Patents by Inventor Norman Aubee
Norman Aubee 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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Patent number: 11279819Abstract: In some embodiments disclosed herein are polyethylene composition including a first polyethylene which is an ethylene copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of from 70,000 to 250,000 and a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of <2.3, a second polyethylene which is an ethylene copolymer or homopolymer having a weight average molecular weight of less than 75,000 and a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of <2.3, a third polyethylene which is an ethylene copolymer or homopolymer having a weight average molecular weight of less than 75,000 and a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of <2.3, and a fourth polyethylene which is an ethylene copolymer or homopolymer having a weight average molecular weight of from 100,000 to 250,000 and a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of >2.3, where the first polyethylene has more short chain branching than the second polyethylene or the third polyethylene. The polyethylene composition may have a soluble fraction in a CEF analysis of at least 7.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2019Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: NOVA Chemicals (International) S.A.Inventors: XiaoChuan Wang, Peter Zoricak, Brian Molloy, Qinyan Wang, Lawrence VanAsseldonk, Norman Aubee
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Publication number: 20220024190Abstract: Multilayer films are prepared from an ethylene interpolymer product having a density of from 0.905 to 0.914 g/cc and a melt index, I2, of from 2.5 to 4.5 g/10 minutes, wherein the ethylene interpolymer product comprises: (i) a first ethylene interpolymer; (ii) a second ethylene interpolymer, and; (iii) optionally a third ethylene interpolymer; and wherein the ethylene interpolymer product has a Dilution Index, Yd, of greater than 0 degrees. In an embodiment, the first ethylene interpolymer is made with a single site catalyst and the second ethylene interpolymer is made with a heterogeneous Ziegler Natta catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2019Publication date: January 27, 2022Applicant: NOVA CHEMICALS (INTERNATIONAL) S.A.Inventors: Maryam Fereydoon, Stephen Salomons, Norman Aubee, Shivendra Goyal, Patrick Lam
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Publication number: 20200324453Abstract: A multilayer film having Machine Direction Orientation (MDO) is prepared by first co-extruding a multilayer film, then stretching the multilayer film in the machine direction at a temperature lower than the melting point of the polyethylene resin that is used to prepare the film. At least one layer of the film is a first polyethylene composition having a density of from about 0.94 to about 0.97 g/cc and at least one second layer is prepared from a polyethylene composition having a lower density than the first polyethylene composition. This disclosure enables the manufacture of films having outstanding barrier properties (low Water Vapor Transmission Rate, WVTR, and low Oxygen Transmission Rate, OTR) and good physical properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2020Publication date: October 15, 2020Applicant: NOVA Chemicals (International) S.A.Inventors: Nitin Borse, Norman Aubee
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Patent number: 10730221Abstract: A multilayer film having Machine Direction Orientation (MDO) is prepared by first co-extruding a multilayer film, then stretching the multilayer film in the machine direction at a temperature lower than the melting point of the polyethylene resin that is used to prepare the film. At least one layer of the film is a first polyethylene composition having a density of from about 0.94 to about 0.97 g/cc and at least one second layer is prepared from a polyethylene composition having a lower density than the first polyethylene composition. This disclosure enables the manufacture of films having outstanding barrier properties (low Water Vapor Transmission Rate, WVTR, and low Oxygen Transmission Rate, OTR) and good physical properties.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2015Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: NOVA Chemicals (International) S.A.Inventors: Nitin Borse, Norman Aubee
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Publication number: 20200017669Abstract: A polyethylene composition includes a first polyethylene which is an ethylene copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of from 70,000 to 250,000 and a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of <2.3, a second polyethylene which is an ethylene copolymer or homopolymer having a weight average molecular weight of from 15,000 to 100,000, a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of >2.3, and a third polyethylene which is an ethylene copolymer or homopolymer having a weight average molecular weight of from 70,000 to 250,000 and a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of >2.3, where the first polyethylene has more short chain branching than the second polyethylene or the third polyethylene. The polyethylene composition has a soluble fraction in a CEF analysis of at least 10 weight percent. Film made from the polyethylene composition may have a machine direction 1% secant modulus of ?200 MPa (at a film thickness of about 1 mil), a seal initiation temperature (SIT) of ?90° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2019Publication date: January 16, 2020Applicant: NOVA Chemicals (International) S.A.Inventors: XiaoChuan Wang, Peter Zoricak, Brian Molloy, Qinyan Wang, Lawrence VanAsseldonk, Norman Aubee
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Publication number: 20200017666Abstract: A polyethylene composition comprises a first polyethylene which is an ethylene copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of from 70,000 to 250,000 and a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of <2.3, a second polyethylene which is an ethylene copolymer or homopolymer having a weight average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 200,000 and a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of <2.3, and a third polyethylene which is an ethylene copolymer or homopolymer having a weight average molecular weight of from 70,000 to 200,000 and a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of <2.3, where the first polyethylene has more short chain branching than the second polyethylene or the third polyethylene. The polyethylene composition has a composition distribution breadth index, CDBI50 obtained from a crystallization elution fractionation (CEF) analysis of <45 weight %.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2019Publication date: January 16, 2020Applicant: NOVA Chemicals (International) S.A.Inventors: XiaoChuan Wang, Peter Zoricak, Brian Molloy, Qinyan Wang, Lawrence VanAsseldonk, Norman Aubee
