Patents by Inventor Angelo Ferraro
Angelo Ferraro 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).
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Patent number: 11028259Abstract: A multilayer film made from or containing a skin layer made from or containing a polyolefin composition made from or containing: A) from 19 wt % to 50 wt % of a propylene ethylene copolymer having an ethylene derived units content ranging from 1.5 wt % to 6.0 wt % and B) from 50 wt % to 81 wt % of a propylene ethylene 1-butene terpolymer having an ethylene derived units content ranging from 1.5 wt % to 6.0 wt % and 1-butene derived units content of between 4.8 wt % to 12.4 wt %; the sum of the amount of component A) and B) being 100; the composition being characterized by the following features: molecular weight distribution (MWD), expressed in terms of Mw/Mn, greater than 4.0; the creep and recovery curve measured on the polymer fuse at 200° C. shows a maximum value between 600 and 1200 seconds, lower than 53×10?5 1/Pa.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2016Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.Inventors: Paola Massari, Caroline Cathelin, Claudio Cavalieri, Marco Ciarafoni, Andrea Felisati, Angelo Ferraro, Giampiero Morini, Fabrizio Piemontesi, Gianni Vitale
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Patent number: 10577492Abstract: A polyolefin composition made from or containing: A) from 19 wt % to 50 wt % of a propylene ethylene copolymer having an ethylene derived units content ranging from 1.5 wt % to 6.0 wt; B) from 50 wt % to 81 wt % of a propylene ethylene 1-butene terpolymer having an ethylene derived units content ranging from 1.5 wt % and 6.0 wt % and 1-butene derived units content of between 4.8 wt % and 12.4 wt %; wherein the ratio C2 wt %/C4 wt % is between 0.22 and 3.0, where C2 wt % is the weight percent of ethylene derived units and C4 wt % is the weight percent of 1-butene derived units; the content of xylene soluble fraction at 25° C. is between 2 and 15 wt %; molecular weight distribution (MWD), expressed in terms of Mw/Mn, greater than 4.0; recoverable compliance at 200° C. having a maximum value between 800 and 1200 seconds, lower than 65×10?5 Pa?1.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2016Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.Inventors: Andrea Felisati, Angelo Ferraro, Paola Massari, Marco Ciarafoni, Claudio Cavalieri, Roberto Pantaleoni
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Patent number: 10576720Abstract: A film made from or containing a polyolefin composition made from or containing: A) from about 19 wt % to about 50 wt %, based upon the total weight of the polyolefin composition, of a propylene ethylene copolymer having an ethylene derived units content ranging from about 1.5 wt % to about 6.0 wt %, based upon the total weight of the propylene ethylene copolymer; and B) from about 50 wt % to about 81 wt %, based upon the total weight of the polyolefin composition, of a propylene ethylene 1-butene terpolymer having an ethylene derived units content ranging from about 1.5 wt % to about 6.0 wt %, based upon the total weight of the propylene ethylene 1-butene terpolymer, and 1-butene derived units content of between about 4.8 wt % and about 12.4 wt %, based upon the total weight of the propylene ethylene 1-butene terpolymer; the sum of the amount of component A) and B) being 100.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2016Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.Inventors: Paola Massari, Caroline Cathelin, Claudio Cavalieri, Marco Ciarafoni, Andrea Felisati, Angelo Ferraro, Giampiero Morini, Fabrizio Piemontesi, Gianni Vitale
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Publication number: 20180237623Abstract: A polyolefin composition made from or containing: A) from 19 wt % to 50 wt % of a propylene ethylene copolymer having an ethylene derived units content ranging from 1.5 wt % to 6.0 wt; B) from 50 wt % to 81 wt % of a propylene ethylene 1-butene terpolymer having an ethylene derived units content ranging from 1.5 wt % and 6.0 wt % and 1-butene derived units content of between 4.8 wt % and 12.4 wt %; wherein the ratio C2 wt %/C4 wt % is between 0.22 and 3.0, where C2 wt % is the weight percent of ethylene derived units and C4 wt % is the weight percent of 1-butene derived units; the content of xylene soluble fraction at 25° C. is between 2 and 15 wt %; molecular weight distribution (MWD), expressed in terms of Mw/Mn, greater than 4.0; recoverable compliance at 200° C. having a maximum value between 800 and 1200 seconds, lower than 65×10?5 Pa?1.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2016Publication date: August 23, 2018Applicant: BASELL POLIOLEFINE ITALIA S.R.L.Inventors: ANDREA FELISATI, ANGELO FERRARO, PAOLA MASSARI, MARCO CIARAFONI, CLAUDIO CAVALIERI, ROBERTO PANTALEONI
