Patents by Inventor Francesco Menconi
Francesco Menconi 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).
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Patent number: 9751959Abstract: A precursor for the formation of catalysts for the (co)polymerization of ?-olefins, comprising titanium, magnesium, at least one metal selected from hafnium and zirconium, aluminum and chlorine, obtained with a process comprising treatment with a siloxane compound. Said solid precursor, used in combination with a suitable co-catalyst in high-temperature (co)polymerization processes of ?-olefins, shows an improved productivity, a high incorporation of co-monomers in the copolymerization of ethylene and an increased thermal stability with respect to the systems so far in use.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2011Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: Versalis S.P.A.Inventors: Francesco Masi, Francesco Menconi, Giuseppe Conti, Mario Polesello, Alberto Zanellato
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Publication number: 20160347892Abstract: Catalyst and solid component of catalyst for the (co)polymerization of ethylene, comprising titanium, magnesium, chlorine, a protic organo-oxygenated compound Dp and a neutral aprotic electron-donor compound D, in the following molar ranges: Mg/Ti=1.0-50; D/Ti=1.0-15; Cl/Ti=6.0-100; Dp/D=0.05-3; and a process for obtaining said component.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2016Publication date: December 1, 2016Applicant: VERSALIS S.p.A.Inventors: Giuseppe CONTI, Corrado ADESSO, Francesco MENCONI, Francesco MASI
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Patent number: 9447207Abstract: Catalyst and solid component of catalyst for the (co)polymerization of ethylene, comprising titanium, magnesium, chlorine, a protic organo-oxygenated compound Dp and a neutral aprotic electron-donor compound D, in the following molar ranges: Mg/Ti=1.0-50; D/Ti=1.0-15; Cl/Ti=6.0-100; Dp/D=0.05-3; and a process for obtaining said component.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2012Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: VERSALIS S.p.A.Inventors: Giuseppe Conti, Corrado Adesso, Francesco Menconi, Francesco Masi
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Patent number: 9334341Abstract: Solid catalyst with a high thermal stability for the (co)polymerization of ?-olefins, comprising titanium, magnesium, at least one metal selected from hafnium and zirconium, aluminum and chlorine, wherein at least 60% of the titanium is in oxidation state +3, and, when examined by means of XPS spectroscopy, has an absorption band characteristic of a binding energy ranging from 455 to 458 eV. Said catalyst, used in combination with a suitable co-catalyst in (co)polymerization processes of ?-olefins at a high temperature, shows an improved productivity, a high incorporation of co-monomers in the copolymerization of ethylene and an increased thermal stability with respect to the systems so far in use.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2010Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Versalis S.p.A.Inventors: Francesco Masi, Mario Polesello, Roberto Fusco, Anna Sommazzi, Antonio Alfonso Proto, Laura Meda, Tiziano Pennati, Elena Maria Frigerio, Alessandro Pennati, Giuseppe Conti, Francesco Menconi
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Publication number: 20130317184Abstract: A precursor for the formation of catalysts for the (co)polymerization of ?-olefins, comprising titanium, magnesium, at least one metal selected from hafnium and zirconium, aluminum and chlorine, obtained with a process comprising treatment with a siloxane compound. Said solid precursor, used in combination with a suitable co-catalyst in high-temperature (co)polymerization processes of ?-olefins, shows an improved productivity, a high incorporation of co-monomers in the copolymerization of ethylene and an increased thermal stability with respect to the systems so far in use.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2011Publication date: November 28, 2013Inventors: Francesco Masi, Francesco Menconi, Giuseppe Conti, Mario Polesello, Alberto Zanellato
