Patents by Inventor Christopher E. Wittner

Christopher E. Wittner 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).

  • Publication number: 20250243298
    Abstract: Methods for making titanated silica supports, titanated chromium/silica pre-catalysts, and activated titanated chromium/silica catalysts are disclosed in which hydrogen peroxide and an alkali metal precursor are used during catalyst preparation. Resulting titanated chromium/silica pre-catalysts often contain silica, 0.1 to 5 wt. % chromium, 0.1 to 10 wt. % titanium, and less than or equal to 4 wt. % carbon, and further contain an alkali metal or zinc at a molar ratio of alkali metal:titanium or zinc:titanium from 0.02:1 to 3:1 and/or at an amount in a range from 0.01 to 2 mmol of alkali metal or zinc per gram of the silica. High melt index potential activated titanated chromium/silica catalysts can be used to polymerize olefins to produce, for example, ethylene based homopolymers and copolymers having HLMI values of greater than 30 g/10 min.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2025
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Inventors: Anand Ramanathan, Max P. McDaniel, Jared Barr, Andrew Blagg, Christopher E. Wittner, Alan L. Solenberger, Zachary T. Kilpatrick, Micheal P. Stevens
  • Patent number: 12365746
    Abstract: Methods for making titanated silica supports, titanated chromium/silica pre-catalysts, and activated titanated chromium/silica catalysts are disclosed in which hydrogen peroxide and an alkali metal precursor are used during catalyst preparation. Resulting titanated chromium/silica pre-catalysts often contain silica, 0.1 to 5 wt. % chromium, 0.1 to 10 wt. % titanium, and less than or equal to 4 wt. % carbon, and further contain a bound alkali metal or zinc at a molar ratio of alkali metal:titanium or zinc:titanium from 0.02:1 to 3:1 and/or at an amount in a range from 0.01 to 2 mmol of alkali metal or zinc per gram of the silica. High melt index potential activated titanated chromium/silica catalysts can be used to polymerize olefins to produce, for example, ethylene based homopolymers and copolymers having HLMI values of greater than 30 g/10 min.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Anand Ramanathan, Max P. McDaniel, Jared L. Barr, Andrew T. Blagg, Christopher E. Wittner, Alan L. Solenberger, Zachary T. Kilpatrick, Micheal P. Stevens
  • Patent number: 12269911
    Abstract: Methods for making titanated silica supports, titanated chromium/silica pre-catalysts, and activated titanated chromium/silica catalysts are disclosed in which hydrogen peroxide and an alkali metal precursor are used during catalyst preparation. Resulting titanated chromium/silica pre-catalysts often contain silica, 0.1 to 5 wt. % chromium, 0.1 to 10 wt. % titanium, and less than or equal to 4 wt. % carbon, and further contain an alkali metal or zinc at a molar ratio of alkali metal:titanium or zinc:titanium from 0.02:1 to 3:1 and/or at an amount in a range from 0.01 to 2 mmol of alkali metal or zinc per gram of the silica. High melt index potential activated titanated chromium/silica catalysts can be used to polymerize olefins to produce, for example, ethylene based homopolymers and copolymers having HLMI values of greater than 30 g/10 min.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Anand Ramanathan, Max P. McDaniel, Jared Barr, Andrew Blagg, Christopher E. Wittner, Alan L. Solenberger, Zachary T. Kilpatrick, Micheal P. Stevens
  • Patent number: 12240964
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are ethylene-based polymers generally characterized by a melt index of less than 15 g/10 min, a density from 0.91 to 0.945 g/cm3, a CY-a parameter at 190° C. from 0.2 to 0.6, an average number of long chain branches per 1,000,000 total carbon atoms of the polymer in a molecular weight range of 500,000 to 2,000,000 g/mol of less than 5, and a maximum ratio of ??/3? at an extensional rate of 0.03 sec?1 in a range from 3 to 15. The ethylene polymers have substantially no long chain branching in the high molecular weight fraction of the polymer, but instead have significant long chain branching in the lower molecular weight fraction, such that polymer melt strength and bubble stability are maintained for the fabrication of blown films and other articles of manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Errun Ding, Chung Ching Tso, Max P. McDaniel, Ashish M. Sukhadia, Youlu Yu, Randall S. Muninger, Aaron M. Osborn, Christopher E. Wittner
