Patents by Inventor Michele Grazzi

Michele Grazzi 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: 20180371219
    Abstract: A blown film made from or containing a polyolefin composition (I) made from or containing: A) from about 40 to about 75 wt. %, based upon the total weight of the polyolefin composition, of a polyethylene having a density of about 0.920 to about 0.940 g/cm3 and a fraction soluble in xylene (XSA) of less than about 10% wt. %; and B) from about 25 to about 60 wt. %, based upon the total weight of the polyolefin composition, of a copolymer of ethylene with one or more comonomers selected from ?-olefins having formula HC2?CHRI, where RI is an alkyl radical, linear or branched, having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, made from or containing from about 50 to about 70 wt. % of ethylene and having a fraction soluble in xylene (XSB) of at least 50 wt. %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: BASELL POLYOLEFINE GmbH
    Inventors: MICHELE GRAZZI, CLAUDIO CAVALIERI
  • Patent number: 10160848
    Abstract: A polyolefin composition made from or containing: A) from 55 to 75 wt % of a polyethylene having a density of 0.920 to 0.940 g/cm3 and a fraction soluble in xylene (XSA) of less than 10%, based upon the weight of the polyethylene; B) from 25 to 45 wt. % of a copolymer of ethylene with one or more comonomers selected from ?-olefins having formula HC2?CHRI, where RI is an alkyl radical, linear or branched, having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, made from or containing from 50 to 70 wt. %, based upon the weight of the copolymer of ethylene, of ethylene and having a fraction soluble in xylene (XSB) of at least about 50 wt. %, based upon the weight of the copolymer of ethylene; the polyolefin composition having a flexural modulus of less than 260 MPa as measured according to ISO 178. The polyolefin composition is useful for producing geomembranes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Claudio Cavalieri, Michele Grazzi
  • Publication number: 20180362682
    Abstract: A propylene 1-hexene copolymer containing from about 5.5 to about 9.0% by weight, based upon the total weight of the copolymer, of 1-hexene derived units having: a) two melting temperature peaks in the DSC plot having a difference in height ranging from 0 to 5 mW; b) the higher melting temperature, measured by DSC, ranging from about 141.0° C. to about 151.0° C.; and c) Melt Flow Rate (MFR, measured according to ASTM D 1238, 230° C./2.16 kg) from about 3.5 to about 8.0 g/10 min.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: BASELL POLIOLEFINE ITALIA S.R.L.
    Inventors: CLAUDIO CAVALIERI, PAOLA MASSARI, MICHELE GRAZZI, GIAMPAOLO PELLEGATTI, ROBERTO PANTALEONI
  • Publication number: 20180334557
    Abstract: A polyolefin composition made from or containing: A) from 55 to 75 wt % of a polyethylene having a density of 0.920 to 0.940 g/cm3 and a fraction soluble in xylene (XSA) of less than 10%, based upon the weight of the polyethylene; B) from 25 to 45 wt. % of a copolymer of ethylene with one or more comonomers selected from ?-olefins having formula HC2?CHRI, where RI is an alkyl radical, linear or branched, having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, made from or containing from 50 to 70 wt. %, based upon the weight of the copolymer of ethylene, of ethylene and having a fraction soluble in xylene (XSB) of at least about 50 wt. %, based upon the weight of the copolymer of ethylene; the polyolefin composition having a flexural modulus of less than 260 MPa as measured according to ISO 178. The polyolefin composition is useful for producing geomembranes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: BASELL POLYOLEFINE GmbH
    Inventors: CLAUDIO CAVALIERI, MICHELE GRAZZI
  • Patent number: 10087317
    Abstract: Ethylene polymer composition having a fusion enthalpy ?Hfus, measured by Differential Scanning Calorimetry with a heating rate of 20° C. per minute, of 60 J/g or more, comprising, all percent amounts being by weight: A) 25-55% of an ethylene polymer containing 10% or less, referred to the weight of A), of a fraction XSA soluble in xylene at 25° C.; B) 45-75% of a copolymer of ethylene and propylene containing from 45% to 70%, of ethylene and 60% or more of a fraction XSB soluble in xylene at 25° C., both the ethylene of the copolymer and XSB amounts being referred to the weight of B); wherein the amounts of A) and B) are referred to the total weight of A)+B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Claudio Cavalieri, Michele Grazzi, Roberto Pantaleoni
