Patents Examined by Caixia C Lu
  • Patent number: 11180582
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for improving the activity of Ziegler-Natta (ZN) catalysts. The method includes forming a modified precursor composition of a ZN catalyst by providing a precursor composition of the ZN catalyst for treatment with an aluminum alkyl compound in a liquid organic solvent. The precursor composition of the ZN catalyst includes at least one titanium compound. The at least one titanium compound in the precursor composition is treated with the aluminum alkyl compound in the liquid organic solvent, where the aluminum alkyl compound converts the at least one titanium compound in the precursor composition into a modified state of the ZN catalyst. At least a portion of the aluminum alkyl compound not consumed in converting the at least one titanium compound in the precursor composition into the modified state of the ZN catalyst and reaction by-product compounds in the liquid organic solvent are removed to form the modified precursor composition of the ZN catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Univation Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin J. Cann, Michael D. Awe, Wesley R. Mariott
  • Patent number: 9963522
    Abstract: The present invention provides a metallocene complex capable of producing a homopolypropylene having a high melting point in the homopolymerization of propylene, and a production method of an olefin polymer using the same. The metallocene complex of the present invention is represented by formula [I].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: JAPAN POLYPROPYLENE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshinori Suzuki, Masami Kashimoto, Masato Nakano, Hideshi Uchino, Takao Tayano