Patents by Inventor Larry A. Meiske
Larry A. Meiske 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: 9102824Abstract: The invention provides a composition comprising a first composition, which first composition comprises the following: A) a first interpolymer comprising, in polymerized form, ethylene, an ?-olefin and a nonconjugated polyene; B) a second interpolymer comprising, in polymerized form, ethylene, an ?-olefin and a nonconjugated polyene; and wherein the first composition has at least one of the following features: a) an [(ML(1+4, 125° C.))/Mw(conv)]*1000 greater than 0.429 mole/g; b) a Mooney Viscosity (ML, 1+4, 125° C.) greater than, or equal to, 70, and has a low shear viscosity (? at 0.1 rad/sec) less than, or equal to, 100,000 Pa·sec; and c) a Mooney Viscosity (ML(1+4, 125° C.)) greater than, or equal to, 70, and has an [Mw(abs)]/[Mw(conv)] less than 1.2.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2010Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Wenbin Liang, Brian W. Walther, Timothy E. Clayfield, Arnis U. Paeglis, Sherrika D. Daniel, Larry A. Meiske
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Publication number: 20120116021Abstract: The invention provides a composition comprising a first composition, which first composition comprises the following: A) a first interpolymer comprising, in polymerized form, ethylene, an ?-olefin and a nonconjugated polyene; B) a second interpolymer comprising, in polymerized form, ethylene, an ?-olefin and a nonconjugated polyene; and wherein the first composition has an [(ML(1+4, 125° C.))/Mw(conv)]*1000 greater than 0.429 mole/g. The invention also provides a composition comprising a first composition, which first composition comprises the following: A) a first interpolymer comprising, in polymerized form, ethylene, an ?-olefin and a nonconjugated polyene; B) a second interpolymer comprising, in polymerized form, ethylene, an ?-olefin and a nonconjugated polyene; and wherein the first composition has a Mooney Viscosity (ML, 1+4, 125° C.) greater than, or equal to, 70, and has a low shear viscosity (11 at 0.1 rad/sec) less than, or equal to, 100,000 Pa·sec.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2010Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Wenbin Liang, Brian W. Walther, Timothy E. Clayfield, Arnis U. Paeglis, Sherrika D. Daniel, Larry A. Meiske
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Publication number: 20100292407Abstract: Disclosed is a novel ethylene copolymer by copolymerizing an ethylene and at least one comonomer selected from a compound represented by the formula H2C?CHR wherein R is, for example, an alkyl group or an aryl group, and a diene, by slurry polymerization process in the presence of a solid catalyst system comprising a support, a transition metal compound and an activator capable of converting the transition metal compound into a catalytically active transition metal complex.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2010Publication date: November 18, 2010Applicant: Dow Global Technologies Inc.Inventors: Grant B. Jacobsen, Jozef J. Van Dun, Pak-Wing S. Chum, Larry A. Meiske, Fumio Matsushita, Akira Miyamoto
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Patent number: 7750104Abstract: Shear-thinning ethylene/?-olefin and ethylene/?-olefin/diene monomer interpolymers that do not include a traditional branch-inducing monomer such as norbornadiene are prepared at an elevated temperature in an atmosphere that has little or no hydrogen using a constrained geometry complex catalyst and an activating cocatalyst.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2007Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Dow Global Technologie Inc.Inventors: Larry D. Cady, Morgan M. Hughes, Michael K. Laughner, Larry A. Meiske, Deepak R. Parikh
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Patent number: 7714073Abstract: The invention provides blends comprising an ethylene copolymer formed from ethylene with at least one comonomer selected from (a) the group comprising compounds represented by the formula H2C?CHR wherein R represents a C1-C20 linear, branched or cyclic alkyl group or a C6-C20 aryl group, and (b) a C4-C20 linear, branched or cyclic diene. Each copolymer has a specific density, a specific molecular weight distribution, and a specific comonomer content distribution characteristic.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2006Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Inventors: Grant B. Jacobsen, Jozef J. Van Dun, Pak-Wing S. Chum, Larry A. Meiske, Fumio Matsushita, Akira Miyamoto