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Publication number: 20130040805Abstract: Catalyst and solid component of catalyst for the (co)polymerization of ethylene, comprising titanium, magnesium, chlorine, a protic organo-oxygenated compound Dp and a neutral aprotic electron-donor compound D, in the following molar ranges: Mg/Ti=1.0-50; D/Ti=1.0-15; Cl/Ti=6.0-100; Dp/D=0.05-3; and a process for obtaining said component.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2012Publication date: February 14, 2013Inventors: Giuseppe CONTI, Corrado Adesso, Francesco Menconi, Francesco Masi
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Publication number: 20120322959Abstract: Solid catalyst with a high thermal stability for the (co)polymerization of ?-olefins, comprising titanium, magnesium, at least one metal selected from hafnium and zirconium, aluminum and chlorine, wherein at least 60% of the titanium is in oxidation state +3, and, when examined by means of XPS spectroscopy, has an absorption band characteristic of a binding energy ranging from 455 to 458 eV. Said catalyst, used in combination with a suitable co-catalyst in (co)polymerization processes of ?-olefins at a high temperature, shows an improved productivity, a high incorporation of co-monomers in the copolymerization of ethylene and an increased thermal stability with respect to the systems so far in use.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2010Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicant: versalis S.p.A.Inventors: Francesco Masi, Mario Polesello, Roberto Fusco, Anna Sommazzi, Antonio Alfonso Proto, Laura Meda, Tiziano Pennati, Elena Maria Frigerio, Alessandro Pennati, Giuseppe Conti, Francesco Menconi
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Publication number: 20070072764Abstract: Catalyst and solid component of catalyst for the (co)polymerization of ethylene, comprising titanium, magnesium, chlorine, a protic organo-oxygenated compound Dp and a neutral aprotic electron-donor compound D, in the following molar ranges: Mg/Ti=1.0-50; D/Ti=1.0-15; Cl/Ti=6.0-100; Dp/D=0.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2004Publication date: March 29, 2007Applicant: POLIMERI EURPOA S.P.A.Inventors: Giuseppe Conti, Corrado Adesso, Francesco Menconi, Francesco Masi
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Patent number: 6730627Abstract: A solid component of catalyst for the (co)polymerization of ethylene and &agr;-olefins contains magnesium-carboxylate bonds and transition metal-carboxylate and can be represented by the formula: M1Mg(0.3-20)X(2-60)Al(0-6)(R—COO)(0.1-3) (I) wherein: M is at least one metal selected from titanium, vanadium, zirconium and hafnium, X is a halogen excluding iodine, and R is an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon radical, containing at least 4 carbon atoms. A description follows of the preparation of a solid component of catalyst (I) and its use in procedures for the (co)polymerization of ethylene and &agr;-olefins.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 1994Date of Patent: May 4, 2004Assignee: ECP Enichem Polimeri S.r.l.Inventors: Francesco Masi, Lia Barazzoni, Francesco Menconi, Renzo Invernizzi, Sergio Masini, Cesare Ferrero, Angelo Moalli
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Patent number: 6723809Abstract: Bimetal catalyst for the (co)polymerization of &agr;-olefins comprising a co-catalyst consisting of a hydride or an organometallic compound of an element of groups 1, 2 or 13 of the periodic table, and a solid component consisting of at least 95% by weight of titanium, magnesium, hafnium, aluminum, chlorine and R—COO carboxylate groups, wherein R is an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon, containing from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, wherein at least 80% of the titanium is in oxidation state +3, and at least 1% of said titanium in oxidation state +3 has a tetrahedral coordination geometry. Said catalyst allows the production of olefinic polymers, particular polyethylene, with a high molecular weight by means of solution polymerization processes at temperatures exceeding 200° C.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2002Date of Patent: April 20, 2004Assignee: Polimeri Europa S.r.l.Inventors: Francesco Menconi, Giuseppe Conti, Alberto Zanellato, Angelo Moalli
