Patents by Inventor Alain Van Sinoy

Alain Van Sinoy 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).

  • Patent number: 10016923
    Abstract: A polyethylene resin having a multimodal molecular weight distribution comprising at least two polyethylene fractions A and B, fraction A being substantially free of comonomer and having a lower weight average molecular weight and a higher density than fraction B, each fraction prepared in different reactors of two reactors connected in series in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system, the polyethylene resin having a density of from 0.950 to 0.965 g/cm3 and a melt index MI2 of from 0.5 to 5 g/10 min.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUY
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Boissiere, Aurélien Vantomme, Pierre Belloir, Alain Van Sinoy
  • Publication number: 20170348891
    Abstract: A polyethylene resin having a multimodal molecular weight distribution comprising at least two polyethylene fractions A and B, fraction A being substantially free of comonomer and having a lower weight average molecular weight and a higher density than fraction B, each fraction prepared in different reactors of two reactors connected in series in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system, the polyethylene resin having a density of from 0.950 to 0.965 g/cm3 and a melt index MI2 of from 0.5 to 5 g/10 min.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: Total Research & Technology Feluy
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Boissiere, Aurélien Vantomme, Pierre Belloir, Alain Van Sinoy
  • Patent number: 9821504
    Abstract: This invention covers injection stretch blow molded articles prepared from polyethylene resin having a bimodal molecular weight distribution (MWD), defined by the ratio of the weight average molecular weight (Mw) to the number average molecular weight (Mn), of from 2 to 20, comprising two polyethylene fractions A and B, fraction A being substantially free of comonomer and having a lower weight average molecular weight and a higher density than fraction B, each fraction prepared in different reactors of two reactors connected in series in the presence of a metallocene-containing catalyst system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUY
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Boissiere, Aurelien Vantomme, Pierre Belloir, Alain Van Sinoy
  • Patent number: 9610723
    Abstract: A polyethylene resin having a multimodal molecular weight distribution comprising at least two polyethylene fractions A and B, fraction A being substantially free of comonomer and having a lower weight average molecular weight and a higher density than fraction B, each fraction prepared in different reactors of two reactors connected in series in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system, the polyethylene resin having a density of from 0.950 to 0.965 g/cm3 and a melt index MI2 of from 0.5 to 5 g/10 min.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS RESEARCH FELUY
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Boissiere, Aurélien Vantomme, Pierre Belloir, Alain Van Sinoy
  • Patent number: 8911872
    Abstract: The invention relates to A process for the polymerization of ethylene to produce a polyethylene resin in at least two slurry loop reactors connected to each other in series, the resin having a bimodal molecular weight distribution, a molecular weight distribution MWD of at least 7.0, an HLMI of from 1 to 100 g/10 min, and a density of from 0.935 to 0.960 g/cm3, wherein in one reactor 30 to 47 wt % based on the total weight of the polyethylene resin of a high molecular weight (HMW) polyethylene fraction is produced having an HL275 of from 0.05 to 1.8 g/10 min (the equivalent of HLMI of from 0.01 to 1.56 g/10 min), a density of from 0.925 to 0.942 g/cm3 and an MWD of at least 5.0, and in the other reactor a low molecular weight (LMW) polyethylene fraction is produced having an HLMI of from 10 to 1500 g/10 min and a density of from 0.960 to 0.975 g/cm3, in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Total Research & Technology Feluy
    Inventors: Aurélien Vantomme, Daniel Siraux, Alain Van Sinoy, Jean-Léon Gielens
  • Publication number: 20140288258
    Abstract: The invention relates to A process for the polymerisation of ethylene to produce a polyethylene resin in at least two slurry loop reactors connected to each other in series, the resin having a bimodal molecular weight distribution, a molecular weight distribution MWD of at least 7.0, an HLMI of from 1 to 100 g/10 min, and a density of from 0.935 to 0.960 g/cm3, wherein in one reactor 30 to 47 wt % based on the total weight of the polyethylene resin of a high molecular weight (HMW) polyethylene fraction is produced having an HL275 of from 0.05 to 1.8 g/10 min (the equivalent of HLMI of from 0.01 to 1.56 g/10 min), a density of from 0.925 to 0.942 g/cm3 and an MWD of at least 5.0, and in the other reactor a low molecular weight (LMW) polyethylene fraction is produced having an HLMI of from 10 to 1500 g/10 min and a density of from 0.960 to 0.975 g/cm3, in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Aurélien Vantomme, Daniel Siraux, Alain Van Sinoy, Jean-Léon Gielens
  • Patent number: 8802210
    Abstract: The invention relates to A process for the polymerisation of ethylene to produce a polyethylene resin in at least two slurry loop reactors connected to each other in series, the resin having a bimodal molecular weight distribution, a molecular weight distribution MWD of at least 7.0, an HLMI of from 1 to 100 g/10 min, and a density of from 0.935 to 0.960 g/cm3, wherein in one reactor 30 to 47 wt % based on the total weight of the polyethylene resin of a high molecular weight (HMW) polyethylene fraction is produced having an HL275 of from 0.05 to 1.8 g/10 min (the equivalent of HLMI of from 0.01 to 1.56 g/10 min), a density of from 0.925 to 0.942 g/cm3 and an MWD of at least 5.0, and in the other reactor a low molecular weight (LMW) polyethylene fraction is produced having an HLMI of from 10 to 1500 g/10 min and a density of from 0.960 to 0.975 g/cm3, in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Total Research & Technology Feluy
    Inventors: Aurélien Vantomme, Daniel Siraux, Alain Van Sinoy, Jean-Léon Gielens
  • Publication number: 20140050873
