Patents by Inventor Edmund M. Carnahan

Edmund M. Carnahan 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: 20200339760
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to dual-headed organoaluminum compositions having the formula (I) and processes to prepare the same. In at least one aspect, the compositions having the formula (I) may be used during olefin polymerization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Lixin Sun, Endre Szuromi, Jerzy Klosin, Edmund M. Carnahan, Jasson T. Patton, Longyan Liao
  • Publication number: 20200277412
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a catalyst system comprising metal ligand complexes and processes for polyolefin polymerization using the metal ligand complex having the following structure: where X is selected from the group consisting of —ORX or NRX2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Arkady L. Krasovskiy, David R. Wilson, Tulaza Vaidya, Edmund M. Carnahan, Philip P. Fontaine, Carl N. Iverson
  • Publication number: 20200270282
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a catalyst system comprising metal-ligand complexes and processes for polyolefin polymerization using the metal-ligand complex having the following structure, Formula (I), where X is selected from the group consisting of —(CH2)SiRX3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Bryan D. Stubbert, Arkady L. Krasovskiy, Tulaza Vaidya, Jerzy Klosin, Edmund M. Carnahan, Philip P. Fontaine, Mari S. Rosen, David R. Wilson
  • Publication number: 20200270376
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a catalyst system comprising metal ligand complexes and processes for polyolefin polymerization using the metal ligand complex having the following structure: where each X is selected from the group consisting of —(CH2)SiRX3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Arkady L. Krasovskiy, David R. Wilson, Bryan D. Stubbert, Tulaza Vaidya, Jerzy Klosin, Edmund M. Carnahan, Philip P. Fontaine, Mari S. Rosen
  • Publication number: 20200247918
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a catalyst system for use in forming a multi-block copolymer, said copolymer containing therein two or more segments or blocks differing in chemical or physical properties, a polymerization process using the same, and the resulting polymers, wherein the composition comprises the admixture or reaction product resulting from combining: (A) a first olefin polymerization procatalyst, (B) a second olefin polymerization procatalyst capable of preparing polymers differing in chemical or physical properties from the polymer prepared by procatalyst (A) under equivalent polymerization conditions, and (C) a chain shuttling agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: David D. Devore, Daniel J. Arriola, Gordon R. Roof, Jeffrey C. Munro, Andrew J. Young, Edmund M. Carnahan
  • Publication number: 20200247936
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a catalyst system for use in forming a multi-block copolymer, said copolymer containing therein two or more segments or blocks differing in chemical or physical properties, a polymerization process using the same, and the resulting polymers, wherein the composition comprises the admixture or reaction product resulting from combining: (A) a first olefin polymerization procatalyst, (B) a second olefin polymerization procatalyst capable of preparing polymers differing in chemical or physical properties from the polymer prepared by procatalyst (A) under equivalent polymerization conditions, and (C) a chain shuttling agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: David D. Devore, Daniel J. Arriola, Arkady L. Krasovskiy, Edmund M. Carnahan, Curt N. Theriault, Gordon R. Roof, Timothy T. Wenzel, Jerzy Klosin, Ruth Figueroa
  • Publication number: 20200024380
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a capped, multi- or dual-headed chain composition comprising derivatives of a strained olefin. The present disclosure further relates to a process for synthesizing the capped, multi- or dual-headed composition by using an organometallic compound and a co-catalyst in the presence of a catalyst precursor and a strained olefm. The present disclosure further relates to use of the compositions, as well as the process to make the same, in olefin polymerization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Lixin Sun, Zhe Zhou, Edmund M. Carnahan, Kim L. Walton
  • Publication number: 20190276573
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to multimodal elastomers produced by olefin polymerization with a mixed catalyst system, specifically, a constrained geometry catalyst and a biphenyl phenol catalyst. The multimodal elastomers may be incorporated as impact modifiers in thermoplastic olefins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Edmund M. Carnahan, Philip P. Fontaine, Carl N. Iverson, Jeffrey C. Munro, David M. Pearson, Kim Walton
  • Publication number: 20190225719
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a multi- or dual-headed composition having the formula (I) or (II). The present disclosure also relates to a process for preparing the multi- or dual-headed composition having the formula (I) or (II), the process including combining 1,2,4-trivinylcyclochexane, an organometallic compound, and a catalyst precursor. The present disclosure further relates to use of the composition having the formula (I) or (II) in olefin polymerization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Lixin Sun, Zhe Zhou, Jaclyn Murphy, Edmund M. Carnahan
  • Patent number: 10351646
    Abstract: The instant invention provides a polyolefin composition and method of producing the same. The olefin polymerization process according to the present invention comprises contacting one or more olefinic monomers with a biphenylphenolic polymerization catalyst under polymerization conditions and in the presence of one or more treated aluminum-based scavengers in a polymerization reactor, wherein said one or more treated aluminum-based scavengers comprise the reaction product of an alkylaluminum or an aluminoxane specie with a compound of the general Formula (I): wherein X is O, N, or S and R is alkyl, aryl, heteroalkyl, heteroaryl, or hydrogen, wherein n=1 if X is O or S and n=1 if X is N, and wherein at least one R is not a hydrogen; Rn—X—H (I); thereby producing a polyolefin composition which comprises less than 50% of the oligomer level of a polyolefin composition produced in an olefin polymerization process in the presence of said one or more untreated aluminum-based scavengers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Philip P. Fontaine, Susan G. Brown, Andrew J. Young, David M. Pearson, Edmund M. Carnahan
