Patents Assigned to Eastman Chemical Company
  • Patent number: 11655309
    Abstract: A shaped article comprising a polymer-based resin derived from cellulose, wherein the polymer-based resin has an HDT of at least 95° C., a bio-derived content of at least 20 wt %, a notched izod impact strength of greater than 80 J/m and at least one of the following properties chosen from: flexural modulus of greater than 1900 MPa; a spiral flow length or at least 3.0 cm; a flex creep deflection of less than 12 mm; a transmission of at least 70%; a ?E value of less than 25; or an L* color of at least 85.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Wenlai Feng, Haining An, Michael Eugene Donelson, Thomas Joseph Pecorini, Robert Ellis McCrary, Douglas Weldon Carico, Spencer Allen Gilliam
  • Patent number: 11655334
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a very efficient method to make 5-(alkoxycarbonyl)furan-2-carboxylic acids (ACFC) from feedstocks comprised of furoates. When a feedstock comprised of methyl 5-methylfuran-2-carboxylate (MMFC) is used a product comprised of (5-(methoxycarbonyl)furan-2-carboxylic acid (MCFC) is obtained in high yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventor: Mesfin Ejerssa Janka
  • Patent number: 11655227
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process to produce a purified vapor comprising dialkyl-furan-2,5-dicarboxylate (DAFD). Furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and an alcohol in an esterification zone to generate a crude diester stream containing dialkyl furan dicarboxylate (DAFD), unreacted alcohol, 5-(alkoxycarbonyl)furan-2-carboxylic acid (ACFC), and alkyl furan-2-carboxylate (AFC). The esterification zone comprises at least one reactor that has been previously used in an DMT process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Kevin John Fontenot, Mesfin Ejerssa Janka, Kenny Randolph Parker, Ashfaq Shahanawaz Shaikh
  • Patent number: 11643477
    Abstract: Regioselectively substituted cellulose esters having a plurality of pivaloyl substituents and a plurality of aryl-acyl substituents are disclosed along with methods for making the same. Such cellulose esters may be suitable for use in films, such as +A optical films, and/or +C optical films. Optical films prepared employing such cellulose esters have a variety of commercial applications, such as, for example, as compensation films in liquid crystal displays and/or waveplates in creating circular polarized light used in 3-D technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Matthew Allen Boone, Christopher Harlan Burk, Peter Borden Mackenzie, Jennifer A. Fish, Eduardo Gallas Cervo, Elaine Beatrice Mackenzie, Robert Joseph Maleski, Wesley Wayne McConnell, David William Norman, Tabatha Stearns, Bin Wang
  • Publication number: 20230139587
    Abstract: A process and system for liquefying and plasticizing a waste plastic in a pyrolysis film reactor are provided. More particularly, a liquefied waste plastic, which may include halogen-depleted molten waste plastics, may be pyrolyzed in a pyrolysis film reactor to form a pyrolysis oil and a pyrolysis gas. The pyrolysis film reactors may include a falling film reactor and/or an upflow film reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Bruce Roger DeBruin, Daryl Bitting, David Eugene Slivensky, Xianchun Wu, Michael Paul Ekart, David Milton Lange, Aaron Nathanial Edens
  • Publication number: 20230138841
    Abstract: The present application discloses films comprising regioselectively substituted cellulose esters and a component A wherein rings A, B, C, R1, R2, R5, R6, R8, m, n, and k are defined herein. The films are C+ films that exhibit improved wavelength dispersion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Qianqian Zhang, Bin Wang, Robert Jacks Sharpe, Wesley Wayne McConnell, Casey Lynn Elkins, Charles Michael Buchanan
  • Publication number: 20230134198
    Abstract: A polypropylene composition having a recycle content value is obtained by reacting a recycle content feedstock to make a recycle content polypropylene or by deducting from a recycle inventory a recycle content value applied to a polypropylene composition. At least a portion of the recycle content value in the feedstock or in an allotment obtained by a polypropylene manufacturer has its origin in recycled waste plastics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Bruce Roger DeBruin, Daryl Bitting, David Eugene Slivensky, Xianchun Wu, William Lewis Trapp
  • Publication number: 20230134082
