Patents by Inventor Luigi Resconi
Luigi Resconi 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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Publication number: 20160176997Abstract: A process for the preparation of a propylene copolymer, preferably a heterophasic propylene copolymer, in a multistage polymerisation process in the presence of a single site catalyst, said process comprising: (I) in a slurry polymerisation step, polymerising propylene and optionally at least one C2-10 alpha olefin comonomer; and subsequently (II) in a gas polymerisation step polymerising propylene and optionally at least one C2-10 alpha olefin comonomer, in the presence of catalyst and polymer from step (I); (III) in a second gas polymerisation step, polymerising propylene and at least one C2-10 alpha olefin comonomer in the presence of the catalyst and polymer from step (II); wherein said catalyst comprises (i) a metallocene complex of a group (IV) metal, said metallocene comprising at least two cyclopentadienyl type ligands; (ii) a boron based cocatalyst; and (iii) an aluminoxane cocatalyst; said catalyst being in solid form, preferably in solid particulate form, and being free from an external carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2014Publication date: June 23, 2016Applicant: BOREALIS AGInventors: Luigi Resconi, Wilfried Töltsch, Wang Jingbo
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Publication number: 20160168287Abstract: Process for the preparation of a copolymer of propylene and a C4-12 a-olefin (PPC) having a melt flow rate MFR2 (230° C.) of below 3.0 g/10 mm, wherein the polymerization takes in the presence of a metallocene catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2014Publication date: June 16, 2016Inventors: Kristin Reichelt, Luigi Resconi, Robert Pellecchia
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Publication number: 20160168285Abstract: A process for the preparation of a propylene homopolymer in a multistage polymerisation process in the presence of a single site catalyst, said process comprising: (I) in a slurry polymerisation step, polymerising propylene in the presence of said single site catalyst; and subsequently (II) in a gas polymerisation step polymerising propylene in the presence of catalyst and polymer from step (I) so as to form a propylene homopolymer; wherein said catalyst comprises (i) a metallocene complex of a Group 4 metal, said metallocene comprising at least two cyclopentadienyl type ligands; (ii) a boron based cocatalyst; and (iii) an aluminoxane cocatalyst; said catalyst being in solid form, preferably in solid particulate form, and being free from an external carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2014Publication date: June 16, 2016Applicant: BOREALIS AGInventors: Luigi Resconi, Wilfried Töltsch, Noureddine Ajellal, Ville Virkkunen, Ismo Lehtiniemi
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Publication number: 20160152810Abstract: A heterophasic propylene ethylene copolymer having an MFR2 of 0.5 to 100 g/10 min and obtained using single site catalysis comprising: (i) at least 40 wt % of a propylene homopolymer or propylene ethylene copolymer matrix having up to 4 wt % comonomer; (ii) at least 10 wt % of an ethylene propylene rubber dispersed in the matrix, said heterophasic propylene ethylene copolymer having a xylene cold soluble content (XS) of 12 to 60%; wherein the ethylene content of the xylene cold soluble fraction of said heterophasic propylene ethylene copolymer is between 18 and 70 wt. %; and wherein the intrinsic viscosity of the XS fraction of said heterophasic propylene ethylene copolymer is greater than the intrinsic viscosity of the matrix fraction of said copolymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2014Publication date: June 2, 2016Applicant: BOREALIS AGInventors: Luigi RESCONI, Wilfried TOLTSCH, Jingbo WANG, Markus GAHLEITNER
