Patents by Inventor Edgar J. Smutny

Edgar J. Smutny 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).

  • Polyketone polymer compositions containing a polar ester or amine lubricating compound
    Patent number: 5115009
    Abstract: Compositions comprising linear alternating polymers of carbon monoxide and at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon and certain polar additives containing at least two groups of substantial carbon number show improved processing properties. A method of improving the processing properties of the linear alternating polymer comprises incorporating therein at least one of the polar additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1992
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Edgar J. Smutny, William P. Gergen, Antonius A. Broekhuis, Franciscus C. Groenland, Johan M. Beijen
  • Blends of polyketones and acidic polymers stabilized with salts
    Patent number: 5049630
    Abstract: Thermoplastic polymer compositions of improved melt stability comprise a linear alternating polymer of carbon monoxide and at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon, a partially zinc-neutralized acidic polymer containing moieties of an .alpha.-olefin and an .alpha., .beta.-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid and metal salt wherein the metal is aluminum, magnesium or scandium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1991
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventor: Edgar J. Smutny
  • Stabilized polymer compositions of linear alternating polyketones and zinc aluminate
    Patent number: 5028652
    Abstract: Stabilized polymer compositions comprise a linear alternating polymer of carbon monoxide and at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon incorporating a stabilizing quantity of a zinc aluminate and, optionally, an acidic polymer containing moieties of an .alpha.-olefin and an .alpha.,.beta.-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid. The compositions demonstrate improved melt stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1991
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Edgar J. Smutny, Lynn H. Slaugh
  • Polymer compositions
    Patent number: 4999399
    Abstract: Compositions comprising linear alternating polymer of carbon monoxide and at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon are provided improved melt stability upon incorporation of a stabilizing quantity of the reaction product of an oxy-bridged zinc-aluminum compound and an acidic polymer containing moieties of an .alpha.-olefin and an .alpha.,.beta.-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1991
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventor: Edgar J. Smutny
  • Stabilized polyketone blend
    Patent number: 4983649
    Abstract: Polymer compositions comprising an intimate mixture of a linear alternating polymer of carbon monoxide and at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon and finely divided cellulose demonstrate improved melt stability and retained apparent crystallinity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1991
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventor: Edgar J. Smutny
  • Polyketone polymer useful in chromatography
    Patent number: 4962184
    Abstract: A material adapted for use as a stationary phase in chromatographic processes for adsorbing metal ions, comprising:a linear alternating polymer of carbon monoxide and at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1990
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventor: Edgar J. Smutny
  • Stabilized carbon monoxide olefin copolymer compositions
    Patent number: 4960807
    Abstract: Linear alternating polymers of carbon monoxide and at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon demonstrate melt stability when selected proportions of zinc oxide, zinc sulfide and a trialkylphosphite are incorporated therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 2, 1990
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventor: Edgar J. Smutny
  • Stabilized carbon monoxide-olefin copolymer compositions
    Patent number: 4954552
    Abstract: Linear alternating polymers of carbon monoxide and at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon are provided melt stability by the inclusion therein of barium acetylacetonate or titanium acetylacetonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1990
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventor: Edgar J. Smutny
  • Polyketone polymer blend
    Patent number: 4954570
    Abstract: The invention is a polymeric composition comprising a blend of (a) a linear alternating polymer of carbon monoxide and at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon and (b) a propylene-.alpha.,.beta.-ethylenically unsaturated acid copolymer or a propylene-ethylene-.alpha.,.beta.-ethylenically unsaturated acid terpolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1990
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventor: Edgar J. Smutny
  • Stabilized carbon monoxide-olefin copolymer compositions
    Patent number: 4954555
    Abstract: Linear alternating polymrs of carbon monoxide and at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon are provided increased melt stability by the inclusion therein of aluminum stearate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1990