    Abstract: A hydrogen composition having a recycle content value is obtained by processing a recycle content feedstock to make a recycle content hydrogen or by deducting from a recycle inventory a recycle content value applied to a hydrogen composition. At least a portion of the recycle content value in the feedstock or in an allotment obtained by a hydrogen manufacturer has its origin in recycled waste plastics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Bruce Roger DeBruin, Daryl Bitting, David Eugene Slivensky, Xianchun Wu
  • Publication number: 20230134669
    Abstract: Amorphous polyolefins, such as propylene-ethylene copolymers, having a recycle content value are obtained by reacting a recycle content feedstock to make recycle content amorphous polyolefins or by deducting from a recycle inventory a recycle content value, which is applied to the amorphous polyolefins. At least a portion of the recycle content value in the feedstock or in an allotment obtained by an amorphous polyolefins manufacturer has its origin in recycled waste plastics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Bruce Roger DeBruin, Daryl Bitting, David Eugene Slivensky, Xianchun Wu, William Lewis Trapp
  • Publication number: 20230135304
    Abstract: A polyethylene composition having a recycle content value is obtained by reacting a recycle content feedstock to make a recycle content polyethylene or by deducting from a recycle inventory a recycle content value applied to a polyethylene composition. At least a portion of the recycle content value in the feedstock or in an allotment obtained by a polyethylene manufacturer has its origin in recycled waste plastics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Bruce Roger DeBruin, Daryl Bitting, David Eugene Slivensky, Xianchun Wu, Michael Paul Ekart, David Milton Lange, Aaron Nathanial Edens
  • Patent number: 11639579
    Abstract: A recycled cellulose pulp composition is provided which comprises recycled cellulosic fibers and cellulose ester staple fibers. A wet-laid fibrous product is also provided which comprises recycled cellulosic fibers and cellulose ester staple fibers. A bailed article is also provided that comprises recycled cellulosic fibers and cellulose ester staple fibers. In embodiments, the recycled cellulosic fibers are present in an amount of 50 wt % or more, based on the total dry weight of fibers, and the cellulose ester staple fibers are present in an amount sufficient to increase the Canadian standard freeness (CSF) of the composition by 5% or more compared to a 100 wt % cellulosic fiber pulp composition processed under similar conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Kenny Randolph Parker, Charles Stuart Everett, Melvin Glenn Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20230128818
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to crystallizable shrinkable films and thermoformable film(s) or sheet(s) comprising blends of polyester compositions which comprise residues of terephthalic acid, neopentyl glycol (NRG), 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol (CHDM), ethylene glycol (EG), diethylene glycol (DEG) and/or 2,2,4, 4-tetramethyl-1,3-butanediol (TMCD), in certain compositional ranges having certain advantages and improved properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Mark Allen Peters, Jacob E. Napierala, Rondell Paul Little, JR., James Carl Williams, James Wesley Peer
  • Publication number: 20230117658
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for the conversion of waste plastics into various useful downstream recycle-content products. More particularly, the present system and method involves integrating a pyrolysis facility with a cracker facility by introducing at least a stream of r-pyrolysis gas into the cracker facility. In the cracker facility, the r-pyrolysis gas may be separated to form one or more recycle content products, and can enhance the operation of the facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Daryl Bitting, David Eugene Slivensky, Xianchun Wu, Bruce Roger DeBruin, Damon Ray Billodeaux
  • Patent number: 11629224
    Abstract: This invention relates to a polymer composition comprising: (A) at least one semi-crystalline polymer, and (B) a stabilizer composition comprising: (1) at least one primary antioxidant comprising at least one phenolic antioxidant; and (2) at least one secondary antioxidant comprising at least one phosphite, and (3) at least one chain extending agent; wherein the b* value for said polymer composition is less than 10 according to the L*, a* and b* color system of the CIE (International Commission on Illumination) after being heated for at least three hours at 200° C. or 24 hours at 175° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Robert Erik Young, Mark Allen Peters
