Patents by Inventor David M. Rebhan

David M. Rebhan 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: 20040087743
    Abstract: A process for producing polymer particles in a gas phase polymerization reaction using a group 4 metal complex containing delocalized &pgr;-electrons and optionally a flow aid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: Xinlai Bai, Maria A Apecetche, Kevin J Cann, David L Ramage, Natarajan Muruganandam, Ardenhu Sen, Matthew J Fedec, Woo Min Song, David M Rebhan, Albert L Widmar
  • Patent number: 5432244
    Abstract: A process for the polymerization of propylene or a mixture comprising propylene and one or more alpha-olefins and, optionally, one or more diolefins comprising contacting the propylene or the mixture of olefins in at least one reaction zone, under polymerization conditions, with a catalyst system comprising (i) a solid catalyst precursor, which includes magnesium; titanium; a halogen which is chlorine, bromine, or iodine, or mixtures thereof; and a mono- or polycarboxylic acid ester; (ii) a hydrocarbylaluminum cocatalyst; and (iii) a mixture of selectivity control agents comprising a mono- or polycarboxylic acid ester and a silicon compound containing at least one silicon-oxygen-carbon linkage with the proviso that (a) the atomic ratio of aluminum to titanium is in the range of about 5 to about 300; and (b) the molar ratio of the ester to silicon compound in the mixture of selectivity control agents is at least about 1.5:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1995
    Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology Corporation
    Inventor: David M. Rebhan
  • Patent number: 5227438
    Abstract: A process for terminating or retarding the rate of polymerization of propylene or a mixture comprising propylene and one or more other olefin monomers, in a gas phase reactor, in the presence of a catalyst system comprising (i) a solid catalyst precursor composition which includes magnesium, titanium, halogen, and carboxylic acid ester; (ii) hydrocarbyl aluminum cocatalyst; and (iii) a silicon compound containing at least one silicon-oxygen-carbon linkage, which comprises introducing a phthalate compound at a rate and in a sufficient quantity to substantially retard or terminate the said polymerization reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1993
    Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology Corporation
    Inventor: David M. Rebhan