Patents by Inventor Dirk J. Michiels

Dirk J. Michiels 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).

  • Dispersible film
    Patent number: 5500260
    Abstract: Bales of unvulcanized rubber, or compounding ingredients for unvulcanized rubber are packaged in film or bags made from an ethylene .alpha.-olefin copolymer having a Vicat softening point below 90.degree. C. and a melting point below 100.degree. C., and optionally a second ethylene copolymer is added to improve processability of the first ethylene copolymer. The second ethylene copolymer will contain more long-chain branches than the first ethylene copolymer. Such films may be included in a rubber compounding operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Assignee: Exxon Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Richard W. Halle, Dirk J. Michiels, Jeffrey A. Middlesworth
  • Dispersible film
    Patent number: 5415905
    Abstract: Bales of unvulcanized rubber, or compounding ingredients for unvulcanized rubber are packaged in film or bags made from an ethylene .alpha.-olefin copolymer having a Vicat softening point below 90.degree. C. end a melting point below 100.degree. C., and optionally a second ethylene copolymer is added to improve processability of the first ethylene copolymer. The second ethylene copolymer will contain more long-chain branches than the first ethylene copolymer. Such films may be included in a rubber compounding operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1995
    Assignee: Exxon Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Middlesworth, Richard W. Halle, Dirk J. Michiels