Patents by Inventor Guylaine St. Jean

Guylaine St. Jean 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: 11066499
    Abstract: An ethylene alpha-olefin copolymer having (a) a density of from about 0.910 g/cc to about 0.940 g/cc; (b) a weight average molecular weight of from about 150,000 g/mol to about 300,000 g/mol; and (c) a melt index at a load of 2.16 kg of from about 0.01 dg/10 min. to about 0.5 dg/min.; wherein a 1 mil blown film formed from the polymer composition is characterized by (i) a Dart Impact strength greater than about 175 g/mil; (ii) an Elmendorf machine direction tear strength greater than about 20 g/mil; and (iii) an Elmendorf transverse direction tear strength greater than about 475 g/mil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Ashish M. Sukhadia, Guylaine St. Jean, Qing Yang, Max P. McDaniel
  • Publication number: 20210024671
    Abstract: An ethylene alpha-olefin copolymer having (a) a density of from about 0.910 g/cc to about 0.940 g/cc; (b) a weight average molecular weight of from about 150,000 g/mol to about 300,000 g/mol; and (c) a melt index at a load of 2.16 kg of from about 0.01 dg/10 min. to about 0.5 dg/min.; wherein a 1 mil blown film formed from the polymer composition is characterized by (i) a Dart Impact strength greater than about 175 g/mil; (ii) an Elmendorf machine direction tear strength greater than about 20 g/mil; and (iii) an Elmendorf transverse direction tear strength greater than about 475 g/mil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Ashish M. SUKHADIA, Guylaine ST. JEAN, Qing YANG, Max P. MCDANIEL
  • Patent number: 10899855
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are ethylene-based polymers produced using dual metallocene catalyst systems. These polymers have low densities, high molecular weights, and broad molecular weight distributions, as well as having the majority of the long chain branches in the lower molecular weight component of the polymer, and the majority of the short chain branches in the higher molecular weight component of the polymer. Films produced from these polymers have improved impact and puncture resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Ashish M. Sukhadia, Max P. McDaniel, Errun Ding, Guylaine St. Jean, Qing Yang, Daniel G. Hert, Chung Ching Tso
  • Patent number: 10858464
    Abstract: An ethylene alpha-olefin copolymer having (a) a density of from about 0.910 g/cc to about 0.940 g/cc; (b) a weight average molecular weight of from about 150,000 g/mol to about 300,000 g/mol; and (c) a melt index at a load of 2.16 kg of from about 0.01 dg/10 min. to about 0.5 dg/min.; wherein a 1 mil blown film formed from the polymer composition is characterized by (i) a Dart Impact strength greater than about 175 g/mil; (ii) an Elmendorf machine direction tear strength greater than about 20 g/mil; and (iii) an Elmendorf transverse direction tear strength greater than about 475 g/mil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Ashish M. Sukhadia, Guylaine St. Jean, Qing Yang, Max P. McDaniel
  • Publication number: 20190055329
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are ethylene-based polymers produced using dual metallocene catalyst systems. These polymers have low densities, high molecular weights, and broad molecular weight distributions, as well as having the majority of the long chain branches in the lower molecular weight component of the polymer, and the majority of the short chain branches in the higher molecular weight component of the polymer. Films produced from these polymers have improved impact and puncture resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Ashish M. Sukhadia, Max P. McDaniel, Errun Ding, Guylaine St. Jean, Qing Yang, Daniel G. Hert, Chung Ching Tso
  • Patent number: 10113016
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are ethylene-based polymers produced using dual metallocene catalyst systems. These polymers have low densities, high molecular weights, and broad molecular weight distributions, as well as having the majority of the long chain branches in the lower molecular weight component of the polymer, and the majority of the short chain branches in the higher molecular weight component of the polymer. Films produced from these polymers have improved impact and puncture resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Ashish M. Sukhadia, Max P. McDaniel, Errun Ding, Guylaine St. Jean, Qing Yang, Daniel G. Hert, Chung Ching Tso
  • Publication number: 20180057618
    Abstract: An ethylene alpha-olefin copolymer having (a) a density of from about 0.910 g/cc to about 0.940 g/cc; (b) a weight average molecular weight of from about 150,000 g/mol to about 300,000 g/mol; and (c) a melt index at a load of 2.16 kg of from about 0.01 dg/10 min. to about 0.5 dg/min.; wherein a 1 mil blown film formed from the polymer composition is characterized by (i) a Dart Impact strength greater than about 175 g/mil; (ii) an Elmendorf machine direction tear strength greater than about 20 g/mil; and (iii) an Elmendorf transverse direction tear strength greater than about 475 g/mil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Ashish M. SUKHADIA, Guylaine ST. JEAN, Qing YANG, Max P. MCDANIEL