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Patent number: 7645835Abstract: Blend compositions containing a novel homopolymer, the use of which allows the incorporation of more comonomer in the additional components of the blend (for the same overall density) resulting in increased tie molecule formation and improvement in properties such as ESCR, toughness and impact strength are disclosed. The homopolymers are important for applications where a high density is needed to ensure certain mechanical properties like abrasion resistance, indentation resistance, pressure resistance, topload resistance, modulus of elasticity, or morphology (for the chlorination of PE to CPE) and additional advantages such as melt processability. The blend can be obtained by dry or melt mixing the already produced components, or through in-situ production by in parallel and/or in series arranged reactors. These resins can be used in applications such as films, blow molded, injection molded, and rotomolded articles, fibers, and cable and wire coatings and jacketings and, various forms of pipe.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2006Date of Patent: January 12, 2010Assignee: Dow Global Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jozef J. Van Dun, Akira Miyamoto, Grant B. Jacobsen, Fumio Matsushita, Patrick J. Schouterden, Lee Spencer, Pak-Wing S. Chum, Larry A. Meiske, Peter L. Wauteraerts
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Publication number: 20070203314Abstract: Shear-thinning ethylene/?-olefin and ethylene/?-olefin/diene monomer interpolymers that do not include a traditional branch-inducing monomer such as norbornadiene are prepared at an elevated temperature in an atmosphere that has little or no hydrogen using a constrained geometry complex catalyst and an activating cocatalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2007Publication date: August 30, 2007Inventors: Larry Cady, Morgan Hughes, Michael Laughner, Larry Meiske, Deepak Parikh
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Publication number: 20070088129Abstract: A process for the preparation of blends comprising an ethylene copolymer, which is prepared by polymerizing ethylene and at least one comonomer selected from (a) a compound represented by the formula H2C?CHR, wherein R is an alkyl group, an aryl group, or (b) a diene. The polymerization takes place in the presence of a solid catalyst system comprising a support, a transition metal compound and an activator capable of converting the transition metal compound into a catalytically active transition metal complex.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2006Publication date: April 19, 2007Applicant: Dow Global Technologies Inc.Inventors: Grant Jacobsen, Jozef Van Dun, Pak-Wing Chum, Larry Meiske, Fumio Matsushita, Akira Miyamoto
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Patent number: 7166676Abstract: A process for the preparation of blends including an ethylene copolymer by copolymerizing ethylene and at least one comonomer selected from a compound represented by the formula H2C?CHR wherein R is an alkyl group or an aryl group, and a diene, in the presence of a solid catalyst system comprising a support, a transition metal compound and an activator capable of converting the transition metal compound into a catalytically active transition metal complex.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2002Date of Patent: January 23, 2007Assignee: Dow Global Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Grant B. Jacobsen, Jozef J. Van Dun, Pak-Wing S. Chum, Larry A. Meiske, Fumio Matsushita, Akira Miyamoto
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Publication number: 20060276593Abstract: This invention relates to novel homopolymers important for applications where a high density is needed to ensure certain mechanical properties like abrasion resistance, indentation resistance, pressure resistance, topload resistance, modulus of elasticity, or morphology (for the chlorination of PE to CPE) and additional advantages such as melt processability. This invention also relates to blend compositions containing the novel homopolymer, the use of which allows the incorporation of more comonomer in the additional components of the blend (for the same overall density) resulting in increased tie molecule formation and improvement in properties such as ESCR, toughness and impact strength. The blend can be obtained by dry or melt mixing the already produced components, or through in-situ production by in parallel and/or in series arranged reactors.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2006Publication date: December 7, 2006Inventors: Jozef Van Dun, Akira Miyamoto, Grant Jacobsen, Fumio Matsushita, Patrick Schouterden, Lee Spencer, Pak-Wing Chum, Larry Meiske, Peter Wauteraerts
