Patents by Inventor Pertti Elo

Pertti Elo 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: 8962509
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of a solid catalyst system (CS) comprising the steps of preparing a liquid clathrate (LC) comprising (a) a lattice (L) being the reaction product of (i) aluminoxane (A), (ii) an organometallic compound (O) of a transition metal (M) of Group 3 to 10 of the Periodic Table (IUPAC 2007) or of an actinide or lanthanide, and (i) a compound (B) being effective to form with the aluminoxane (A) and the organometallic compound (O) the lattice (L), and (b) a guest (G) being an hydrocarbon compound (HC), and subsequently precipitating said liquid clathrate (LC) obtaining said solid catalyst system (SC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Borealis AG
    Inventors: Kalle Kallio, Marja Mustonen, Pertti Elo, Peter Denifl, John Severn
  • Patent number: 8828901
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of a solid catalyst system comprising the steps of generating an emulsion by dispersing a liquid clathrate in a solution wherein (i) the solution constitutes the continuous phase of the emulsion and (ii) the liquid clathrate constitutes in form of droplets the dispersed phase of the emulsion, solidifying said dispersed phase to convert said droplets to solid particles and optionally recovering said particles to obtain said catalyst system, wherein the liquid clathrate comprises a lattice being the reaction product of aluminoxane, an organometallic compound of a transition metal of Group 3 to 10 of the Periodic Table (IUPAC 2007) or of an actinide or lanthanide, and a further compound being effective to form with the aluminoxane and the organometallic compound the lattice, and a guest being an hydrocarbon compound, and the solution comprises a silicon fluid and a hydrocarbon solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Borealis AG
    Inventors: Kalle Kallio, Marja Mustonen, Pertti Elo, John Severn, Peter Denifl
  • Patent number: 8603933
    Abstract: The present application aims to provide a process for producing a solid polymerization catalyst component, including the steps of (A) producing a solution with a transition metal compound and a solvent; (B) solidifying a component with the transition metal compound to produce the solid polymerization catalyst component in a solidification stage; (C) recovering from the solidification stage a liquid stream containing a minor amount of the transition metal compound dissolved therein and a solid catalyst stream; and (D) recovering the transition metal component from the liquid stream, characterized in that step (D) may include concentrating the solution to produce a first product stream including the solvent and being essentially free of the transition metal compound and a second product stream including the solvent and the transition metal compound, characterized in that the concentration is conducted within a temperature range of from 0 to 100 degrees Celsius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Borealis AG
    Inventors: Pertti Elo, