Patents by Inventor Martin Alexander Zuideveld

Martin Alexander Zuideveld 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: 20200087420
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the continuous production of a polyolefin, preferably polypropylene, in a horizontal stirred bed polymerization reactor by contacting one or more olefins, preferably propylene, with a catalyst system while stirring, said catalyst system comprising: * a procatalyst comprising i) titanium; ii) a magnesium-containing support, preferably a magnesium chloride-containing support, and iii) an internal electron donor; * optionally an external electron donor; and * a co-catalyst, being a alkyl aluminum catalyst having formula AlXnR3-n, wherein each X is independently a halide or a hydride and wherein n is 0, 1 or 2, preferably 0, and wherein R is an C1-C12 alkyl group, preferably ethyl, wherein the molar ratio of aluminum (Al) from the co-catalyst to titanium (Ti) from the procatalyst (Al/Ti) is at least 75. The present invention also relates to polyolefin prepared using said process and a shaped article comprising said polyolefin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Martin Alexander ZUIDEVELD, Bobby Johannes Henricus Hubertus SMEETS, Thijs VAN MULKEN
  • Publication number: 20200087426
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing a procatalyst for polymerization of olefins, said process comprising contacting a magnesium-containing support with a halogen-containing titanium compound, an internal electron donor being a substituted 1,2-phenylene aromatic diester compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Martin Alexander ZUIDEVELD, Aurora Alexandra BATINAS-GEURTS, Dafne Lise STEINFORT
  • Patent number: 10465018
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of branched polyolefins having end-functionalized branches via the copolymerization of an olefin monomer and an olefin comprising main group metal hydrocarbyl chain transfer agent. The invention moreover relates to branched polyolefin having end-functionalized branches obtained by said process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Robbert R. Duchateau, Miloud Bouyahyi, Lidia Jasinska-Walc, Martin Alexander Zuideveld
  • Patent number: 10450388
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a branched polyolefin via the polymerization of an olefin monomer and an olefin monomer comprising a main group metal hydrocarbyl chain transfer agent. The invention moreover relates to polyolefins obtained by said process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Robbert R. Duchateau, Miloud Bouyahyi, Lidia Jasinska-Walc, Martin Alexander Zuideveld
  • Publication number: 20180371222
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising (A) a heterophasic propylene copolymer and (B) a nucleating composition, wherein (A) the heterophasic propylene copolymer consists of (a) a propylene-based matrix, wherein the propylene-based matrix consists of a propylene homopolymer and wherein the propylene-based matrix is present in an amount of 83 to 88 wt %, preferably 84 to 88 wt %, based on the total heterophasic propylene copolymer and (b) a dispersed ethylene-?-olefin copolymer, wherein the dispersed ethylene-?-olefin copolymer is present in an amount of 12 to 17 wt %, preferably of 12 to 16 wt %, based on the total heterophasic propylene copolymer and wherein the sum of the total amount of propylene-based matrix and total amount of the dispersed ethylene-?-olefin copolymer in the heterophasic propylene copolymer is 100 wt %, wherein the amount of ethylene in the ethylene-?-olefin copolymer is 40 to 60 wt % and wherein the heterophasic propylene copolymer has a melt flow index of 35 to 50 g/10 min as
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Ricardo Bou Reslan Calumby, Kathleen Ann Vandewiele, Marc Herklots, Martin Alexander Zuideveld, Désirée Marie Louise Seegers, Aurora Alexandra Batinas-Geurts, Koenraad Johannes Gerardus van Straaten
  • Patent number: 10160816
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a procatalyst comprising the compound represented by Formula (A), preferably the Fischer projection of formula (A) as an internal electron donor. The invention also relates to a process for preparing said procatalyst. Furthermore, the invention is directed to a catalyst system for polymerization of olefins comprising the said procatalyst, a co-catalyst and optionally an external electron donor; a process of making polyolefins by contacting at least one olefin with said catalyst system and to polyolefins obtainable by said process. The invention also relates to the use of said procatalyst in the polymerization of olefins. Moreover, the present invention relates to polymers obtained by polymerization using said procatalyst and to the shaped articles of said polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Jaiprakash Brijlal Sainani, Shirish Shrikant Abhyankar, Gennadii Dimitrievich Bukatov, Martin Alexander Zuideveld, Mansour Taftaf, Aurora Alexandra Batinas-Geurts
