Patents by Inventor Martin Alexander Zuideveld
Martin Alexander Zuideveld 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).
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Publication number: 20240166780Abstract: A process for the production of a propylene homopolymer or a propylene-ethylene copolymer includes polymerizing propylene and optional ethylene comonomers in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the catalyst is obtainable by a process of A) providing a Ziegler-Natta procatalyst including contacting a magnesium-containing support with i) a halogen-containing titanium compound, ii) ethylbenzoate as an activator, iii) and as internal donor an aminobenzoate compound according to formula B preferably 4-[benzoyl(methyl)amino]pentan-2-yl benzoate (AB); and B) contacting the Ziegler-Natta procatalyst obtained in step A) with a co-catalyst and a Selectivity Control Agent (SCA) in combination with an Activity Limiting Agent (ALA) to obtain the catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2022Publication date: May 23, 2024Inventors: Martin Alexander Zuideveld, Henrica Norberta Alberta Maria Steenbakkers-Menting, Sang Yull Kim, Marios Lagoidis
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Publication number: 20240067765Abstract: A process for preparing a procatalyst for polymerization of olefins, comprising contacting a magnesium-containing support with a halogen-containing titanium compound, and an internal electron donor according to Formula (I), said process comprising the steps of: i) contacting a compound R4zMgX42-z with an alkoxy- or aryloxy-containing silane compound to give a first intermediate reaction product, being a solid Mg(OR1)xX12-x, ii) optionally contacting the solid Mg(OR1)xX12-x obtained in step ii) with at least one activating compound selected from the group formed by activating electron donors and metal alkoxide compounds of formula M1(OR2)v-w(OR3)w or M2(OR2)v-w(R3)w, to obtain a second intermediate product; iii) contacting the first or second intermediate reaction product, obtained respectively in step i) or ii), with a halogen-containing Ti-compound and said compound represented Formula (I), as the internal electron donor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2020Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Martin Alexander ZUIDEVELD, Anika MEPPELDER, Dafne Lise STEINFORT, Kiran Arunkumar PUTHAMANE, Mudubagilu Udaya KUMAR
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Patent number: 11879026Abstract: The invention relates to a polypropylene composition comprising a terpolymer containing propylene, ethylene and 1-hexene wherein the polypropylene composition (i) has a content of ethylene derived units of at least 1.5 wt %; (ii) has a content of 1-hexene derived units of at least 1.5 wt %; (iii) has a melt flow rate of 0.10 to 0.70 g/10 min determined by ISO 1133-1:2011 (230° C., 2.16 kg); and (iv) has a ratio of weight average molecular weight (Mw) to numeric average molecular (Mn) weight of the terpolymer of 7.0 to 20.0, wherein Mw and Mn are measured according to ASTM D6474-12.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2019Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.Inventors: Henrica Norberta Alberta Maria Steenbakkers-Menting, Patrick Elisabeth Luc Voets, Desiree Marie Louise Seegers, Erik Delsman, Ibrahim Mohammad Alsugai, Musaad Al-Sadhan, Martin Alexander Zuideveld, Akhlaq Moman
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Patent number: 11584847Abstract: The invention relates to a polypropylene composition comprising a propylene homopolymer or propylene-ethylene copolymer having an ethylene content of at most 1.0 wt % based on the propylene-ethylene copolymer, wherein the amount of propylene homopolymer or propylene-ethylene copolymer is at least 98 wt %, for example at least 98.5 wt %, preferably at least 99 wt %, more preferably at least 99.5, for example at least 99.75 wt % based on the polypropylene composition, wherein the polypropylene composition has a melt flow rate in the range of 0.70 to 2.4 dg/min as measured according to IS01 133 (2.16 kg/230° C.), an Mw/Mn in the range from 7.0 to 13.0, wherein Mw stands for the weight average molecular weight and Mn stands for the number average weight, an Mz/Mn is in the range from 20 to 50, wherein Mz stands for the z-average molecular weight and wherein Mw, Mn and Mz are measured according to ASTM D6474-12.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2018Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.Inventors: Patrick Elisabeth Luc Voets, Henrica Norberta Alberta Maria Steenbakkers-Menting, Martin Alexander Zuideveld, Akhlaq A. Moman, Waltraud Voigtlander
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Publication number: 20220339592Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the polymerization of olefin monomers in the presence of a catalyst system, using a tubular pre-polymerization reactor, wherein the tubular pre-polymerization reactor has a length L and the flow of a catalyst system is introduced in the tubular pre-polymerization reactor in the middle (30-70% of L) or the end (70-95% of L) of the tubular pre-polymerization reactor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2020Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Mpho Prudence SETLHAKU, Martin Alexander ZUIDEVELD, Bobby Johannes Henricus Hubertus SMEETS
