Abstract: A supported metal complex comprising the reaction product of a transition metal complex of a polyvalent heteroaryl donor ligand containing at least one ortho-metallated aromatic ligand group and an ethylenically or poly(ethylenically) functionalized particulated organic or inorganic solid, a method for preparing the same and the use thereof as an addition polymerization catalyst.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a class of ethylene/?-olefin block interpolymers. The ethylene/?-olefin interpolymers are characterized by an average block index, ABI, which is greater than zero and up to about 1.0 and a molecular weight distribution, Mw/Mn, greater than about 1.3. Preferably, the block index is from about 0.2 to about 1. In addition or alternatively, the block ethylene/?-olefin interpolymer is characterized by having at least one fraction obtained by Temperature Rising Elution Fractionation (“TREF”), wherein the fraction has a block index greater than about 0.3 and up to about 1.0 and the ethylene/?-olefin interpolymer has a molecular weight distribution, Mw/Mn, greater than about 1.3.

Abstract: The present invention relates to olefinic compositions comprising a functionalized branched olefin copolymer containing functionalized sidechains derived from olefin and at least one chain end nucleophilic heteroatom containing functional group with at least one protic hydrogen, optionally with one or more copolymerizable monomers, the copolymer characterized by having A) a Tg<?10° C. as measured by DSC; B) a Ta>100° C.; C) an elongation at break of greater than or equal to 500 percent; D) a Tensile Strength of greater than or equal to 1,500 psi (10,300 kPa) at 25° C.; E) a TMA temperature>80° C., and F) an elastic recovery of greater than or equal to 50 percent.

Abstract: A polymerization process and the resulting polymer composition, said process comprising polymerizing one or more addition polymerizable monomers and a polymerizable shuttling agent in the presence of at least one addition polymerization catalyst comprising a metal compound or complex and a cocatalyst under conditions characterized by the formation of a branched polymer, preferably comprising pseudo-block molecular architecture.

Abstract: A process for the polymerization of one or more addition polymerizable monomers to form a copolymer comprising multiple regions or segments of differentiated polymer composition or properties comprising contacting an addition polymerizable monomer or mixture of monomers under addition polymerization conditions with a composition comprising at least one olefin polymerization catalyst, a cocatalyst and a chain shuttling agent, said process being characterized by formation of at least some of the growing polymer chains under differentiated process conditions such that two or more blocks or segments formed within at least some of the resulting polymer are chemically or physically distinguishable.

Abstract: An olefin polymer having greater than 95 percent chain end unsaturation, where greater than 80 percent of said unsaturation comprises a 1,2-disubstituted olefinic unsaturation, especially polymers comprising in polymerized form 4-methyl-1-pentene and more especially highly isotactic polymers, a process of manufacture, methods to functionalize and articles formed therefrom.

Abstract: The present invention provides a chemically-modified support comprising an inorganic oxide containing optionally functionalized hydroxyl groups, having chemically linked thereto the cation of a cation/anion pair. The present invention further provides a supported catalyst system comprising the chemically-modified support as described above, and a transition metal compound of Groups 3-10 (preferably a Group 4 metal compound) containing at least one ?-bonded anionic ligand group, said transition metal compound being capable of reacting with the chemically-modified support through the cation of the cation/anion pair to thereby render the transition metal compound catalytically active. The present invention further provides a process for preparing the chemically-modified support of the invention.

Abstract: Copolymers, especially multi-block copolymer containing therein two or more segments or blocks differing in chemical or physical properties, are prepared by polymerizing propylene, 4-methyl-1-pentene, or other C4-8?-olefin and one or more copolymerizable comonomers, especially ethylene in the presence of a composition comprising 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.

Abstract: A process for the polymerization of one or more addition polymerizable monomers and the resulting polymer composition, said process comprising contacting an addition polymerizable monomer or mixture of monomers in a reactor or reactor zone with a composition comprising at least one polymerization catalyst and a cocatalyst under polymerization conditions, characterized in that at least a portion of said polymerization is conducted in the presence of a multi-centered shuttling agent thereby causing the composition to have a bimodal molecular weight distribution.

Abstract: A process for the polymerization of one or more addition polymerizable monomers and the resulting polymer products, said process comprising: 1) contacting an addition polymerizable monomer or mixture of monomers under addition polymerization conditions in a reactor or reactor zone with a composition comprising at least one olefin polymerization catalyst and a cocatalyst and characterized by the formation of polymer chains from said monomer or monomers; 2) transferring the reaction mixture to a second reactor or reactor zone and optionally adding one or more additional reactants, catalysts, monomers or other compounds prior to, commensurate with, or after said transfer; and 3) causing polymerization to occur in said second reactor or reactor zone to form polymer chains that are differentiated from the polymer chains formed in step 1); said process being characterized by addition of a chain shuttling agent to the reaction mixture prior to, during, or subsequent to step 1) such that at least some of the resultin

Abstract: A polymer composition that has a backbone chain; and a plurality of long chain branches connected to the backbone is described. The polymer composition also has a value of 2g?LCB-1g?LCB that is less than about 0.22, where 1g?LCB is the long chain branching index for a fraction of the composition having a Mw of 100,000 and 2g?LCB is the long chain branching index for a fraction of the composition having a Mw of 500,000.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a class of propylene/?-olefin block interpolymers. The propylene/?-olefin interpolymers are characterized by an average block index, ABI, which is greater than zero and up to about 1.0 and a molecular weight distribution, Mw/Mn, greater than about 1.3. Preferably, the block index is from about 0.2 to about 1. In addition or alternatively, the block propylene/?-olefin interpolymer is characterized by having at least one fraction obtained by Temperature Rising Elution Fractionation (“TREF”), wherein the fraction has a block index greater than about 0.3 and up to about 1.0 and the propylene/?-olefin interpolymer has a molecular weight distribution, Mw/Mn, greater than about 1.3.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of Group 4 metal hydrocarbyl complex the steps of the process comprising contacting a Group 4 metal amide with a neutral source of a monovalent or divalent, Lewis base ligand group and a Lewis acid hydrocarbylating agent under conditions to form a Group 4 metal hydrocarbyl complex.

