Patents by Inventor Michael A. Kinnan
Michael A. Kinnan 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: 20240067411Abstract: A storage bag for storing agricultural products comprising a polymeric tube formed to include a storage space therein and a fill aperture arranged to open into the storage space at a first end of the polymeric tube. The polymeric tube is formed from a film.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Xiaojiang Zhang, Michael A. Kinnan
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Publication number: 20240059054Abstract: A multilayer film includes a first skin layer, a second skin layer, and a core layer. The core layer includes at least two lanes of material. Each of the lanes of material of the core layer contacts each of the first skin layer and the second skin layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Michael A. Kinnan, Bryan S. Gillespie, Brooke D. Kitzmiller
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Patent number: 11845242Abstract: A multilayer film includes a first skin layer, a second skin layer, and a core layer. The core layer includes at least two lanes of material. Each of the lanes of material of the core layer contacts each of the first skin layer and the second skin layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Berry Global, Inc.Inventors: Michael A. Kinnan, Bryan S. Gillespie, Brooke D. Kitzmiller
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Patent number: 11446909Abstract: A multi-layer stretch wrap film has three or more layers, including at least one outer non-cling layer, at least one inner core layer, and at least one outer cling layer, where the film displays enhanced non-cling properties after being stretched.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2018Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Berry Plastics CorporationInventors: Michael A. Kinnan, Brooke D. Kitzmiller
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Publication number: 20220134720Abstract: A multilayer film includes a first skin layer, a second skin layer, and a core layer. The core layer includes at least two lanes of material. Each of the lanes of material of the core layer contacts each of the first skin layer and the second skin layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Michael A. Kinnan, Bryan S. Gillespie, Brooke D. Kitzmiller
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Publication number: 20220032589Abstract: A multilayer film comprises an inner layer and an outer layer. The multilayer film can be used to wrap products. The multilayer film is free of tris(nonylphenyl) phosphite (TNPP).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: Michael A. KINNAN, Brooke D. KITZMILLER
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Publication number: 20190118518Abstract: A multi-layer stretch wrap film has three or more layers, including at least one outer non-cling layer, at least one inner core layer, and at least one outer cling layer, where the film displays enhanced non-cling properties after being stretched.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Michael A. KINNAN, Brooke D. KITZMILLER
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Publication number: 20180126618Abstract: Apertured elastic films include a polyolefin, a styrene block copolymer, a non-styrene block copolymer, or a combination thereof. Methods for forming polymeric films and articles of manufacture prepared therefrom are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2017Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: Jeffrey A. MIDDLESWORTH, Brooke D. KITZMILLER, Michael A. KINNAN
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Patent number: 9902102Abstract: A method of making and using a stretchable film includes an extruding operation where molten plastics materials are extruded into a tube and a blowing operation in which the tube is blown to expand a diameter of the tube and form a blown-film tube. The blown-film tube is slit to form a film sheet that may be deformed elastically in a machine direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2013Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: Berry Plastics CorporationInventors: Davi Velasquez, Michael A Kinnan, Stephen Nenadov, William J Rafier
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Patent number: 9133287Abstract: A Ziegler-Natta procatalyst composition in the form of solid particles and comprising magnesium, halide and transition metal moieties, said particles having an average size (D50) of from 10 to 70 ?m, characterized in that at least 5 percent of the particles have internal void volume substantially or fully enclosed by a monolithic surface layer (shell), said layer being characterized by an average shell thickness/particle size ratio (Thickness Ratio) determined by SEM techniques for particles having particle size greater than 30 ?m of greater than 0.2.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2012Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology LLCInventors: Robert J. Jorgensen, Michael A. Kinnan, Michael D. Turner, Stephanie M. Whited, Laszlo L. Ban, Burkhard E. Wagner
