Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Jonathon D. Wood
  • Group 8-10 transition metal olefin polymerization catalysts
    Patent number: 6245871
    Abstract: Provided are certain transition metal complexes which are useful as catalysts in the polymerization of olefinic monomers. In particular, the invention provides complexes of certain bidentate ligands bonded to Ni, Pd, Co, or Fe, and optionally, one or more neutral Lewis acids, and their use in the polymerization of olefins. Suitable complexes include those of the following structure: wherein M represents the transition metal, and Q, T, L, W, Z, R1,R2 and R10 represent functional groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Peter Borden Mackenzie, Christopher Moore Killian, Leslie Shane Moody, Jason Patrick McDevitt