  • Publication number: 20240376232
    Abstract: Methods for making titanated silica supports, titanated chromium/silica pre-catalysts, and activated titanated chromium/silica catalysts are disclosed in which hydrogen peroxide and an alkali metal precursor are used during catalyst preparation. Resulting titanated chromium/silica pre-catalysts often contain silica, 0.1 to 5 wt. % chromium, 0.1 to 10 wt. % titanium, and less than or equal to 4 wt. % carbon, and further contain a bound alkali metal or zinc at a molar ratio of alkali metal:titanium or zinc:titanium from 0.02:1 to 3:1 and/or at an amount in a range from 0.01 to 2 mmol of alkali metal or zinc per gram of the silica. High melt index potential activated titanated chromium/silica catalysts can be used to polymerize olefins to produce, for example, ethylene based homopolymers and copolymers having HLMI values of greater than 30 g/10 min.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Anand Ramanathan, Max P. McDaniel, Jared L. Barr, Andrew T. Blagg, Christopher E. Wittner, Alan L. Solenberger, Zachary T. Kilpatrick, Micheal P. Stevens
  • Publication number: 20240301185
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are ethylene-based polymers generally characterized by a melt index of less than 15 g/10 min, a density from 0.91 to 0.945 g/cm3, a CY-a parameter at 190° C. from 0.2 to 0.6, an average number of long chain branches per 1,000,000 total carbon atoms of the polymer in a molecular weight range of 500,000 to 2,000,000 g/mol of less than 5, and a maximum ratio of ??/3? at an extensional rate of 0.03 sec?1 in a range from 3 to 15. The ethylene polymers have substantially no long chain branching in the high molecular weight fraction of the polymer, but instead have significant long chain branching in the lower molecular weight fraction, such that polymer melt strength and bubble stability are maintained for the fabrication of blown films and other articles of manufacture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Errun Ding, Chung Ching Tso, Max P. McDaniel, Ashish M. Sukhadia, Youlu Yu, Randall S. Muninger, Aaron M. Osborn, Christopher E. Wittner
  • Patent number: 12077627
    Abstract: Methods for making titanated silica supports, titanated chromium/silica pre-catalysts, and activated titanated chromium/silica catalysts are disclosed in which hydrogen peroxide and an alkali metal precursor are used during catalyst preparation. Resulting titanated chromium/silica pre-catalysts often contain silica, 0.1 to 5 wt. % chromium, 0.1 to 10 wt. % titanium, and less than or equal to 4 wt. % carbon, and further contain a bound alkali metal or zinc at a molar ratio of alkali metal:titanium or zinc:titanium from 0.02:1 to 3:1 and/or at an amount in a range from 0.01 to 2 mmol of alkali metal or zinc per gram of the silica. High melt index potential activated titanated chromium/silica catalysts can be used to polymerize olefins to produce, for example, ethylene based homopolymers and copolymers having HLMI values of greater than 30 g/10 min.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Anand Ramanathan, Max P. McDaniel, Jared Barr, Andrew T. Blagg, Christopher E. Wittner, Alan L Solenberger, Zachary T. Kilpatrick, Micheal P. Stevens
  • Patent number: 12031022
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are ethylene-based polymers generally characterized by a melt index of less than 15 g/10 min, a density from 0.91 to 0.945 g/cm3, a CY-a parameter at 190° C. from 0.2 to 0.6, an average number of long chain branches per 1,000,000 total carbon atoms of the polymer in a molecular weight range of 500,000 to 2,000,000 g/mol of less than 5, and a maximum ratio of ?E/3? at an extensional rate of 0.03 sec?1 in a range from 3 to 15. The ethylene polymers have substantially no long chain branching in the high molecular weight fraction of the polymer, but instead have significant long chain branching in the lower molecular weight fraction, such that polymer melt strength and bubble stability are maintained for the fabrication of blown films and other articles of manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Errun Ding, Chung Ching Tso, Max P. McDaniel, Ashish M. Sukhadia, Youlu Yu, Randall S. Muninger, Aaron M. Osborn, Christopher E. Wittner
