Patents by Inventor Bruce A. Story

Bruce A. Story 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: 6538080
    Abstract: A gas phase fluidized bed process is described for producing ethylene polymers having improved processability and an MWD of less than about 2.9. Multiple reactors in series or parallel may be used to produce in-situ blended polymers. Each reactor can separately have a constrained geometry catalyst or a conventional Ziegler-Natta catalyst as needed for obtaining in-situ blended polymer with the desired properties as long as there is a constrained geometry catalyst in at least one reactor. Olefin polymers can be produced according to this invention which have low susceptibility to melt fracture, even under high shear stress conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: BP Chemicals Limited
    Inventors: Robert D. Swindoll, Bruce A. Story, Brian W. S. Kolthammer, Kevin P. Peil, David R. Wilson, James C. Stevens
  • Patent number: 6025448
    Abstract: A gas phase fluidized bed process is described for producing ethylene polymers having improved processability and an MWD of less than about 2.9. Multiple reactors in series or parallel may be used to produce in-situ blended polymers. Each reactor can separately have a constrained geometry catalyst or a conventional Ziegler-Natta catalyst as needed for obtaining in-situ blended polymer with the desired properties as long as there is a constrained geometry catalyst in at least one reactor. Olefin polymers can be produced according to this invention which have low susceptibility to melt fracture, even under high shear stress conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventors: Robert D. Swindoll, Bruce A. Story, Brian W. S. Kolthammer, Kevin P. Peil, David R. Wilson, James C. Stevens