Patents by Inventor Lori L. Kardos

Lori L. Kardos 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).

  • Publication number: 20130261265
    Abstract: The invention provides an ethylene-based polymer comprising the following properties: A) a MWDconv from 7 to 10; and B) a “normalized LSF” greater than, or equal to, 9.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologirs LLC
    Inventors: Teresa P. Karjala, Lori L. Kardos, Wallace W. Yau, Jose Ortega
  • Publication number: 20130046061
    Abstract: An ethylene-based polymer composition has been discovered and is characterized by a Comonomer Distribution Constant greater than about 45. The new ethylene-based polymer compositions are useful for making many articles, especially including films. The polymers are made using a metal complex of a polyvalent aryloxyether.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: Dow GBlobal Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Theresa J. Hermel-Davidock, Mehmet Demirors, Sarah M. Hayne, Rongjuan Cong, Lori L. Kardos, Teresa P. Karjala
  • Publication number: 20120289645
    Abstract: Film structures made from a polymeric blend comprising an ethylene/carbon monoxide (ECO) copolymer and an olefinic, particularly an ethylenic, polymer, e.g., LDPE, exhibit not only photodegradation, but also desirable tensile and dart properties. In one embodiment the film structure is a monolayer in which ECO copolymer comprises at least 40 weight percent with the remainder of the structure comprising at least one of LDPE, LLDPE and HDPE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Colleen M. Tice, Teresa P. Karjala, Lori L. Kardos
  • Publication number: 20120277380
    Abstract: An ethylene-based polymer composition has been discovered and is characterized by a Comonomer Distribution Constant greater than about 45. The new ethylene-based polymer compositions and blends thereof with one or more polymers, such as LDPE, are useful for making many articles, especially including films.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Teresa P. Karjala, Rongjuan Cong, Colleen M. Tice, Sarah M. Hayne, Mehmet Demirors, Lori L. Kardos
  • Publication number: 20120130019
    Abstract: An ethylene-based polymer characterized as having a density from about 0.9 to about 0.94 grams per cubic centimeter, a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) from about 4 to about 10, a melt index (I2) from about 0.05 to about 2 grams per 10 minutes, a gpcBR value greater than 0.05 as determined by a gpcBR Branching Index and a Y value greater than 0.4 is disclosed. This ethylene-based polymer is especially useful for blending with other polymers such as LLDPE. When converting the blends into film, especially shrink film, the film shows good optics, good shrink tension, high stiffness, high tensile modulus, and tensile strength. When this resin is blended at with a LLDPE on a blown film line, improvements are seen in haze, gloss, clarity, and MD and CD tear as compared to a comparative LDPE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Teresa P. Karjala, Colleen M. Tice, Lori L. Kardos, Jose Ortega, Wallace W. Yau, Jian Wang
  • Publication number: 20110003940
    Abstract: An ethylene-based polymer composition has been discovered and is characterized by a Comonomer Distribution Constant greater than about 45. The new ethylene-based polymer compositions are useful for making many articles, especially including films. Formulations made into films comprising the new polymers are also disclosed, especially blends with synthetic polymer like LDPE where the % LDPE is less than 50% in which the MD shrink tension is greater than 15 cN, puncture is greater than 75 ft-lb/in3, and haze is less than 20%. The polymers are made using a metal complex of a polyvalent aryloxyether.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Teresa P. Karjala, Rongjuan Cong, Colleen M. Tice, Sarah M. Hayne, Mehmet Demirors, Lori L. Kardos
  • Publication number: 20100317804
    Abstract: An ethylene-based polymer characterized as having a density from about 0.9 to about 0.94 grams per cubic centimeter, a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) from about 8 to about 30, a melt index (I2) from about 0.1 to about 50 grams per 10 minutes, a gpcBR value greater than 1.4 as determined by a gpcBR Branching Index and a Y value less than about 2 is disclosed. This ethylene-based polymer is especially useful for blending with other polymers such as LLDPE. When converting the blends into film, especially blown film, bubble stability and output is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicants: Dow Global Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Teresa P. Karjala, Nilesh R. Savargaonkar, Jose Ortega, Brad A. Cobler, Lori L. Kardos, Wallace W. Yau