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Patent number: 11312795Abstract: A catalyst for olefin polymerization containing at least one metal complex comprising at least one —SF5 group attached to a ligand bound to the metal. The invention further relates to catalyst, a process for making polyolefins and dispersions of UHMWPE.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2018Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.Inventors: Nicolaas Hendrika Friederichs, Martin Alexander Zuideveld, Philip Kenyon, Stefan Mecking
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Patent number: 11306197Abstract: The invention relates to a polypropylene composition comprising a propylene homopolymer or propylene-ethylene copolymer having an ethylene content of at most (1.0) wt % based on the propylene-ethylene copolymer, wherein the amount of propylene homopolymer or propylene-ethylene copolymer is at least (98) wt %, for example at least (98.5) wt %, preferably at least (99) wt %, more preferably at least (99.5), for example at least (99.75) wt % based on the polypropylene composition, wherein the polypropylene composition has a melt flow rate in the range of (0.10) to less than (0.70) dg/min as measured according to ISO1133 (2.16 kg/230° C.), an Mw/Mn in the range from (7.0) to (13.0), wherein Mw stands for the weight average molecular weight and Mn stands for the number average weight, an Mz/Mn is in the range from (20) to (50), wherein Mz stands for the z-average molecular weight and wherein Mw, Mn and Mz are measured according to ASTM (D6474-12).Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2018Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.Inventors: Henrica Norberta Alberta Maria Steenbakkers-Menting, Patrick Elisabeth Luc Voets, Martin Alexander Zuideveld, Akhlaq A. Moman
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Patent number: 11261266Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the polymerization of a polyolefin, preferably polypropylene, in a polymerization reactor by contacting one or more olefins, preferably propylene, with a catalyst system in said reactor while stirring, said catalyst system comprising: * a procatalyst comprising 1) a magnesium-containing support, 2) titanium, 3) a phthalate-free internal electron donor; and 4) optionally an activator; wherein said procatalyst is obtained by the following process: i) contacting a compound R4, MgX42—, with an alkoxy- or aryloxy-containing silane compound to give a first intermediate reaction product, being a solid Mg(OR1)xX12-x, R4 is the same as R1 being a linear, branched or cyclic hydrocarbyl group independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkoxycarbonyl or alkylaryl groups, and one or more combinations thereof; wherein said hydrocarbyl group may be substituted or unsubstituted, may contain one or more heteroatoms and preferably has between 1 and 20 carbon atoms;Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2018Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.Inventor: Martin Alexander Zuideveld
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Patent number: 11254758Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing a procatalyst for polymerization of olefins, said process comprising contacting a magnesium-containing support with a halogen-containing titanium compound, an internal electron donor being a substituted 1,2-phenylene aromatic diester compound.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2018Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.Inventors: Martin Alexander Zuideveld, Aurora Alexandra Batinas-Geurts, Dafne Lise Steinfort
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Patent number: 11186653Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the continuous production of a polyolefin, preferably polypropylene, in a horizontal stirred bed polymerization reactor by contacting one or more olefins, preferably propylene, with a catalyst system while stirring, said catalyst system comprising: * a procatalyst comprising i) titanium; ii) a magnesium-containing support, preferably a magnesium chloride-containing support, and iii) an internal electron donor; * optionally an external electron donor; and * a co-catalyst, being a alkyl aluminum catalyst having formula AlXnR3-n, wherein each X is independently a halide or a hydride and wherein n is 0, 1 or 2, preferably 0, and wherein R is an C1-C12 alkyl group, preferably ethyl, wherein the molar ratio of aluminum (Al) from the co-catalyst to titanium (Ti) from the procatalyst (Al/Ti) is at least 75. The present invention also relates to polyolefin prepared using said process and a shaped article comprising said polyolefin.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2018Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.Inventors: Martin Alexander Zuideveld, Bobby Johannes Henricus Hubertus Smeets, Thijs Van Mulken
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Publication number: 20210292448Abstract: The invention relates to a polypropylene composition comprising a terpolymer containing propylene, ethylene and 1-hexene wherein the polypropylene composition (i) has a content of ethylene derived units of at least 1.5 wt %; (ii) has a content of 1-hexene derived units of at least 1.5 wt %; (iii) has a melt flow rate of 0.10 to 0.70 g/10 min determined by ISO 1133-1:2011 (230° C., 2.16 kg); and (iv) has a ratio of weight average molecular weight (Mw) to numeric average molecular (Mn) weight of the terpolymer of 7.0 to 20.0, wherein Mw and Mn are measured according to ASTM D6474-12.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2019Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: Henrica Norberta Alberta Maria STEENBAKKERS-MENTING, Patrick Elisabeth Luc VOETS, Desiree Marie Louise SEEGERS, Erik DELSMAN, Ibrahim Mohammad ALSUGAL, Musaad AL-SADHAN, Martin Alexander ZUIDEVELD, Akhlaq MOMAN