  • Patent number: 9845368
    Abstract: A first embodiment which is a bimodal polymer having a weight fraction of a lower molecular weight (LMW) component ranging from about 0.25 to about 0.45, a weight fraction of a higher molecular weight (HMW) component ranging from about 0.55 to about 0.75 and a density of from about 0.931 g/cc to about 0.955 g/cc which when tested in accordance with ASTM D1003 using a 1 mil test specimen displays a haze characterized by equation: % Haze=2145?2216*FractionLMW?181*a molecular weight distribution of the LMW component (MWDLMW)?932*a molecular weight distribution of the HMW component (MWDHMW)+27*(FractionLMW*MWDLMW)+1019*(FractionLMW*MWDHMW)+73*(MWDLMW*MWDHMW) wherein fraction refers to the weight fraction of the component in the polymer as a whole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Guylaine St. Jean, Elizabeth M. Lanier, J. Todd Lanier, Qing Yang, Brooke A. Gill
  • Patent number: 9840570
    Abstract: An ethylene alpha-olefin copolymer having (a) a density of from about 0.910 g/cc to about 0.940 g/cc; (b) a weight average molecular weight of from about 150,000 g/mol to about 300,000 g/mol; and (c) a melt index at a load of 2.16 kg of from about 0.01 dg/10 min. to about 0.5 dg/min.; wherein a 1 mil blown film formed from the polymer composition is characterized by (i) a Dart Impact strength greater than about 175 g/mil; (ii) an Elmendorf machine direction tear strength greater than about 20 g/mil; and (iii) an Elmendorf transverse direction tear strength greater than about 475 g/mil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, LP
    Inventors: Ashish M Sukhadia, Guylaine St. Jean, Qing Yang, Max P. McDaniel
  • Publication number: 20170225440
    Abstract: A multilayer polymer film comprising an outer skin layer, an inner seal layer and at least one core layer disposed between the inner and outer skin layer, wherein the outer skin layers comprises a metallocene-catalyzed ethylene polymer having a density of equal to or greater than about 0.945 g/cc and a melt index equal to or greater than 0.5 g/10 min. A multilayer polymer film comprising a metallocene-catalyzed high-density polyethylene homopolymer skin layer and at least one core layer comprising a high-density polyethylene having a melt index of less than or equal to 2.0 g/10 min. A multilayer polymer film comprising at least a skin layer and a core layer wherein the skin layer comprises a metallocene-catalyzed ethylene polymer provided from a catalyst composition comprising a single metallocene and an activator support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Mark L. HLAVINKA, Charles D. MILLS, Qing YANG, Guylaine ST. JEAN
  • Publication number: 20170145123
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are ethylene-based polymers produced using dual metallocene catalyst systems. These polymers have low densities, high molecular weights, and broad molecular weight distributions, as well as having the majority of the long chain branches in the lower molecular weight component of the polymer, and the majority of the short chain branches in the higher molecular weight component of the polymer. Films produced from these polymers have improved impact and puncture resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Ashish M. Sukhadia, Max P. McDaniel, Errun Ding, Guylaine St. Jean, Qing Yang, Daniel G. Hert, Chung Ching Tso
  • Patent number: 9605100
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are polymerization processes for the production of olefin polymers. These polymerization processes can employ a catalyst system containing two or three metallocene components, resulting in ethylene-based copolymers that can have a medium density and improved stress crack resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Mark L. Hlavinka, Errun Ding, Paul DesLauriers, Yongwoo Inn, Lili Cui, Qing Yang, Ashish M. Sukhadia, Guylaine St. Jean, Richard M. Buck
  • Patent number: 9605097
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are ethylene-based polymers produced using dual metallocene catalyst systems. These polymers have low densities, high molecular weights, and broad molecular weight distributions, as well as having the majority of the long chain branches in the lower molecular weight component of the polymer, and the majority of the short chain branches in the higher molecular weight component of the polymer. Films produced from these polymers have improved impact and puncture resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Ashish M. Sukhadia, Max P. McDaniel, Errun Ding, Guylaine St. Jean, Qing Yang, Daniel G. Hert, Chung Ching Tso
  • Publication number: 20160304644
