Patents by Inventor Marco Ciarafoni

Marco Ciarafoni 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: 12024623
    Abstract: A polyolefin composition made from or containing: T1) 50-90 wt % of a recycled polyolefin mixture; and T2) 10-50 wt % of a polyolefin component containing: A) 5-35% by weight of a propylene homopolymer or a propylene ethylene copolymer; B) 20-50% by weight of a copolymer of ethylene and a C3-C8 alpha-olefin made from or containing 0.1-20% by weight of alpha-olefin units; and C) 30-60% by weight of a copolymer of ethylene and propylene made from or containing 25-75% by weight of ethylene units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.
    Inventors: Claudio Cavalieri, Monica Galvan, Marco Ciarafoni
  • Patent number: 12012505
    Abstract: A polyolefin composition made from or containing: A) 5-35% by weight of a propylene ethylene copolymer; B) 20-50% by weight of an ethylene homopolymer; and C) 30-60% by weight of a terpolymer of ethylene, propylene and 1-butene derived units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.
    Inventors: Monica Galvan, Michele Grazzi, Marco Ciarafoni, Claudio Cavalieri
  • Patent number: 11981803
    Abstract: A polyolefin composition made from or containing: A) 5-35% by weight of a propylene homopolymer; B) 20-50% by weight of an ethylene homopolymer; and C) 30-60% by weight of a terpolymer of ethylene, propylene and 1-butene derived units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.
    Inventors: Monica Galvan, Michele Grazzi, Marco Ciarafoni, Claudio Cavalieri
  • Publication number: 20240059885
    Abstract: A polyolefin composition made from or containing: (I) 50-95% by weight of a heterophasic polyolefin composition made from or containing: (A) 10-40% by weight of a propylene polymer selected from the group consisting of propylene homopolymers and copolymers of propylene with an alpha-olefin, having 1.0-6.0% by weight of units deriving from the alpha-olefin, wherein the propylene polymer (A) having a melt flow rate (MFRA) ranging from 20 to 60 g/10 min.; and (B) 60-90% by weight of a copolymer of propylene with an alpha-olefin, having 20-35% by weight of units deriving from the alpha-olefin, wherein the fraction of the heterophasic polyolefin composition (I) soluble in xylene at 25° C. (XS(I)) is equal to or higher than 60% by weight; and (II) 5-50% by weight of a propylene-ethylene copolymer having 12-25% by weight of units deriving from ethylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.
    Inventors: Michele Grazzi, Monica Galvan, Gisella Biondini, Marco Ciarafoni
  • Patent number: 11834534
    Abstract: A propylene ethylene copolymer having the following features: an ethylene content of between 1.0 and 4.0% by weight; a molecular weight distribution (MWD), expressed in terms of Mw/Mn, of greater than 4.0; a content of xylene soluble fraction (XS) and ethylene content (C2) that fulfills the following relationship: (C2×1.1)+1.25<XS<(C2×1.1)+2.50 where: XS=% by weight of the fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C.; C2=% by weight of ethylene units in the copolymer determined via NMR; a melt flow rate (MFR; 230° C., 2.16 kg) of between 30 to 75 g/10 min; an intrinsic viscosity of the copolymer of lower than 1.5 dl/g; and an intrinsic viscosity of the fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. of higher than 0.32 dl/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.
    Inventors: Gianpiero Ferraro, Gianni Vitale, Fabrizio Piemontesi, Benedetta Gaddi, Gianni Collina, Giampiero Morini, Caroline Cathelin, Marco Ciarafoni, Claudio Cavalieri
  • Publication number: 20230383107
    Abstract: A polypropylene composition made from or containing: A) from 76 wt % to 95 wt % of a propylene homopolymer having: fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. between 2.0 wt % and 4.5 wt %; and melt flow rate ranging from 60.0 to 110.0 g/10 min; and B) from 5 wt % to 24 wt % of a copolymer of propylene and ethylene containing from 75 wt % to 90.0 wt % of ethylene derived units; wherein the polypropylene composition has content of ethylene derived units in the fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. lower than the content of ethylene derived units of component B) and ranging from 51.0 wt % to 74.0 wt %; and at least two melting points, wherein the higher melting points ranges from 156.0° C. to 166.0° C. and the lower melting point ranges from 90.0° C. to 125.0° C.; wherein the sum of the amounts of component A) and B) being 100 wt %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.