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Publication number: 20210214540Abstract: The invention relates to a polypropylene composition comprising a terpolymer composition comprising (A) a first terpolymer fraction containing propylene, ethylene and 1-hexene, wherein the first terpolymer fraction has a melt flow rate of 0.005 to 0.20 dg/min determined by ISO 1133-1:2011 (230° C., 2.16 kg) and (B) a second terpolymer fraction containing propylene, ethylene and 1-hexene, wherein the second terpolymer fraction has a melt flow rate of 0.30 to 70 dg/min determined by ISO 1133-1:2011 (230° C., 2.16 kg), wherein the first terpolymer fraction is prepared using a first set of reaction conditions, the second terpolymer fraction is prepared using a second set of reaction conditions and the first and second set of reaction conditions are different, wherein the polypropylene composition (i) has a melt flow rate of 0.10 to 0.70 dg/min determined by ISO 1133-1:2011 (230° C., 2.16 kg), (ii) has a content of ethylene derived units in the range from 1.6 to 3.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2019Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: Henrica Norberta Alberta Maria Steenbakkers-Menting, Tinashe Victor Mandishonha Ndoro, Desiree Marie Louise Seegers, Erik Delsman, Raymond Gerlofsma, Tim Kiggen, Martin Alexander Zuideveld, Akhlaq Moman, Patrick Elisabeth Luc Voets
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Publication number: 20210070970Abstract: The invention relates to a polypropylene composition comprising a propylene homopolymer or propylene-ethylene copolymer having an ethylene content of at most 1.0 wt % based on the propylene-ethylene copolymer, wherein the amount of propylene homopolymer or propylene-ethylene copolymer is at least 98 wt %, for example at least 98.5 wt %, preferably at least 99 wt %, more preferably at least 99.5, for example at least 99.75 wt % based on the polypropylene composition, wherein the polypropylene composition has a melt flow rate in the range of 0.70 to 2.4 dg/min as measured according to IS01 133 (2.16 kg/230° C.), an Mw/Mn in the range from 7.0 to 13.0, wherein Mw stands for the weight average molecular weight and Mn stands for the number average weight, an Mz/Mn is in the range from 20 to 50, wherein Mz stands for the z-average molecular weight and wherein Mw, Mn and Mz are measured according to ASTM D6474-12.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2018Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventors: Patrick Elisabeth Luc VOETS, Henrica Norberta Alberta Maria STEENBAKKERS-MENTING, Martin Alexander ZUIDEVELD, Akhlaq A. MOMAN, Waltraud VOIGTLANDER
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Publication number: 20200332102Abstract: The invention relates to a polypropylene composition comprising a propylene homopolymer or propylene-ethylene copolymer having an ethylene content of at most (1.0) wt % based on the propylene-ethylene copolymer, wherein the amount of propylene homopolymer or propylene-ethylene copolymer is at least (98) wt %, for example at least (98.5) wt %, preferably at least (99) wt %, more preferably at least (99.5), for example at least (99.75) wt % based on the polypropylene composition, wherein the polypropylene composition has a melt flow rate in the range of (0.10) to less than (0.70) dg/min as measured according to ISO1133 (2.16 kg/230° C.), an Mw/Mn in the range from (7.0) to (13.0), wherein Mw stands for the weight average molecular weight and Mn stands for the number average weight, an Mz/Mn is in the range from (20) to (50), wherein Mz stands for the z-average molecular weight and wherein Mw, Mn and Mz are measured according to ASTM (D6474-12).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2018Publication date: October 22, 2020Inventors: Henrica Norberta Alberta Maria Steenbakkers-Menting, Patrick Elisabeth Luc Voets, Martin Alexander Zuideveld, Akhlaq Moman
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Patent number: 10730971Abstract: A process for preparing a procatalyst for polymerization of olefins, comprising contacting a magnesium-containing support with a halogen-containing titanium compound, a first internal electron donor represented by Formula A, a second internal electron donor represented by Formula B, and an activator; wherein the molar ratio of the first internal donor to the second internal donor is between 0.01 and 0.7; wherein in Formula A each R80 group is independently a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group; and R81, R82, R83, R84, R85, R86 and R87 are each independently selected from a hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl group; wherein in Formula B R51 and R52 are each independently selected from a hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl group; and R53 and R54 are each independently selected from hydrogen, a halide or a hydrocarbyl group.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2016Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.Inventors: Martin Alexander Zuideveld, Sergei Andreevich Sergeev, Vladimir Aleksandrovich Zakharov, Dafne Lise Steinfort
