Patents by Inventor Lawrence Szmutko

Lawrence Szmutko 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: 10899113
    Abstract: Multilayer cast films with an ethylene/?-olefin copolymer core layer, and inner and outer layers containing low density polyethylene homopolymers, and multilayer cast films with an ethylene polymer core layer, and inner and outer layers containing ethylene/?-olefin copolymers, are described. These cast films have a reduced tendency to block, and are useful in various food packaging applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: James A. Solis, Lawrence Szmutko, Charles D. Mills, Jung-Kwang D. Kang
  • Publication number: 20180170015
    Abstract: Multilayer cast films with an ethylene/?-olefin copolymer core layer, and inner and outer layers containing low density polyethylene homopolymers, and multilayer cast films with an ethylene polymer core layer, and inner and outer layers containing ethylene/?-olefin copolymers, are described. These cast films have a reduced tendency to block, and are useful in various food packaging applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: James A. Solis, Lawrence Szmutko, Charles D. Mills, Jung-Kwang D. Kang
  • Patent number: 8852748
    Abstract: A polymeric resin having a density of greater than about 0.960 g/cc, a melt index of from about 1.3 g/10 min. to about 2.8 g/10 min., a zero shear viscosity of from about 1×104 Pa*s to about 1×105 Pa*s, a recoverable shear parameter of from about 220 to about 370, and a CY-a parameter of from about 0.155 to about 0.200. A polymeric resin having an initial tension defined by the equation IT??1.67*(MI)+b where b is 5.17 and a percent decrease in the extrusion pressure of the resin of about 30% when compared to polymer resin of similar melt index prepared with a catalyst that has not undergone an activation comprising an oxidation, reduction, oxidation sequence wherein the resin when formed into a film has a moisture vapor transmission rate of from about 0.21 g.mil/100 in2/day to about 0.33 g.mil/100 in2/day.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Ashish M. Sukhadia, Max P. McDaniel, Ted Cymbaluk, Rajendra K. Krishnaswamy, Lawrence Szmutko
  • Patent number: 7951881
    Abstract: A method comprising (a) providing a catalyst comprising chromium and a support having a pore volume of from about 1.7 ml/g to about 3.5 ml/g and a surface area of from about 450 m2/g to about 700 m2/g, (b) oxidizing the catalyst to form an oxidized catalyst, (c) reducing the oxidized catalyst to form an oxidized reduced catalyst, (d) oxidizing the oxidized reduced catalyst to form an activated catalyst, (e) contacting the activated catalyst with an olefin under conditions suitable to form a polyolefin, and (f) recovering the polyolefin, wherein the polyolefin has a density of greater than about 0.960 g/cc and a melt index of from about 1.3 g/10 min. to about 2.8 g/10 min.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Ashish M. Sukhadia, Max P. McDaniel, Ted Cymbaluk, Rajendra K. Krishnaswamy, Lawrence Szmutko
  • Publication number: 20100221475
    Abstract: A polymeric resin having a density of greater than about 0.960 g/cc, a melt index of from about 1.3 g/10 min. to about 2.8 g/10 min., a zero shear viscosity of from about 1×104 Pa*s to about 1×105 Pa*s, a recoverable shear parameter of from about 220 to about 370, and a CY-a parameter of from about 0.155 to about 0.200. A polymeric resin having an initial tension defined by the equation IT??1.67*(MI)+b where b is 5.17 and a percent decrease in the extrusion pressure of the resin of about 30% when compared to polymer resin of similar melt index prepared with a catalyst that has not undergone an activation comprising an oxidation, reduction, oxidation sequence wherein the resin when formed into a film has a moisture vapor transmission rate of from about 0.21 g.mil/100 in2/day to about 0.33 g.mil/100 in2/day.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Ashish M. Sukhadia, Max P. McDaniel, Ted Cymbaluk, Rajendra K. Krishnaswamy, Lawrence Szmutko
  • Publication number: 20100222527
    Abstract: A method comprising (a) providing a catalyst comprising chromium and a support having a pore volume of from about 1.7 ml/g to about 3.5 ml/g and a surface area of from about 450 m2/g to about 700 m2/g, (b) oxidizing the catalyst to form an oxidized catalyst, (c) reducing the oxidized catalyst to form an oxidized reduced catalyst, (d) oxidizing the oxidized reduced catalyst to form an activated catalyst, (e) contacting the activated catalyst with an olefin under conditions suitable to form a polyolefin, and (f) recovering the polyolefin, wherein the polyolefin has a density of greater than about 0.960 g/cc and a melt index of from about 1.3 g/10 min. to about 2.8 g/10 min.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Ashish M. Sukhadia, Max P. McDaniel, Ted Cymbaluk, Rajendra K. Krishnaswamy, Lawrence Szmutko