Patents by Inventor Keith Wesley Trapp

Keith Wesley Trapp 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: 7101629
    Abstract: A film comprising a polyethylene composition, the polyethylene composition in one embodiment comprising a high molecular weight component having a weight average molecular weight of greater than 50,000 amu and a low molecular weight component having a weight average molecular weight of less than 50,000 amu; the polyethylene composition possessing a density of between 0.940 and 0.970 g/cm3, and an I21 value of less than 20 dg/min; characterized in that the polyethylene composition extrudes at an advantageously high specific throughput at an advantageously low melt temperature, and wherein the film has a gel count of less than 100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Univation Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Porter C. Shannon, Rakesh Kumar, Pradeep Pandurang Shirodkar, Fred David Ehrman, Mark B. Davis, Keith Wesley Trapp, Dongming Li
  • Patent number: 7090927
    Abstract: A film comprising a polyethylene composition, the polyethylene composition in one embodiment comprising a high molecular weight component having a weight average molecular weight of greater than 50,000 amu and a low molecular weight component having a weight average molecular weight of less than 50,000 amu; the polyethylene composition possessing a density of between 0.940 and 0.970 g/cm3, and an I21 value of less than 20 dg/min; characterized in that the polyethylene composition extrudes at an advantageously high specific throughput at an advantageously low melt temperature, and wherein the film has a gel count of less than 100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Univation Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Porter C. Shannon, Rakesh Kumar, Pradeep Pandurang Shirodkar, Fred David Ehrman, Mark B. Davis, Keith Wesley Trapp, Dongming Li
  • Patent number: 6878454
    Abstract: A film comprising a polyethylene composition, the polyethylene composition in one embodiment comprising a high molecular weight component having a weight average molecular weight of greater than 50,000 amu and a low molecular weight component having a weight average molecular weight of less than 50,000 amu; the polyethylene composition possessing a density of between 0.940 and 0.970 g/cm3, and an I21 value of less than 20 dg/min; characterized in that the polyethylene composition extrudes at an advantageously high specific throughput at an advantageously low melt temperature, and wherein the film has a gel count of less than 100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Univation Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Porter C. Shannon, Rakesh Kumar, Pradeep Pandurang Shirodkar, Fred David Ehrman, Mark B. Davis, Keith Wesley Trapp, Dongming Li
  • Patent number: 6753390
    Abstract: A gas phase polymerization process for producing a polyolefin composition is described, which includes passing a gaseous stream containing hydrogen gas and one or more monomers, including ethylene monomers, through a reactor that includes a fluidized bed, under reactive conditions, in the presence of a catalyst that includes metallocene, to provide a polyolefin composition, wherein in one embodiment the fluidized bulk density is 60% or more of the settled bulk density (or, a voidage of 40% or less); and wherein the voidage is controlled by a number of factors including, in certain embodiments, (a) the reactor temperature being maintained at 100° C. or below; (b) the molar ratio of hydrogen gas to ethylene introduced into the reactor being 0.015 or below.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Univation Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Fred David Ehrman, Michael Elroy Muhle, Pradeep Pandurang Shirodkar, Keith Wesley Trapp
  • Publication number: 20040044153
    Abstract: A gas phase polymerization process for producing a polyolefin composition is described, which includes passing a gaseous stream containing hydrogen gas and one or more monomers, including ethylene monomers, through a reactor that includes a fluidized bed, under reactive conditions, in the presence of a catalyst that includes metallocene, to provide a polyolefin composition, wherein in one embodiment the fluidized bulk density is 60% or more of the settled bulk density (or, a voidage of 40% or less); and wherein the voidage is controlled by a number of factors including, in certain embodiments, (a) the reactor temperature being maintained at 100° C. or below; (b) the molar ratio of hydrogen gas to ethylene introduced into the reactor being 0.015 or below.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventors: Fred David Ehrman, Michael Elroy Muhle, Pradeep Pandurang Shirodkar, Keith Wesley Trapp