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Publication number: 20160115266Abstract: A process for the preparation of a propylene polymer in a multistage polymerisation process in the presence of a single site catalyst, said process comprising: (I) in a prepolymerisation step prepolymerising a single site catalyst in the presence of propylene and optionally at least one C2-10 alpha olefin comonomer and in the presence of hydrogen or in the absence of hydrogen; (II) in a slurry polymerisation step, polymerising propylene and optionally at least one C2-10 alpha olefin comonomer, with the pre-polymerised catalyst of step (I) in the presence of hydrogen; and subsequently (III) in a gas polymerisation step polymerising propylene and optionally at least one C2-10 alpha olefin comonomer, in the presence of catalyst and polymer from step (II) and optionally in the presence of hydrogen so as to form a propylene homopolymer or copolymer; wherein the amount of hydrogen fed to the pre-polymerisation step (I) is at most 15% of the total amount of hydrogen fed to steps (I) and (II) of the polymerisation prType: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2014Publication date: April 28, 2016Applicant: BOREALIS AGInventors: Wilfred Töltsch, Luigi Resconi, Kristin Reichelt
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Publication number: 20160060371Abstract: Monophasic propylene copolymer with high stiffness and impact resistance.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2014Publication date: March 3, 2016Applicant: Borealis AGInventors: Luca Boragno, Luigi Resconi, Johanna Lilja, Markus Gahleitner
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Publication number: 20160024123Abstract: A ligand of formula (I?) wherein L is a divalent bridge selected from —R?2C—, —R?2C—CR?2—, —R?2Si—, —R?2Si—SiR?2—, —R?2Ge—, wherein each R? is independently a hydrogen atom, C1-20-hydrocarbyl, tri(C1-20-alkyl)silyl, C6-20-aryl, C7-20-arylalkyl or C7-20-alkylaryl; R2 and R2? are each independently a C1-20 hydrocarbyl radical; R5? is a C1-20 hydrocarbyl group; R6, R6?, R7 and R7? are each independently hydrogen or a C1-20 hydrocarbyl group; Ar and Ar? are independently an aryl or heteroaryl group having up to 20 carbon atoms; each R1 is a C1-20 hydrocarbyl group or two R1 groups on adjacent carbon atoms taken together can form a fused 5 or 6 membered non aromatic ring with the Ar group; and each R4 is a C1-20 hydrocarbyl group; and the dotted lines represent a double bond present in between carbons 1 and 2 or 2 and 3 of the indenyl ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2015Publication date: January 28, 2016Inventors: Norbert Hafner, Pascal Castro, Pavel Sergeevich Kulyabin, Vyatcheslav Izmer, Alexander Voskoboynikov, Luigi Resconi, Dmitry Kononovich, Ville Virkkunen, Dmitry Uborsky
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Patent number: 9243137Abstract: Propylene copolymer composition comprising a propylene copolymer (A) having a comonomer content in the range of equal or more than 0.5 to equal or below 2.0 wt.-%, the comonomers are C5 to C12 ?-olefins, and a propylene copolymer (B) having a comonomer content in the range of equal or more than 4.0 to equal or below 10.0 wt.-%, the comonomers are C5 to C12 ?-olefins, wherein further the propylene copolymer composition has a comonomer content in the range of equal or more than 3.5 to equal or below 7.0 wt.-%, the comonomers are C5 to C12 ?-olefins, and the weight ratio of the propylene copolymer (A) to the propylene copolymer (B) is in the range of 20/80 to below 55/45.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2012Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: Borealis AGInventors: Kristin Reichelt, Luigi Resconi, Juha Paavilainen
