Patents by Inventor Irfan Saeed
Irfan Saeed 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: 11965052Abstract: A process for the preparation of an ultra-high molecular weight ethylene homopolymer having a MFR21 of 0.01 g/10 min or less, said process comprising: (I) prepolymerising at least ethylene at a temperature of 0 to 90° C. in the presence of a heterogeneous Ziegler Natta catalyst to prepare an ethylene prepolymer having an Mw of 40,000 to 600,000 g/mol; and thereafter in the presence of the prepolymer and said catalyst; (II) polymerising ethylene at a temperature of 55° C. or less, such as 20 to 55° C., to prepare said UHMW ethylene homopolymer; wherein the UHMW ethylene homopolymer comprises up to 8 wt. % of said prepolymer.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2023Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Borealis AGInventors: Irfan Saeed, Esa Kokko, Mika Salo, Sanjay Rastogi, Dario Romano, Sara Ronca
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Patent number: 11944609Abstract: Provided herein are ionic liquids that can be used as antifungal agents alone or in combination with Amphotericin B. Also disclosed are methods of synthesis of the ionic liquids and inhibiting fungal growth and methods of treating fungal infections using the disclosed compounds. The disclosure provides antifungal agents that potentiate the antifungal activity of Amphotericin B, a commonly used antifungal drug that could be used alone or in combination. This combination will help control and combat the infections caused by drug resistant Candida. auris in immunocompromised patients.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITYInventors: Sami-ullah Rather, Mohmmad Younus Wani, Hisham S. Bamufleh, Hesham Alhumade, Usman Saeed, Aqeel Ahmad Taimoor, Walid M. Alalayah, Irfan Ahmad Rather
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Publication number: 20240002560Abstract: The invention provides a process for the preparation of a multimodal ethylene polymer in a multistage process in the presence of a catalyst comprising a complex of formula (lx) wherein each X is a sigma donor ligand; each Het is independently a monocyclic or multicyclic heteroaromatic or heterocyclic group containing at least one heteroatom selected from O, N or S; L is a carbon, silicon or germanium based divalent bridge in which one or two backbone atoms link the ligands; M is Ti, Zr or Hf; each R1 is the same or different and is a linear CMO alkyl group, or linear CHO alkoxy, each n is 0 to 3; each R2 is the same or different and is a C1-10 alkyl group, C1-10 alkoxy group or —Si(R)3 group; each R is the same or different and is C1-10 alkyl or phenyl group optionally substituted by 1 to 3 C1-6 alkyl groups; and eachp is 0 to 3;Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Georgy KIPIANI, Jyrki KAUHANEN, Felice DE SANTIS, Marja MUSTONEN, Matthias HOFF, Kalin SIMEONOV, Kimmo HAKALA, Jarkko HASSINEN, Maria RANIERI, Esko SAIKKONEN, Tiina HÄMÄLÄINEN, Stefan POLLHAMMER, Pascal CASTRO, Irfan SAEED, Kalle KALLIO
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Publication number: 20230322969Abstract: A process for the preparation of an ultra-high molecular weight ethylene homopolymer having a MFR21 of 0.01 g/10 min or less, said process comprising: (I) prepolymerising at least ethylene at a temperature of 0 to 90° C. in the presence of a heterogeneous Ziegler Natta catalyst to prepare an ethylene prepolymer having an Mw of 40,000 to 600,000 g/mol; and thereafter in the presence of the prepolymer and said catalyst; (II) polymerising ethylene at a temperature of 55° C. or less, such as 20 to 55° C., to prepare said UHMW ethylene homopolymer; wherein the UHMW ethylene homopolymer comprises up to 8 wt.% of said prepolymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Inventors: Irfan SAEED, Esa KOKKO, Mika SALO, Sanjay RASTOGI, Dario ROMANO, Sara RONCA
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Patent number: 11680114Abstract: A process for the preparation of an ultra-high molecular weight ethylene homopolymer having a MFR21 of 0.01 g/10 min or less, said process comprising: (I) prepolymerising at least ethylene at a temperature of 0 to 90° C. in the presence of a heterogeneous Ziegler Natta catalyst to prepare an ethylene prepolymer having an Mw of 40,000 to 600,000 g/mol; and thereafter in the presence of the prepolymer and said catalyst; (II) polymerising ethylene at a temperature of 55° C. or less, such as 20 to 55° C., to prepare said UHMW ethylene homopolymer; wherein the UHMW ethylene homopolymer comprises up to 8 wt. % of said prepolymer.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2019Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: BOREALIS AGInventors: Irfan Saeed, Esa Kokko, Mika Salo, Sanjay Rastogi, Dario Romano, Sara Ronca