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Patent number: 6184316Abstract: A catalyst for the polymerization of vinylaromatic monomers, and particularly styrene, with a high yield and a high syndiotacticity index, comprises the product consisting of the following two components in contact with each other: A) an &eegr;5-cyclopentadienyl complex of titanium; B) an organo-oxygenated compound of aluminum; and contains a sufficient amount of at least one carboxylated product having the following general formula: R—COO—G (I) wherein R—COO is a carboxylic group comprising the organic radical R having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and G represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms or a metal atom, possibly substituted, linked to said carboxylic group.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 1998Date of Patent: February 6, 2001Assignee: Enichem S.p.A.Inventors: Francesco Masi, Riccardo PO′, Francesco Menconi, Giuseppe Conti, Francesco Ciardelli, Angelina Altomare, Federico Orsini, Roberto Santi, Nicoletta Cardi
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Patent number: 5382557Abstract: A solid component of catalyst highly active in the (co)polymerization of ethylene containing titanium, magnesium, aluminum, chlorine and alkoxy groups, and obtained by means of a procedure wherein:(i) a solid, granular support of magnesium chloride, obtained by spray-drying an alcohol solution of magnesium chloride, is suspended in a liquid hydrocarbon solvent and an aliphatic alcohol and a titanium tetraalkoxide are added to the suspension thus obtained,(ii) the suspension of step (i) is heated until a homogeneous solution is obtained and the solution is cooled to precipitate a granular solid in a relative suspension,(iii) the granular solid obtained in step (ii), in the relative suspension, is put in contact and reacted with an aluminum alkyl halide, and(iv) the solid component catalyst is recovered from the reaction products of step (iii).Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 1992Date of Patent: January 17, 1995Assignee: ECP Enichem Polimeri S.r.l.Inventors: Francesco Masi, Renzo Invernizzi, Angelo Moalli, Cesare Ferrero, Francesco Menconi, Lia Barazzoni
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Patent number: 5071928Abstract: Ethylene homopolymers and ethylene copolymers with alpha-(C.sub.3 -C.sub.10)-olefins are obtained by polymerizing the monomers with a polymerization catalyst formed by:a) an alkyl-aluminum; andb) a modified solid catalyst component obtained by treating with a Lewis' base a non-modified solid component to be defined by means of the following formula, expressed as atomic proportions:Ti(1), hf(0.5-3), Si (1-6), Mg (0.5-15) Al (0.5-15),X (20-60, ROH (1-10)wherein:X represents either chlorine and bromine, andR represents either a linear or branched alkyl radical of from 1 to 6 carbon atoms.The catalyst is particularly useful for controlling the molecular weight and the molecular weight distribution of ethylene hompolymers and copolymers.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 1989Date of Patent: December 10, 1991Assignee: Enichem Anic S.p.A.Inventors: Francesco Ciardelli, Francesco Masi, Stefano Malquori, Cesare Ferrero, Lia Barazzoni, Francesco Menconi, Angelo Moalli, Renzo Invernizzi
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Patent number: 5070051Abstract: A solid catalyst component for the low-pressure polymerization of ethylene and C.sub.3 -C.sub.10 alpha-olefins into very high molecular weight polyolefins is in the form of a spherical granular solid having a surface area of between 20 and 40 m.sup.2 /g, a mean pore radius of between 5,000 and 40,000 .ANG. and a porosity of between 40 and 90 vol %, and is definable by the following formula (in atomic proportions:X (1), Mg (1-8), Al (0.2-0.8), Cl (5-20), (Et+OEt+OR) (1-3);where: X=Hf or Zr; Et=ethyl group; OEt=ethoxy group; and OR=alkoxy group containing from 2 to 8 carbon atoms in the linear or branched alkyl portion.Such a catalyst component is obtained by preparing a solid spherical granular support by spray-drying an ethanolic solution of magnesium chloride, reacting said support with a hafnium or zirconium alkoxide or halogenalkoxide, and finally reacting the thus treated support with an alkyl aluminum chloride.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 1991Date of Patent: December 3, 1991Assignee: Enichem Anic S.p.A.Inventors: Francesco Masi, Angelo Moalli, Renzo Invernizzi, Francesco Menconi, Cesare Ferrero, Stefano Malquori, Lia Barazzoni, Mario Polesello