Patents by Inventor David M. Fiscus
David M. Fiscus 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: 11952480Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides a composition comprising 1) about 97.5 wt % to about 99.9 wt % of a first polyethylene having a density of about 0.91 g/cm3 to about 0.94 g/cm3, and a melt strength of about 10 mN or greater; and 2) about 0.1 wt % to about 2.5 wt % of a second polyethylene having an Mw of about 500,000 g/mol or more. In some embodiments, the composition is a film. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides a method of making a composition comprising blending a first polyethylene of any embodiment described herein and a second polyethylene of any embodiment described herein.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Johannes M. Soulages, Arnold Lustiger, Thomas T. Sun, Pamela J. Wright, Madhavi Vadlamudi, Alexander I. Norman, Adriana S. Silva, David M. Fiscus, Timothy D. Shaffer
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Publication number: 20230174757Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to catalyst systems, polyethylene compositions, and uses of such compositions in, e.g., films. In an embodiment is provided a film that includes a polyethylene composition, comprising: ethylene and a C3-C40 olefin comonomer, the polyethylene composition having at least 75 wt % ethylene content and from 0 wt % to 25 wt % of a C3-C40 olefin comonomer content based upon the total weight of the composition as determined by GPC-IR5-LS-VIS, the film having: an average of MD and TD 1% secant modulus of 42,000 psi or greater as determined by ASTM D-882, and a Dart Drop Impact of greater than 400 g/mil, as determined by ASTM D1709.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2021Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Ru Xie, Matthew W. Holtcamp, David M. Fiscus, Dongming Li, Laughlin G. McCullough, Matthew S. Bedoya, Kevin A. Steven, Yan Jiang, Joseph A. Moebus
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Publication number: 20230167254Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to catalyst systems, polyethylene compositions, and uses of such compositions in, e.g., films. In an embodiment is provided a film that includes a polyethylene composition, comprising: ethylene and a C3-C40 olefin comonomer, the polyethylene composition having at least 65 wt % ethylene content and from 0 wt % to 35 wt % of a C3-C40 olefin comonomer content based upon the total weight of the composition, the film having: an average of MD and TD 1% secant modulus of 43,000 psi or greater, and a Dart Drop Impact Strength of greater than 500 g/mil. In another embodiment is provided a process for producing a polyethylene composition that includes introducing ethylene and a C3-C40 alpha-olefin to a catalyst system, the catalyst system comprising a first catalyst compound, a second catalyst compound, and an activator; and forming a polyethylene composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2021Publication date: June 1, 2023Inventors: Ru Xie, Mattew W. Holtcamp, David M. Fiscus, Dongming Li, Laughlin G. McCullough, Matthew S. Bedoya, Kevin A. Stevens, Yan Jiang, Joseph A. Moebus
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Patent number: 11248113Abstract: The present disclosure provides copolymers comprising from about 0.5 wt % to about 25 wt % cyclic olefin content and films comprising the copolymers. In one embodiment, a copolymer includes a C2-C40 monomer content of from about 75 wt % to about 99.5 wt %; and a C5-C40 cyclic olefin comonomer content of from about 0.5 wt % to about 25 wt %. The copolymer has a density of about 0.91 g/cm3 to about 0.933 g/cm3. Films of the present disclosure can have advantageous mechanical properties (such as melt strength) and optical properties (such as haze %).Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: David M. Fiscus, Peijun Jiang, Yong Yang
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Publication number: 20210371632Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides a composition comprising 1) about 97.5 wt % to about 99.9 wt % of a first polyethylene having a density of about 0.91 g/cm3 to about 0.94 g/cm3, and a melt strength of about 10 mN or greater; and 2) about 0.1 wt % to about 2.5 wt % of a second polyethylene having an Mw of about 500,000 g/mol or more. In some embodiments, the composition is a film. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides a method of making a composition comprising blending a first polyethylene of any embodiment described herein and a second polyethylene of any embodiment described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2019Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Johannes M. Soulages, Arnold Lustiger, Thomas T. Sun, Pamela J. Wright, Madhavi Vadlamudi, Alexander I. Norman, Adriana S. Silva, David M. Fiscus, Timothy D. Shaffer
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Patent number: 11046796Abstract: The present disclosure provides films made of polyethylene (PE) compositions. In at least one embodiment, a film includes a polyethylene composition, comprising: ethylene content and from 0 to 25 mol % of C3-C40 olefin comonomer content, based upon the total weight of the polyethylene composition, the polyethylene composition having a total internal plus terminal unsaturation greater than 0.7 unsaturations per 1000 carbon atoms, the film having: an Elmendorf Tear value in the machine direction of from 10 g/mil to 300 g/mil, and a Dart Drop Impact of from 100 g/mil to 800 g/mil. In at least one embodiment, the present disclosure provides for processes to make a film.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Dongming Li, David M. Fiscus, Kevin A. Stevens, Ching-Tai Lue, Matthew W. Holtcamp
