Patents by Inventor Jo Ann M. Canlch

Jo Ann M. Canlch 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).

  • Carbon Dioxide as a Catalyst Quench Agent in Solution Polymerization, and Products Made Therefrom
    Publication number: 20200223953
    Abstract: A method for making a polymer, having the steps of (a) polymerizing one or more monomers in the presence of a solvent and a catalyst to form a reaction product; (b) removing an effluent from the reaction product, where the effluent comprises an active catalyst and one or more unreacted monomers; (c) combining a quench, comprising carbon dioxide, with the effluent to form a quenched polymer stream, having a carboxyl metal complex; and (d) recovering a polymer from the quenched polymer stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Aaron Sattler, George Rodriguez, Charles J. Harlan, Aakriti Jain, Florin Barsan, Danica L. Nguyen, Michael F. McDonald, Jo Ann M. Canlch