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Patent number: 11560440Abstract: Catalyst system, the catalyst system comprising (i) at least one metallocene complex of formula (I) wherein Mt1 is Hf, X is a sigma-donor ligand, R1, R2, R3 are the same or different from each other and can be hydrogen or a saturated linear or branched C1-C10 alkyl, whereby the alkyl group can optionally contain up to 2 heteroatoms belonging to groups 14-16 of the periodic table, or R1 and R2 or R2 and R3 can form a ring having 4 to 6 C-atoms and 1 to 3 double bonds, R4 and R5 are the same or different from each other and can be saturated linear or branched C1-C10 alkyl, C5-C10 aryl, C6-C20 alkylaryl or C6-C20 arylalkyl groups, which can optionally contain up to 2 heteroatoms belonging to groups 14-16 of the periodic table, n can be 1 to 5, Ar is a C6-C20-aryl or -heteroaryl group, which can be unsubstituted or substituted by 1 to 5 linear or branched C1-C10 alkyl group(s), and (ii) an aluminoxane cocatalyst and (iii) optionally an aluminium alkyl compound AI(R7)3, with R7 being a linear or branched C2-C8-alkType: GrantFiled: March 28, 2018Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Borealis AGInventors: Luigi Maria Cristoforo Resconi, Noureddine Ajellal, Anna Fait, Irfan Saeed, Maria Ranieri, David Quin, Vyatcheslav V. Izmer, Dmitry S. Kononovich, Oleg Samsonov, Alexander Z. Voskoboynikov
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Publication number: 20210340289Abstract: A process for the preparation of an ultra-high molecular weight ethylene homopolymer having a MFR21 of 0.01 g/10 min or less, said process comprising: (I) prepolymerising at least ethylene at a temperature of 0 to 90° C. in the presence of a heterogeneous Ziegler Natta catalyst to prepare an ethylene prepolymer having an Mw of 40,000 to 600,000 g/mol; and thereafter in the presence of the prepolymer and said catalyst; (II) polymerising ethylene at a temperature of 55° C. or less, such as 20 to 55° C., to prepare said UHMW ethylene homopolymer; wherein the UHMW ethylene homopolymer comprises up to 8 wt. % of said prepolymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2019Publication date: November 4, 2021Inventors: Irfan SAEED, Esa KOKKO, Mika SALO, Sanjay RASTOGI, Dario ROMANO, Sara RONCA
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Patent number: 10982019Abstract: A process for the offline deactivation of at least one single site catalyst comprising contacting said catalyst with a deactivating agent selected from an aprotic low molecular weight carbonyl group containing organic compound or an aprotic low molecular weight orthoester or an aprotic low molecular weight acetal compound.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2017Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: BOREALIS AGInventors: Irfan Saeed, Katri Nikkilä, Kalle Kallio
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Publication number: 20210095057Abstract: Catalyst system, the catalyst system comprising (i) at least one metallocene complex of formula (I) wherein Mt1 is Hf, X is a sigma-donor ligand, R1, R2, R3 are the same or different from each other and can be hydrogen or a saturated linear or branched C1-C10 alkyl, whereby the alkyl group can optionally contain up to 2 heteroatoms belonging to groups 14-16 of the periodic table, or R1 and R2 or R2 and R3 can form a ring having 4 to 6 C-atoms and 1 to 3 double bonds, R4 and R5 are the same or different from each other and can be saturated linear or branched C1-C10 alkyl, C5-C10 aryl, C6-C20 alkylaryl or C6-C20 arylalkyl groups, which can optionally contain up to 2 heteroatoms belonging to groups 14-16 of the periodic table, n can be 1 to 5, Ar is a C6-C20-aryl or -heteroaryl group, which can be unsubstituted or substituted by 1 to 5 linear or branched C1-C10 alkyl group(s), and (ii) an aluminoxane cocatalyst and (iii) optionally an aluminium alkyl compound AI(R7)3, with R7 being a linear or branched C2-C8-alkType: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2018Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventors: Luigi Maria Cristoforo RESCONI, Noureddine AJELLAL, Anna FAIT, Irfan SAEED, Maria RANIERI, David QUIN, Vyatcheslav V. IZMER, Dmitry S. KONONOVICH, Oleg SAMSONOV, Alexander Z. VOSKOBOYNIKOV