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Publication number: 20030088021Abstract: Blend compositions containing a novel homopolymer, the use of which allows the incorporation of more comonomer in the additional components of the blend (for the same overall density) resulting in increased tie molecule formation and improvement in properties such as ESCR, toughness and impact strength are disclosed. The homopolymers are important for applications where a high density is needed to ensure certain mechanical properties like abrasion resistance, indentation resistance, pressure resistance, topload resistance, modulus of elasticity, or morphology (for the chlorination of PE to CPE) and additional advantages such as melt processability. The blend can be obtained by dry or melt mixing the already produced components, or through in-situ production by in parallel and/or in series arranged reactors. These resins can be used in applications such as films, blow molded, injection molded, and rotomolded articles, fibres, and cable and wire coatings and jacketings and, various forms of pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2002Publication date: May 8, 2003Applicant: The Dow Chemical CompanyInventors: Jozef J. Van Dun, Akira Miyamoto, Grant B. Jacobsen, Fumio Matsushita, Schouterden J. Patrick, Spencer Lee, Pak-Wing S. Chum, Larry A. Meiske, Wauteraerts L. Peter
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Publication number: 20030055176Abstract: A process for the preparation of blends including an ethylene copolymer by copolymerizing ethylene and at least one comonomer selected from a compound represented by the formula H2C═CHR wherein R is an alkyl group or an aryl group, and a diene, in the presence of a solid catalyst system comprising a support, a transition metal compound and an activator capable of converting the transition metal compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2002Publication date: March 20, 2003Inventors: Grant B. Jacobsen, Jozef J. Van Dun, Pak-Wing S. Chum, Larry A. Meiske, Fumio Matsushita, Akira Miyamoto
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Patent number: 6140420Abstract: Melt processible thermoplastic compositions and method for making them are described, these compositions comprising a thermoplastic polymer resin matrix selected from the group consisting of thermoplastic polyurethanes, polyvinyl chlorides, styrenics, engineering thermoplastics, and polyolefins, at least about 25 percent (by weight based on the total composition) of an elastomeric impact modifier dispersed as discrete particles in the thermoplastic matrix (a); and at least about 10 percent (by weight based on the total composition) of at least one homogeneous linear or substantially linear ethylene polymer dispersed as discrete particles in at least the impact modifier (b), the ethylene polymer having a molecular weight distribution less than 3.5 and a density of at least 0.04 g/cm.sup.3 higher than the density of the impact modifier component (b), wherein the elastic modulus of the thermoplastic component (a) is at least 200 times greater than the elastic modulus of the impact modifier component (b).Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 1998Date of Patent: October 31, 2000Assignee: The Dow Chemical CompanyInventors: Kalyan Sehanobish, Larry A. Meiske, Shaofu Wu, Pak-Wing Steve Chum
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Patent number: 5861463Abstract: Melt processible thermoplastic compositions and method for making them are described, these compositions comprising a) a polypropylene matrix, b) at least about 25 percent (by weight based on the total composition) of an elastomeric impact modifier dispersed as discrete particles in the polypropylene matrix (a); and c) at least about 10 percent (by weight based on the total composition) of at least one homogeneous linear or substantially linear ethylene polymer dispersed as discrete particles in at least the impact modifier (b), the ethylene polymer having a molecular weight distribution less than 3.5 and a density of at least 0.04 g/cm.sup.3 higher than the density of the impact modifier component (b), wherein the elastic modulus of the polypropylene (a) is at least 200 times greater than the elastic modulus of the impact modifier component (b).These thermoplastic compositions have improved processability. Processes for fabricating articles from them are described.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 1996Date of Patent: January 19, 1999Assignee: The Dow Chemical CompanyInventors: Kalyan Sehanobish, Shaofu Wu, Larry A. Meiske, Pak-Wing Steve Chum
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Patent number: 5114897Abstract: Olefins are polymerized under solution polymerization conditions in the presence of the solid catalytic product resulting from removing the liquid components from the product resulting from admixing in an inert diluent and in an atmosphere which excludes moisture and oxygen (A) at least one hydrocarbon soluble organomagnesium compound; (B) at least one organic hydroxyl-containing compound; (C) at least one reducing halide source; (D) at least one transition metal (Tm) alkoxide.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 1991Date of Patent: May 19, 1992Assignee: The Dow Chemical CompanyInventors: Joseph G. Schell, Jr., Gary R. Marchand, Larry A. Meiske
