Patents by Inventor Kathleen Ann VANDEWIELE

Kathleen Ann VANDEWIELE 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).

  • FILM COMPRISING HETEROPHASIC PROPYLENE COPOLYMER COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20230071198
    Abstract: The invention relates to a film comprising at least one first layer consisting of a heterophasic propylene copolymer composition comprising a heterophasic propylene copolymer, wherein the heterophasic propylene copolymer is present in an amount of at least 95 wt % based on the heterophasic propylene copolymer composition, wherein the heterophasic propylene copolymer consists of a) a propylene-based matrix wherein the propylene-based matrix consists of a propylene homopolymer and b) a dispersed ethylene ?-olefin copolymer, wherein the sum of the weight of the propylene-based matrix and the weight of the dispersed ethylene-?-olefin copolymer is 100 wt % based on the heterophasic propylene copolymer, wherein the amount of xylene-soluble matter (CXS) in the heterophasic propylene copolymer composition is in the range from 20.0 to 35.0 wt % based on the heterophasic propylene copolymer composition, wherein the CXS is measured according to ISO 16152:2005 in p-xylene at 25° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Lucio Baccaro, Kathleen Ann Vandewiele, Désirée Marie Louise Seegers, Marilena Pezzuto
  • Heterophasic propylene copolymer
    Patent number: 11292898
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a final heterophasic propylene copolymer (A) having a final melt flow rate in the range from 65 to 110 dg/min, comprising visbreaking an intermediate heterophasic propylene copolymer (A?) having an intermediate melt flow rate, which intermediate melt flow rate is lower than the final melt flow rate, to obtain the final heterophasic propylene copolymer, wherein the intermediate heterophasic propylene copolymer (A?) consists of (a) a propylene-based matrix, (b) a dispersed ethylene-?-olefin copolymer, wherein the sum of the total amount of propylene-based matrix and total amount of the dispersed ethylene-?-olefin copolymer in the intermediate heterophasic propylene copolymer is 100 wt % based on the intermediate heterophasic propylene copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Marc Herklots, Ricardo Bou Reslan Calumby, Kathleen Ann Vandewiele
  • Nucleating composition and thermoplastic polymer composition comprising such nucleating composition
    Patent number: 11136446
    Abstract: The invention relates to a nucleating composition comprising: (a) a first nucleating agent, which comprises a cyclic dicarboxylate salt compound; and (b) a second nucleating agent, which comprises talc, wherein the cyclic dicarboxylate salt compound has the formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignees: SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION, SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Kathleen Ann Vandewiele, Marc Herklots, Jonathan Khashayar Rabiei Tabriz, Gerard Jan Eduard Biemond
  • Composition comprising heterophasic propylene copolymer
    Patent number: 10711125
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising (A) a heterophasic propylene copolymer and (B) a nucleating composition, wherein (A) the heterophasic propylene copolymer consists of (a) a propylene-based matrix, wherein the propylene-based matrix consists of a propylene homopolymer and wherein the propylene-based matrix is present in an amount of 83 to 88 wt %, preferably 84 to 88 wt %, based on the total heterophasic propylene copolymer and (b) a dispersed ethylene-?-olefin copolymer, wherein the dispersed ethylene-?-olefin copolymer is present in an amount of 12 to 17 wt %, preferably of 12 to 16 wt %, based on the total heterophasic propylene copolymer and wherein the sum of the total amount of propylene-based matrix and total amount of the dispersed ethylene-?-olefin copolymer in the heterophasic propylene copolymer is 100 wt %, wherein the amount of ethylene in the ethylene-?-olefin copolymer is 40 to 60 wt % and wherein the heterophasic propylene copolymer has a melt flow index of 35 to 50 g/10 min as
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: SABIC GlOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Ricardo Bou Reslan Calumby, Kathleen Ann Vandewiele, Marc Herklots, Martin Alexander Zuideveld, Désirée Marie Louise Seegers, Aurora Alexandra Batinas-Geurts, Koenraad Johannes Gerardus van Straaten
  • HETEROPHASIC PROPYLENE COPOLYMER
    Publication number: 20190352491
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a final heterophasic propylene copolymer (A) having a final melt flow rate in the range from 65 to 110 dg/min, comprising visbreaking an intermediate heterophasic propylene copolymer (A?) having an intermediate melt flow rate, which intermediate melt flow rate is lower than the final melt flow rate, to obtain the final heterophasic propylene copolymer, wherein the intermediate heterophasic propylene copolymer (A?) consists of (a) a propylene-based matrix, (b) a dispersed ethylene-?-olefin copolymer, wherein the sum of the total amount of propylene-based matrix and total amount of the dispersed ethylene-?-olefin copolymer in the intermediate heterophasic propylene copolymer is 100 wt % based on the intermediate heterophasic propylene copolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Marc Herklots, Ricardo Bou Reslan Calumby, Kathleen Ann Vandewiele
  • Polypropylene composition comprising nucleating agent
    Patent number: 10336894