    Inventors: Eleonora Ciaccia, Marco Ciarafoni, Caroline Cathelin, Alberta De Capua, Giansiro Prini, Daniele Po, Tiziana Caputo, Roberto Pantaleoni, Alessia Di Capua
  • Publication number: 20230312897
    Abstract: A polypropylene composition made from or containing: from 70 wt % to 90 wt % of a propylene 1-hexene copolymer containing from 1.0 wt % to 5.0 wt % of 1-hexene derived units and a polydispersity index (PI) between 9.2 and 21.3; and from 10 wt % to 30 wt % of a copolymer of propylene and ethylene containing from 45.0 wt % to 65.0 wt % of ethylene derived units; the sum A)+B) being 100.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.
    Inventors: Gianpiero Ferraro, Claudio Cavalieri, Caroline Cathelin, Eleonora Ciaccia, Marco Ciarafoni, Ambra Montaletti, Alberta De Capua, Roberto Pantaleoni, Tiziana Caputo, Giansiro Prini, Alberto Nardin
  • Patent number: 11708468
    Abstract: A terpolymer compositions made from or containing: A) From 80 wt % to 97 wt %; of a first propylene, ethylene, 1-butene terpolymer having: i) the content of ethylene derived units ranging from 0.5 wt % to 3.2 wt %; ii) the content of 1-butene derived units ranging from 7.2 wt % to 14.8 wt %; and B) From 20 wt % to 3 wt %; of a second propylene, ethylene, 1-butene terpolymer having: i) the content of ethylene derived units ranging from 0.5 wt % to 3.2 wt %; ii) the content of 1-butene derived units ranging from 14.4 wt % to 26.5 wt %; and the terpolymer composition having the melt flow rate, MFR, measured according to ISO 1133 at 230° C. with a load of 2.16 kg, ranging from 3.0 g/10 min to 20.0 g/10 min; the sum of the amounts of A) and B) being 100 wt %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Basell Doliolefine Italia S.r.l.
    Inventors: Paola Massari, Claudio Cavalieri, Caroline Cathelin, Davide Tartari, Marco Ciarafoni, Roberto Pantaleoni
  • Publication number: 20230095189
    Abstract: A propylene/1-hexene copolymer having i) the content of 1-hexene derived units, measured by C13-NMR, ranging from 1.5 wt % to 2.5 wt % and the content of propylene derived units ranging from 97.5 to 98.5 wt. %; ii) a melting temperature, measured by DSC, ranging from 148 to 153° C.; iii) an amount of fraction insoluble in xylene at 25° C. higher than 97.0%; and iv) a melt flow rate (MFR), measured according to ISO 1133, 230° C., 2.16 kg, ranging from 35 to 65 g/10 min.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: BASELL POLIOLEFINE ITALIA S.R.L.
    Inventors: GIANPIERO FERRARO, MARCO CIARAFONI, CLAUDIO CAVALIERI, CAROLINE CATHELIN, GIANSIRO PRINI
  • Publication number: 20220235212
    Abstract: A propylene polymer composition made from or containing: a) from 15 wt % to 35 wt % of a propylene 1-hexene copolymer containing from 6.2 to 8.5% by weight, of 1-hexene derived units and having a Melt Flow Rate from 3.5 to 8.5 g/10 min; b) from 15 wt % to 35 wt % of a propylene 1-hexene copolymer containing from 10.4 wt % to 14.5 wt %, of 1-hexene derived units and having a Melt Flow Rate from 3.5 to 8.5 g/10 min; and c) from 38 wt % to 68 wt % of a propylene ethylene copolymer containing from 3.4 wt % to 5.7 wt % of ethylene derived units and having a Melt Flow Rate from 3.5 to 12.0 g/10 min, wherein the sum of the amount of a), b) and c) being 100.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: BASELL POLIOLEFINE ITALIA S.R.L.
    Inventors: CLAUDIO CAVALIERI, PAOLA MASSARI, ISABELLA MARIA VITTORIA CAMURATI, ROBERTO PANTALEONI, GIANNI COLLINA, GIANNI VITALE, MARCO CIARAFONI, BENEDETTA GADDI
  • Publication number: 20220145057
    Abstract: A polyolefin composition made from or containing: T1) 50-90 wt % of a recycled polyolefin mixture; and T2) 10-50 wt % of a polyolefin component containing: A) 5-35% by weight of a propylene homopolymer or a propylene ethylene copolymer; B) 20-50% by weight of a copolymer of ethylene and a C3-C8 alpha-olefin made from or containing 0.1-20% by weight of alpha-olefin units; and C) 30-60% by weight of a copolymer of ethylene and propylene made from or containing 25-75% by weight of ethylene units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: BASELL POLIOLEFINE ITALIA S.R.L.