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Patent number: 5045612Abstract: Olefins are polymerized under solution polymerization conditions in the presence of the solid catalytic product resulting from removing the liquid components from the product resulting from admixing in an inert diluent and in an atmosphere which excludes moisture and oxygen (A) at least one hydrocarbon soluble organomagnesium compound; (B) at least one organic hydroxyl-containing compound; (C) at least one reducing halide source; (D) at least one transition metal (Tm) alkoxide.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 1990Date of Patent: September 3, 1991Assignee: The Dow Chemical CompanyInventors: Joseph G. Schell, Jr., Larry A. Meiske, Gary R. Marchand
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Patent number: 4873300Abstract: Olefins are polymerized under slurry conditions in the presence of a cocatalyst and a catalyst prepared by a method wherein a mixture (A) containing the product resulting from mixing in an inert hydrocarbon diluent (1) a hydrocarbon soluble magnesium alkyl compound, (2) an aliphatic alcohol and (3) a titanium compound is reacted with (B) a reducing halide source. Components (A) and (B) are mixed at a constant initial temperature. When the concentration of components (A) and (B) in said hydrocarbon solvent is relatively low and when the ratio of the number of moles of aliphatic alcohol:total number of hydrocarbyl groups attached to the metal atom in component (1) is relatively low, the resultant polymer has a relatively small average particle size and a relatively narrow particle size distribution.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 1988Date of Patent: October 10, 1989Assignee: The Dow Chemical CompanyInventors: Ricardo Fuentes, Jr., Larry A. Meiske, Gary R. Marchand
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Patent number: 4767823Abstract: Halogenated polyethylene resins and halogenated ethylene polymer resins having a reduced tendency to "block" are provided. The halogenated resins are prepared respectively from polyethylene and ethylene polymer starting materials which have a weight-based median particle size of from about 120 to about 600 microns and a weight-based particle size distribution such that more than 60 percent of the particles have a particle size of from about 130 to about 850 microns. The halogenated resins also have a weight-based median particle size of from about 200 to about 900 microns. The halogenated polyethylene resins have a chemically combined halogen content of from about 26 to about 42 weight percent whereas the halogenated ethylene polymer resins have a chemically combined halogen content of from about 15 to about 28 weight percent.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 1986Date of Patent: August 30, 1988Assignee: The Dow Chemical CompanyInventors: Edward Jones, Larry A. Meiske, Warren L. Young
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Patent number: 4661465Abstract: A method for preparing Ziegler catalysts is disclosed wherein a mixture (A) containing the product resulting from mixing in an inert hydrocarbon diluent (1) a hydrocarbon soluble magnesium alkyl compound in said hydrocarbon solvent, (2) an aliphatic alcohol or carbon dioxide and (3) a titanium compound is reacted with (B) a reducing halide source in said hydrocarbon solvent. Components (A) and (B) are mixed at a constant initial temperature. When the magnesium concentration in component (A) and the metal concentration in component (B) are relatively low, the resultant polymer has a relatively narrow particle size distribution whereas when said concentration is relatively high, the resultant polymer has a relatively broad particle size distribution. When the ratio of the number of moles of aliphatic alcohol:total number of hydrocarbyl groups attached to the metal atom in component (1) is relatively low, the resultant polymer has a relatively small average particle size.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 1986Date of Patent: April 28, 1987Assignee: The Dow Chemical CompanyInventors: Ricardo Fuentes, Jr., Gary R. Marchand, Larry A. Meiske
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Patent number: 4569975Abstract: Olefins or mixtures thereof are polymerized in the presence of the product resulting from heating in an inert hydrocarbon diluent a mixture of (A) an organomagnesium material, (B) essentially anhydrous carbon dioxide, (C) a reducing halide source and (D) a transition metal compound.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 1985Date of Patent: February 11, 1986Assignee: The Dow Chemical CompanyInventors: Calvin P. Esneault, Larry A. Meiske, Ricardo Fuentes, Jr.