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Patent number: 10723819Abstract: This invention relates to a supported catalyst system and process for use thereof. In particular, the catalyst system includes bridged hafnium metallocene compound, an unbridged metallocene compound, a support material and an activator. The catalyst system may be used for preparing polyolefins.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2018Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents, Inc.Inventors: Matthew W. Holtcamp, Donna J. Crowther, Subramaniam Kuppuswamy, Matthew S. Bedoya, Laughlin G. McCullough, Ching-Tai Lue, David M. Fiscus
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Patent number: 10696758Abstract: This invention relates to metallocene compounds having a group substituted at the 3 position of at least one cyclopentadienyl ring represented by the formula —CH2—SiR?3 or —CH2—CR?3 and R? is a C1 to C20 substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents, Inc.Inventors: Subramaniam Kuppuswamy, Matthew W. Holtcamp, David M. Fiscus, Matthew S. Bedoya, Laughlin G. McCullough, Xuan Ye
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Publication number: 20200172645Abstract: The present disclosure provides copolymers comprising from about 0.5 wt % to about 25 wt % cyclic olefin content and films comprising the copolymers. In one embodiment, a copolymer includes a C2-C40 monomer content of from about 75 wt % to about 99.5 wt %; and a C5-C40 cyclic olefin comonomer content of from about 0.5 wt % to about 25 wt %. The copolymer has a density of about 0.91 g/cm3 to about 0.933 g/cm3. Films of the present disclosure can have advantageous mechanical properties (such as melt strength) and optical properties (such as haze %).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2019Publication date: June 4, 2020Inventors: David M. Fiscus, Peijun Jiang, Yong Yang
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Publication number: 20200172715Abstract: This invention relates to blend, and films thereof, comprising: 1) semicrystalline cyclic olefin copolymer comprising less than 15 wt % of a C5-C40 cyclic olefin comonomer and greater than 85 wt % of a C2-C40 linear and/or branched olefin monomer content having a density of about 0.92 g/cm3 to about 0.94 g/cm3, modulus less than 20-80 kpsi, an elongation at break of 150-500%, and a glass transition temperatures less than 38° C.; 2) an amorphous cyclic olefin copolymer comprising more than 25 wt % of a C5-C40 cyclic olefin comonomer and less than 75 wt % of a C2-C40 linear and/or branched olefin monomer having a density greater than 1.0 g/cm3, a modulus of 260-380 kpsi, an elongation at break of <4%, and a glass transition temperature of 54 to 138° C.; and 3) a semicrystalline olefin copolymer comprising C2-C40 monomers having a density of about 0.90 g/cm3 to about 0.96 g/cm3, a modulus less than 150 kpsi, an elongation at break of greater than 400%, and a glass transition temperatures less than ?32° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2019Publication date: June 4, 2020Inventors: Nino Ruocco, David M. Fiscus, Summer J. Bernhardt, Bethany M. Welke, Joseph A. Throckmorton, Joseph A. Moebus, Tamara L. Blanton, Kimari T. M. Slaughter
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Publication number: 20200165366Abstract: The present disclosure provides films made of polyethylene (PE) compositions. In at least one embodiment, a film includes a polyethylene composition, comprising: ethylene content and from 0 to 25 mol % of C3-C40 olefin comonomer content, based upon the total weight of the polyethylene composition, the polyethylene composition having a total internal plus terminal unsaturation greater than 0.7 unsaturations per 1000 carbon atoms, the film having: an Elmendorf Tear value in the machine direction of from 10 g/mil to 300 g/mil, and a Dart Drop Impact of from 100 g/mil to 800 g/mil. In at least one embodiment, the present disclosure provides for processes to make a film.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2018Publication date: May 28, 2020Inventors: Dongming Li, David M. Fiscus, Kevin A. Stevens, Ching-Tai Lue, Matthew W. Holtcamp
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Patent number: 10611867Abstract: A polyethylene useful for a film including ethylene derived units and within a range from 0.5 to 20 wt % of C3 to C12 ?-olefin derived units, an I2 value within a range from 0.5 to 20 g/10 min, an I21 value within a range from 5 to 100 g/10 min, the polyethylene formed from a process comprising combining a bridged bis-cyclopentadienyl Group 4 metal catalyst, an unbridged bis-cyclopentadienyl Group 4 metal catalyst, and an activator with ethylene and within a range from 0.1 to 5 wt %, relative to the weight of all monomers, of a C3 to C12 ?-olefin at a temperature within a range from 60 to 100° C.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2017Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Matthew W. Holtcamp, Ching-Tai Lue, Adriana S. Silva, Dongming Li, David M. Fiscus
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Publication number: 20180237554Abstract: This invention relates to a supported catalyst system and process for use thereof. In particular, the catalyst system includes bridged hafnium metallocene compound, an unbridged metallocene compound, a support material and an activator. The catalyst system may be used for preparing polyolefins.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: Matthew W. Holtcamp, Donna J. Crowthe, Subramaniam Kuppuswamy, Matthew S. Bedoya, Laughlin G. McCullough, Ching-Tai Lue, David M. Fiscus
