Patents by Inventor JoEllen K. DePorter

JoEllen K. DePorter 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: 6458873
    Abstract: A polyolefin composition is provided that has an improved impact strength. Additionally, a process of using dibenzylidene sorbitol to improve the impact strength of a polyolefin is provided. Said polyolefin composition comprises: (a) a polyolefin that comprises ethylene, wherein said polyolefin has a melt index from about 3 to about 10 grams per ten minutes and a density greater than 0.938 grams per cubic centimeter and wherein said polyolefin that comprises ethylene is a homopolymer or a copolymer, where said copolymer comprises ethylene as the major component, as measured by mole percent, of said copolymer; and (b) dibenzylidene sorbitol, in an amount equal to, or greater than, the amount required to increase the notch izod impact strength of a composition that consists essentially of said polyolefin and said dibenzylidene sorbitol, by greater than 10 percent over the notched izod impact strength of a composition that consists essentially of said polyolefin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Company
    Inventor: JoEllen K. DePorter