Patents by Inventor John W. Garnett, IV
John W. Garnett, IV 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: 10703869Abstract: The instant invention provides a polyethylene blend-composition suitable for blown films, and films made therefrom. The polyethylene blend-composition suitable for blown films comprises the melt blending product of: (a) from 0.5 to 4 percent by weight of a low density polyethylene having a density in the range of from 0.915 to 0.935 g/cm3, and a melt index (I2) in the range of from greater than 0.8 to less than or equal to 5 g/10 minutes, and a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) in the range of from 6 to 10; (b) 90 percent or greater by weight of an ethylene/?-olefin interpolymer composition, wherein ethylene/?-olefin interpolymer composition has a Comonomer Distribution Constant (CDC) in the range of from 75 to 200, a vinyl unsaturation of less than 0.1 vinyls per one thousand carbon atoms present in the backbone of the ethylene/?-olefin interpolymer composition; a zero shear viscosity ratio (ZSVR) in the range from 2 to 20; a density in the range of from 0.903 to 0.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2013Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Jian Wang, Nilesh R. Savargaonkar, Mehmet Demirors, John W. Garnett, IV
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Patent number: 10465053Abstract: Disclosed herein is a recyclable barrier film comprising a first layer comprising high density polyethylene; and a barrier layer comprising a polymer other than polyethylene; where the polymer is operative to reduce the oxygen transmission rate through the barrier film relative to the oxygen transmission rate through the first layer; where the barrier layer is present in the barrier film in an amount of less than 5 weight percent, based on the total weight of the barrier film. Disclosed herein too is a method of manufacturing the disclosed barrier film.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2014Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignees: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, ROHM AND HAAS COMPANYInventors: Dana Breed, John W. Garnett, IV, Mark Heard, Scott J. Collick, Gregory M. Bunker, Mark A. Kersten
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Patent number: 9926441Abstract: The instant invention provides a polyethylene blend-composition suitable for blown films, and films made therefrom. The polyethylene blend-composition suitable for blown films according to the present invention comprises the melt blending product of: (a) from 0.5 to 4 percent by weight of a low density polyethylene having a density in the range of from 0.915 to 0.935 g/cm3, and a melt index (I2) in the range of from greater than 0.8 to less than or equal to 5 g/10 minutes, and a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) in the range of from 6 to 10; (b) 90 percent or greater by weight of a linear low density polyethylene composition has a density in the range of 0.900 to 0.935 g/cm3, a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) in the range of 1.5 to 4.5, a melt index (I2) in the range of 0.1 to 5 g/10 minutes, a molecular weight distribution (Mz/Mw) in the range of less than 3, vinyl unsaturation of less than 0.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2013Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Jian Wang, Nilesh R. Savargaonkar, Mehmet Demirors, John W. Garnett, IV
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Patent number: 9527971Abstract: The invention provides a composition comprising at least the following: A) an anhydride and/or carboxylic acid functionalized ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer having the following properties: i) a melt viscosity (177° C.) less than, or equal to, 200,000 cP, ii) a density from 0.855 to 0.900 g/cc; B) an ethylene-based polymer; and C) a polar polymer.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Didem Oner-Deliormanli, Brian W. Walther, Rajen M. Patel, Gregory Bunker, John W. Garnett, IV
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Patent number: 9371441Abstract: The instant invention provides a polyethylene blend-composition suitable for blown films, and films made therefrom. The polyethylene blend-composition suitable for blown films according to the present invention comprises the melt blending product of: (a) from 0.5 to 6 percent by weight of a bimodal linear low density polyethylene having a density in the range of from 0.935 to 0.970 g/cm3, and a melt index (I2) in the range of from 0.3 to 5 g/10 minutes; (b) 90 percent or greater by weight of a monomodal linear low density polyethylene having a density in the range of from 0.910 to 0.950 g/cm3, and a melt index (I2) in the range of from 0.1 to less than or equal to 5 g/10 minutes; (c) optionally from 0.5 to 4 percent by weight of a low density polyethylene having a density in the range of from 0.915 to 0.935 g/cm3, and a melt index (I2) in the range of from greater than 0.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2013Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Jian Wang, Nilesh R. Savargaonkar, Mehmet Demirors, John W. Garnett, IV, Ayush A. Bafna
