Patents by Inventor Michael Elder

Michael Elder 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: 12528762
    Abstract: A Ziegler-Natta catalyst composition is disclosed. The catalyst composition is formed from a procatalyst containing a magnesium moiety and a titanium moiety. At least one internal electron donor is incorporated into the procatalyst. During a titanation procedure in conjunction with the internal electron donor, a titanium extractant is used to remove or deactivate low activity or atactic titanium active sites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignee: W.R. Grace & Co.-CONN
    Inventors: Ronald Epstein, Michael Miller, Michael Elder, Vladimir Marin, Ahmed Hintolay, Timothy Boyer
  • Patent number: 11945896
    Abstract: A Ziegler-Natta catalyst composition is disclosed. The catalyst composition includes an internal electron donor with improved polymerization kinetics, a long lifetime, improved stereoselectivity and/or improved hydrogen response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: W.R. Grace & Co.-CONN.
    Inventors: Joseph Coalter, III, Rose Kent, Adam Marwitz, Ronald Epstein, Michael Elder
  • Publication number: 20220380491
    Abstract: A Ziegler-Natta catalyst composition is disclosed. The catalyst composition includes an internal electron donor with improved polymerization kinetics, a long lifetime, improved stereoselectivity and/or improved hydrogen response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: W.R. Grace & Co.-CONN
    Inventors: Joseph COALTER, III, Rose KENT, Adam MARWITZ, Ronald EPSTEIN, Michael ELDER
  • Publication number: 20220220060
    Abstract: A Ziegler-Natta catalyst composition is disclosed. The catalyst composition is formed from a procatalyst containing a magnesium moiety and a titanium moiety. At least one internal electron donor is incorporated into the procatalyst. During a titanation procedure in conjunction with the internal electron donor, a titanium extractant is used to remove or deactivate low activity or atactic titanium active sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: W.R. Grace & Co.-CONN
    Inventors: Ronald EPSTEIN, Michael MILLER, Michael ELDER, Vladimir MARIN, Ahmed HINTOLAY, Timothy BOYER
  • Patent number: 9982282
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a syrup comprising liquefying an aqueous granular starch slurry with an alpha-amylase variant comprising an alteration at one or more positions corresponding to any of positions 1, 2, 68, 71, 126, 133, 142, 144, 156, 158, 176, 185, 201, 205, 213, 239, 279, 316, 318, 360, 416, 437 and 450 of SEQ ID NO: 1 to provide liquefied starch-containing material; saccharifying the liquefied starch-containing material in the presence of a glucoamylase, and a pullulanase derived from Bacillus deramificans, Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus amyloderamicans, or Bacillus acidopullulyticus to provide a dextrose syrup, and optionally isomerizing to provide a fructose syrup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Michael Elder, Randall Deinhammer, Xiaoyuan Cui
  • Publication number: 20160168606
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a syrup comprising liquefying an aqueous granular starch slurry with an alpha-amylase variant comprising an alteration at one or more positions corresponding to any of positions 1, 2, 68, 71, 126, 133, 142, 144, 156, 158, 176, 185, 201, 205, 213, 239, 279, 316, 318, 360, 416, 437 and 450 of SEQ ID NO: 1 to provide liquefied starch-containing material; saccharifying the liquefied starch-containing material in the presence of a glucoamylase, and a pullulanase derived from Bacillus deramificans, Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus amyloderamicans, or Bacillus acidopullulyticus to provide a dextrose syrup, and optionally isomerizing to provide a fructose syrup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Michael Elder, Randall Deinhammer, Xiaoyuan Cui
  • Publication number: 20090286945
    Abstract: A new class of heterocyclic metallocenes, a catalytic system containing them and a process for polymerizing addition polymerizable monomers using the catalytic system are disclosed; the heterocyclic metallocenes correspond to the formula (I): YjR?iZjjMeQkPl wherein Y is a coordinating group containing a six ? electron central radical directly coordinating Me, to which are associated one or more radicals containing at least one non-carbon atom selected from B, N, O, Al, Si, P, S, Ga, Ge, As, Se, In, Sn, Sb and Te; R? is a divalent bridge between the Y and Z groups; Z is a coordinating group, optionally being equal to Y; Me is a transition metal; Q is halogen or hydrocarbon substituents; P is a counterion; i is 0 or 1; j is 1-3; jj is 0-2; k is 1-3; and l is 0-2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Inventors: John Ewen, Michael Elder, Robert Jones
  • Publication number: 20080090978
    Abstract: A new class of heterocyclic metallocenes, a catalytic system containing them and a process for polymerizing addition polymerizable monomers using the catalytic system are disclosed; the heterocyclic metallocenes correspond to the formula (I): YjR?iZjjMeQkPl wherein Y is a coordinating group containing a six ? electron central radical directly coordinating Me, to which are associated one or more radicals containing at least one non-carbon atom selected from B, N, O, Al, Si, P, S, Ga, Ge, As, Se, In, Sn, Sb and Te; R? is a divalent bridge between the Y and Z groups; Z is a coordinating group, optionally being equal to Y; Me is a transition metal; Q is halogen or hydrocarbon substituents; P is a counterion; i is 0 or 1; j is 1-3; jj is 0-2; k is 1-3; and l is 0-2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Inventors: John Ewen, Michael Elder, Robert Jones
  • Publication number: 20080010629