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Patent number: 10711125Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising (A) a heterophasic propylene copolymer and (B) a nucleating composition, wherein (A) the heterophasic propylene copolymer consists of (a) a propylene-based matrix, wherein the propylene-based matrix consists of a propylene homopolymer and wherein the propylene-based matrix is present in an amount of 83 to 88 wt %, preferably 84 to 88 wt %, based on the total heterophasic propylene copolymer and (b) a dispersed ethylene-?-olefin copolymer, wherein the dispersed ethylene-?-olefin copolymer is present in an amount of 12 to 17 wt %, preferably of 12 to 16 wt %, based on the total heterophasic propylene copolymer and wherein the sum of the total amount of propylene-based matrix and total amount of the dispersed ethylene-?-olefin copolymer in the heterophasic propylene copolymer is 100 wt %, wherein the amount of ethylene in the ethylene-?-olefin copolymer is 40 to 60 wt % and wherein the heterophasic propylene copolymer has a melt flow index of 35 to 50 g/10 min asType: GrantFiled: December 15, 2016Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: SABIC GlOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.Inventors: Ricardo Bou Reslan Calumby, Kathleen Ann Vandewiele, Marc Herklots, Martin Alexander Zuideveld, Désirée Marie Louise Seegers, Aurora Alexandra Batinas-Geurts, Koenraad Johannes Gerardus van Straaten
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Patent number: 10640586Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a catalyst system suitable for olefin polymerization wherein the external electron donor is n-propyltriethoxysilane, and a catalyst system obtained or obtainable by said process. The invention also relates to a process for preparing a polyolefin using said catalyst system. The invention further relates to a polyolefin, in particular polyprolyene, obtainable by such a process, and shaped articles manufactured from such a polymer. The polymers produced using the catalyst system exhibit low volatiles and therefore have a reduced environmental and health impact.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2014Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignees: SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION, SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.Inventors: Aurora Alexandra Batinas-Geurts, Martin Alexander Zuideveld
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Patent number: 10611864Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound according to Formula (I) wherein R1 is a hydrocarbyl group selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, aralkyl, and alkylaryl groups, and one or more combinations thereof; wherein R2 is a hydrogen atom, an aryl group or an alkyl group; and wherein R3, R4, R5 and R6, are the same or different and are each independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group, an amino group, a hydrocarbyl group selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, aralkyl, and alkylaryl groups or an alkoxy group, and one or more combinations thereof as internal electron donor and to a process for the synthesis of a compound according to Formula (I), wherein R1 is a hydrocarbyl group selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkoxycarbonyl and alkylaryl groups, and one or more combinations thereof; wherein R2 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; wherein R3, R4, R5 and R6, are the same or different and are each independently seleType: GrantFiled: September 22, 2016Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.Inventors: Martin Alexander Zuideveld, Jaiprakash Brijlal Sainani, Osamah Al-Humaidan, Sudhakar R. Padmanabhan, Prashant Sukumar Shinge, Sharankumar G. Shetty, Abbas-Alli Ghudubhai Shaikh
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Publication number: 20200087425Abstract: A catalyst for olefin polymerization containing at least one metal complex comprising at least one —SF5 group attached to a ligand bound to the metal. The invention further relates to catalyst, a process for making polyolefins and dispersions of UHMWPE.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2018Publication date: March 19, 2020Inventors: Nicolaas Hendrika Friederichs, Martin Alexander Zuideveld, Philip Kenyon, Stefan Mecking
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Publication number: 20200087423Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the polymerization of a polyolefin, preferably polypropylene, in a polymerization reactor by contacting one or more olefins, preferably propylene, with a catalyst system in said reactor while stirring, said catalyst system comprising: a procatalyst comprising 1) a magnesium-containing support, 2) titanium, 3) a phthalate-free internal electron donor; and 4) optionally an activator; wherein said procatalyst is obtained by the following process: i) contacting a compound R4, MgX42—, with an alkoxy- or aryloxy-containing silane compound to give a first intermediate reaction product, being a solid Mg(OR1)xX12-x, R4 is the same as R1 being a linear, branched or cyclic hydrocarbyl group independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkoxycarbonyl or alkylaryl groups, and one or more combinations thereof; wherein said hydrocarbyl group may be substituted or unsubstituted, may contain one or more heteroatoms and preferably has between 1 and 20 carbon atoms; wType: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2018Publication date: March 19, 2020Inventor: Martin Alexander ZUIDEVELD