Patents by Inventor Howard Curtis Welborn, Jr.

Howard Curtis Welborn, 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: 6300451
    Abstract: Copolymers, and processes to make them, are provided which are derived from monomers comprising: a) one mono-olefin having a single Ziegler-Natta polymerizable bond; b) a second monomer having at least one Ziegler-Natta polymerizable bond; c) a third monomer having at least two Ziegler-Natta polymerizable bonds such monomer being: i) straight-chained and of less than six or at least seven carbon atoms; ii) other than straight chained; or iii) combinations thereof, such copolymer having: c) at least about one carbon-carbon unsaturated bond per number average molecule; d) viscous energy of activation (Ea) at least 1 kcal/mol greater than a copolymer having a linear backbone derived from same monomers, but excluding species having at least two Ziegler-Natta polymerizable bonds; e) crystallinity level of about 10% to about 50%; and f) Mz/Mw at least about 1.7. Such copolymers show enhanced melt processability and other attributes during end-product fabrication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: Exxon Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Aspy Keki Mehta, Charles Stan Speed, Jo Ann Marie Canich, Norbert Baron, Bernard Jean Folie, Makoto Sugawara, Akihira Watanabe, Howard Curtis Welborn, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6255410
    Abstract: The invention relates to processes for producing polyolefins at pressures substantially below conventional high pressure conditions in two-phase conditions below the cloud point. The invention can involve a continuous system with optional recycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Exxon Mobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Hayashi Shigekauzu, Makoto Sugawara, Norbert Baron, Charles Stanley Speed, Jo Ann Marie Canich, Howard Curtis Welborn, Jr.