Patents by Inventor Ben Hicks

Ben Hicks 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).

  • Articles formed from nucleated polyethylene
    Patent number: 8026305
    Abstract: Polymer articles and processes of forming the same are described herein. The processes generally include providing an ethylene based polymer, blending the ethylene based polymer with a modifier to form modified polyethylene and forming the modified polyethylene into a polymer article, wherein the polymer article exhibits a haze that is at least about 10% less than a polymer article prepared with a similarly modified polyethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Fina Technology Inc
    Inventors: Michael McLeod, John Ashbaugh, Cyril Chevillard, Gerhard Guenther, Ruby L. Curtis, Jay Nguyen, Juan Aguirre, Raleigh McBride, Ben Hicks
  • Articles Formed from Nucleated Polyethylene
    Publication number: 20100081767
    Abstract: Polymer articles and processes of forming the same are described herein. The processes generally include providing an ethylene based polymer, blending the ethylene based polymer with a modifier to form modified polyethylene and forming the modified polyethylene into a polymer article, wherein the polymer article exhibits a haze that is at least about 10% less than a polymer article prepared with a similarly modified polyethylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: Fina Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael McLeod, John Ashbaugh, Cyril Chevillard, Gerhard Guenthar, Ruby Curtis, Jay Nguyen, Juan Aguirre, Raleigh McBride, Ben Hicks
  • Polyethylene useful for blown films and blow molding
    Patent number: 7081285
    Abstract: Blown films and blow molded objects may be prepared using a polyethylene composition comprising a unimodal metallocene catalyzed polyethylene copolymer. The polyethylene copolymer has high melt fow rate and good melt strength allowing it to be useful in both extrusion and injection blow molding. Blown film prepared therewith has a high level of clarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Fina Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent Henri Barre, Tim Coffy, Ben Hicks, Rodolfo Mier, Jay Nguyen
  • Heat-sealable films
    Publication number: 20050100752
    Abstract: A multilayer polyolefin film of the type suitable for packaging application in which heat seals are formed, and in its preparation the multilayer film comprises a flexible substrate layer formed of a crystalline thermoplastic polymer having an interface surface. A heat-sealable surface layer is bonded to the interface surface of the substrate layer and is formed of a syndiotactic propylene polymer effective to produce a heat seal with itself at a sealing temperature of less than 110° C. The surface layer has a thickness which is less than the thickness of the substrate layer. The heat-seal layer can be formed of syndiotactic polypropylene polymerized in the presence of a syndiospecific metallocene catalyst and having a melt flow index of less than 2 grams/10 minutes. The multilayer film can take the form of a biaxially-oriented film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2003
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Inventors: Aiko Hanyu, Ben Hicks