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Publication number: 20190330389Abstract: A process for the offline deactivation of at least one single site catalyst comprising contacting said catalyst with a deactivating agent selected from an aprotic low molecular weight carbonyl group containing organic compound or an aprotic low molecular weight orthoester or an aprotic low molecular weight acetal compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2017Publication date: October 31, 2019Inventors: Irfan Saeed, Katri Nikkilä, Kalle Kallio
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Publication number: 20190144583Abstract: New bi- or multimodal polyethylene terpolymer made with a metallocene catalyst having a narrow molecular weight distribution and enhanced rheological properties, i.e. specific ratio of complex viscosity at 0.01 rad/s to the viscosity at 100 rad/s measured at 190° C. and a specific shear thinning behaviour.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Girish Suresh Galgali, Irfan Saeed, Jarmo Kela
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Patent number: 9670293Abstract: Process for the preparation of a solid catalyst system comprising the steps of preparing a liquid clathrate comprising a mixing of an aluminoxane, an aromatic compound and an organo-silicon compound, wherein the mol-ratio between the organo-silicon compound and aluminum of the aluminoxane is below 0.1, mixing said liquid clathrate with an organometallic compound obtaining a liquid mixture, and precipitating the solid catalyst system out of said liquid mixture by adding a saturated aliphatic compound to said mixture liquid.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2014Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: BOREALIS AGInventors: Alexander Reznichenko, Noureddine Ajellal, Pascal Castro, Irfan Saeed
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Patent number: 9556295Abstract: Procatalyst comprising an inorganic support, a chlorine compound carried on said support, a magnesium compound carried on said support, a titanium compound carried on said support, and a compound comprising two oxygen containing rings, wherein said two rings are linked via a bridge selected from the group consisting of carbon bridge, silicon bridge, ethane-1.2-diyl bridge, ethene-1,2-diyl bridge, alkylaminomethyl bridge and imine bridge.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2014Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: Borealis AGInventors: Irfan Saeed, Esa Kokko, Paivi Waldvogel, Marja Mustonen, Thomas Garoff
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Publication number: 20160200838Abstract: Process for the preparation of a solid catalyst system comprising the steps of preparing a liquid clathrate comprising a mixing of an aluminoxane, an aromatic compound and an organo-silicon compound, wherein the mol-ratio between the organo-silicon compound and aluminum of the aluminoxane is below 0.1, mixing said liquid clathrate with an organometallic compound obtaining a liquid mixture, and precipitating the solid catalyst system out of said liquid mixture by adding a saturated aliphatic compound to said mixture liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2014Publication date: July 14, 2016Applicant: BOREALIS AGInventors: Alexander REZNICHENKO, Noureddine AJELLAL, Pascal CASTRO, Irfan SAEED
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Publication number: 20160060372Abstract: Procatalyst comprising an inorganic support, a chlorine compound carried on said support, a magnesium compound carried on said support, a titanium compound carried on said support, and a compound comprising two oxygen containing rings, wherein said two rings are linked via a bridge selected from the group consisting of carbon bridge, silicon bridge, ethane-1.2-diyl bridge, ethene-1,2-diyl bridge, alkylaminomethyl bridge and imine bridge.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2014Publication date: March 3, 2016Inventors: Irfan Saeed, Esa Kokko, Paivi Waldvogel, Marja Mustonen, Thomas Garoff