  • Publication number: 20240084052
    Abstract: Methods for making titanated silica supports, titanated chromium/silica pre-catalysts, and activated titanated chromium/silica catalysts are disclosed in which hydrogen peroxide and an alkali metal precursor are used during catalyst preparation. Resulting titanated chromium/silica pre-catalysts often contain silica, 0.1 to 5 wt. % chromium, 0.1 to 10 wt. % titanium, and less than or equal to 4 wt. % carbon, and further contain a bound alkali metal or zinc at a molar ratio of alkali metal:titanium or zinc:titanium from 0.02:1 to 3:1 and/or at an amount in a range from 0.01 to 2 mmol of alkali metal or zinc per gram of the silica. High melt index potential activated titanated chromium/silica catalysts can be used to polymerize olefins to produce, for example, ethylene based homopolymers and copolymers having HLMI values of greater than 30 g/10 min.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Anand Ramanathan, Max P. McDaniel, Jared Barr, Andrew T. Blagg, Christopher E. Wittner, Alan L. Solenberger, Zachary T. Kilpatrick, Micheal P. Stevens
  • Publication number: 20230340166
    Abstract: Methods for making titanated silica supports, titanated chromium/silica pre-catalysts, and activated titanated chromium/silica catalysts are disclosed in which hydrogen peroxide and an alkali metal precursor are used during catalyst preparation. Resulting titanated chromium/silica pre-catalysts often contain silica, 0.1 to 5 wt. % chromium, 0.1 to 10 wt. % titanium, and less than or equal to 4 wt. % carbon, and further contain an alkali metal or zinc at a molar ratio of alkali metal:titanium or zinc:titanium from 0.02:1 to 3:1 and/or at an amount in a range from 0.01 to 2 mmol of alkali metal or zinc per gram of the silica. High melt index potential activated titanated chromium/silica catalysts can be used to polymerize olefins to produce, for example, ethylene based homopolymers and copolymers having HLMI values of greater than 30 g/10 min.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Anand Ramanathan, Max P. McDaniel, Jared Barr, Andrew Blagg, Christopher E. Wittner, Alan L. Solenberger, Zachary T. Kilpatrick, Micheal P. Stevens
  • Publication number: 20220267579
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are ethylene-based polymers generally characterized by a melt index of less than 15 g/10 min, a density from 0.91 to 0.945 g/cm3, a CY-a parameter at 190° C. from 0.2 to 0.6, an average number of long chain branches per 1,000,000 total carbon atoms of the polymer in a molecular weight range of 500,000 to 2,000,000 g/mol of less than 5, and a maximum ratio of ?E/3? at an extensional rate of 0.03 sec?1 in a range from 3 to 15. The ethylene polymers have substantially no long chain branching in the high molecular weight fraction of the polymer, but instead have significant long chain branching in the lower molecular weight fraction, such that polymer melt strength and bubble stability are maintained for the fabrication of blown films and other articles of manufacture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Errun Ding, Chung Ching Tso, Max P. McDaniel, Ashish M. Sukhadia, Youlu Yu, Randall S. Muninger, Aaron M. Osborn, Christopher E. Wittner
  • Patent number: 11339279
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are ethylene-based polymers generally characterized by a melt index of less than 15 g/10 min, a density from 0.91 to 0.945 g/cm3, a CY-a parameter at 190° C. from 0.2 to 0.6, an average number of long chain branches per 1,000,000 total carbon atoms of the polymer in a molecular weight range of 500,000 to 2,000,000 g/mol of less than 5, and a maximum ratio of ?E/3? at an extensional rate of 0.03 sec?1 in a range from 3 to 15. The ethylene polymers have substantially no long chain branching in the high molecular weight fraction of the polymer, but instead have significant long chain branching in the lower molecular weight fraction, such that polymer melt strength and bubble stability are maintained for the fabrication of blown films and other articles of manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Errun Ding, Chung Ching Tso, Max P. McDaniel, Ashish M. Sukhadia, Youlu Yu, Randall S. Muninger, Aaron M. Osborn, Christopher E. Wittner
  • Publication number: 20210309841