  • Publication number: 20180362674
    Abstract: A process for preparing a procatalyst for polymerization of olefins, comprising contacting a magnesium-containing support with a halogen-containing titanium compound, a first internal electron donor represented by Formula A, a second internal electron donor represented by Formula B, and an activator; wherein the molar ratio of the first internal donor to the second internal donor is between 0.01 and 0.7; wherein in Formula A each R80 group is independently a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group; and R81, R82, R83, R84, R85, R86 and R87 are each independently selected from a hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl group; wherein in Formula B R51 and R52 are each independently selected from a hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl group; and R53 and R54 are each independently selected from hydrogen, a halide or a hydrocarbyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Martin Alexander ZUIDEVELD, Sergei Andreevich SERGEEV, Vladimir Aleksandrovich ZAKHAROV, Dafne Lise STEINFORT
  • Patent number: 10106632
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing a catalyst component for polymerization of an olefin comprising the steps of: i) contacting a compound R9zMgX2-z wherein R9 is aromatic, aliphatic or cyclo-aliphatic group containing up to 20 carbon atoms, X is a halide, and z is in a range of larger than 0 and smaller than 2, with an alkoxy- or aryloxy-containing silane compound to given a first intermediate reaction product; ii) contacting the first intermediate reaction product with at least one activating compound selected from the group formed by electron donors and compounds of formula M(OR10)v-w(OR11)w, wherein M can be Ti, Zr, Hf, Al or Si, and M(OR10)v-w(R11)w, wherein M is Si, each R10 and R11, independently, represent an alkyl, alkenyl or aryl group, v is the valency of M, v being either 3 or 4, and w is smaller than v, to give a second intermediate reaction product; and iii) contacting the second intermediate reaction product with a halogen-containing Ti-compound, a monoester as activating a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mansour Taftaf, Jaiprakash Brijlal Sainani, Vladimir Aleksandrovich Zakharov, Gennadii Dimitrievich Bukatov, Vimalkumar Mahendrabhai Patel, Sergei Andreevich Sergeev, Martin Alexander Zuideveld, Aurora Alexandra Batinas-Geurts
  • Publication number: 20180273661
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound according to Formula (I) wherein R1 is a hydrocarbyl group selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, aralkyl, and alkylaryl groups, and one or more combinations thereof; wherein R2 is a hydrogen atom, an aryl group or an alkyl group; and wherein R3, R4, R5 and R6, are the same or different and are each independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group, an amino group, a hydrocarbyl group selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, aralkyl, and alkylaryl groups or an alkoxy group, and one or more combinations thereof as internal electron donor and to a process for the synthesis of a compound according to Formula (I), wherein R1 is a hydrocarbyl group selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkoxycarbonyl and alkylaryl groups, and one or more combinations thereof; wherein R2 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; wherein R3, R4, R5 and R6, are the same or different and are each independently sele
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Martin Alexander Zuideveld, Jaiprakash Brijlal Sainani, Osamah Al-Humaidan, Sudhakar R. Padmanabhan, Prashant Sukumar Shinge, Sharankumar G. Shetty, Abbas-Alli Ghudubhai Shaikh
  • Publication number: 20180251585
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of branched polyolefins having pending polar functionalities via the copolymerization of first an olefin monomer and second an olefin monomer comprising a main group metal hydrocarbyl functionality agent. The invention moreover relates to branched polyolefin having short chain branches with polar functionalities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Miloud Bouyahyi, Robbert Duchateau, Lidia Jasinska-Walc, Martin Alexander Zuideveld
  • Patent number: 10059656