  • Patent number: 11630075
    Abstract: A biosensor component is provided that provides enhanced characteristics for use in biosensors, such as blood glucose sensors. The biosensor component comprises a substrate, a conductive layer deposited on the substrate, and a resistive material layer deposited on the conductive layer. The conductive layer includes nickel, chromium, and iron, such that a combined weight percent of the nickel and chromium in the conductive layer is in the range of 25 to less than 95 weight percent, the weight percent of nickel in the conductive layer is at least 4 weight percent, the weight percent of chromium in the conductive layer is at least 10 weight percent, the weight percent of iron in the conductive layer at least 2 weight percent, and such that the conductive layer comprises 0 to 20 weight percent molybdenum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Spencer Erich Hochstetler, Senthil Sambandam, Dennis Lee Ashford, II
  • Publication number: 20230110481
    Abstract: Chemical recycling facilities for processing mixed plastic waste are provided herein. Such facilities have the capability of processing mixed plastic waste streams and utilize a variety of recycling facilities, such as, for example, solvolysis facility, a pyrolysis facility, a cracker facility, a partial oxidation gasification facility, an energy generation/energy production facility, and a solidification facility. Streams from one or more of these individual facilities may be used as feed to one or more of the other facilities, thereby maximizing recovery of valuable chemical components and minimizing unusable waste streams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Bruce Roger DeBruin, Daryl Bitting, David Eugene Slivensky, Xianchun Wu, William Lewis Trapp, Travis Wynn Keever, Michael Paul Ekart, Jaclyn Erin Shuman, Timothy Glenn Schaefer, Justin William Murphy, David Milton Lange, Aaron Nathaniel Edens
  • Publication number: 20230116183
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for the conversion of waste plastics into various useful downstream recycle-content products. More particularly, the present system and method involves integrating a pyrolysis facility with a cracker facility by introducing at least a stream of r-pyrolysis gas into the cracker facility. In the cracker facility, the r-pyrolysis gas may be separated to form one or more recycle content products, and can enhance the operation of the facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Daryl Bitting, David Eugene Slivensky, Xianchun Wu, Michael Paul Ekart, Bruce Roger DeBruin
  • Publication number: 20230113238
    Abstract: The present application discloses regioselectively substituted cellulose esters, films made from the regioselectively substituted cellulose esters and methods for making the same. The regioselectively substituted cellulose esters are synthesized using trifluoroacetic anhydride and cellulose with various acyl donors or acyl donor precursors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Casey Lynn Elkins, Robert Jacks Sharpe, Bin Wang
  • Patent number: 11624723
    Abstract: A biosensor component is provided that provides enhanced characteristics for use in biosensors, such as blood glucose sensors. The biosensor component comprises a substrate, a conductive layer deposited on the substrate, and a resistive material layer deposited on the conductive layer. The conductive layer includes nickel, chromium, and iron, such that a combined weight percent of the nickel and chromium in the conductive layer is in the range of 25 to less than 95 weight percent, the weight percent of nickel in the conductive layer is at least 8 weight percent, the weight percent of chromium in the conductive layer is at least 10 weight percent, the weight percent of iron in the conductive layer at least 2 weight percent, and such that the conductive layer comprises 0 to 20 weight percent molybdenum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Spencer Erich Hochstetler, Dennis Lee Ashford, II, Senthil Sambandam
  • Publication number: 20230100419
    Abstract: A cellulose ester composition is provided comprising at least one low hydroxyl content cellulose ester and at least one polymeric aliphatic polyester (PAP), and optionally at least one impact modifier and/or at least one monomeric plasticizer. Processes for producing the cellulose ester compositions as well as articles made using these compositions are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: John Patrick Quigley, Marcus David Shelby, Wenlai Feng, Thomas Joseph Pecorini