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Edgar J. Smutny, Robert G. Lutz
  • Stabilized carbonmonoxide-olefin copolymer compositions
    Patent number: 4950703
    Abstract: Compositions comprising linear alternating polymers of carbon monoxide and at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon are stabilized against undue loss of crystallinity during melting/solidification cycles by the inclusion therein of an aluminum phenoxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1990
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventor: Edgar J. Smutny
  • Polymer blend
    Patent number: 4880863
    Abstract: Non-miscible blends comprising, as a major component, a linear alternating polymer of carbon monoxide and at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon and, as a minor component, a poly(alkylene oxide) polymer, exhibit improved processability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1989
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Robert G. Lutz, Edgar J. Smutny
  • Polymer blend
    Patent number: 4874819
    Abstract: Improved melt stability without the loss of properties of strength and impact resistance are exhibited by blends of (a) linear alternating polymer of carbon monoxide and at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon and (b) ethylene-.alpha.,.beta.-ethylenically unsaturated acid copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1989
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Eric R. George, Robert G. Lutz, Edgar J. Smutny
  • Plasticized composition and method of production
    Patent number: 4859729
    Abstract: Plasticized compositions are produced by intimately mixing (a) a linear alternating polymer of carbon monoxide and at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon and (b) an organic sulfone. Particularly preferred compositions comprise polymers of carbon monoxide and ethylene or polymers of carbon monoxide, ethylene and propylene, plasticized by the intimate presence therein of sulfolane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1989
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventor: Edgar J. Smutny
  • Stabilized polymers
    Patent number: 4857570
    Abstract: The melting point and the apparent degree of crystallinity of a linear alternating polymer of carbon monoxide and at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon are stabilized against undue lowering by intimately mixing with the polymer a succinic anhydride or hydrolysis product thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1989
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventor: Edgar J. Smutny
  • Plasticized composition and method of production
    Patent number: 4795773
    Abstract: Plasticized compositions are produced by intimately mixing (a) a linear alternating polymer of carbon monoxide and at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon and (b) an organic sulfone. Particularly preferred compositions comprise polymers of carbon monoxide and ethylene or polymers of carbon monoxide, ethylene and propylene, plasticized by the intimate presence therein of sulfolane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1989
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventor: Edgar J. Smutny
  • Trifluoroalkenes and a method for their preparation
    Patent number: 4788352
    Abstract: C.sub.4 to C.sub.7 trifluoroalkene compounds and a method for their preparation by the contact of C.sub.3 or C.sub.4 trifluoroalkenes with C.sub.2 to C.sub.4 olefins in the presence of a homogeneous palladium (II) catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1988
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventor: Edgar J. Smutny
  • Linear alternating polymer of carbon monoxide and olefin plasticized with alkylene carbonate
    Patent number: 4775708
    Abstract: Plasticized polymeric compositions comprising a polyketone polymer and a plasticizing amount of an alkylene carbonate are produced by contacting a solution of the polymer with a solution of the alkylene carbonate wherein the solvent for the alkylene carbonate is a non-solvent for the polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1988
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Edgar J. Smutny, Thomas E. Kiovsky
  • Preparation of propylene and butylene dimers using palladium cyanide as catalyst
    Patent number: 4436946
    Abstract: This invention is a process for the selective conversion of propylene and the n-butylenes to their dimers, in the presence of a heterogeneous palladium cyanide catalyst. The product dimers are predominantly of straight-chain structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 13, 1984
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventor: Edgar J. Smutny
  • Preparation of 3-phenoxybenzaldehyde
    Patent number: 4229380
    Abstract: 3-Phenoxybenzaldehyde is prepared by adding, at a relatively low temperature, a mixture of a 3-phenoxybenzyl halide and a 3-phenoxybenzal halide to a mixture of hexamethylenetetramine, acetic acid and water, the amounts of the water and acid bearing certain relationships to the amount of the mixture of halides, then heating the resulting mixture to a specified temperature level and maintaining it at that level for a specified period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1980
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Edgar J. Smutny, Thomas H. Colby