Patents by Inventor Gregory A. Winter

Gregory A. Winter 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: 5151474
    Abstract: A process control method for controlling a polyolefin polymerization process, such as a solution polyethylene process, which includes five steps. The first step is to flow a stream of a solvent into a polyolefin reactor, such as flowing a stream of heptane solvent into the reactor at essentially a constant rate. The second step is to add a principal monomer to the stream of solvent, such as by adding ethylene at a controllable rate to the stream of solvent. The third step is to add a co-monomer to the stream of solvent, such as by adding 1-octene at a controllable rate to the stream of solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1992
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventors: Sandra V. Lange, David P. Denton, Joseph P. Weller, Jean P. Chauvel, Jr., Stuart Farquharson, Harry D. Ruhl, Jr., Gregory A. Winter