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Publication number: 20160002369Abstract: An asymmetric complex of formula (I) wherein M is zirconium or hafnium; each X is a sigma ligand; L is a divalent bridge selected from —R?2C—, —R?2C—CR?2—, —R?2Si—, —R?2Si—SiR?2—, —R?2Ge—, wherein each R? is independently a hydrogen atom, C1-C20-alkyl, tri(C1-C20-alkyl)silyl, C6-C20-aryl, C7-C20-arylalkyl or C7-C20-alkylaryl; R2 and R2? are each independently a C1-C20 hydrocarbyl radical; R5? is a C1-20 hydrocarbyl group; R5 is hydrogen, or a C1-20 hydrocarbyl group; R6 is a non tertiary C1-10 alkyl group or C6-10-aryl group or C7-10 arylalkyl group or ZR3; R6? is a tertiary C4-20 alkyl group; Z is O or S; R3 is a C1-20 hydrocarbyl group optionally substituted with halo; Ar is an aryl or heteroaryl group having up to 20 carbon atoms optionally substituted by one or more groups R1; Ar? is an aryl or heteroaryl group having up to 20 carbon atoms optionally substituted by one or more groups R1; each R1 is a C1-20 hydrocarbyl group or two R1 groups on adjacent carbon atoms taken together can form a fused 5Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2013Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventors: Luigi RESCONI, Pascal CASTRO, Ville VIRKKUNEN, Vyatcheslav V. IZMER, Dmitry S. KONONOVICH, Pavel Sergeevich KULYABIN, Alexander Z. VOSKOBOYNIKOV
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Publication number: 20150344596Abstract: A catalyst comprising (i) an asymmetric complex of formula (I) wherein M is zirconium or hafnium; each X is a sigma ligand; L is a divalent bridge selected from —R?2C—, —R?2C—CR?2—, —R?2Si—, —R?2Si—SiR?2—, —R?2Ge—, wherein each R? is independently a hydrogen atom, C1-C20-alkyl, tri(C1-C20-alkyl)silyl, C6-C20-aryl, C7-C20-arylalkyl or C7-C20-alkylaryl; R2 and R2? are each independently linear C1-10 hydrocarbyl; R5 and R5? are each independently hydrogen or a C1-20 hydrocarbyl group; R6 and R6? are each independently hydrogen or a C1-20 hydrocarbyl group; R7 is hydrogen or a C1-20 hydrocarbyl group or is ZR3; Z is O or S, preferably O; R3 is a C1-10 hydrocarbyl group; Ar is an aryl or heteroaryl group having up to 20 carbon atoms optionally substituted by one or more groups R8; Ar? is an aryl or heteroaryl group having up to 20 carbon atoms optionally substituted by one or more groups R8?; and R8 and R8? are each independently is a C1-20 hydrocarbyl group; with the proviso that at least one of R6 oType: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2013Publication date: December 3, 2015Inventors: Luigi RESCONI, Pascal CASTRO, Ville VIRKKUNEN, Vyatcheslav V. IZMER, Dmitry S. KONONOVICH, Pavel Sergeevich KULYABIN, Alexander Z. VOSKOBOYNIKOV
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Publication number: 20150344595Abstract: A catalyst in solid particulate form free from an external carrier material comprising (I) a complex of formula (I) wherein M is zirconium or hafnium; each X is a sigma ligand; L is a divalent bridge selected from —R?2C—, —R?2C—CR?2—, —R?2Si—, —R?2Si—SiR?2—, —R?2Ge—, wherein each R? is independently a hydrogen atom, C1-C20-alkyl, tri(C1-C20-alkyl)silyl, C6-C20-aryl, C7-C20-arylalkyl or C7-C20-alkylaryl; each R2 is independently hydrogen or a C1-C20 hydrocarbyl radical provided that at least one R2 is not hydrogen; each R5 is independently hydrogen or a C1-20 hydrocarbyl group optionally containing one or more heteroatoms from groups 14-16; each R6 is independently hydrogen or a C1-20 hydrocarbyl group optionally containing one or more heteroatoms from groups 14-16; each n is independently 1, 2 or 3; and each R8 is a C1-20 hydrocarbyl group; and (ii) a cocatalyst comprising a compound of a group 13 metal, e.g. Al or boron.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2013Publication date: December 3, 2015Inventors: Pascal CASTRO, Ville VIRKKUNEN, Vyatcheslav IZMER, Dmitry KONONOVICH, Alexander VOSKOBOYNIKOV, Luigi RESCONI
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Publication number: 20150329653Abstract: A catalyst in solid particulate form free from an external carrier material comprising (i) a complex of formula (I) wherein M is zirconium or hafnium; each X is a sigma ligand; L is a divalent bridge selected from —R?2C—, —R?2C—CR?2—, —R?2Si—, —R?2Si—SiR?2—, —R?2Ge—, wherein each R? is independently a hydrogen atom, C1-20-alkyl, tri(C1-20-alkyl)silyl, C6-20-aryl, C7-20-arylalkyl or C7-20-alkylaryl; R2 is a C1-20-hydrocarbyl radical; R2? is a C1-20-hydrocarbyl radical; R6 is a linear or branched aliphatic C1-20-hydrocarbyl group, SR9 or OR9; R6? is a linear or branched aliphatic C1-20-hydrocarbyl group, SR9? or OR9?; with the proviso that neither R6 or R6? represents a group having a quaternary carbon atom directly attached to the indenyl ring; R9 is a C1-20-hydrocarbyl group; R9? is a C1-20-hydrocarbyl group; Ar is a C6-12-aryl or C5-12-heteroaryl group optionally carrying one or more substituents R8; Ar? is a C6-12-aryl or C5-12-heteroaryl group optionally carrying one or more substituents R8?;Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2013Publication date: November 19, 2015Inventors: Luigi RESCONI, Ville VIRKKUNEN, Noureddine AJELLAL, Pascal CASTRO, Vyatcheslav IZMER, Dmitry KONONOVICH, Alexander VOSKOBOYNIKOV