    Inventors: CLAUDIO CAVALIERI, MONICA GALVAN, MARCO CIARAFONI
  • Publication number: 20220106474
    Abstract: A polyolefin composition made from or containing: A) 5-35% by weight of a propylene homopolymer; B) 20-50% by weight of an ethylene homopolymer; and C) 30-60% by weight of a terpolymer of ethylene, propylene and 1-butene derived units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: BASELL POLIOLEFINE ITALIA S.R.L.
    Inventors: MONICA GALVAN, MICHELE GRAZZI, MARCO CIARAFONI, CLAUDIO CAVALIERI
  • Publication number: 20220064420
    Abstract: A polyolefin composition made from or containing: A) 5-35% by weight of a propylene ethylene copolymer; B) 20-50% by weight of an ethylene homopolymer; and C) 30-60% by weight of a terpolymer of ethylene, propylene and 1-butene derived units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: BASELL POLIOLEFINE ITALIA S.R.L.
    Inventors: MONICA GALVAN, MICHELE GRAZZI, MARCO CIARAFONI, CLAUDIO CAVALIERI
  • Publication number: 20220033596
    Abstract: A terpolymer compositions made from or containing: A) From 80 wt % to 97 wt %; of a first propylene, ethylene, 1-butene terpolymer having: i) the content of ethylene derived units ranging from 0.5 wt % to 3.2 wt %; ii) the content of 1-butene derived units ranging from 7.2 wt % to 14.8 wt %; and B) From 20 wt % to 3 wt %; of a second propylene, ethylene, 1-butene terpolymer having: i) the content of ethylene derived units ranging from 0.5 wt % to 3.2 wt %; ii) the content of 1-butene derived units ranging from 14.4 wt % to 26.5 wt %; and the terpolymer composition having the melt flow rate, MFR, measured according to ISO 1133 at 230° C. with a load of 2.16 kg, ranging from 3.0 g/10 min to 20.0 g/10 min; the sum of the amounts of A) and B) being 100 wt %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: BASELL POLIOLEFINE ITALIA S.R.L.
    Inventors: PAOLA MASSARI, CLAUDIO CAVALIERI, CAROLINE CATHELIN, DAVIDE TARTARI, MARCO CIARAFONI, ROBERTO PANTALEONI
  • Patent number: 11149101
    Abstract: A propylene 1-hexene copolymer containing from 5.7 to 7.7% by weight of 1-hexene derived units, based upon the total weight of the propylene 1-hexene copolymer, having: a) a solubility in xylene at 25° C. ranging from 7.0 wt % to 15.0 wt %, based upon the total weight of the propylene 1-hexene copolymer; b) a melting temperature, measured by DSC ranging from 143.0° C. to 148.0° C.; c) a Melt Flow Rate (MFR, measured according to ASTM D 1238, 230° C./2.16 kg) from 3.5 to 8.0 g/10 min.; and d) a content of 1-hexene derived units in the fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. ranging from 13.5 wt % to 18.5 wt %, based upon the total weight of the soluble fraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.
    Inventors: Paola Massari, Caroline Cathelin, Claudio Cavalieri, Marco Ciarafoni, Roberto Pantaleoni, Giampiero Morini, Gianni Vitale, Fabrizio Piemontesi, Gianni Collina, Benedetta Gaddi
  • Patent number: 11124636
    Abstract: A propylene polymer composition made from or containing: a) from 35 wt % to 65 wt %, based upon the total weight of the propylene polymer composition, of a propylene 1-hexene copolymer containing from 10.2 to 13.0% by weight, based upon the weight of the propylene 1-hexene copolymer, of 1-hexene derived units and having a Melt Flow Rate (MFR, measured according to ASTM D 1238, 230° C./2.16 kg, (at 230° C., with a load of 2.16 kg)) from 3.5 to 12.0 g/10 min; b) from 35 wt % to 65 wt %, based upon the total weight of the propylene polymer composition, of a propylene ethylene copolymer containing from 1.5 wt % to 6.5 wt %, based upon the weight of the propylene ethylene copolymer, of ethylene derived units and having a Melt Flow Rate (MFR, measured according to ASTM D 1238, 230° C./2.16 kg, (at 230° C., with a load of 2.16 kg)) from 3.5 to 12.0 g/10 min.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.
