Patents by Inventor David M. Pearson

David M. Pearson 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: 12606647
    Abstract: Processes of polymerizing olefin monomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Philip P. Fontaine, David M. Pearson, Hien Q. Do, Johnathan E. Delorbe, Rafael Huacuja, Rhett A. Baillie
  • Patent number: 12595322
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards a use of a supported gas-phase biphenylphenol polymerization catalyst to make a polymer via a gas-phase polymerization process, wherein the supported gas-phase biphenylphenol polymerization catalyst is made from a gas-phase biphenylphenol polymerization precatalyst of Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Angela I. Padilla-Acevedo, Andrew J. Young, Roger L. Kuhlman, Susan Brown, Matthew E. Belowich, David R. Neithamer, Jerzy Klosin, David M. Pearson, Leslie E. O'Leary, Joseph F. DeWilde
  • Publication number: 20260028366
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards asymmetrical metallocenes having an isobutyl cyclopentadienyl ligand, compositions including those asymmetrical metallocenes, and methods utilizing compositions including the asymmetrical metallocenes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Inventors: Rhett A. Baillie, David M. Pearson, Roger L. Kuhlman, Abebu A. Kassie
  • Patent number: 12497471
    Abstract: Processes of polymerizing polyolefins and synthesis of activators. The polymerization processes include polymerizing one or more (C2-C12)?-olefin monomers in the presence of at least one catalyst and at least one co-catalyst to produce a polyolefin. The co-catalyst includes a cation and an anion, in which the anion has a structure having a vinyl terminated alkene, one boron atom or more than one boron atoms, and at least four halogen atoms. The anion of the co-catalysts is incorporated into a polymer chain of the polyolefin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2025
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Richard J. Keaton, Oleg V. Ozerov, Qingheng Lai, Jerzy Klosin, Michael J. Lesniak, David M. Pearson, Todd D. Senecal, William H. H. Woodward, Sukrit Mukhopadhyay, John R. Stutzman, Susan O. Gunther
  • Patent number: 12492270
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application are directed to procatalysts, and catalyst systems including procatalysts, including a metal-ligand complex having the structure of formula (Ia):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2025
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Rhett A. Baillie, Hien Q. Do, David M. Pearson, Johnathan E. DeLorbe, Andrew M. Camelio, Philip P. Fontaine
  • Publication number: 20250368673
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards asymmetrical zirconium metallocenes having an isobutyl cyclopentadienyl ligand, compositions including those asymmetrical zirconium metallocenes having an isobutyl cyclopentadienyl ligand, and methods utilizing compositions including the asymmetrical zirconium metallocenes having an isobutyl cyclopentadienyl ligand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: December 4, 2025
    Inventors: Rhett A. Baillie, Roger L. Kuhlman, David M. Pearson, Abebu A. Kassie
  • Patent number: 12473383
    Abstract: Processes of polymerizing olefin monomers using catalyst systems and catalysts systems that include a procatalyst having a structure according to formula (I):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2025
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Todd D. Senecal, David M. Pearson, Roxanne M. Jenkins
  • Patent number: 12466901
    Abstract: Processes of polymerizing olefin monomers and catalyst systems. The catalyst systems include a non-hydrogen-generating post-metallocene procatalyst; a co-catalyst; and a hydrogenation procatalyst having the formula Cp2TiXnTiCp2 or Cp2TiXn, in which each Cp is cyclopentadienyl substituted with at least one (C1-C10)alkyl; each X is independently monoanionic or neutral, wherein each X is independently (C1-C40)hydrocarbon, (C1-C40)heterohydrocarbon, (C1-C40)hydrocarbyl, (C1-C40)heterohydrocarbyl, or a halogen atom; and n is 1 or 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2025
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Linfeng Chen, David M. Pearson
  • Patent number: 12428502
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application are directed to procatalysts, and catalyst systems including procatalysts, including a metal-ligand complex having the structure of formula (I):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2025
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Rhett A. Baillie, Hien Q. Do, David M. Pearson, Johnathan E. Delorbe, Andrew M. Camelio, Philip P. Fontaine
  • Patent number: 12428504
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards the use of a supported biphenylphenol polymerization catalyst made from a biphenylphenol polymerization precatalyst of Formula I via a gas-phase or slurry-phase polymerization process under gas-phase or slurry-phase polymerization conditions to make a polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2025