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a polypropylene composition comprising (A) a propylene-based polymer, (B) talc and (C) a functionalized polypropylene grafted with an acid or acid anhydride functional group, wherein components (A) and (C) are different, wherein the amount of the talc in the composition is 0.025-4 wt % of the total composition and the amount of the functionalized polypropylene is 0.005-0.75 wt % of the total composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Henrica Norberta Alberta Maria Steenbakkers-Menting, Maria Soliman, Franciscus Elisabeth Jacobus Essers, Kathleen Ann Vandewiele
  • Nucleating composition and thermoplastic polymer composition comprising such nucleating composition
    Patent number: 10240024
    Abstract: The invention relates to a nucleating composition comprising: (a) a first nucleating agent, which comprises a cyclic dicarboxylate salt compound; and (b) a second nucleating agent, which comprises talc, wherein the cyclic dicarboxylate salt compound has the formula (I):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignees: SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION, SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V
    Inventors: Kathleen Ann Vandewiele, Peter Heinrich Angeline Marcus Mintjens, Gerard Jan Eduard Biemond, Diederik Margaretha Goyvaerts, Marc Herklots, Paul Hans Pieter Wanrooij
  • COMPOSITION COMPRISING HETEROPHASIC PROPYLENE COPOLYMER
    Publication number: 20180371222
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising (A) a heterophasic propylene copolymer and (B) a nucleating composition, wherein (A) the heterophasic propylene copolymer consists of (a) a propylene-based matrix, wherein the propylene-based matrix consists of a propylene homopolymer and wherein the propylene-based matrix is present in an amount of 83 to 88 wt %, preferably 84 to 88 wt %, based on the total heterophasic propylene copolymer and (b) a dispersed ethylene-?-olefin copolymer, wherein the dispersed ethylene-?-olefin copolymer is present in an amount of 12 to 17 wt %, preferably of 12 to 16 wt %, based on the total heterophasic propylene copolymer and wherein the sum of the total amount of propylene-based matrix and total amount of the dispersed ethylene-?-olefin copolymer in the heterophasic propylene copolymer is 100 wt %, wherein the amount of ethylene in the ethylene-?-olefin copolymer is 40 to 60 wt % and wherein the heterophasic propylene copolymer has a melt flow index of 35 to 50 g/10 min as
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Ricardo Bou Reslan Calumby, Kathleen Ann Vandewiele, Marc Herklots, Martin Alexander Zuideveld, Désirée Marie Louise Seegers, Aurora Alexandra Batinas-Geurts, Koenraad Johannes Gerardus van Straaten
  • NUCLEATING COMPOSITION AND THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER COMPOSITION COMPRISING SUCH NUCLEATING COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20180134868
    Abstract: The invention relates to a nucleating composition comprising: (a) a first nucleating agent, which comprises a cyclic dicarboxylate salt compound; and (b) a second nucleating agent, which comprises talc, wherein the cyclic dicarboxylate salt compound has the formula (I):
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Kathleen Ann VANDEWIELE, Peter Heinrich Angeline Marcus MINTJENS, Gerard Jan Eduard BIEMOND, Diederik Margaretha GOYVAERTS, Marc HERKLOTS, Paul Hans Pieter WANROOIJ
  • POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITION COMPRISING NUCLEATING AGENT
    Publication number: 20170267854
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a polypropylene composition comprising (A) a propylene-based polymer, (B) talc and (C) a functionalized polypropylene grafted with an acid or acid anhydride functional group, wherein components (A) and (C) are different, wherein the amount of the talc in the composition is 0.025-4 wt % of the total composition and the amount of the functionalized polypropylene is 0.005-0.75 wt % of the total composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Henrica Norberta Alberta Maria Steenbakkers-Menting, Maria Soliman, Franciscus Elisabeth Jacobus Essers, Kathleen Ann Vandewiele
  • NUCLEATING COMPOSITION AND THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER COMPOSITION COMPRISING SUCH NUCLEATING COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20160137810
    Abstract: The invention relates to a nucleating composition comprising: (a) a first nucleating agent, which comprises a cyclic dicarboxylate salt compound; and (b) a second nucleating agent, which comprises talc, wherein the cyclic dicarboxylate salt compound has the formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Kathleen Ann VANDEWIELE, Marc HERKLOTS, Jonathan Khashayar RABIEI TABRIZ, Gerard Jan Eduard BIEMOND
  • NUCLEATING COMPOSITION AND THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER COMPOSITION COMPRISING SUCH NUCLEATING COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20160122505
    Abstract: The invention relates to a nucleating composition comprising: (a) a first nucleating agent, which comprises a cyclic dicarboxylate salt compound; and (b) a second nucleating agent, which comprises talc, wherein the cyclic dicarboxylate salt compound has the formula (I):
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Kathleen Ann VANDEWIELE, Peter Heinrich Angeline Marcus MINTJENS, Gerard Jan Eduard BIEMOND, Diederik Margaretha GOYVAERTS, Marc HERKLOTS, Paul Hans Pieter WANROOIJ