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Publication number: 20150061198Abstract: A method of making and using a stretchable film includes an extruding operation where molten plastics materials are extruded into a tube and a blowing operation in which the tube is blown to expand a diameter of the tube and form a blown-film tube. The blown-film tube is slit to form a film sheet that may be deformed elastically in a machine direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2013Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventors: Davi Velasquez, Michael A Kinnan, Stephen Nenadov, William J Rafier
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Publication number: 20140272443Abstract: A multi-layer stretch wrap film has three or more layers, including at least one outer non-cling layer, at least one inner core layer, and at least one outer cling layer, where the film displays enhanced non-cling properties after being stretched.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventors: Michael A. Kinnan, Brooke D. Kitzmiller
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Patent number: 8791205Abstract: The invention is related to compositions suitable for the fabrication of pipes, and other articles, with excellent performance properties. The invention provides a composition, comprising a blend, wherein said blend comprises a high molecular weight ethylene-based interpolymer and a low molecular weight ethylene-based interpolymer, and the high molecular weight ethylene-based interpolymer is a heterogeneously branched linear or a homogeneously branched linear ethylene-based interpolymer, and has a density from 0.922 g/cc to 0.929 g/cc, and a high load melt index (I21) from 0.2 g/10 min to 1.0 g/10 min, and the low molecular weight ethylene-based interpolymer is heterogeneously branched linear or a homogeneously branched linear ethylene-based interpolymer, and has a density from 0.940 g/cc to 0.955 g/cc, and a melt index (I2) from 6 g/10 min to 50 g/10 min. The blend has a single peak in an ATREF profile eluting above 30° C., and has a coefficient of viscosity average molecular weight (CMv) less than ?0.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2012Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: William J. Michie, Jr., Dane Chang, Lonnie G. Hazlitt, Stephanie M. Whited, Michael A. Kinnan, Anthony C. Neubauer, Thoi H. Ho
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Patent number: 8344068Abstract: The invention is related to compositions suitable for the fabrication of pipes, and other articles, with excellent performance properties. The invention provides a composition, comprising a blend, wherein said blend comprises a high molecular weight ethylene-based interpolymer and a low molecular weight ethylene-based interpolymer, and the high molecular weight ethylene-based interpolymer is a heterogeneously branched linear or a homogeneously branched linear ethylene-based interpolymer, and has a density from 0.922 g/cc to 0.929 g/cc, and a high load melt index (I21) from 0.2 g/10 min to 1.0 g/10 min, and the low molecular weight ethylene-based interpolymer is heterogeneously branched linear or a homogeneously branched linear ethylene-based interpolymer, and has a density from 0.940 g/cc to 0.955 g/cc, and a melt index (I2) from 6 g/10 min to 50 g/10 min. The blend has a single peak in an ATREF profile eluting above 30° C., and has a coefficient of viscosity average molecular weight (CM?) less than ?0.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2007Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: William J. Michie, Jr., Dane Chang, Lonnie G. Hazlitt, Stephanie M. Whited, Michael A. Kinnan, Anthony C. Neubauer, Thoi H. Ho
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Publication number: 20120178888Abstract: A Ziegler-Natta procatalyst composition in the form of solid particles and comprising magnesium, halide and transition metal moieties, said particles having an average size (D50) of from 10 to 70 ?m, characterized in that at least 5 percent of the particles have internal void volume substantially or fully enclosed by a monolithic surface layer (shell), said layer being characterized by an average shell thickness/particle size ratio (Thickness Ratio) determined by SEM techniques for particles having particle size greater than 30 ?m of greater than 0.2.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2012Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology LLCInventors: Robert J. Jorgensen, Michael A. Kinnan, Michael D. Turner, Stephanie M. Whited, Laszlo L. Ban, Burkhard E. Wagner
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Patent number: 8173569Abstract: A Ziegler-Natta procatalyst composition in the form of solid particles and comprising magnesium, halide and transition metal moieties, said particles having an average size (D50) of from 10 to 70 ?m, characterized in that at least 5 percent of the particles have internal void volume substantially or fully enclosed by a monolithic surface layer (shell), said layer being characterized by an average shell thickness/particle size ratio (Thickness Ratio) determined by SEM techniques for particles having particle size greater than 30 ?m of greater than 0.2.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2005Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology LLCInventors: Robert J. Jorgensen, Michael A. Kinnan, Michael D. Turner, Stephanie M. Whited, Laszlo L. Ban, Burkhard E. Wagner