  • Patent number: 10087318
    Abstract: Ethylene polymer composition comprising, all percent amounts being by weight: A) 30-60% of an ethylene polymer containing 10% or less, referred to the weight of A), of a fraction XSA soluble in xylene at 25° C.; B) 40-70% of a copolymer of ethylene with at least one olefin of formula HC2?CHR, where R is a alkyl radical, linear or branched, having from 2 to 8 carbon atoms, containing 65-90% of ethylene and 55-15% of a fraction XSB soluble in xylene at 25° C., both the ethylene of the copolymer and XSB amounts being referred to the weight of B), the intrinsic viscosity [?] of the XSB fraction ranging from 0.8 to 3.2 dl/g; wherein the amounts of A) and B) are referred to the total weight of A)+B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Claudio Cavalieri, Michele Grazzi, Roberto Pantaleoni
  • Publication number: 20180186987
    Abstract: Polyolefin compositions made from or containing: (A) about 5 to about 35% by weight of a propylene-based polymer containing about 90% by weight or more of propylene units and containing about 10% by weight or less of a fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. (XSA); (B) about 25 to about 50% by weight, of a copolymer of ethylene and a C3-C8 alpha-olefin containing from about 0.1% to about 15% by weight of alpha-olefin units and containing about 75% by weight or less of a fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. (XSB); and (C) about 30 to about 60% by weight, of a copolymer of ethylene and propylene containing from about 45% to about 75% by weight of ethylene units and containing from about 55% to about 95% by weight, of a fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. (XSC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: BASELL POLIOLEFINE ITALIA S.R.L.
    Inventors: CLAUDIO CAVALIERI, MICHELE GRAZZI, ROBERTO PANTALEONI
  • Publication number: 20180179371
    Abstract: Polyolefin composition made from or containing: (A) about 5 to about 35% by weight of a propylene-based polymer containing about 90% by weight or more of propylene units and containing about 10% by weight or less of a fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. (XSA); (B) about 25 to about 50% by weight, of an ethylene homopolymer containing about 5% by weight or less of a fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. (XSB) referred to the weight of (B); and (C) about 30 to about 60% by weight, of a copolymer of ethylene and propylene containing from about 25% to about 75% by weight of ethylene units and containing from about 55% to about 95% by weight, of a fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. (XSC). Following progressive fractionation having first, second, and third dissolution temperatures, the composition has about 20% by weight or less collected at second dissolution temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: BASELL POLIOLEFINE ITALIA S.R.L.
    Inventors: CLAUDIO CAVALIERI, MICHELE GRAZZI, ROBERTO PANTALEONI
  • Patent number: 9932470
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to highly filled polyolefin compositions with improved balance of properties particularly for applications where puncture and tear resistance is requested comprising a flexible heterophasic polyolefin composition (I), consisting of a crystalline polymer fraction (A) consisting of a copolymer of propylene with ethylene having a fraction insoluble in xylene at 25° C. of at least 90% by weight, and an elastomeric fraction (B) consisting of a copolymer or blend of copolymers of ethylene with propylene; the copolymer or blend containing units derived from ethylene in a quantity lower than 40% by weight. The fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. of the polyolefin composition having an IVgpc lower than 2.5 dl/g, a broad molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn (GPC) equal to or higher than 4, and a Mz/Mw (GPC) equal to or higher than 2.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.