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Patent number: 9187583Abstract: A racemic complex of formula (I), wherein M is zirconium or hafnium; each X is a sigma ligand; L is a divalent bridge selected from —R?2C—, —R?2C—CR?2, —R?2Si—, —R?2Si—SiR?2—, —R?2Ge—, wherein each R? is independently a hydrogen atom, C1-20-hydrocarbyl, tri(C1-20-alkyl)silyl, C6-20-aryl, C7-20-arylalkyl or C7-20-alkylaryl; R2 and R2? are each independently a C1-20 hydrocarbyl radical optionally containing one or more heteroatoms from groups 14-16; R5? is a C1-20 hydrocarbyl group optionally containing one or more heteroatoms from groups 14-16 and optionally substituted by one or more halo atoms.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2012Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: BOREALIS AGInventors: Norbert Hafner, Pascal Castro, Pavel Sergeevich Kulyabin, Vyatcheslav Izmer, Alexander Voskoboynikov, Luigi Resconi, Dmitry Kononovich, Ville Virkkunen, Dmitry Uborsky
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Patent number: 9079985Abstract: A solid, particulate catalyst comprising: (i) a complex of formula (I) wherein M is zirconium or hafnium; each X is a sigma ligand; L is a divalent bridge selected from —R?2C—, —R?2C—CR?2—, —R?2Si—, —R?2Si—SiR?2—, —R?2Ge—, wherein each R? is independently a hydrogen atom, C1-C20-hydrocarbyl, tri(C1-C20-alkyl)silyl, C6-C20-aryl, C7-C20-arylalkyl or C7-C20-alkylaryl; each R1 is a C4-C20 hydrocarbyl radical branched at the ?-atom to the cyclopentadienyl ring, optionally containing one or more heteroatoms belonging to groups 14-16, or is a C3-C20 hydrocarbyl radical branched at the ?-atom to the cyclopentadienyl ring where the ?-atom is an Si-atom; each R18 is a C1-C20 hydrocarbyl radical optionally containing one or more heteroatoms belonging to groups 14-16; each R4 is a hydrogen atom or a C1-6-hydrocarbyl radical; each W is a 5 or 6 membered aryl or heteroaryl ring wherein each atom of said ring is optionally substituted with at least one R5 group; each R5 is the same or different and is a C1-C20 hydrocarbyl rType: GrantFiled: December 20, 2011Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: BOREALIS AGInventors: Luigi Resconi, Pascal Castro, Alexander Z. Voskoboynikov, Vyatcheslav V. Izmer, Dmitry S. Kononovich
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Patent number: 9029284Abstract: A solid particulate catalyst free from an external carrier comprising: (i) a complex of formula (I): wherein M is zirconium or hafnium; each X is a sigma ligand; L is a divalent bridge selected from —R?2C—, —R?2C—CR?2—, —R?2Si—, —R?2Si—SiR?2—, —R?2Ge—, wherein each R? is independently a hydrogen atom, C1-C20-alkyl, tri(C1-C20-alkyl)silyl, C6-C20-aryl, C7-C20-arylalkyl or C7-C20-alkylaryl; each R1 independently is hydrogen or a linear or branched C1-C20 hydrocarbyl radical optionally containing one or more heteroatoms from groups 14-16 of the Periodic Table of the Elements; each R2 and R3 taken together form a 4-7 membered ring condensed to the benzene ring of the indenyl moiety, said ring optionally containing heteroatoms from groups 14-16, each atom forming said ring being optionally substituted with at least one R18 radical; each R18 is the same or different and may be a C1-C20 hydrocarbyl radical optionally containing one or more heteroatoms belonging to groups 14-16; each R4 is a hydrogen atoType: GrantFiled: December 21, 2010Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Borealis AGInventors: Luigi Resconi, Pascal Castro, Lauri Huhtanen