    Abstract: A catalyst composition including the compound of Formula I as an internal electron donor, wherein: R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are independently selected from a group consisting of hydrogen, straight, branched and cyclic alkyl and aromatic substituted and unsubstituted hydrocarbyl having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; R7 is selected from a group consisting of straight, branched and cyclic alkyl and aromatic substituted and unsubstituted hydrocarbyl having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and R8 is selected from a group consisting of aromatic substituted and unsubstituted hydrocarbyl having 6 to 20 carbon atoms. Also disclosed is a process for preparing said polymerization catalyst composition; a polymerization catalyst system comprising said catalyst composition, a co-catalyst and optionally an external electron donor; a polyolefin obtainable by the process; and use of the compound of Formula I as in internal electron donor in catalysts for polymerization of olefins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignees: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V., SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mansour I. Taftaf, Jaiprakash Brijlal Sainani, Vladimir Aleksandrovich Zakharov, Gennadii Dimitrievich Bukatov, Vimalkumar Mahendrabhai Patel, Sergei Andreevich Sergeev, Martin Alexander Zuideveld, Aurora Alexandra Batinas-Geurts, Nourdin Ghalit
  • Patent number: 10005859
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a procatalyst comprising the compound represented by formula A as an internal electron donor, wherein: R81, R82, R83, R84, R85, and R86 are the same or different and are independently selected from a group consisting of hydrogen or a straight, branched and cyclic hydrocarbyl group, selected from alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, aralkyl or alkylaryl groups, and one or more combinations thereof, preferably having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; R87 is a hydrogen or a linear, branched or cyclic hydrocarbyl group, selected from alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkoxycarbonyl or alkylaryl groups, and one or more combinations thereof, preferably having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and each R80 group is independently a linear, branched or cyclic hydrocarbyl group selected from alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, aralkyl, or alkylaryl groups, and one or more combinations thereof, preferably having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms; N is nitrogen atom; O is oxygen atom; and C is carbon atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Khalid Abdullah Al-Bahily, Jaiprakash Brijlal Sainani, Shirish Shrikant Abhyankar, Gennadii Dimitrievich Bukatov, Martin Alexander Zuideveld, Mansour Taftaf, Aurora Alexandra Batinas-Geurts, Osamah Al-Humaidan, Vladimir Aleksandrovich Zakharov, Sergei Andreevich Sergeev
  • Patent number: 10000591
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of a catalyst system for olefin polymerization, including: A) providing said procatalyst obtainable via a process comprising: i) contacting a compound R4zMgX42-z with an alkoxy- or aryloxy-containing silane compound to give a first intermediate reaction product, ii) optionally contacting the solid product obtained in step i) with at least one activating compound selected from an activating electron donor or metal alkoxide compound; iii) contacting the first or second intermediate reaction product, with a halogen-containing Ti-compound and optionally an internal electron donor to obtain the procatalyst; and B) contacting the procatalyst with a co-catalyst and at least diethylaminotriethoxysilane as the external donor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignees: SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION, SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Aurora Alexandra Batinas-Geurts, Martin Alexander Zuideveld, Raymond Gerlofsma, Henrica Norberta Alberta Maria Steenbakkers-Menting, Peter Degenhart
  • Patent number: 9944731
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of a procatalyst suitable for preparing a catalyst composition for olefin polymerization, the procatalyst obtained or obtainable by the process; and a catalyst composition for olefin polymerization comprising the procatalyst. In particular a benzamide can be used as an activator in the preparation of a supported Ziegler-Natta type procatalyst useful for a process for the preparation of polyolefins. The Polyolefins and polypropylene homopolymers are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignees: SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION, SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Martin Alexander Zuideveld, Aurora Alexandra Batinas-Geurts, Gennadii Dimitrievich Bukatov, Sergei Andreevich Sergeev, Vladimir Aleksandrovich Zakharov
  • Patent number: 9944734