    Inventors: Gisella Biondini, Michele Grazzi, Luca Lunghi, Claudio Cavalieri
  • Patent number: 9873783
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an ethylene polymer composition having an eta (0.01) equal to or higher than 35,000 Pa·s, comprising: A) 25-75% by weight of an ethylene polymer selected from ethylene homopolymers, copolymers of ethylene with 10% or less of one or more olefin comonomers, and mixtures of the homopolymers and copolymers; B) 25-75% by weight of a copolymer of ethylene and propylene comprising 45-70% by weight of ethylene; wherein eta (0.01) is the complex shear viscosity at an angular frequency of 0.01 rad/s, measured with dynamic oscillatory shear in a plate-plate rotational rheometer at a temperature of 200° C., and the amounts of A) and B) refer to the total weight of A)+B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Claudio Cavalieri, Michele Grazzi, Roberto Pantaleoni
  • Patent number: 9738778
    Abstract: A two steps polymerization process for obtaining a polyolefin composition comprising: a) from 25 wt % to 70 wt % of a propylene homopolymer or a propylene-ethylene copolymer containing from 0.1 wt % to 10 wt % of ethylene derived units; b) from 27 wt % to 70 wt % of a copolymer of ethylene and at least one C3-C20 alpha olefins, wherein the ethylene derived units content ranges from 15 wt % to 70 wt %; c) from 3 wt % to 20 wt % of polyethylene homopolymer or an ethylene and at least one C3-C20 alpha olefins copolymer; the sum a)+b)+c) being 100, wherein said process comprises: step a) contacting under polymerization conditions propylene, optionally ethylene and the catalyst system in order to obtain component a), step b) contacting under polymerization conditions ethylene and at least one C3-C20 alpha-olefins and the catalyst system in order to obtain components b) and c); wherein the catalyst system comprises a metallocene compound and an iron complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Fabiana Fantinel, Bodo Richter, Shahram Mihan, Massimo Covezzi, Claudio Cavalieri, Michele Grazzi
  • Publication number: 20170190890
    Abstract: Ethylene polymer composition comprising, all per cent amounts being by weight: A) 30-60% of an ethylene polymer containing 10% or less, referred to the weight of A), of a fraction XSA soluble in xylene at 25° C.; B) 40-70% of a copolymer of ethylene with at least one olefin of formula HC2=CHR, where R is a alkyl radical, linear or branched, having from 2 to 8 carbon atoms, containing 65-90% of ethylene and 55-15% of a fraction XSB soluble in xylene at 25° C., both the ethylene of the copolymer and XSB amounts being referred to the weight of B), the intrinsic viscosity [?] of the XSB fraction ranging from 0.8 to 3.2 dl/g; wherein the amounts of A) and B) are referred to the total weight of A)+B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: BASELL POLIOLEFINE ITALIA S.R.L.
    Inventors: CLAUDIO CAVALIERI, MICHELE GRAZZI, ROBERTO PANTALEONI
  • Publication number: 20170183486
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an ethylene polymer composition having an eta (0.01) equal to or higher than 35,000 Pa·s, comprising: A) 25-75% by weight of an ethylene polymer selected from ethylene homopolymers, copolymers of ethylene with 10% or less of one or more olefin comonomers, and mixtures of the homopolymers and copolymers; B) 25-75% by weight of a copolymer of ethylene and propylene comprising 45-70% by weight of ethylene; wherein eta (0.01) is the complex shear viscosity at an angular frequency of 0.01 rad/s, measured with dynamic oscillatory shear in a plate-plate rotational rheometer at a temperature of 200° C., and the amounts of A) and B) refer to the total weight of A)+B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: BASELL POLYOLEFINE GMBH
    Inventors: CLAUDIO CAVALIERI, MICHELE GRAZZI, ROBERTO PANTALEONI
  • Publication number: 20170183485
    Abstract: Ethylene polymer composition having a fusion enthalpy ?Hfus, measured by Differential Scanning calorimetry with a heating rate of 20° C. per minute, of 60 J/g or more, comprising, all per cent amounts being by weight: A) 25-55% of an ethylene polymer containing 10% or less, referred to the weight of A), of a fraction XSA soluble in xylene at 25° C.; B) 45-75% of a copolymer of ethylene and propylene containing from 45% to 70%, of ethylene and 60% or more of a fraction XSB soluble in xylene at 25° C., both the ethylene of the copolymer and XSB amounts being referred to the weight of B); wherein the amounts of A) and B) are referred to the total weight of A)+B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: BASELL POLIOLEFINE ITALIA S.R.L.
    Inventors: CLAUDIO CAVALIERI, MICHELE GRAZZI, ROBERTO PANTALEONI
  • Publication number: 20170158832
    Abstract: A copolymer of propylene with hexene-1 containing from 5 to 9% by weight of recurring units derived from hexene-1, having a melting temperature from 125 to 140 and Melt Flow Rate (ASTM D1238, 230/2.16 Kg) from 0.1 to 3 g/10 min., is used to produce blown films having valuable mechanical and optical properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: BASELL POLIOLEFINE ITALIA S.R.L.