    Abstract: The concept of “renderers” and “translators” is introduced in connection with bidirectional conversion between object models and XML. A renderer embodies the logic responsible for mediating the parser specific APIs for reading and writing XML. It utilizes a plurality of translator objects, which embody the mapping information needed to convert the XML into object model instances. The translator objects themselves do not contain “knowledge” of parser implementations; thus, the translators are common and can be shared and reused by any and all renderer implementations. Since each translator embodies the knowledge and rules regarding how to convert an XML model to an object model, and how to convert object models to XML, it is thus independent of the particular renderer that is being used, whether it be SAX, DOM, or some other renderer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2004
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Berg, Michael Elder, Derek Holt, L. Rich, Ritchard Schacher
  • Publication number: 20070260023
    Abstract: The present invention relates to organometallic transition metal compounds of the formula (I) Z1AnZ2MXm??(I) where Z1 is a coordinating group which comprises a six-?-electron central group which coordinates directly to M, A is a divalent bridge between the groups Z1 and Z2, Z2 is a coordinating group having the same meaning as Z1 or is a group comprising an open pentadienyl, a cyclopentadienyl-containing group or a heterocyclic, 5- or 6-membered group containing six ? electrons, n=zero or 1, M is an element of group 3, 4, 5 or 6 of the Periodic Table of the Elements, the radicals X are identical or different and are each an organic or inorganic radical, m is 0, 1 or 2, and at least one of the three molecule fragments Z1, Z2 and A bears a monovalent organic radical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Applicant: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Jones, Michael Elder, Jennifer Kipke, Alexander Koeppl, Markus Schopf, John Ewen
  • Publication number: 20070260025
    Abstract: The present invention relates to organometallic transition metal compounds of the formula (I) M1 is a metal of group 3, 4, 5 or 6 of the Periodic Table of the Elements or the lanthanicles, X are identical or different and are each an organic or inorganic radical, where two radicals X can also be joined to one another, n is a natural number from 1 to 4, T1, T2 are identical or different and are each a divalent group selected from the group consisting of —O—, —S—, —Se—, —Te—, —N(R13)_?—P(R13)—, —As(R13)—, Sb(R13)—, —Si(R13)2-, —C(R13 R14)—C(R13 R15)— and —C(R14)?C(R15)—, where R13, R14 and R15 are identical or different and are each hydrogen or an organic radical having from 1 to 40 carbon atoms, R1, R7 are identical or different and are each hydrogen or an organic radical having from 1 to 40 carbon atoms, R2 R8 are identical or different and are each hydrogen or an organic radical having from 1 to 40 carbon atoms, R3 R9 are identical or different and are each halogen or an organic radical having from 1 to 40 c
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2004
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Applicant: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Elder, Robert Jones, John Ewen
  • Publication number: 20070155919
    Abstract: The present invention relates to organometallic transition metal compounds of the formula (I) where M1 is an element of group 3, 4, 5 or 6 of the Periodic Table of the Elements or the lanthanides, the radicals X are identical or different and are each an organic or inorganic radical, with two radicals X also being able to be joined to one another, n is a natural number from 1 to 4, Z is a divalent organic group which has from 1 to 40 carbon atoms and together with the two carbon atoms of the indenyl system forms a saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted ring system having a ring size of from 4 to 12 atoms, where Z within the ring system fused to the indenyl system may also contain one or more, identical or different heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of Si, Ge, N, P, 0, S, Se and Te, R1 is hydrogen or an organic radical having from 1 to 40 carbon atoms, R2 is hydrogen or an organic radical having from 1 to 40 carbon atoms, R3 is hydrogen, halogen or an organic radical having from 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Applicant: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Yoshikuni Okumura, Michael Elder, Ilya Nifant'ev, Pavel Ivchenko, Vladimir Bagrov
  • Publication number: 20070142649
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing heterocyclic ketones of the formulae (I) and (la), by reacting a heterocyclic compound of the formula (II), with an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid of the formula (III), or with its anhydride of the formula (IV), where R1 is hydrogen or a C1-C40 carbon-containing group, R2 is hydrogen or a C1-C40 carbon-containing group, or R1 and R2 together form a cyclic ring system, R3 is a C1-C40 carbon-containing group and X is an element of the 16th group of the Periodic Table or is a divalent nitrogen group —(N—R4)—, where R4 is an electron-withdrawing radical which is selected from the group consisting of perhalogenated C1-C40 carbon-containing radicals and C1-C40 organosulfonyl groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Elder, Robert Jones
  • Publication number: 20060248523
    Abstract: The invention, which may be a kind of annotations processor, detects zero or more tagsets turned on or selected at runtime. The annotations adapter reads an abstract unit from a java file, and if an annotation of the abstract unit has a tag that is among the tags of a turned on tagset, then the annotations adapter may generate an artifact showing the influence of the annotation. Such a process may continue until there are no more abstract units to process. Comments or annotations that fail to be tagged with a tag of a selected tagset may, nevertheless, be mentioned with a kind of ‘place-holder’ indicating that such comments exist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Berg, Michael Elder, Timothy Francis, Patrick Kelley, John Lanuti, Narinder Makin, Jason McGee, Sachin Patel, Lawrence Rich, Ritchard Schacher