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Publication number: 20160052242Abstract: The invention provides a film comprising at least two layers, Layer A and Layer B, and wherein Layer A is formed from a Composition A comprising the following: an ethylene/?-olefin block copolymer, and a tackifier, and wherein the Composition A has a melt index (12) from 1 to 50 g/10 min, and an 110/12 ratio from 7.5 to 13; and wherein Layer B is formed from a Composition B comprising one of the following: i) a polar polymer, ii) a polyolefin, or iii) a combination thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2014Publication date: February 25, 2016Inventors: Dana R. Breed, Daniel W. Himmelberger, Cody W. Lawrence, Xiaosong Wu, Lamy J. Chopin III, John W. Garnett, IV
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Publication number: 20150329734Abstract: Disclosed herein is a recyclable barrier film comprising a first layer comprising high density polyethylene; and a barrier layer comprising a polymer other than polyethylene; where the polymer is operative to reduce the oxygen transmission rate through the barrier film relative to the oxygen transmission rate through the first layer; where the barrier layer is present in the barrier film in an amount of less than 5 weight percent, based on the total weight of the barrier film. Disclosed herein too is a method of manufacturing the disclosed barrier film.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2014Publication date: November 19, 2015Inventors: Dana Breed, John W. Garnett, IV, Mark Heard, Scott J. Collick, Gregory M. Bunker, Mark A. Kersten
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Patent number: 9181362Abstract: The instant invention is a polyethylene composition, method of producing the same, articles made therefrom, and method of making the same. The polyethylene composition according to the instant invention comprises (1) less than or equal to 100 percent by weight of the units derived from ethylene; and (2) less than 15 percent by weight of units derived from one or more ?-olefin comonomers. The polyethylene composition according the instant invention has a density in the range of 0.907 to 0.975 g/cm3, a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) in the range of 1.70 to 3.62, a melt index (I2) in the range of 2 to 1000 g/10 minutes, a molecular weight distribution (Mz/Mw) in the range of less than 2.5, and a vinyl unsaturation of less than 0.06 vinyls per one thousand carbon atoms present in the backbone of the composition.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2013Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: William J. Michie, Jr., Mark B. Davis, Nathan J. Wiker, Debra R. Wilson, Peter Schindler, John W. Garnett, IV
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Publication number: 20150299440Abstract: The instant invention provides a polyethylene blend-composition suitable for blown films, and films made therefrom. The polyethylene blend-composition suitable for blown films according to the present invention comprises the melt blending product of: (a) from 0.5 to 4 percent by weight of a low density polyethylene having a density in the range of from 0.915 to 0.935 g/cm3, and a melt index (I2) in the range of from greater than 0.8 to less than or equal to 5 g/10 minutes, and a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) in the range of from 6 to 10; (b) 90 percent or greater by weight of a linear low density polyethylene composition has a density in the range of 0.900 to 0.935 g/cm3, a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) in the range of 1.5 to 4.5, a melt index (I2) in the range of 0.1 to 5 g/10 minutes, a molecular weight distribution (Mz/Mw) in the range of less than 3, vinyl unsaturation of less than 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2013Publication date: October 22, 2015Inventors: Jian Wang, Nilesh R. Savargaonkar, Mehmet Demirors, John W. Garnett, IV
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Publication number: 20150291783Abstract: The instant invention provides a polyethylene blend-composition suitable for blown films, and films made therefrom. The polyethylene blend-composition suitable for blown films according to the present invention comprises the melt blending product of: (a) from 0.5 to 6 percent by weight of a bimodal linear low density polyethylene having a density in the range of from 0.935 to 0.970 g/cm3, and a melt index (I2) in the range of from 0.3 to 5 g/10 minutes; (b) 90 percent or greater by weight of a monomodal linear low density polyethylene having a density in the range of from 0.910 to 0.950 g/cm3, and a melt index (I2) in the range of from 0.1 to less than or equal to 5 g/10 minutes; (c) optionally from 0.5 to 4 percent by weight of a low density polyethylene having a density in the range of from 0.915 to 0.935 g/cm3, and a melt index (I2) in the range of from greater than 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2013Publication date: October 15, 2015Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Jian Wang, Nilesh R. Savargaonkar, Mehmet Demirors, John W. Garnett, IV, Ayush A. Bafna