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Publication number: 20100003439Abstract: The invention is related to compositions suitable for the fabrication of pipes, and other articles, with excellent performance properties. The invention provides a composition, comprising a blend, wherein said blend comprises a high molecular weight ethylene-based interpolymer and a low molecular weight ethylene-based interpolymer, and the high molecular weight ethylene-based interpolymer is a heterogeneously branched linear or a homogeneously branched linear ethylene-based interpolymer, and has a density from 0.922 g/cc to 0.929 g/cc, and a high load melt index (I21) from 0.2 g/10 min to 1.0 g/10 min, and the low molecular weight ethylene-based interpolymer is heterogeneously branched linear or a homogeneously branched linear ethylene-based interpolymer, and has a density from 0.940 g/cc to 0.955 g/cc, and a melt index (I2) from 6 g/10 min to 50 g/10 min. The blend has a single peak in an ATREF profile eluting above 30° C., and has a coefficient of viscosity average molecular weight (CM?) less than ?0.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2007Publication date: January 7, 2010Applicants: Dow Global Technologies Inc., Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics TechnologyLLC( formerlyUnion CabideChemicals&Plastic tech,Corp.Inventors: William J. Michie, JR., Dane Chang, Lonnie G. Hazlitt, Stephanie M. Whited, Michael A. Kinnan, Anthony C. Neubauer, Thoi H. Ho
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Patent number: 7560524Abstract: The instant invention is a high-density polyethylene composition, and method of making the same. The high-density polyethylene composition of the instant invention includes an ethylene alpha-olefin copolymer having a density in the range of 0.935 to 0.952 g/cm3, a melt index (I2) in the range of 30 to 75 g/10 minutes, an I21/I2 ratio in the range of 13-35, a Mw/Mn ratio in the range of 3.5-8. The high-density polyethylene composition has a brittleness temperature of at least less than ?20° C. The process for producing a high-density polyethylene composition according to instant invention includes the following steps: (1) introducing ethylene, and an alpha-olefin comonomer into a reactor; (2) copolymerizing the ethylene with the alpha-olefin comonomer in the reactor; and (3) thereby producing the high-density polyethylene composition, wherein the high-density polyethylene composition having a density in the range of 0.935 to 0.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2008Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignee: Dow Global Technologies, Inc.Inventors: William J. Michie, Jr., Debra R. Wilson, Stephanie M. Whited, Michael A. Kinnan
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Publication number: 20090076236Abstract: The instant invention is a high-density polyethylene composition, and method of making the same. The high-density polyethylene composition of the instant invention includes an ethylene alpha-olefin copolymer having a density in the range of 0.935 to 0.952 g/cm3, a melt index (I2) in the range of 30 to 75 g/10 minutes, an I21/I2 ratio in the range of 13-35, a Mw/Mn ratio in the range of 3.5-8. The high-density polyethylene composition has a brittleness temperature of at least less than ?20° C. The process for producing a high-density polyethylene composition according to instant invention includes the following steps: (1) introducing ethylene, and an alpha-olefin comonomer into a reactor; (2) copolymerizing the ethylene with the alpha-olefin comonomer in the reactor; and (3) thereby producing the high-density polyethylene composition, wherein the high-density polyethylene composition having a density in the range of 0.935 to 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2008Publication date: March 19, 2009Applicant: Dow Global Technologies Inc.Inventors: William J. Michie, JR., Debra R. Wilson, Stephanie M. Whited, Michael A. Kinnan
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Patent number: 7504464Abstract: A gas phase polymerization process comprising: (1) preparing a solution of a catalyst precursor comprising a mixture of magnesium and titanium compounds, an electron donor and a solvent; (2) adding a filler to the solution from step (1) to form a slurry; (3) spray drying the slurry from step (2) at a temperature of 100 to 140° C. to form a spray dried precursor, (4) slurring the spray dried precursor from step (3) in mineral oil, (5) partially or fully pre-activating the catalyst precursor by contacting the slurry of (4) with one or more Lewis Acids, and (6) transferring the partially or fully activated precursor from step (5) into a gas phase reactor in which an olefin polymerization reaction is in progress.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2004Date of Patent: March 17, 2009Assignee: Univation Technologies, LLCInventors: Stephanie M. Whited, Michael D. Turner, Michael A. Kinnan, Robert J. Jorgensen