Patents by Inventor Stacy N. Apugo

Stacy N. Apugo 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).

  • Publication number: 20240059801
    Abstract: Polymerization processes. In some embodiments, the polymerization process can include introducing a carrier fluid, an olefin, and a catalyst feed into a polymerization reactor, wherein the catalyst feed comprises one or more catalysts, a carrier liquid and optionally an induced condensing agent. In some embodiments, a combined amount of the carrier liquid and any induced condensing agent in the catalyst feed is ?350 kg per mole of the one or more catalysts introduced into the polymerization reactor. The process can also include polymerizing the olefin in the presence of the catalyst within the polymerization reactor to produce a polymer product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Ryan W. IMPELMAN, Bruce J. SAVATSKY, Richard E. PEQUENO, Xuan YE, Stacy N. APUGO
  • Patent number: 11820841
    Abstract: A polymerization process may include: polymerizing a monomer having 4 or less carbons and a comonomer having 6 or more carbons in the presence of an inert isomer/saturate of the comonomer to yield a product stream comprising a polymer, unreacted monomer, unreacted comonomer, and the inert isomer/saturate of the comonomer; separating the product stream into (a) a polymer stream and (b) an unreacted components stream; and separating the unreacted components stream in a distillation column into (a) an overhead stream comprising the unreacted monomer and (b) a bottoms stream comprising the comonomer and the inert isomer/saturate of the comonomer, wherein a concentration of C5? hydrocarbons in the overhead stream is higher than a concentration of the C5? hydrocarbons in the unreacted components stream, and wherein a concentration of C6+ hydrocarbons in the bottoms stream is higher than a concentration of the C6+ hydrocarbons in the unreacted components stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Steven P. Haynie, Giyarpuram N. Prasad, Diwaker Singh, Gautam Swamynathan, Stacy N. Apugo
  • Publication number: 20200255564
    Abstract: A polymerization process may include: polymerizing a monomer having 4 or less carbons and a comonomer having 6 or more carbons in the presence of an inert isomer/saturate of the comonomer to yield a product stream comprising a polymer, unreacted monomer, unreacted comonomer, and the inert isomer/saturate of the comonomer; separating the product stream into (a) a polymer stream and (b) an unreacted components stream; and separating the unreacted components stream in a distillation column into (a) an overhead stream comprising the unreacted monomer and (b) a bottoms stream comprising the comonomer and the inert isomer/saturate of the comonomer, wherein a concentration of C5? hydrocarbons in the overhead stream is higher than a concentration of the C5? hydrocarbons in the unreacted components stream, and wherein a concentration of C6+ hydrocarbons in the bottoms stream is higher than a concentration of the C6+ hydrocarbons in the unreacted components stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Steven P. Haynie, Giyarpuram N. Prasad, Diwaker Singh, Gautam Swamynathan, Stacy N. Apugo