Patents by Inventor Edward F. Allen, JR.

Edward F. Allen, JR. 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).

  • Patent number: 11390731
    Abstract: A process comprising combining a polymerization catalyst with propylene at a polymerization temperature to produce polypropylene granules having an MFR1, wherein the temperature of the polypropylene granules is maintained at least at the polymerization temperature; mixing the polypropylene granules with an organic peroxide at a temperature of at least the polymerization temperature for a residence time of at least 40 seconds at a temperature below the melting point temperature of the polypropylene granules to form a polypropylene product having an MFR2, wherein MFR1 is greater than MFR2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Edward F. Allen, Jr., George J. Pehlert, Roger P. Volmer, Alan J. Oshinski, Sasha P. Schmitt
  • Patent number: 11104783
    Abstract: A process to prepare a polypropylene, and the polypropylene and films therefrom, comprising combining a high melt strength polypropylene comprising at least 50 mol % propylene, and having a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) greater than 6, a branching index (g?vis) of at least 0.95, and a melt strength of at least 20 cN determined using an extensional rheometer at 190° C., and within the range from 20 to 1000 ppm of a long half-life organic peroxide, and isolating the polypropylene, wherein the polypropylene thus formed has a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) within a range of from 7 to 22, a z-average molecular weight of less than 1,600,000 g/mole, a branching index (g?vis) of at least 0.95; and a melt strength less than 20 cN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: George J. Pehlert, Stefan B. Ohlsson, Edward F. Allen, Jr., Juliet B. Wagner, Edward Y. Bylina
  • Publication number: 20200325318
    Abstract: A process comprising combining a polymerization catalyst with propylene at a polymerization temperature to produce polypropylene granules having an MFR1, wherein the temperature of the polypropylene granules is maintained at least at the polymerization temperature; mixing the polypropylene granules with an organic peroxide at a temperature of at least the polymerization temperature for a residence time of at least 40 seconds at a temperature below the melting point temperature of the polypropylene granules to form a polypropylene product having an MFR2, wherein MFR1 is greater than MFR2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Edward F. Allen, JR., George J. Pehlert, Roger P. Volmer, Alan J. Oshinski, Sasha P. Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20180298173
    Abstract: A process to prepare a polypropylene, and the polypropylene and films therefrom, comprising combining a high melt strength polypropylene comprising at least 50 mol % propylene, and having a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) greater than 6, a branching index (g?vis) of at least 0.95, and a melt strength of at least 20 cN determined using an extensional rheometer at 190° C., and within the range from 20 to 1000 ppm of a long half-life organic peroxide, and isolating the polypropylene, wherein the polypropylene thus formed has a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) within a range of from 7 to 22, a z-average molecular weight of less than 1,600,000 g/mole, a branching index (g?vis) of at least 0.95; and a melt strength less than 20 cN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: George J. Pehlert, Stefan B. Ohlsson, Edward F. Allen, JR., Juliet B. Wagner, Edward Y. Bylina