  • Patent number: 10208193
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a reinforced polypropylene comprising a multi-modal molecular weight distribution elastomer and a block composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Yi Jin, Kim L. Walton, Edmund M. Carnahan, Gary R. Marchand, Xuming Chen, Jeffrey D. Weinhold, Jerzy Klosin, A. Willem Degroot, Philip P. Fontaine
  • Publication number: 20180002464
    Abstract: The instant invention provides a polyolefin composition and method of producing the same. The olefin polymerization process according to the present invention comprises contacting one or more olefinic monomers with a biphenylphenolic polymerization catalyst under polymerization conditions and in the presence of one or more treated aluminum-based scavengers in a polymerization reactor, wherein said one or more treated aluminum-based scavengers comprise the reaction product of an alkylaluminum or an aluminoxane specie with a compound of the general Formula (I): wherein X is O, N, or S and R is alkyl, aryl, heteroalkyl, heteroaryl, or hydrogen, wherein n=1 if X is O or S and n=1 if X is N, and wherein at least one R is not a hydrogen; Rn—X—H (I); thereby producing a polyolefin composition which comprises less than 50% of the oligomer level of a polyolefin composition produced in an olefin polymerization process in the presence of said one or more untreated aluminum-based scavengers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Philip P. Fontaine, Susan G. Brown, Andrew J. Young, David M. Pearson, Edmund M. Carnahan
  • Publication number: 20160251505
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a reinforced polypropylene comprising a multi-modal molecular weight distribution elastomer and a block composite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Yi Jin, Kim L. Walton, Edmund M. Carnahan, Gary R. Marchand, Xuming Chen, Jeffrey D. Weinhold, Jerzy Klosin, A. Willem Degroot, Philip P. Fontaine
  • Patent number: 9243090
    Abstract: A composition for use in forming a multi-block copolymer, said copolymer containing therein two or more segments or blocks differing in chemical or physical properties, a polymerization process using the same, and the resulting polymers, wherein the composition comprises the admixture or reaction product resulting from combining: (A) a first metal complex olefin polymerization catalyst, (B) a second metal complex olefin polymerization catalyst capable of preparing polymers differing in chemical or physical properties from the polymer prepared by catalyst (A) under equivalent polymerization conditions, and (C) a chain shuttling agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Daniel J. Arriola, Edmund M. Carnahan, Yunwa Wilson Cheung, David D. Devore, David D. Graf, Phillip D. Hustad, Roger L. Kuhlman, Colin Li Pi Shan, Benjamin C. Poon, Gordon R. Roof, James C. Stevens, Pamela J. Stirn, Timothy T. Wenzel
  • Patent number: 8907034
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a comb architecture olefin block copolymer, a method of making the comb olefin block copolymer and blends comprising the comb olefin block copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Phillip D. Hustad, Endre Szuromi, Francis J. Timmers, Edmund M. Carnahan, Thomas P. Clark, Gordon R. Roof, Sara B. Klamo, Daniel J. Arriola
  • Publication number: 20140249286
    Abstract: A composition for use in forming a multi-block copolymer, said copolymer containing therein two or more segments or blocks differing in chemical or physical properties, a polymerization process using the same, and the resulting polymers, wherein the composition comprises the admixture or reaction product resulting from combining: (A) a first metal complex olefin polymerization catalyst, (B) a second metal complex olefin polymerization catalyst capable of preparing polymers differing in chemical or physical properties from the polymer prepared by catalyst (A) under equivalent polymerization conditions, and (C) a chain shuttling agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Daniel J. Arriola, Edmund M. Carnahan, Yunwa Wilson Cheung, David D. Devore, David D. Graf, Phillip D. Hustad, Roger L. Kuhlman, Colin Li Pi Shan, Benjamin C. Poon, Gordon R. Roof, James C. Stevens, Pamela J. Stirn, Timothy T. Wenzel
  • Patent number: 8822599
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide crystalline block composites and their use as compatibilizers. The crystalline block composites comprise i) a crystalline ethylene based polymer; ii) a crystalline alpha-olefin based polymer and iii) a block copolymer comprising a crystalline ethylene block and a crystalline alpha-olefin block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Colin Li Pi Shan, Kim L. Walton, Gary R. Marchand, Edmund M. Carnahan, Thomas Karjala
  • Patent number: 8822598
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide crystalline block composites and their use as compatibilizers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Colin Li Pi Shan, Edmund M. Carnahan, Gary R. Marchand, Kim L. Walton, Thomas Karjala, Jeffrey D. Weinhold
  • Patent number: 8802774
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide block composites comprising a soft copolymer, a hard polymer and a block copolymer having a soft segment and a hard segment, wherein the hard segment of the block copolymer is the same composition as the hard polymer in the block composite and the soft segment of the block copolymer is the same composition as the soft copolymer of the block composite and their use as impact modifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Edmund M. Carnahan, Colin LiPiShan, Kim L. Walton, Gary R. Marchand, Benjamin C. Poon, Phillip D. Hustad, Brian A. Jazdzewski, Didem Oner-Deliormanli
  • Patent number: 8785554
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide crystalline block composites and their use as compatibilizers. The crystalline block composites comprise i) a crystalline ethylene based polymer; ii) a crystalline alpha-olefin based polymer and iii) a block copolymer comprising a crystalline ethylene block and a crystalline alpha-olefin block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Colin Li Pi Shan, Kim L. Walton, Gary R. Marchand, Edmund M. Carnahan, Eddy I. Garcia-Meitin, Thomas Karjala