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Publication number: 20150247014Abstract: The invention provides a composition comprising at least the following: A) an anhydride and/or carboxylic acid functionalized ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer having the following properties: i) a melt viscosity (177° C.) less than, or equal to, 200,000 cP, ii) a density from 0.855 to 0.900 g/cc; B) an ethylene-based polymer; and C) a polar polymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 3, 2015Inventors: Didem Oner-Deliormanli, Brian W. Walther, Rajen M. Patel, Gregory Bunker, John W. Garnett, IV
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Publication number: 20150132514Abstract: The instant invention provides a polyethylene blend-composition suitable for blown films, and films made therefrom. The polyethylene blend-composition suitable for blown films comprises the melt blending product of: (a) from 0.5 to 4 percent by weight of a low density polyethylene having a density in the range of from 0.915 to 0.935 g/cm3, and a melt index (I2) in the range of from greater than 0.8 to less than or equal to 5 g/10 minutes, and a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) in the range of from 6 to 10; (b) 90 percent or greater by weight of an ethylene/?-olefin interpolymer composition, wherein ethylene/?-olefin interpolymer composition has a Comonomer Distribution Constant (CDC) in the range of from 75 to 200, a vinyl unsaturation of less than 0.1 vinyls per one thousand carbon atoms present in the backbone of the ethylene/?-olefin interpolymer composition; a zero shear viscosity ratio (ZSVR) in the range from 2 to 20; a density in the range of from 0.903 to 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2013Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicant: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Jian Wang, Nilesh R. Savargaonkar, Mehmet Demirors, John W. Garnett, IV
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Publication number: 20150122878Abstract: The present invention is a method of tagging resin product such that it can be identified. The method involves adding a series of tracer elements to a resin in specific amounts. The relative amounts of one or more of such tracer elements for each desired unit of production are varied, such that each unit of production has a unique combination of ratios of the various tracer elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2013Publication date: May 7, 2015Applicant: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Scott J. Collick, Gregory M. Bunker, Thomas Allgeuer, John W. Garnett, IV, Dana R. Breed
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Publication number: 20130338323Abstract: The instant invention is a polyethylene composition, method of producing the same, articles made therefrom, and method of making the same. The polyethylene composition according to the instant invention comprises (1) less than or equal to 100 percent by weight of the units derived from ethylene; and (2) less than 15 percent by weight of units derived from one or more ?-olefin comonomers. The polyethylene composition according the instant invention has a density in the range of 0.907 to 0.975 g/cm3, a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) in the range of 1.70 to 3.62, a melt index (I2) in the range of 2 to 1000 g/10 minutes, a molecular weight distribution (Mz/Mw) in the range of less than 2.5, and a vinyl unsaturation of less than 0.06 vinyls per one thousand carbon atoms present in the backbone of the composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2013Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: William J. Michie, JR., Mark B. Davis, Nathan J. Wiker, Debra R. Wilson, Peter Schindler, John W. Garnett, IV
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Publication number: 20090324914Abstract: The present invention relates to film layers and compositions having improved hot tack properties. The compositions comprise at least one ethylene/?-olefin interpolymer, wherein the ethylene/?-olefin interpolymer may have, for example, a Mw/Mn from about 1.7 to about 3.5, at least one melting point, Tm, in degrees Celsius, and a density, d, in grams/cubic centimeter, wherein the numerical values of Tm and d correspond to the relationship: Tm>?2002.9+4538.5(d)?2422.2(d)2.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2009Publication date: December 31, 2009Applicant: Dow Global Technologies Inc.Inventors: Wenbin Liang, Yunwa W. Cheung, John W. Garnett, IV
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Patent number: 7582716Abstract: The present invention relates to film layers and compositions having improved hot tack properties. The compositions comprise at least one ethylene/?-olefin interpolymer, wherein the ethylene/?-olefin interpolymer may have, for example, a Mw/Mn from about 1.7 to about 3.5, at least one melting point, Tm, in degrees Celsius, and a density, d, in grams/cubic centimeter, wherein the numerical values of Tm and d correspond to the relationship: Tm>?2002.9+4538.5(d)?2422.2(d)2.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2006Date of Patent: September 1, 2009Assignee: Dow Global Technologies Inc.Inventors: Wenbin Liang, Yunwa W. Cheung, John W. Garnett, IV