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Publication number: 20180223084Abstract: A multilayer film made from or containing a skin layer made from or containing a polyolefin composition made from or containing: A) from 19 wt % to 50 wt % of a propylene ethylene copolymer having an ethylene derived units content ranging from 1.5 wt % to 6.0 wt % and B) from 50 wt % to 81 wt % of a propylene ethylene 1-butene terpolymer having an ethylene derived units content ranging from 1.5 wt % to 6.0 wt % and 1-butene derived units content of between 4.8 wt % to 12.4 wt %; the sum of the amount of component A) and B) being 100; the composition being characterized by the following features: molecular weight distribution (MWD), expressed in terms of Mw/Mn, greater than 4.0; the creep and recovery curve measured on the polymer fuse at 200° C. shows a maximum value between 600 and 1200 seconds, lower than 53×10?5 1/Pa.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2016Publication date: August 9, 2018Applicant: BASELL POLIOLEFINE ITALIA S.R.L.Inventors: PAOLA MASSARI, CAROLINE CATHELIN, CLAUDIO CAVALIERI, MARCO CIARAFONI, ANDREA FELISATI, ANGELO FERRARO, GIAMPIERO MORINI, FABRIZIO PIEMONTESI, GIANNI VITALE
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Publication number: 20180201003Abstract: A film made from or containing a polyolefin composition made from or containing: A) from about 19 wt % to about 50 wt %, based upon the total weight of the polyolefin composition, of a propylene ethylene copolymer having an ethylene derived units content ranging from about 1.5 wt % to about 6.0 wt %, based upon the total weight of the propylene ethylene copolymer; and B) from about 50 wt % to about 81 wt %, based upon the total weight of the polyolefin composition, of a propylene ethylene 1-butene terpolymer having an ethylene derived units content ranging from about 1.5 wt % to about 6.0 wt %, based upon the total weight of the propylene ethylene 1-butene terpolymer, and 1-butene derived units content of between about 4.8 wt % and about 12.4 wt %, based upon the total weight of the propylene ethylene 1-butene terpolymer; the sum of the amount of component A) and B) being 100.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2016Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicant: BASELL POLIOLEFINE ITALIA S.R.L.Inventors: PAOLA MASSARI, CAROLINE CATHELIN, CLAUDIO CAVALIERI, MARCO CIARAFONI, ANDREA FELISATI, ANGELO FERRARO, GIAMPIERO MORINI, FABRIZIO PIEMONTESI, GIANNI VITALE
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Patent number: 9321913Abstract: A polyolefin compositions comprising: A) From 77 wt % to 90 wt %, of a propylene homopolymer having the fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. lower than 2 wt %; B) from 10 wt % to 23 wt % of a copolymer of ethylene with one C4-C10 alpha-olefin containing from 20 wt % to 30 wt %, of said C4-C10 alpha-olefin derived units; said composition having the value of melt flow rate (MFR) at 230° C., 2.16 kg of from 0.5 to 4.5 g/10 min; the total content of ethylene of from 10 wt % to 18 wt %; the value of the intrinsic viscosity of the total fraction soluble in Xylene at 25° C. (AMXSIVtot) is less than 1.5 dl/g.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2012Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.Inventors: Roberta Marzolla, Monica Galvan, Angelo Ferraro
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Publication number: 20140336334Abstract: A polyolefin compositions comprising: A) From 77 wt % to 90 wt %, of a propylene homopolymer having the fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. lower than 2 wt %; B) from 10 wt % to 23 wt % of a copolymer of ethylene with one C4-C10 alpha-olefin containing from 20 wt % to 30 wt %, of said C4-C10 alpha-olefin derived units; said composition having the value of melt flow rate (MFR) at 230° C., 2.16 kg of from 0.5 to 4.5 g/10 min; the total content of ethylene of from 10 wt % to 18 wt %; the value of the intrinsic viscosity of the total fraction soluble in Xylene at 25° C. (AMXSIVtot) is less than 1.5 dl/g.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2012Publication date: November 13, 2014Applicant: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.Inventors: Roberta Marzolla, Monica Galvan, Angelo Ferraro
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Patent number: 8569418Abstract: Polyolefin compositions particularly suitable for cast film, exhibiting heat sealability, retortability, low haze and stiffness, comprising: 1) 75-85% of a propylene homopolymer or copolymer of propylene with ethylene and/or one or more C4-C10 ?-olefin(s), the homopolymer or copolymer having melting temperature equal to or higher than 150° C., 2) 15-25% of a copolymer of ethylene with one or more C4-C10 ?-olefin(s) containing from 20 to 30% of said C4-C10 ?-olefin(s); said composition having MFR (at 230° C., 2.16 kg) of from 5-10 g/10 min, the total content of ethylene of from 10 to 20%, the total content of C4-C10 ?-olefin(s) of from 2 to 8%, the ratio XStot/XSm of the total fraction soluble in Xylene at room temperature to the fraction soluble in Xylene at room temperature of the matrix component (1) of from 5 to 15, and the value of the intrinsic viscosity of the total fraction soluble in Xylene at room temperature (XSIVtot) of 1.5 dl/g or less.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2010Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.R.L.Inventors: Monica Galvan, Marco Ciarafoni, Roberto Pantaleoni, Angelo Ferraro