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are polymerization processes for the production of olefin polymers. These polymerization processes can employ a catalyst system containing two or three metallocene components, resulting in ethylene-based copolymers that can have a medium density and improved stress crack resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Mark L. Hlavinka, Errun Ding, Paul DesLauriers, Yongwoo Inn, Lili Cui, Qing Yang, Ashish M. Sukhadia, Guylaine St. Jean, Richard M. Buck
  • Patent number: 9394393
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are polymerization processes for the production of olefin polymers. These polymerization processes can employ a catalyst system containing two or three metallocene components, resulting in ethylene-based copolymers that can have a medium density and improved stress crack resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Mark L. Hlavinka, Errun Ding, Paul DesLauriers, Yongwoo Inn, Lili Cui, Qing Yang, Ashish Sukhadia, Guylaine St. Jean, Richard M. Buck
  • Publication number: 20160159950
    Abstract: A first embodiment which is a bimodal polymer having a weight fraction of a lower molecular weight (LMW) component ranging from about 0.25 to about 0.45, a weight fraction of a higher molecular weight (HMW) component ranging from about 0.55 to about 0.75 and a density of from about 0.931 g/cc to about 0.955 g/cc which when tested in accordance with ASTM D1003 using a 1 mil test specimen displays a haze characterized by equation: % Haze=2145=2145?2216*FractionLMW?181*a molecular weight distribution of the LMW component (MWDLMW)?932*a molecular weight distribution of the HMW component (MWDHMW)+27*(FractionLMW*MWDLMW)+1019*(FractionLMW*MWDHMW)+73*(MWDLMW*MWDHMW) wherein fraction refers to the weight fraction of the component in the polymer as a whole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Guylaine St. Jean, Elizabeth M. Lanier, J. Todd Lanier, Qing Yang, Brooke A. Gill
  • Patent number: 9334350
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are broad molecular weight distribution olefin polymers having densities in the 0.895 to 0.930 g/cm3 range, and with improved impact and tear resistance. These polymers can have a ratio of Mw/Mn in the 8 to 35 range, a high load melt index in the 4 to 50 range, less than about 0.008 LCB per 1000 total carbon atoms, and a reverse comonomer distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Max P. McDaniel, Ashish M. Sukhadia, Errun Ding, Chung Ching Tso, Albert P. Masino, Qing Yang, Lloyd W. Guatney, Guylaine St. Jean, Daniel G. Hert
  • Patent number: 9309338
    Abstract: A first embodiment which is a bimodal polymer having a weight fraction of a lower molecular weight (LMW) component ranging from about 0.25 to about 0.45, a weight fraction of a higher molecular weight (HMW) component ranging from about 0.55 to about 0.75 and a density of from about 0.931 g/cc to about 0.955 g/cc which when tested in accordance with ASTM D1003 using a 1 mil test specimen displays a haze characterized by equation: % Haze=2145?2216*FractionLMW?181*a molecular weight distribution of the LMW component (MWDLMW)?932*a molecular weight distribution of the HMW component(MWDHMW)+27*(FractionLMW*MWDLMW)+1019*(FractionLMW*MWDHMW)+73*(MWDLMW*MWDHMW) wherein fraction refers to the weight fraction of the component in the polymer as a whole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Guylaine St. Jean, Elizabeth M. Lanier, J. Todd Lanier, Qing Yang, Brooke A. Gill
  • Publication number: 20160075803
    Abstract: A first embodiment which is a bimodal polymer having a weight fraction of a lower molecular weight (LMW) component ranging from about 0.25 to about 0.45, a weight fraction of a higher molecular weight (HMW) component ranging from about 0.55 to about 0.75 and a density of from about 0.931 g/cc to about 0.955 g/cc which when tested in accordance with ASTM D1003 using a 1 mil test specimen displays a haze characterized by equation: % Haze=2145?2216*FractionLMW?181*a molecular weight distribution of the LMW component (MWDLMW)?932*a molecular weight distribution of the HMW component (MWDHMW)+27*(FractionLMW*MWDLMW)+1019*(FractionLMW*MWDHMW)+73*(MWDLMW*MWDHMW) wherein fraction refers to the weight fraction of the component in the polymer as a whole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Guylaine St. Jean, Elizabeth M. Lanier, J. Todd Lanier, Qing Yang, Brooke A. Gill
  • Patent number: 9284389
    Abstract: A bimodal polyethylene copolymer comprising a lower molecular weight (LMW) component and a higher molecular weight (HMW) component, the copolymer having a z-average molecular weight (Mz) of from about 1,000 kg/mol to about 2,500 kg/mol, a weight fraction of the LMW component (LMW fr.) of from about 0.60 to 0.85, a ratio of a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of the HMW component (HMW Mw) to a Mw of the LMW component (LMW Mw) of from about 14 to about 25, a zero shear viscosity (?0) of from about 5×105 Pa-s to about 1×107 Pa-s and a HMW Mw of from about 800 kg/mol to about 1,500 kg/mol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL COMPANY LP
    Inventors: Guylaine St. Jean, Qing Yang, J. Todd Lanier