Abstract: A cocatalyst or cocatalyst component, including a compound corresponding to the formula: (A*+a)b(Z*J*j)?cd, wherein: A* is a cation of from 1 to 80 atoms, not counting hydrogen atoms, Z* is an anion group of from 1 to 50 atoms, not counting hydrogen atoms, containing two or more Lewis base sites; J* is a Lewis acid of from 1 to 80, not counting hydrogen atoms, coordinated to at least one Lewis base site, and optionally two or more such J* groups may be joined together in a moiety having multiple Lewis acidic functionality, j is from 2 to 12 and a, b, c, and d are integers from 1 to 3, with the proviso that a×b is equal to c×d, and provided further that one or more of A*, Z* or J* comprises a hydroxyl group or a polar group containing quiescent reactive functionality.

Abstract: Supported catalyst compositions use for use in the gas-phase polymerization of one or more ?-olefins and methods for making and using the same, the catalyst composition including A) an inert support; B) a Group 4–10 metal complex corresponding to the formula: where M is a metal from one of Groups 4 to 10 of the Periodic Table of the Elements in the +2 or +4 formal oxidation state, Cp is a ?-bonded anionic ligand group, Z is divalent moiety bound to Cp and bound to M by either covalent or coordinate/covalent bonds and contains boron or a member of Group 14 of the Periodic Table of the Elements, and also nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur or oxygen, and X is a neutral conjugated diene ligand group having up to 60 atoms, or a dianionic derivative thereof; and C) an ionic cocatalyst capable of converting the metal complex into an active polymerization catalyst represented by the formula: [L*-H]+[(C6F5)3BC6H4—O—MORCx-1Xay]?, wherein L* is a neutral Lewis base, Mo is a metal or metalloid selected from Groups 1–14 o

Abstract: The subject invention provides a process for preparing an olefin polymerization catalyst wherein a calcined and passivated silica support (support precursor) is sequentially contacted with a first solution of a metal complex or of a cocatalyst, and thereafter with a second solution of the other of the metal complex or the cocatalyst, wherein the second solution is provided in an amount such that 100 percent of the pore volume of the support precursor is not exceeded. Optionally, the compatible solvent of the first and/or second solutions is removed. The subject invention further provides a process for polymerizing one or more ?-olefins in the presence of the olefin polymerization catalyst prepared by the process of the invention.

Abstract: The invention provides supported catalyst and methods for making and using the same, which are characterized as employing organometallic Group 4-10 catalysts with specially selected dienes, which, when combined with a cocatalyst, result in a supported catast which has improved kinetic profiles in the gas polymerization process.

Abstract: A cocatalyst or cocatalyst component, including a compound corresponding to the formula: (A*+a)b(Z*J*j)−cd, wherein: A* is a cation of from 1 to 80 atoms, not counting hydrogen atoms, Z* is an anion group of from 1 to 50 atoms, not counting hydrogen atoms, containing two or more Lewis base sites; J* is a Lewis acid of from 1 to 80, not counting hydrogen atoms, coordinated to at least one Lewis base site, and optionally two or more such J* groups may be joined together in a moiety having multiple Lewis acidic functionality, j is from 2 to 12 and a, b, c, and d are integers from 1 to 3, with the proviso that a×b is equal to c×d, and provided further that one or more of A*, Z* or J* comprises a hydroxyl group or a polar group containing quiescent reactive functionality.

Abstract: A supported catalyst composition comprising: A1) a mixture of aluminum containing Lewis acids of the formulas: [(—AlQ1—O—)z(—AlArf—O—)z′] and (Arfz″Al2Q16−z″)  where; Q1 independently each occurrence is C1-20 alkyl; Arf is a fluorinated aromatic hydrocarbyl moiety of from 6 to 30 carbon atoms; z is a number from 1 to 50; z′ is a number from 1 to 50; and z″ is an number from 0 to 6; or A2) a fluorohydrocarbyl-substituted alumoxane compound corresponding to the formula: R1—(AlR3O)m—R2,  wherein: R1 and R2 independently each occurrence is a C1-40 aliphatic or aromatic group or a fluorinated derivative thereof or R1 and R2 together form a covalent bond; R3 independently each occurrence is a monovalent, fluorinated organic group containing from 1 to 100 carbon atoms or R1, with the proviso that in at least one occurrence per molecule, R3 is a monovalent, fluorinated organic group containing from 1

Abstract: The present invention provides a chemically-modified support comprising an inorganic oxide containing optionally functionalized hydroxyl groups, having chemically linked thereto the cation of a cation/anion pair. The present invention further provides a supported catalyst system comprising the chemically-modified support as described above, and a transition metal compound of Groups 3-10 (preferably a Group 4 metal compound) containing at least one &pgr;-bonded anionic ligand group, said transition metal compound being capable of reacting with the chemically-modified support through the cation of the cation/anion pair to thereby render the transition metal compound catalytically active. The present invention further provides a process for preparing the chemically-modified support of the invention.