Patents by Inventor Manivakkam Shankernarayananan

Manivakkam Shankernarayananan 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: 20070203299
    Abstract: A method for producing a polypropylene-containing composition which includes (a) polymerizing a first quantity of propylene in a first reaction zone in the presence of a first polymerization catalyst to provide a first quantity of polypropylene having a weight-average molecular weight Mw,A; (b) polymerizing a second quantity of propylene optionally mixed with a minor amount of one or more olefins other than propylene in a second reaction zone in the presence of a second polymerization catalyst to provide a second quantity of polypropylene comprising a polypropylene homopolymer or random copolymer and having a weight-average molecular weight Mw,B; and (c) combining the first quantity of polypropylene with the second quantity of polypropylene to form a bimodal polypropylene; wherein the percent by weight of the first quantity of polypropylene in the bimodal polypropylene composition is equal to or greater than 65 percent, and the ratio Mw,B/Mw,A is at least about 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Inventors: Harilaos Mavridis, Manivakkam Shankernarayananan