Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm James Sher
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Patent number: 7629300Abstract: A composition is disclosed that comprises the reaction product of an acidic organic compound, a boron compound, and a basic organic compound. The composition is useful as a detergent additive for lubricants and hydrocarbon fuels.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2008Date of Patent: December 8, 2009Assignee: Chemtura CorporationInventor: Ronald J. Muir
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Patent number: 7550551Abstract: A process for preparing a polybromoaryl ether comprising adding to a solvent for the polybromoaryl ether a mixture of (1) at least one compound of the structure HO—Ar—X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, wherein Ar is an aryl group and X1, X2, X3, X4, and X5 are independently selected from hydrogen and bromine, provided that at least one of X1, X2, X3, X4, and X5 is bromine, (2) at least one alkali or alkaline metal hydroxide, and (3) at least one polymerization initiator, wherein the solvent for the polybromoaryl ether is a non-solvent for alkali metal bromides.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2007Date of Patent: June 23, 2009Assignee: Chemtura CorporationInventors: Larry D. Timberlake, William R. Fielding, Sumit Mathur, Mark V. Hanson
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Patent number: 7514485Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for improving the physical properties of cellulose fiber-containing material/PVC composites comprising adding to said composites an effective amount of at least one compatibilizer comprising an organometallic zirconium compound. The preferred organometallic zirconium compound is cyclo[dineopentyl(diallyl)]pyrophosphato dineopentyl(diallyl)zirconate. Articles of manufacture comprising such composites are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2006Date of Patent: April 7, 2009Assignee: Chemtura CorporationInventors: Peter Frenkel, Edward Krainer
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Patent number: 7452122Abstract: The feeder apparatus including a chamber formed of at least one upstanding wall, a water outlet in the wall, a drain in the wall, the chamber having a bottom, inlets for water jets in the bottom for creating turbulence inside the chamber to create particle suspension and/or to increase chemicals solubility, or a perforated plate inside of the chamber and spaced from the bottom of the chamber to permit water to flow underneath and up through perforations in the plate and into the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2004Date of Patent: November 18, 2008Assignee: Bio-Lab, Inc.Inventor: Shawn H Lin
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Patent number: 7399734Abstract: A composition is disclosed that comprises: (A) a lubricant or a hydrocarbon fuel, and (B) at least one polysiloxane of the formula: MwD?xDyM?z where: w is 2-z; x is 0 to 50; y is 0 to 500; z is 0 to 2; M=Si(CH3)3—O—; M?=R1—Si(CH3)2O—; D=—Si(CH3)2O—; D?=—Si(CH3)(R1)O—; and R1 is an aliphatic or aromatic moiety linked to at least one silicon atom from siloxane and comprising at least one heteroatom.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2004Date of Patent: July 15, 2008Assignee: Crompton CorporationInventors: Wojciech Grabowski, Cyril A. Migdal, Stephen Hull
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Patent number: 7390839Abstract: Flame retardant flexible polyurethane foam compositions, methods of flame retarding flexible polyurethane foam compositions, articles made therefrom and flame retardants that comprise blends of (alkyl substituted) triaryl phosphate ester and phosphorus-containing flame retardant having at least about 5 wt. % phosphorus additives. The combined weight of the (alkyl substituted) triaryl phosphate ester and the phosphorus-containing flame retardant comprises about 5 to about 40% by weight of the flexible polyurethane foam compositions or reaction mixtures. The ratio of the (alkyl substituted) triaryl phosphate ester to the phosphorus-containing flame retardant is from about 95:5 to about 50:50 percent by weight.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2006Date of Patent: June 24, 2008Assignee: Great Lakes Chemical CorporationInventors: Matthew D Phillips, Richard S Rose, Stephen B Falloon
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Patent number: 7361788Abstract: A single-step process is disclosed for the ring alkylation of at least one N-alkyl-N?-phenyl-phenylenediamine with at least one olefin wherein the process comprises heating a mixture of the N-alkyl-N?-phenyl-phenylenediamine(s) and olefin(s) in the presence of a catalytic amount of at least one alkyl aluminum halide at a temperature of from about 50 to about 350° C. in a sealed vessel for from about one to about 30 hours.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2006Date of Patent: April 22, 2008Assignee: Chemtura CorporationInventors: Jin-Yun Wang, Huiling Ding, Joseph F. Stieber
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Patent number: 6992036Abstract: A polymerization catalyst system and process, which utilizes a Group 14 and Group 16 containing non-crystalline compound to solubilize or emulsify polymerization catalyst components, is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2003Date of Patent: January 31, 2006Assignee: Univation Technologies, LLCInventor: David E. Gindelberger
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Patent number: 6632769Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of at least one solid compound that when used with a polymerization catalyst in a polymerization process results in a phase change of the solid compound to a liquid that renders the polymerization catalyst substantially or completely inactive.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2002Date of Patent: October 14, 2003Assignee: Univation Technologies, LLCInventors: Timothy T. Wenzel, David James Schreck, Thomas H. Peterson
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Patent number: 6440894Abstract: Methods of calcining non-zeolitic molecular sieve catalyst to remove most, if not nearly all, of halogen contained in the catalyst. One method includes heating the catalyst in a low moisture environment, followed by contacting the heated catalyst with air and/or steam. Another method includes steam-treating the catalyst at a temperature from 400° C. to 1000° C. The calcination methods provides a catalyst that contains from about 10 ppmw to about 600 ppmw chlorine, preferably 10 ppmw to about 200 ppmw chlorine, more preferably 10 ppmw to about 80 ppmw chlorine.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2001Date of Patent: August 27, 2002Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents, Inc.Inventors: Luc R. Martens, Stephen N. Vaughn, Albert E. Schweizer, John K. Pierce
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Patent number: 6372868Abstract: This invention relates to a method to introduce multiple catalysts into a gas or slurry phase reactor comprising: (a) introducing one or more olefins and a first catalyst and an activator into the reactor and allowing the olefins to polymerize, (b) obtaining a polyolefin, (c) introducing a second catalyst and an optional activator into the first catalyst/activator composition and thereafter introducing the combination into the reactor and allowing the olefins to polymerize. This invention further relates to a method to introduce multiple catalysts into a gas or slurry phase reactor comprising: (a) introducing one or more olefins, a first catalyst and an activator, and a second catalyst and an optional activator into the reactor, wherein the all the catalysts and activators are combined together prior to being introduced into the reactor.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 1999Date of Patent: April 16, 2002Assignee: Univation Technologies, LLCInventors: John F. Szul, Kersten Anne Erickson, Simon Mawson, Paul T. Daniell, Mark G. Goode, Matthew G. McKee
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Patent number: 6211312Abstract: This description addresses a process for the preparation of polyolefins from one or more olefinic monomers comprising combining said olefins under olefin polymerization conditions with i) a transition metal organometallic catalyst compound, ii) a Lewis acid-base complex where the Lewis acid group is an aluminum or boron compound having at least one halogenated aryl ligand and the Lewis base group is an amine or ether compound, said combining being conducted in the presence of a tri-n-alkyl aluminum or gallium compound.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 1999Date of Patent: April 3, 2001Assignee: Univation TechnologiesInventor: Matthew W. Holtcamp
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Patent number: D602852Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2007Date of Patent: October 27, 2009Assignee: Chemtura CorporationInventors: Ian Laskowitz, Richard Palinkas