  • Publication number: 20060218546
    Abstract: A situation object instantiator (SOI) receives a request from a client including a typekey. Available situations are retrieved. For a retrieved situation, a call to an evaluator is made. If the situation is active a check is made to see if an instantiator exists for the typekey and situation. If so, the object instantiator is called, it returns an instance to the SOI, and the SOI returns the instance to the client. If not, more situations are retrieved until the situations are exhausted, and such is communicated to the client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2005
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Berg, Michael Elder, Ritchard Schacher
  • Publication number: 20060195818
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and computer instructions are provided for implementing dynamic function groups in a data processing system. An extensible framework is provided, which provides function groups to amalgamate extended sets of functionality by either vendor or purpose and allows the function groups to be dynamically enabled or disabled within a software application. A user may specify which extended sets of functionality are relevant and when to enable them. With the use of function groups, third party vendors may integrate added functionalities with existing ones in a software application, and indicate when these functionalities should be available to end-users without the need to duplicate code. The invention allows for the construction of other extensible frameworks including wizards, editors, and operations may also be extended with the use of function groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Berg, Vijay Bhadriraju, Brad Blancett, Charles Bridgham, Jialin Chen, Michael Elder, Derek Holt, John Lanuti, Ritchard Schacher, Jason Sholl
  • Publication number: 20060100092
    Abstract: The present invention relates to catalyst systems for preparing isotactic polyolefins obtainable by reacting at least one chiral transition metal compound and at least one cocatalyst which is able to convert the chiral transition metal compound into a cation, where the chiral transition metal compound contains two bidentate chelating ligands connected to one another via a bridge and, if desired, one or two further monodentate ligands, with the four coordinating atoms of the two chelating ligands being in an approximately planar arrangement around the transition metal ion and up to two further ligands being located above and below this approximately planar coordination sphere formed by the four coordinating atoms of the two chelating ligands and, in the case of two such further ligands, these being in the trans position relative to one another, to the use of the catalyst systems of the present invention for preparing polyolefins, to a process for preparing polyolefins by polymerization or copolymerization of a
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2004
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Applicant: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Jones, Naka Seidel, Michael Elder, John Ewen
  • Publication number: 20050262429
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program for creating a digital workflow associated with the completion of a paper form is provided. An electronic clipboard includes a panel for receiving a paper form, a computer including a clipboard computer application, and an input device that completes the paper form with handwritten input data and also created digital signals corresponding to the handwritten input data. The computer application interprets the digital signal data so as to define digital input data, which corresponds to the handwritten input data. The electronic clipboard also includes verification/correction facility that enables the display of the digital input data and verification and correction thereof using a series of input devices provided on the electronic clipboard. The electronic clipboard is linked to a remote computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2004
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Elder, Robert Smith, Andrew Maxwell
  • Publication number: 20050192418
    Abstract: A new class of heterocyclic metallocenes, a catalytic system containing them and a process for polymerizing addition polymerizable monomers using said catalytic system are disclosed; the heterocyclic metallocenes correspond to the formula (I): YjR?iZjjMeQkPl wherein Y is a coordinating group containing a six ? electron central radical directly coordinatng Me, to which are associated one or more radicals containing at least one non-carbon atom selected from B, N, O, Al, Si, P, S, Ga, Ge, As, Se, In, Sn, Sb and Te; R? is a divalent bridge between the Y and Z groups; Z is a coordinating group, optionally being equal to Y; Me is a transition metal; Q is halogen or hydrocarbon substituents; P is a counterion; i os 0 or 1; j is 1-3; jj is 0-2; k is 1-3; and l is 0-2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2003
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Inventors: John Ewen, Michael Elder, Robert Jones, Yuri Bubitsky
  • Publication number: 20050010058
    Abstract: A metallocene compound of formula (I) wherein M is zirconium, hafnium or titanium; X is hydrogen, halogen, or a hydrocarbyl radical optionally containing heteroatoms; R2, R3, R4 and R5, are hydrogen or hydrocarbyl radicals; R6 is a hydrocarbyl radical; L is a divalent bridging group T is a radical of formula (II), (III), (IV) or (V), wherein R8 and R9 are a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbyl radical. with the proviso that at least one group among R1, R5, R6 and R8 is a group of formula C(R11)2R12 wherein R11, equal to or different from each other, is an hydrocarbyl radical; and R12 is hydrogen or an hydrocarbyl radical. These compounds are fit for the preparation of propylene copolymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2002
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Elder, Robert Jones Jr