Patents by Inventor Patrick Leaney

Patrick Leaney 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: 7705094
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for controlling the gas-phase co-polymerisation of olefins in a fluidised bed reactor. The present invention further relates to a method for the continuous gas-phase (co-)polymerisation of olefins in a fluidised bed reactor in the presence of a polymerisation catalyst wherein the density SPAN of the polymer powder particles leaving the reactor is maintained below certain values throughout the polymerisation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Ineos Europe Limited
    Inventors: Sebastien Hutchette, Patrick Leaney, Frederic Morterol
  • Publication number: 20090030164
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for controlling the gas-phase co-polymerisation of olefins in a fluidised bed reactor. The present invention further relates to a method for the continuous gas-phase (co-)polymerisation of olefins in a fluidised bed reactor in the presence of a polymerisation catalyst wherein the density SPAN of the polymer powder particles leaving the reactor is maintained below certain values throughout the polymerisation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Sebastien Hutchette, Patrick Leaney, Frederic Morterol
  • Publication number: 20070282084
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for controlling the gas-phase co-polymerisation of olefins in, a fluidised bed reactor. The present invention further relates to a method for the continuous gas-phase (co-)polymerisation of olefins in a fluidised bed reactor in the presence of a polymerisation catalyst wherein the density SPAN of the polymer powder particles leaving the reactor is maintained below certain values throughout the polymerisation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventors: Sebastien Hutchette, Patrick Leaney, Frederic Morterol
  • Patent number: 6884856
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a continuous process for controlling the gas-phase co-polymerisation of olefins in a fluidised bed reactor. The present invention further relates to a method for the continuous gas-phase (co-)polymerisation of olefins in a fluidised bed reactor in the presence of a polymerisation catalyst wherein the density of the polymer powder particles leaving the reactor is maintained constant by controlling the particle size distribution of the polymerisation catalyst. The present invention also relates to a process for controlling the particle size distribution of a polymerisation catalyst in order to achieve the production of a polymer powder of constant density during the continuous gas-phase (co-)polymerisation of olefins in a fluidised bed reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: BP Chemicals Limited
    Inventors: Gacem Benazouzz, Claire Couronne, Sebastien Huchette, Patrick Leaney, Christel Maire-Claude Mealares, Frederic Robert Marie Michel Morterol, Renaud Viguier
  • Publication number: 20050027085
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for controlling the gas-phase co-polymerisation of olefins in a fluidised bed reactor. The present invention futher relates to a method for the continuous gas-phase (co-)polymerisation of olefins in a fluidised bed reactor in the presence of a polymerisation catalyst wherein the density SPAN of the polymer powder particles leaving the reactor is maintained below certain values throughout the polymerisation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2002
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Sebastien Huchette, Patrick Leaney, Frederic Morterol
  • Publication number: 20040186249
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a continuous process for controlling the gas-phase co-polymerisation of olefins in a fluidised bed reactor. The present invention further relates to a method for the continuous gas-phase (co-)polymerisation of olefins in a fluidised bed reactor in the presence of a polymerisation catalyst wherein the density of the polymer powder particles leaving the reactor is maintained constant by controlling the particle size distribution of the polymerisation catalyst. The present invention also relates to a process for controlling the particle size distribution of a polymerisation catalyst in order to achieve the production of a polymer powder of constant density during the continuous gas-phase (co-)polymerisation of olefins in a fluidised bed reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Inventors: Gacem Benazouzz, Claire Couronne, Sebastien Huchette, Patrick Leaney, Christel Maria-Claude Mealares, Frederic Robert Marie Michel Morterol, Renaud Viguier
  • Patent number: 6429269
    Abstract: A process for the gas phase polymerization of one or more alpha-olefins in the presence of a polymerization catalyst system under reactive conditions in a fluidized bed reactor which process comprises introducing into the reactor a deactivating agent characterized in that the deactivating agent is introduced close to the reactor wall and that said introduction does not terminate the polymerization reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: BP Chemicals Limited
    Inventor: Patrick Leaney
  • Patent number: 6359084
    Abstract: A process for the gas phase polymerization of one or more alpha-olefins conducted in the presence of a catalyst in a reactor having a fluidized bed, in which process, one or more zones having a temperature greater than the average bed temperature are formed at or in close proximity to the reactor wall, comprising the step of deactivating said zones by the introduction into the reactor of an effective quantity of carbon monoxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: BP Chemicals Limited
    Inventors: Marc Herzog, Jean-Pierre Isnard, Claudine Lalanne-Magne, Patrick Leaney, Myung-Je Shin
  • Patent number: 5898053
    Abstract: The present invention provides a continuous gas fluidised bed process for the polymerisation of olefin monomer selected from (a) ethylene, (b) propylene, (c) mixtures of ethylene and propylene, and (d) one or more other alpha-olefins mixed with (a), (b) or (c), to produce a polymer in a fluidised bed reactor which process comprises:(a) continuously withdrawing from the reactor a gaseous stream comprising unreacted olefin monomer and having entrained therein catalyst and/or polymer particles;(b) continuously recycling said gaseous stream comprising unreacted olefin monomer through a fluidised bed in said reactor in the presence of a polymerisation catalyst under reactive conditions;(c) cooling by means of heat exchanger(s) at least part of said gaseous stream withdrawn from said reactor to a temperature at which liquid condenses out;(d) separating at least part of the condensed liquid from the gaseous stream; and(e) introducing at least part of the separated liquid directly into the fluidised bed, characterise
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: BP Chemicals Limited
    Inventors: Patrick Leaney, Frederick Morterol