Wach-Holder
  • Multimodal Polypropylene Polymer Composition
    Publication number: 20090306271
    Abstract: A multimodal polymer composition comprising: (A) a polypropylene homopolymer or a propylene random copolymer comprising propylene and up to 5 weight % of comonomer selected from ethylene and/or C4-10 alpha olefin; and (B) a random copolymer of propylene and comonomer selected from ethylene and/or C4-10 alpha olefin; wherein the total comonomer content of the polymer composition is at least 0.5 wt % and the melt flow rate of the polymer blend is at least 6 g/10 min when measured according to ISO 1133 at 230° C. and a load of 2.16 kg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: BOREALIS TECHNOLOGY OY
    Inventors: Espen Ommundsen, Pirjo Jaaskelainen, Max Wacholder, Markus Gahleitner, Harry Oysaed, Geir Morten Johansen
  • Shrink film
    Patent number: 7517941
    Abstract: A shrink film comprising a polyethylene film of thickness 5 to 500 ?m, wherein the polyethylene comprises an ethylene homopolymer-copolymer mixture having a molecular weight distribution in the range of 5 to 40, and a weight average molecular weight of at least 100 kD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Borealis Technology Oy
    Inventors: Ole Jan Myhre, Merete Skar, Hans Georg Daviknes, Kjetil Larsen Borve, Geir Morten Johansen
  • Shrink film
    Patent number: 7504141
    Abstract: A shrink film comprising a polyethylene film, characterized in that said polyethylene is an ethylene copolymer mixture having a molecular weight distribution in the range 10 to 35, a density of 915 to 940 kg/m3, a weight average molecular weight of at least 100000 D and an MFR2.16 (190° C.) of 0.1 to 0.9 kg/m3, which copolymer mixture is produced by a two or more stage copolymerization of ethylene and 2 to 10% mole (relative to ethylene) of a C3-12 alpha-olefin comonomer in a series of reactors including at least one slurry loop reactor and at least one gas phase reactor using a heterogeneous Ziegler-Natta catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Borealis Technology Oy
    Inventors: Ole Jan Myhre, Merete Skar, Hans Georg Daviknes, Kjetil Larsen Brove, Geir Morten Johansen
  • Polyethylene Composition with Improved Stress Crack Resistance/Stiffness Relation for Blow Moulding
    Publication number: 20080269422
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyethylene composition wherein (i) the composition has an MFR2 of 0.05 to 100 g/10 min, (ii) the environmental stress crack resistance ESCR measured according to the FNCT at 12 MPa and 23° C. in hours and the E-modulus EM measured according to ISO 527-2: 1993 satisfy the following relation: ESCR>?0.244 EM h/MPa+416 h (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Eggen Svein, Geir Morten Johansen