    Inventors: Paola Massari, Claudio Cavalieri, Marco Ciarafoni, Roberto Pantaleoni
  • Publication number: 20210179751
    Abstract: A propylene ethylene copolymer having the following features: an ethylene content of between 1.0 and 4.0% by weight; a molecular weight distribution (MWD), expressed in terms of Mw/Mn, of greater than 4.0; a content of xylene soluble fraction (XS) and ethylene content (C2) that fulfills the following relationship: (C2×1.1)+1.25<XS<(C2×1.1)+2.50 where: XS=% by weight of the fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C.; C2=% by weight of ethylene units in the copolymer determined via NMR; a melt flow rate (MFR; 230° C., 2.16 kg) of between 30 to 75 g/10 min; an intrinsic viscosity of the copolymer of lower than 1.5 dl/g; and an intrinsic viscosity of the fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. of higher than 0.32 dl/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: BASELL POLIOLEFINE ITALIA S.R.L.
    Inventors: GIANPIERO FERRARO, GIANNI VITALE, FABRIZIO PIEMONTESI, BENEDETTA GADDI, GIANNI COLLINA, GIAMPIERO MORINI, CAROLINE CATHELIN, MARCO CIARAFONI, CLAUDIO CAVALIERI
  • Patent number: 11028259
    Abstract: A multilayer film made from or containing a skin layer made from or containing a polyolefin composition made from or containing: A) from 19 wt % to 50 wt % of a propylene ethylene copolymer having an ethylene derived units content ranging from 1.5 wt % to 6.0 wt % and B) from 50 wt % to 81 wt % of a propylene ethylene 1-butene terpolymer having an ethylene derived units content ranging from 1.5 wt % to 6.0 wt % and 1-butene derived units content of between 4.8 wt % to 12.4 wt %; the sum of the amount of component A) and B) being 100; the composition being characterized by the following features: molecular weight distribution (MWD), expressed in terms of Mw/Mn, greater than 4.0; the creep and recovery curve measured on the polymer fuse at 200° C. shows a maximum value between 600 and 1200 seconds, lower than 53×10?5 1/Pa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.
    Inventors: Paola Massari, Caroline Cathelin, Claudio Cavalieri, Marco Ciarafoni, Andrea Felisati, Angelo Ferraro, Giampiero Morini, Fabrizio Piemontesi, Gianni Vitale
  • Patent number: 10894849
    Abstract: A polyolefin composition made from or containing: A) from about 19 wt % to about 50 wt % of a propylene ethylene copolymer having an ethylene derived units content ranging from about 1.5 wt % to about 6.0 wt % B) from about 50 wt % to about 81 wt % of a propylene ethylene 1-butene terpolymer having an ethylene derived units content ranging from about 1.5 wt % to about 6.0 wt % and 1-butene derived units content between about 4.8 wt % and about 12.4 wt %; the sum of the amount of component A) and B) being 100; the polyolefin composition being characterized by the following features: molecular weight distribution (MWD), expressed in terms of Mw/Mn, greater than about 4.0; the creep and recovery curve measured on the polymer fuse at 200° C. shows a maximum value between 600 and 1200 seconds, lower than about 53×10?4 1/Pa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.
    Inventors: Paola Massari, Fabrizio Piemontesi, Gianni Vitale, Caroline Cathelin, Giampiero Morini, Claudio Cavalieri, Marco Ciarafoni, Roberto Pantaleoni
  • Patent number: 10875945
    Abstract: A propylene, ethylene, 1-butene terpolymer made from or containing a) from about 1.8 wt % to about 5.9 wt % of ethylene derived units; and b) from about 2.0 wt % to about 4.5 wt % of 1 butene derived units; and having i) a ratio of C2 wt %/C4 wt % in the range from about 0.9 to about 1.3; wherein C2 wt % is the weight percent of ethylene derived units and C4 wt % is the weight percent of 1-butene derived units; ii) a Melt flow rate (determined according to ISO 1133 230° C., 2.16 kg) in the range from about 1.0 to about 30.0 g/10 min; and iii) a xylene soluble fraction at 25° C. between about 10 wt % and about 30 wt %. The weight percentages are based upon the total weight of the terpolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.
    Inventors: Roberta Marzolla, Paola Massari, Nicoletta Martini, Marco Ciarafoni, Tiziana Caputo