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Publication number: 20120136121Abstract: Polyolefin compositions particularly suitable for cast film, exhibiting heat sealability, retortability, low haze and stiffness, comprising: 1) 75-85% of a propylene homopolymer or copolymer of propylene with ethylene and/or one or more C4-C10 ?-olefin(s), the homopolymer or copolymer having melting temperature equal to or higher than 150° C., 2) 15-25% of a copolymer of ethylene with one or more C4-C10 ?-olefin(s) containing from 20 to 30% of said C4-C10 ?-olefin(s); said composition having MFR (at 230° C., 2.16 kg) of from 5-10 g/10 min, the total content of ethylene of from 10 to 20%, the total content of C4-C10 ?-olefin(s) of from 2 to 8%, the ratio XStot/XSm of the total fraction soluble in Xylene at room temperature to the fraction soluble in Xylene at room temperature of the matrix component (1) of from 5 to 15, and the value of the intrinsic viscosity of the total fraction soluble in Xylene at room temperature (XSIVtot) of 1.5 dl/g or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2010Publication date: May 31, 2012Applicant: BASELL POLIOLEFINE ITALIA S.R.L.Inventors: Monica Galvan, Marco Ciarafoni, Roberto Pantaleoni, Angelo Ferraro
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Publication number: 20080182941Abstract: A polyolefin composition, comprising: (A) from 5 to 95 parts by weight of a crystalline propylene polymer having an isotactic index greater than 80, selected from polypropylene homopolymer and propylene copolymers containing 0.5 to 15 mol % of ethylene and/or an ?-olefin having 4 to 10 carbon atoms, and (B) from 5 to 95 parts by weight of an ethylene/?-olefin copolymer containing from 35 to 70% by weight of ethylene, from 30 to 65% by weight of an olefin CH2?CHR, in which R a hydrocarbyl radical with 1-12 carbon atoms, and from 0 to 10% of a polyene characterized by (i) a Molecular Weight Distribution expressed by Mw/Mn of higher than 3, (ii) a content of 2-1 regioinvertions of the ?-olefin units of lower than 5% and (iii) a value of Shore A and content by weight of ethylenic units, calculated on the basis of the whole polymer, such that the point defined by such values falls below the curve defined by the following equation: Y=0.0438X2-4.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2007Publication date: July 31, 2008Applicant: Basell Poliolefine Italia s.r.l.Inventors: Angelo Ferraro, Tiziano Dall'Occo, Giuliano Cecchin
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Patent number: 7371806Abstract: Process for the preparation of ethylene copolymers comprising the copolymerization of ethylene with olefins CH2?CHR, in which R is a hydrocarbyl radical with 1-12 carbon atoms carried out in the presence of a catalyst comprising (i) a solid catalyst component comprising Mg, Ti, halogen and specific 1,3-diethers of formula (I) in which R is a C1-C10 hydrocarbon group, R1 is methyl or ethyl, optionally containing a heteroatom, and R2 is a C4-C12 linear alkyl optionally containing a heteroatom, and (ii) an organo-Al compound. The obtained copolymers are endowed with good comonomer distribution.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2003Date of Patent: May 13, 2008Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.p.A.Inventors: Angelo Ferraro, Tiziano Dall'Occo, Giuliano Cecchin
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Publication number: 20080064836Abstract: Process for the preparation of ethylene copolymers comprising the copolymerization of ethylene with olefins CH2?CHR, in which R is a hydrocarbyl radical with 1-12 carbon atoms carried out in the presence of a catalyst comprising (i) a solid catalyst component comprising Mg, Ti, halogen and specific 1,3-diethers of formula (I) in which R is a C1-C10 hydrocarbon group, R1 is methyl or ethyl, optionally containing a heteroatom, and R2 is a C4-C12 linear alkyl optionally containing a heteroatom, and (ii) an organo-Al compound. The obtained copolymers are endowed with good comonomer distribution.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2007Publication date: March 13, 2008Applicant: Basell Poliolefine Italia s.r.I.Inventors: Angelo Ferraro, Tiziano Dall'Occo, Giuliano Cecchin
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Patent number: 7183332Abstract: A process for preparing porous olefin polymers comprising bringing into contact in a polymerization reactor, at a temperature T1, one or more olefins of the formula (I) CH2?CHR1, R1 being hydrogen, a C1–C20-alkyl or a C6–C12-aryl group, with a catalyst obtained by reacting a solid catalyst component in the form of spheroidal particles comprising a compound of Ti or V not containing metal-? bonds and a Mg halide, optionally containing one or more electron donor compounds, with an aluminum-alkyl (Al-alkyl) compound, then raising the temperature up to the polymerization temperature, said process being characterized in that: a) if the temperature T1 is lower than 40° C.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2001Date of Patent: February 27, 2007Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.p.A.Inventors: Angelo Ferraro, Giovanni Baruzzi, Constantine A. Stewart, Ofelia Fusco