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Publication number: 20200017667Abstract: A polyethylene composition comprises a first polyethylene which is an ethylene copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of from 70,000 to 250,000 and a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of <2.3, a second polyethylene which is an ethylene copolymer or homopolymer having a weight average molecular weight of less than 75,000 and a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of <2.3, and a third polyethylene which is an ethylene copolymer or homopolymer having a weight average molecular weight of from 100,000 to 300,000 and a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of >2.3, where the first polyethylene has more short chain branching than the second polyethylene or the third polyethylene. The polyethylene composition has a soluble fraction in a CEF analysis of at least 15 weight percent.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2019Publication date: January 16, 2020Applicant: NOVA Chemicals (International) S.A.Inventors: XiaoChuan Wang, Peter Zoricak, Brian Molloy, Qinyan Wang, Lawrence VanAsseldonk, Norman Aubee
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Publication number: 20200017670Abstract: A polyethylene composition includes a first polyethylene which is an ethylene copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of from 70,000 to 250,000 and a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of <2.3, a second polyethylene which is an ethylene copolymer or homopolymer having a weight average molecular weight of from 15,000 to 100,000 and a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of <2.3, and a third polyethylene which is an ethylene copolymer or homopolymer having a weight average molecular weight of from 70,000 to 250,000 and a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of >2.3, where the first polyethylene has more short chain branching than the second polyethylene or the third polyethylene. The polyethylene composition has a soluble fraction in a CEF analysis of at least 10 weight percent. Film made from the polyethylene composition may have a machine direction 1% secant modulus of ?190 MPa (at a film thickness of about 1 mil), a seal initiation temperature (SIT) of ?100° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2019Publication date: January 16, 2020Applicant: NOVA Chemicals (International) S.A.Inventors: XiaoChuan Wang, Peter Zoricak, Brian Molloy, Qinyan Wang, Lawrence VanAsseldonk, Norman Aubee
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Publication number: 20200017668Abstract: In some embodiments disclosed herein are polyethylene composition including a first polyethylene which is an ethylene copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of from 70,000 to 250,000 and a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of <2.3, a second polyethylene which is an ethylene copolymer or homopolymer having a weight average molecular weight of less than 75,000 and a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of <2.3, a third polyethylene which is an ethylene copolymer or homopolymer having a weight average molecular weight of less than 75,000 and a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of <2.3, and a fourth polyethylene which is an ethylene copolymer or homopolymer having a weight average molecular weight of from 100,000 to 250,000 and a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of >2.3, where the first polyethylene has more short chain branching than the second polyethylene or the third polyethylene. The polyethylene composition may have a soluble fraction in a CEF analysis of at least 7.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2019Publication date: January 16, 2020Applicant: NOVA Chemicals (International) S.A.Inventors: XiaoChuan Wang, Peter Zoricak, Brian Molloy, Qinyan Wang, Lawrence VanAsseldonk, Norman Aubee
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Publication number: 20170335077Abstract: Linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) that is prepared with a single site catalyst has relatively low modulus in comparison to a polyethylene of similar melt index and density made with a conventional Zeigler Natta catalyst. Films that are prepared from polyethylene having a low modulus have a soft and flexible “feel”, which is undesirable for some packaging applications. The present invention provides a method to increase the modulus of single site catalyzed polyethylene.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2015Publication date: November 23, 2017Applicant: NOVA Chemicals (International) S.A.Inventors: Nitin BORSE, Norman AUBEE, P. Scott CHISHOLM
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Publication number: 20170274574Abstract: A multilayer film having Machine Direction Orientation (MDO) is prepared by first co-extruding a multilayer film, then stretching the multilayer film in the machine direction at a temperature lower than the melting point of the polyethylene resin that is used to prepare the film. At least one layer of the film is a first polyethylene composition having a density of from about 0.94 to about 0.97 g/cc and at least one second layer is prepared from a polyethylene composition having a lower density than the first polyethylene composition. This disclosure enables the manufacture of films having outstanding barrier properties (low Water Vapor Transmission Rate, WVTR, and low Oxygen Transmission Rate, OTR) and good physical properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2015Publication date: September 28, 2017Applicant: NOVA Chemicals (International) S.A.Inventors: Nitin Borse, Norman Aubee
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Publication number: 20060246309Abstract: High density polyethylene (hdpe) containing from 500 to 20,000 ppm of talc is used to prepare barrier film which is resistant to water vapor transmission. The addition of talc reduces the formation of “dust” (i.e. abraded polyethylene particles) during the manufacture of packages from the barrier film. Preferred talc has a particle size of less than 10 microns.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2006Publication date: November 2, 2006Inventors: Sarah Marshall, Tony Tikuisis, Norman Aubee, Patrick Lam
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Publication number: 20060041074Abstract: Novel polyethylene copolymer compositions prepared with a homogeneous catalyst system are characterized by having a unique high molecular weight, low comonomer (high density) fraction. These heterogeneous/homogeneous compositions may be prepared using a solution polymerization process in which the polymerization reactor contains a gradient in temperature, catalyst concentration or monomer concentration. The heterogeneous/homogeneous compositions of this invention are easily processed into films having excellent tear strengths and low hexane extractables.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2005Publication date: February 23, 2006Inventors: Stephen Brown, Christopher Dobbin, Clayton Elston, Norman Aubee, Gilbert Arnould, Sarah Marshall, Lawrence Kale, Mark Weber
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Publication number: 20050261403Abstract: This invention provides a process for the stabilization of thermoplastic polyolefins during melt processing operations. The stabilizer package of this invention is “phenol free” and must contain at least one aryl monophosphite and at least one diphosphite. The process of this invention is especially suitable for the manufacture of polyethylene film.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2005Publication date: November 24, 2005Inventors: Tony Tikuisis, Norman Aubee, Denny Sauvageau, Laura Ellis, Ian Gibbons, P. Chisholm