    Abstract: The invention relates to A process for the polymerisation of ethylene to produce a polyethylene resin in at least two slurry loop reactors connected to each other in series, the resin having a bimodal molecular weight distribution, a molecular weight distribution MWD of at least 7.0, an HLMI of from 1 to 100 g/10 min, and a density of from 0.935 to 0.960 g/cm3, wherein in one reactor 30 to 47 wt % based on the total weight of the polyethylene resin of a high molecular weight (HMW) polyethylene fraction is produced having an HL275 of from 0.05 to 1.8 g/10 min (the equivalent of HLMI of from 0.01 to 1.56 g/10 min), a density of from 0.925 to 0.942 g/cm3 and an MWD of at least 5.0, and in the other reactor a low molecular weight (LMW) polyethylene fraction is produced having an HLMI of from 10 to 1500 g/10 min and a density of from 0.960 to 0.975 g/cm3, in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUY
    Inventors: Aurélien Vantomme, Daniel Siraux, Alain Van Sinoy, Jean-Léon Gielens
  • Publication number: 20140004285
    Abstract: This invention covers injection stretch blow moulded articles prepared from polyethylene resin having a bimodal molecular weight distribution (MWD), defined by the ratio of the weight average molecular weight (Mw) to the number average molecular weight (Mn), of from 2 to 20, comprising two polyethylene fractions A and B, fraction A being substantially free of comonomer and having a lower weight average molecular weight and a higher density than fraction B, each fraction prepared in different reactors of two reactors connected in series in the presence of a metallocene-containing catalyst system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUY
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Boissiere, Aurelien Vantomme, Pierre Belloir, Alain Van Sinoy
  • Patent number: 8609792
    Abstract: The invention relates to A process for the polymerization of ethylene to produce a polyethylene resin in at least two slurry loop reactors connected to each other in series, the resin having a bimodal molecular weight distribution, a molecular weight distribution MWD of at least 7.0, an HLMI of from 1 to 100 g/10 min, and a density of from 0.935 to 0.960 g/cm3, wherein in one reactor 30 to 47 wt % based on the total weight of the polyethylene resin of a high molecular weight (HMW) polyethylene fraction is produced having an HL275 of from 0.05 to 1.8 g/10 min (the equivalent of HLMI of from 0.01 to 1.56 g/10 min), a density of from 0.925 to 0.942 g/cm3 and an MWD of at least 5.0, and in the other reactor a low molecular weight (LMW) polyethylene fraction is produced having an HLMI of from 10 to 1500 g/10 min and a density of from 0.960 to 0.975 g/cm3, in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Total Research & Technology Feluy
    Inventors: Aurélien Vantomme, Daniel Siraux, Alain Van Sinoy, Jean-Léon Gielens
  • Publication number: 20130202834
    Abstract: The invention relates to A process for the polymerisation of ethylene to produce a polyethylene resin in at least two slurry loop reactors connected to each other in series, the resin having a bimodal molecular weight distribution, a molecular weight distribution MWD of at least 7.0, an HLMI of from 1 to 100 g/10 min, and a density of from 0.935 to 0.960 g/cm3, wherein in one reactor 30 to 47 wt % based on the total weight of the polyethylene resin of a high molecular weight (HMW) polyethylene fraction is produced having an HL275 of from 0.05 to 1.8 g/10 min (the equivalent of HLMI of from 0.01 to 1.56 g/10 min), a density of from 0.925 to 0.942 g/cm3 and an MWD of at least 5.0, and in the other reactor a low molecular weight (LMW) polyethylene fraction is produced having an HLMI of from 10 to 1500 g/10 min and a density of from 0.960 to 0.975 g/cm3, in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: Total Petrochemicals Research Feluy
    Inventors: Aurélien Vantomme, Daniel Siraux, Alain Van Sinoy, Jean-Léon Gielens
  • Publication number: 20130192173
    Abstract: An injection stretch blow moulded container prepared essentially from polyethylene prepared in the presence of a chromium-based catalyst system, the polyethylene having a density of from 0.950 to 0.965 g/cm3, measured following the method of standard test ASTM 1505 at a temperature of 23° C., a melt index MI2 of from 0.5 to 5 g/10 min, measured following the method of standard test ASTM D 1238 at a temperature of 190° C. and under a load of 2.16 kg, and a high load melt index HLMI of from 40 to 150 g/10 min, measured following the method of standard test ASTM D 1238 at a temperature of 190° C. and under a load of 21.6 kg, the container weighing from 10 to 150 g per dm3 of volume, when the container has a volume of less than 300 cm3, the container weighing from 10 to 80 g per dm3 of volume, when the container has a volume of at least 300 cm3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: Total Petrochemicals Research Feluy
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Boissiere, Aurélien Vantomme, Pierre Belloir, Alain Van Sinoy
  • Publication number: 20120282422
    Abstract: A polyethylene resin having a multimodal molecular weight distribution comprising at least two polyethylene fractions A and B, fraction A being substantially free of comonomer and having a lower weight average molecular weight and a higher density than fraction B, each fraction prepared in different reactors of two reactors connected in series in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system, the polyethylene resin having a density of from 0.950 to 0.965 g/cm3 and a melt index MI2 of from 0.5 to 5 g/10 min.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS RESEARCH FELUY
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Boissiere, Aurélien Vantomme, Pierre Belloir, Alain Van Sinoy
  • Patent number: 7514504
    Abstract: This invention discloses the production and use of a polyethylene composition comprising a metallocene-produced linear low density polyethylene and a multi modal high density polyethylene prepared from either a Ziegler-Natta or a metallocene catalyst system. The resulting polyethylene composition is suitable for preparing articles having improved environmental stress crack resistance, rigidity, contact transparency, gloss as well as good processing capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Fina Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Alain Van Sinoy, Christian Koulic