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Patent number: 7022793Abstract: A process for the preparation of heterophasic elastomeric polymer comprising the step of polymerizing ethylene, an alpha-olefin CH2?CHL, where L is an alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl radical with 1–10 carbon atoms and a non-conjugated diene in the presence of a catalyst system comprising a transition metal catalyst component supported on a porous alpha-olefin polymer, characterized in that at least part of the diene is impregnated on the porous alpha-olefin polymer.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2002Date of Patent: April 4, 2006Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbHInventors: Maurizio Galimberti, Angelo Ferraro, Giovanni Baruzzi, Ofelia Fusco
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Publication number: 20050107539Abstract: Process for the preparation of ethylene copolymers comprising the copolymerization of ethylene with olefins CH2?CHR, in which R is a hyrdocarbyl radical with 1-12 carbon atoms carried out in the presence of a catalyst comprising (i) a solid catalyst component comprising Mg, Ti, halogen and specific 1,3-diethers of formula (I) in which R is a C1-C10 hydrocarbon group, R1 is methyl or ethyl, optionally containing a heteroatom, and R2 is a C4-C12 linear alkyl optionally containing a heteroatom, and (ii) an organo-Al compound. The obtained copolymers are endowed with good comonomer distribution.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2003Publication date: May 19, 2005Applicant: Basell Poliolefine Italia S. p. A.Inventors: Angelo Ferraro, Tiziano Dall'Occo, Giuliano Cecchin
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Publication number: 20050049371Abstract: A process for the preparation of heterophasic elastomeric polymer comprising the step of polymerizing ethylene, an alpha-olefin CH2=CHL, where L is an alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl radical with 1-10 carbon atoms and a non-conjugated diene in the presence of a catalyst system comprising a transition metal catalyst component supported on a porous alpha-olefin polymer, characterized in that at least part of the diene is impregnated on the porous alpha-olefin polymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2002Publication date: March 3, 2005Inventors: Maurizio Galimberti, Angelo Ferraro, Giovanni Baruzzi, Ofelia Fusco
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Publication number: 20050003951Abstract: A porous polymer of propylene optionally containing up to 15% by weight of an alpha-olefins of formula CH2?CHR wherein R is a hydrogen atom or a C2-C10 alkyl radical having the following characteristics: a) in the Temperature Rising Elution Temperature analysis (TREF) a fraction eluted at a temperature range front 25° C. to 97° higher than 20% of the total polymer eluted; and b) a pore volume (determined by mercury absorption) greater than 0.45 cc/g.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2002Publication date: January 6, 2005Inventors: Angelo Ferraro, Giovanni Baruzzi, Constantine A Stewart
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Publication number: 20040092615Abstract: A process for preparing porous olefin polymers comprising bringing into contact in a polymerization reactor, at a temperature T1, one or more olefins of the formula (I) CH2═CHR1, R1 being hydrogen, a C1-C20-alkyl or a C6-C12-aryl group, with a catalyst obtained by reacting a solid catalyst component in the form of spheroidal particles comprising a compound of Ti or V not containing metal-&pgr; bonds and a Mg halide, optionally containing one or more electron donor compounds, with an aluminum-alkyl (Al-alkyl) compound, then raising the temperature up to the polymerization temperature, said process being characterized in that: a) if the temperature T1 is lower than 40° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2003Publication date: May 13, 2004Inventors: Angelo Ferraro, Giovanni Baruzzi
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Patent number: 6620888Abstract: Described is a thermoplastic composition including: (A) 10 to 99% by weight of a propylene polymer optionally containing from 0.1 to 5% by moles of units derived from an olefin of the formula CH2═CHR, R being hydrogen, a C2-C20-alkyl or a C6-C12-aryl group, having the following characteristics: 50<isotactic triads (mm)<85; melting point (Tm) from 60° C. to 120° C., and (B) 1 to 90% by weight of a propylene polymer having an essentially isotactic structure, optionally containing from 0.1 to 5% by moles of units derived from an olefin of the formula CH2═CHR, R being hydrogen, a C2-C20-alkyl or a C6-C12-aryl group, which has a melting point (Tm) higher than 153° C. Also described is a process for the preparation of this thermoplastic composition.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2001Date of Patent: September 16, 2003Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbHInventors: Luigi Resconi, Angelo Ferraro, Giovanni Baruzzi