    Inventors: Giampaolo PELLEGATTI, Michele GRAZZI, Nicolas KOKEL, Antonella ANGELINI
  • Patent number: 9650505
    Abstract: Polyolefin compositions suitable for injection molded items e.g. for impact bumpers and car interiors comprising from 30% to 90% by weight of an heterophasic propylene polymer composition (A); and from 10% to 70% by weight of a multimodal ethylene/butene-1 copolymer (B); having density from 0.850 to 0.935 g/cm3, total comonomer content from 6% to 30% by weight, Mw/Mn from 4 to 20; intrinsic viscosity in decalin at 135° C. from 1.0 to 4.0 dL/g, and comprising an HDPE fraction (HDPE % wt) up to 30% wt; further comprising from 0 to 50% by weight of a filler (C) and optionally, in amount up to 10% by weight with respect to the overall composition, an impact modifier masterbatch component D consisting of an ultra-soft heterophasic copolymer component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.
    Inventors: Fabiana Fantinel, Sander Willems, Michele Grazzi, Giampaolo Pellegatti, Jurgen Rohrmann, Shahram Mihan
  • Patent number: 9611338
    Abstract: A copolymer of propylene with hexene-1 containing from 5 to 9% by weight of recurring units derived from hexene-1, having a melting temperature from 125° C. to 140° C. and Melt Flow Rate (ASTM D1238, 230° C./2.16 Kg) from 0.1 to 3 g/10 min., is used to produce blown films having valuable mechanical and optical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.
    Inventors: Giampaolo Pellegatti, Michele Grazzi, Nicolas Kokel, Antonella Angelini
  • Publication number: 20160257809
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to highly filled polyolefin compositions with improved balance of properties particularly for applications where puncture and tear resistance is requested comprising a flexible heterophasic polyolefin composition (I), consisting of a crystalline polymer fraction (A) consisting of a copolymer of propylene with ethylene having a fraction insoluble in xylene at 25° C. of at least 90% by weight, and an elastomeric fraction (B) consisting of a copolymer or blend of copolymers of ethylene with propylene; the copolymer or blend containing units derived from ethylene in a quantity lower than 40% by weight. The fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. of the polyolefin composition having an IVgpc lower than 2.5 dl/g, a broad molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn (GPC) equal to or higher than 4, and a Mz/Mw (GPC) equal to or higher than 2.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: VIA SOPERGA N. 14/A
    Inventors: GISELLA BIONDINI, MICHELE GRAZZI, LUCA LUNGHI, CLAUDIO CAVALIERI
  • Patent number: 9428637
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition comprising: (A) 30-60% by weight of a soft polyolefin composition comprising 10-50% by weight of a copolymer (a) of propylene, which contains from 1-8% by weight of comonomer; 50-90% by weight of a copolymer (b) of ethylene and other alpha-olefin(s) and from 57-80% of ethylene; where the weight ratio of the content of copolymer component (b) to the fraction XS (soluble in xylene) at room temperature (about 25° C.), both (b and XS) referred to the total weight of (a)+(b), is 1.5 or less, and the intrinsic viscosity [?] of the XS fraction is 3 dl/g or more; and the total quantity of copolymerized ethylene is 30-65% by weight; (B) 5-30% of glass fiber filler; (C) 0.5%-3% by weight of a compatibilizer; and (D) 10-40% by weight of a polypropylene component selected from propylene homopolymers, propylene copolymers containing up to 5% by moles of ethylene and/or C4-C10 ?-olefin(s) and combinations of such homopolymers and copolymers, with a MFR from 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.
    Inventors: Rainer Kohler, Michele Grazzi, Jurgen Rohrmann, Giampaolo Pellegatti
  • Publication number: 20160137824
    Abstract: Composition comprising (A) from 30 to 60 by weight, of a soft polyolefin composition comprising, 10-50% by weight of a copolymer (a) of propylene, which copolymer contains from 1 to 8% of comonomer content; 50-90wt % of a copolymer (b) of ethylene and other alpha-olefin(s), containing from 57 to 80% of ethylene; wherein the weight ratio of the content of copolymer component (b) to the fraction XS soluble in xylene at room temperature (about 25° C.), both (b and XS) referred to the total weight of (a)+(b), is of 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: BASELL POLIOLEFINE ITALIA S.R.L.
    Inventors: RAINER KOHLER, MICHELE GRAZZI, JURGEN ROHRMANN, GIAMPAOLO PELLEGATTI