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Publication number: 20150051346Abstract: Polymer composite comprising propylene copolymer composition having a comonomer content in the range of 2.5 to 10 wt.-%, the comonomers are C5 to C12 ?-olefins, and a low-crystalline polymer having a melting temperature of below 120° C., wherein further said polymer composite has (i) a melting temperature of at least 140° C., and (ii) a heat sealing initiation temperature (SIT) of not more than 110° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2012Publication date: February 19, 2015Inventors: Kristin Reichelt, Luigi Resconi
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Publication number: 20150045522Abstract: The present invention relates to a polypropylene composition comprising comonomer units derived from ethylene in an amount of from 1.5 wt % to 35 wt %, and from at least one C5-12 alpha-olefin in an amount of from 1.0 mol % to 3.0 mol %, wherein the polypropylene composition has an amount of xylene solubles XS of at least 40 wt %, and the xylene solubles have an amount of ethylene-derived comonomer units of from 4.0 wt % to 70 wt %.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2013Publication date: February 12, 2015Inventors: Kristin Reichelt, Sameli Hakola, Luigi Resconi
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Patent number: 8946363Abstract: Solid, particulate catalysts comprising bridged bis indenyl ?-ligands are disclosed, together with methods for the preparation and use thereof, for example, in olefin polymerization.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2011Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Borealis AGInventors: Luigi Resconi, Pascal Castro, Lauri Huhtanen
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Patent number: 8933256Abstract: A complex of formula (I): wherein M is zirconium or hafnium; each X is a sigma ligand; L is a divalent bridge selected from —R?2C—, —R?2C—CR?2—, —R?2Si—, —R?2Si—SiR?2—, —R?2Ge—, wherein each R? is independently a hydrogen atom, C1-C20-hydrocarbyl, tri(C1-C20-alkyl)silyl, C6-C20-aryl, C7-C20-arylalkyl or C7-C20-alkylaryl; each R1 is a C4-C20 hydrocarbyl radical branched at the ?-atom to the cyclopentadienyl ring, optionally containing one or more heteroatoms belonging to groups 14-16, or is a C3-C20 hydrocarbyl radical branched at the ?-atom to the cyclopentadienyl ring where the ?-atom is an Si-atom; n is 0-3; each R18 is the same or different and may be a C1-C20 hydrocarbyl radical optionally containing one or more heteroatoms belonging to groups 14-16; each R4 is a hydrogen atom or a C1-6-hydrocarbyl radical; each W is a 5 or 6 membered aryl or heteroaryl ring wherein each atom of said ring is optionally substituted with an R5 group each R5 is the same or different and is a C1-C20 hydrocarbyl radical optionType: GrantFiled: June 29, 2011Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Borealis AGInventors: Pascal Castro, Luigi Resconi, Lauri Huhtanen
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Patent number: 8865848Abstract: A process for the preparation of a random propylene copolymer comprising polymerizing propylene and at least one C2-10 alpha olefin (especially ethylene) in the presence of a catalyst; wherein said catalyst comprises: (i) a complex of formula (I): wherein M is zirconium or hafnium; each X is a sigma ligand; L is a divalent bridge selected from —R?2C—, —R?2C—CR?2—, —R?2Si—, —R?2Si—SiR2—, —R?2Ge—, wherein each R? is independently a hydrogen atom, C1-C20-hydrocarbyl, tri(C1-C20-alkyl)silyl, C6-C20-aryl, C7-C20-arylalkyl or C7-C20-alkylaryl; each R1 is a C4-C20 hydrocarbyl radical branched at the ?-atom to the cyclopentadienyl ring, optionally containing one or more heteroatoms belonging to groups 14-16, or is a C3-C20 hydrocarbyl radical branched at the ?-atom to the cyclopentadienyl ring where the ?-atom is an Si-atom; n is 0-3; each R18 is the same or different and may be a C1-C20 hydrocarbyl radical optionally containing one or more heteroatoms belonging to groups 14-16; each R4 is a hydrogen atom or a C1-6-hType: GrantFiled: June 29, 2011Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Borealis AGInventors: Pascal Castro, Luigi Resconi, Lauri Huhtanen