Patents by Inventor Päivi Waldvogel

Päivi Waldvogel 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: 8143184
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for producing an olefin polymerization catalyst wherein a solution of a soluble magnesium complex containing an element of is Group 13 or 14 of the Periodic Table (IUPAC) is contacted with a halogen containing transition metal compound of Group 3 to 10 of the Periodic Table (IUPAC) to obtain a solid catalyst complex comprising as essential components Mg, said element of is Group 13 or 14 of the Periodic Table (IUPAC) and said transition metal compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Borealis Technology Oy
    Inventors: Thomas Garoff, Päivi Waldvogel
  • Publication number: 20110306737
    Abstract: Multi-stage polymerization process for the production of a multi-modal linear low density polyethylene in at least two staged reactors connected in series comprising at least (i) polymerizing in a first slurry phase stage ethylene monomers and optionally one or more alpha-olefin comonomers, in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta polymerization catalyst system to obtain a first polyethylene fraction component (A) (ii) polymerizing in a second gas or slurry phase stage ethylene monomers and one or more alpha-olefin comonomers, in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta polymerization catalyst system to obtain a second polyethylene fraction component (B), whereby the Ziegler-Natta polymerization catalyst system comprises 1) a solid procatalyst formed by contacting at least: a) a Mg-alcoholate complex of the formula (I): Mg(OR1)2-n(R1)n, wherein each R1 independently represents a C1-C20 hydrocarbyl group and 0?n<2 and may or may not be an integer; b) an aluminium compound of the formula (II) Al(R2)mX3-m, wherein each R2 i
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventors: Thomas Garoff, Päivi Waldvogel, Kalle Kallio, Virginie Eriksson, Aki Aittola, Esa Kokko
  • Publication number: 20110263801
    Abstract: Multi-stage polymerization process for the production of a multi-modal linear low density polyethylene in at least two staged reactors connected in series comprising at least (i) polymerizing in a first slurry phase stage ethylene monomers and optionally one or more alpha-olefin comonomers, in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta polymerization catalyst system to obtain a first polyethylene fraction component (A) (ii) polymerizing in a second gas or slurry phase stage ethylene monomers and one or more alpha-olefine comonomers, in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta polymerization catalyst system to obtain a second polyethylene fraction component (B), whereby the Ziegler-Natta polymerization catalyst system comprises: 1) a solid procatalyst formed by contacting at least: a) a Mg-alcoholate complex of the formula (I): Mg(OR1)2-n(R1)n, wherein each R1 independently represents a C1-C20 hydrocarbyl group and 0<n<2 and may or may not be an integer; b) an aluminium compound of the formula (II) Al(R2)mX3-m, wherein each
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Thomas Garoff, Päivi Waldvogel, Kalle Kallio, Virginie Eriksson, Aki Aittola, Esa Kokko
  • Patent number: 7608555
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of catalysts, particularly of Ziegler-Natta type of catalysts for olefin polymerisation, to the catalysts as such, and to their use in polymerising olefins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Borealis Technology Oy
    Inventors: Thomas Garoff, Kari Pesonen, Päivi Waldvogel, Timo V. Laine, Peter Denifl, Jarmo Lindroos
  • Patent number: 7432220
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for producing a particulate support for an olefin polymerisation catalyst wherein a solution of a magnesium compound is contacted with a solution of an element of Group (13 or 14) of the Periodic Table (IUPAC) to obtain a solid reaction product. In the process of the invention the solid reaction product is formed by: i) contacting (a) a solution of a magnesium hydrocarbyloxy compound with (b) a solution of a halogen-containing compound of an element of Group (13 or 14) of the Periodic Table (IUPAC); and ii) recovering the solidified reaction product from the reaction mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Borealis Technology Oy
    Inventors: Thomas Garoff, Päivi Waldvogel, Kari Pesonen
  • Patent number: 7238637
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for producing an olefin polymerization catalyst comprising a catalyst component formed by contacting at least (a) a compound of Group 1 to 3 of the Periodic Table (IUPAC) with (b) a transition metal compound of Group 4 to 10 of the Periodic Table (IUPAC) or a compound of an actinide or lanthanide, in the form of solid catalyst particles, said process comprising: (1) preparing a solution from said compounds; (2) dispersing said solution to a solvent immiscible therewith and inert in relation to said compounds, to obtain an emulsion in which said solution forms the dispersed phase; and (3) solidifying the catalyst component in the dispersed droplets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Borealis Technology Oy
    Inventors: Thomas Garoff, Kari Pesonen, Päivi Waldvogel, Timo V. Laine, Peter Denifl, Jarmo Lindroos
  • Patent number: 6924343
    Abstract: A process for polymerizing olefins using a high activity catalyst. The catalyst utilize in the present process has a good balance in activity and can be used to carry out ethylene polymerization at high and low melt flow rates to produce low gel or gel free product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Borealis Technology Oy
    Inventors: Jarmo Lindroos, Solveig Johansson, Päivi Waldvogel
  • Patent number: 6620758
    Abstract: A catalyst having high activity independent of the hydrogen concentration and low gel productivity in the polymerization of ethylene has been prepared.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Borealis Technology Oy
    Inventors: Jarmo Lindroos, Solveig Johansson, Päivi Waldvogel
  • Patent number: 6455642
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a process for producing homogeneous polyethylene materials and processes for making high density, medium density and low density films therefrom. The process involves producing a polyethylene composition in a multistage reaction sequence of successive polymerization stages in the presence of an ethylene-polymerizing catalyst system. According to the invention, the process is carried out using an unsupported catalyst having magnesium and titanium as active constituents, in at least one loop polymerization stage and at least one gas phase polymerization stage and, operated with different amounts of hydrogen and comonomers to produce a high molecular weight portion in one of the polymerization stages and a low molecular weight portion in another so as to provide a polyethylene composition with the low molecular weight part having a MFR2 of 250 g/10 min or more. With this process it is possible to obtain homogeneous bimodal polyethylene material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Borealis Technology Oy
    Inventors: Ole Jan Myhre, Auli Nummila-Pakarinen, Jarmo Lindroos, Päivi Waldvogel, Thomas Garoff