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a catalyst system suitable for olefin polymerization. The present invention further relates to a catalyst system obtainable by such process. In addition, the invention relates to a polyolefin. The invention also relates to ashaped article. The catalyst system comprises a procatalyst, a co-catalyst and optionally at least one external electron donor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignees: SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION, SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Aurora Alexandra Batinas-Geurts, Martin Alexander Zuideveld, Bobby Johannes Henricus Hubertus Smeets
  • Patent number: 9926391
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a procatalyst suitable for preparing a catalyst composition for olefin polymerization. The invention also relates to a procatalyst obtained or obtainable by the process. The invention further relates to the use of a benzamide as an activator in the preparation of a Ziegler-Natta procatalyst. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of polyolefins. The invention also relates to a polyolefin. The invention further relates to a shaped article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignees: SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION, SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Martin Alexander Zuideveld, Aurora Alexandra Batinas-Geurts, Gennadii Dimitrievich Bukatov, Sergei Andreevich Sergeev, Vladimir Aleksandrovich Zakharov
  • Patent number: 9873753
    Abstract: A catalyst system including a procatalyst, a co-catalyst and an external electron donor of Formula I?: Si(L)n(OR11)4-n-m(R12)m??Formula I? wherein, Si has a valency 4+; O has a valency 2? and O is bonded to Si via a silicon-oxygen bond; n is 1-4; m is 0-3; n+m?4; each R11 and R12 group is independently an alkyl or aromatic substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl; each L group is independently of Formula II: wherein, L is bonded to the silicon atom via the nitrogen-silicon bond; L has a single substituent on the nitrogen atom, where this single substituent is an imine carbon atom; and X and Y are independently a hydrogen atom; a heteroatom of Groups 13-17; an alkyl, optionally containing a heteroatom of Groups 13-17 or an aromatic substituted and unsubstituted hydrocarbyl, optionally containing a heteroatom of Groups 13-17.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignees: SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION, SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Martin Alexander Zuideveld, Erik Zuidema
  • Patent number: 9862736
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new bimetallic complex of the formula (1) wherein: M is a group 4-6 metal R1 means is a substituent comprising a heteroatom of group 15, through which R1 is bonded to the imine carbon atom; R2-R6 are the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted C1-10 alkyl group, an optionally substituted C1-10 alkoxy group, an optionally substituted C6-20 aryl group, an optionally substituted C6-20 aryloxy group, an optionally substituted C7-20 aralkyl group, an optionally substituted C7-20 aralkyloxy group, a silyl group substituted with optionally substituted C1-20 hydrocarbon group(s), a C1-20 hydrocarbon-substituted amino group or the adjacent R2-R6 may be linked to each other to form a ring; R7-R10 are the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an optionally substituted C1-10 alkyl group, an optionally substituted C1-10 alkoxy group, an optionally substituted C6-20 aryl group, an optionally substituted C6-20 arylox
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: ARLANXEO NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Alexandra Berthoud, Victor Quiroga Norambuena, Gerard Van Doremaele, Martin Alexander Zuideveld, Henricus Johannes Arts, Richard Thomas William Scott
  • Publication number: 20170355787
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of branched polyolefins having end-functionalized branches via the copolymerization of an olefin monomer and an olefin comprising main group metal hydrocarbyl chain transfer agent. The invention moreover relates to branched polyolefin having end-functionalized branches obtained by said process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Robbert R. DUCHATEAU, Miloud Bouyahyi, Lidia JASINSKA-WALC, Martin Alexander Zuideveld
  • Publication number: 20170355786
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a branched polyolefin via the polymerization of an olefin monomer and an alefin monomer comprising a main group metal hydrocarbyl chain transfer agent. The invention moreover relates to polyolefins obtained by said process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Robbert R. DUCHATEAU, Miloud Bouyahyi, Lidia JASINSKA-WALC, Martin Alexander Zuideveld