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Angela I. Padilla-Acevedo, Andrew J. Young, Roger L. Kuhlman, Ruth Figueroa, Susan Brown, Matthew E. Belowich, David R. Neithamer, Jerzy Klosin, David M. Pearson, Mari S. Rosen, Bethany M. Neilson, Johnathan E. DeLorbe, Leslie E. O'Leary
  • Patent number: 12365750
    Abstract: The catalyst system includes a heterogeneous procatalyst, an electron donor, and a hydrogenation procatalyst. The heterogeneous procatalyst includes a titanium species, an aluminum species, and a magnesium chloride component. The hydrogenation procatalyst has the formula Cp2TiXnTiCp2 or Cp2TiXn. In formula Cp2TiXn, each Cp is a cyclopentadienyl substituted with at least one R1, wherein R1 is (C1-C10)alkyl; and each X is independently monoanionic or neutral, wherein each X is independently (C1-C40)hydrocarbon, (C1-C40)heterohydrocarbon, (C1-C40)hydrocarbyl, (C1-C40)heterohydrocarbyl, or a halogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Linfeng Chen, Kurt F. Hirsekorn, Jeffrey A. Sims, David M. Pearson
  • Patent number: 12344695
    Abstract: The catalyst system includes a heterogeneous procatalyst and a hydrogenation procatalyst. The heterogeneous procatalyst includes a titanium species, an aluminum species, and a magnesium chloride component. The hydrogenation procatalyst has the formula Cp2TiX2, In formula Cp2TiX2, each Cp is a cyclopentadienyl substituted with at least one R1, wherein R1 is (C1-C10)alkyl; and each X is independently a halogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Linfeng Chen, Andrew T. Heitsch, Jeffrey A. Sims, David M. Pearson, Kurt F. Hirsekorn
  • Publication number: 20250129191
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to catalyst systems comprising a metal ligand complex procatalyst, and an activator, wherein the activator comprises an anion and a cation, the anion having a structure according to formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: David M. Pearson, David S. Laitar, Cole A. Witham
  • Patent number: 12252573
    Abstract: The polymerization process of this disclosure includes includes polymerizing ethylene and one or more olefins in the presence of a catalyst system under olefin polymerization conditions to form an ethylene-based polymer. The catalyst system comprising a metal-ligand complex according to formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: David Koenigs, David D. Devore, Brad C. Bailey, Endre Szuromi, Robert D. Grigg, David M. Pearson, Nolan T. McDougal, John B. Etienne, Sukrit Mukhopadhyay
  • Publication number: 20250051495
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application are directed to supported catalyst systems that include a metal-ligand complex having the structure of formula (I):
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Andrew M. Camelio, Rhett A. Baillie, Brad C. Bailey, Johnathan E. DeLorbe, Hien Q. Do, David M. Pearson, Philip P. Fontaine
  • Patent number: 12215181
    Abstract: Embodiments include activators having a structure according to formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Todd D. Senecal, Sukrit Mukhopadhyay, Richard J. Keaton, Jerzy Klosin, Rafael Huacuja, David M. Pearson, William H. H. Woodward
  • Publication number: 20250034292
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application are directed to supported catalyst systems that include a metal-ligand complex having the structure of formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Andrew M. Camelio, Rhett A. Baillie, Brad C. Bailey, Johnathan E. DeLorbe, Hien Q. Do, David M. Pearson, Philip P. Fontaine
  • Publication number: 20250011478
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application are directed to supported catalyst systems that include a metal-ligand complex having the structure of formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Andrew M. Camelio, Rhett A. Baillie, Brad C. Bailey, Johnathan E. DeLorbe, Hien Q. Do, David M. Pearson, Philip P. Fontaine
  • Publication number: 20240400733
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards ethylene/1-hexene copolymers made from ethylene and hexene, wherein the ethyl-CA ene/1-hexene copolymer has a density from 0.850 to 0.940 g/cm3, a melt index (I21) from 0.1 to 50 dg/min, a melt index (I21/I2) ratio less than or equal to 18.5, a Mw(Abs)/Mn(Abs) from 2.0 to 3.5, a Mz(Abs)/Mw(Abs) from 1.7 to 4.5, and a cumulative detector fraction (CDFLS) at a molecular weight of ?1,000,000 g/mol of greater than 100*(0.0536?I21*0.00224)%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Bo Liu, Nitin K. Borse, Lalit Darunte, David M. Pearson, Mridula Kapur, Linfeng Chen, Yongchao Zheng, Andrew T. Heitsch
  • Publication number: 20240247084
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to catalyst systems comprising a metal-ligand complex procatalyst, a Lewis base, and an activator, wherein the activator comprises an anion and a cation, the anion having a structure according to formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: David M. Pearson, Cole A. Witham