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are ethylene-based polymers generally characterized by a melt index of less than 15 g/10 min, a density from 0.91 to 0.945 g/cm3, a CY-a parameter at 190° C. from 0.2 to 0.6, an average number of long chain branches per 1,000,000 total carbon atoms of the polymer in a molecular weight range of 500,000 to 2,000,000 g/mol of less than 5, and a maximum ratio of ?E/3? at an extensional rate of 0.03 sec?1 in a range from 3 to 15. The ethylene polymers have substantially no long chain branching in the high molecular weight fraction of the polymer, but instead have significant long chain branching in the lower molecular weight fraction, such that polymer melt strength and bubble stability are maintained for the fabrication of blown films and other articles of manufacture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Errun Ding, Chung Ching Tso, Max P. McDaniel, Ashish M. Sukhadia, Youlu Yu, Randall S. Muninger, Aaron M. Osborn, Christopher E. Wittner
  • Patent number: 9040643
    Abstract: The present invention provides polymerization processes utilizing an ansa-metallocene catalyst system for the production of olefin polymers. Polymers produced from the polymerization processes have properties that vary based upon the presence or the absence of hydrogen and/or comonomer in the polymerization process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Richard M. Buck, Qing Yang, Albert P. Masino, Christopher E. Wittner
  • Patent number: 9040642
    Abstract: The present invention provides polymerization processes utilizing a catalyst system containing an ansa-metallocene and a second metallocene compound for the production of olefin polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Richard M. Buck, Qing Yang, Albert P. Masino, Christopher E. Wittner
  • Publication number: 20140107301
    Abstract: The present invention provides polymerization processes utilizing an ansa-metallocene catalyst system for the production of olefin polymers. Polymers produced from the polymerization processes have properties that vary based upon the presence or the absence of hydrogen and/or comonomer in the polymerization process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Richard M. Buck, Qing Yang, Albert P. Masino, Christopher E. Wittner
  • Publication number: 20140057777
    Abstract: The present invention provides polymerization processes utilizing a catalyst system containing an ansa-metallocene and a second metallocene compound for the production of olefin polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Richard M. Buck, Qing Yang, Albert P. Masino, Christopher E. Wittner
  • Patent number: 8637616
    Abstract: The present invention provides polymerization processes utilizing an ansa-metallocene catalyst system for the production of olefin polymers. Polymers produced from the polymerization processes have properties that vary based upon the presence or the absence of hydrogen and/or comonomer in the polymerization process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Chevron Philips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Richard M. Buck, Qing Yang, Albert P. Masino, Christopher E. Wittner
  • Patent number: 8609793
    Abstract: The present invention provides polymerization processes utilizing a catalyst system containing an ansa-metallocene and a second metallocene compound for the production of olefin polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Richard M. Buck, Qing Yang, Albert P. Masino, Christopher E. Wittner
  • Patent number: 8492498
    Abstract: A polymer having a density of from about 0.94 g/cm3 to about 0.96 g/cm3 and a primary structure parameter 2 (PSP2 value) of greater than about 8.5, wherein an article formed from the polymer has an environmental stress crack resistance of equal to or greater than about 1000 hours when measured in accordance with ASTM D 1693 condition A. A polymer having at least one lower molecular weight component and at least one higher molecular weight component and having a PSP2 value of equal to or greater than about 8.5, wherein an article formed from the polymer has an environmental stress crack resistance of greater than about 1000 hours when measured in accordance with ASTM D 1693 condition A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Richard M. Buck, Albert P. Masino, Qing Yang, Paul J. DesLauriers, Steven J. Secora, Elizabeth M. Lanier, Guylaine St. Jean, Jon D. Ratzlaff, Christopher E. Wittner