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Publication number: 20180237559Abstract: This invention relates to metallocene compounds having a group substituted at the 3 position of at least one cyclopentadienyl ring represented by the formula —CH2—SiR?3 or —CH2—CR?3 and R? is a C1 to C20 substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: Subramaniam Kuppuswamy, Matthew W. Holtcamp, David M. Fiscus, Matthew S. Bedoya, Laughlin G. McCullough, Xuan Ye
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Publication number: 20180155474Abstract: A polyethylene useful for a film including ethylene derived units and within a range from 0.5 to 20 wt % of C3 to C12 ?-olefin derived units, an I2 value within a range from 0.5 to 20 g/10 min, an I21 value within a range from 5 to 100 g/10 min, the polyethylene formed from a process comprising combining a bridged bis-cyclopentadienyl Group 4 metal catalyst, an unbridged bis-cyclopentadienyl Group 4 metal catalyst, and an activator with ethylene and within a range from 0.1 to 5 wt %, relative to the weight of all monomers, of a C3 to C12 ?-olefin at a temperature within a range from 60 to 100° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2017Publication date: June 7, 2018Inventors: Matthew W. Holtcamp, Ching-Tai Lue, Adriana S. Silva, Dongming Li, David M. Fiscus
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Publication number: 20150368415Abstract: The present invention is directed to polyethylene films having improved properties. Particularly, relatively thick films having improved tear properties and methods of improving tear, and multilayer films having improved dart impact strength and methods of improving the Dart impact strength.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2013Publication date: December 24, 2015Inventors: David M. Fiscus, Danny Van Hoyweghen
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Patent number: 9068033Abstract: This invention relates to inventive ethylene-based copolymers comprising 75.0 wt % to 99.5 wt % of ethylene-derived units and 0.5 wt % to 25.0 wt % of C3 to C20 olefin derived units; the inventive ethylene-based copolymer having: a density in the range of from 0.900 to less than 0.940 g/cm3; a g?(vis) of less than 0.80; a melt index, I2, of from 0.25 to 1.5 g/10 min.; a Mw/Mn within a range from 3.0 to 6.0, and Mz/Mn greater than 8.0; and an absence of a local minimum loss angle at a complex modulus, G*, of 1.00×104 to 3.00×104 Pa.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2013Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: David M. Fiscus, Laughlin G. McCullough, John F. Walzer, Jr., Jay L. Reimers
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Patent number: 8865849Abstract: This invention relates to a process for polymerizing olefins in which the amount of trimethylaluminum in a methylalumoxane solution is adjusted to be from 1 to 25 mol %, prior to use as an activator, where the mol % trimethylaluminum is determined by 1H NMR of the solution prior to combination with any support. This invention also relates to a process for polymerizing olefins in which the amount of an unknown species present in a methylalumoxane solution is adjusted to be from 0.10 to 0.65 integration units prior to use as an activator, where the amount of the unknown species is determined by the 1H NMR spectra of the solution performed prior to combination with any support. Preferably, the methylalumoxane solution is present in a catalyst system also comprising a metallocene transition metal compound.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2013Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Donna J. Crowther, David M. Fiscus
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Patent number: 8829138Abstract: This invention relates to a process for polymerizing olefins in which the amount of trimethylaluminum in a methylalumoxane solution is adjusted to be from 1 to 25 mol %, prior to use as an activator, where the mol % trimethylaluminum is determined by 1H NMR of the solution prior to combination with any support. This invention also relates to a process for polymerizing olefins in which the amount of an unknown species present in a methylalumoxane solution is adjusted to be from 0.10 to 0.65 integration units prior to use as an activator, where the amount of the unknown species is determined by the 1H NMR spectra of the solution performed prior to combination with any support. Preferably, the methylalumoxane solution is present in a catalyst system also comprising a metallocene transition metal compound.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2013Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Donna J. Crowther, David M. Fiscus
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Publication number: 20140179872Abstract: This invention relates to inventive ethylene-based copolymers comprising 75.0 wt % to 99.5 wt % of ethylene-derived units and 0.5 wt % to 25.0 wt % of C3 to C20 olefin derived units; the inventive ethylene-based copolymer having: a density in the range of from 0.900 to less than 0.940 g/cm3; a g?(vis) of less than 0.80; a melt index, I2, of from 0.25 to 1.5 g/10 min.; a Mw/Mn within a range from 3.0 to 6.0, and Mz/Mn greater than 8.0; and an absence of a local minimum loss angle at a complex modulus, G*, of 1.00×104 to 3.00×104 Pa.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2013Publication date: June 26, 2014Inventors: David M. Fiscus, Laughlin G. McCullough, John F. Walzer, Jr., Jay L. Reimers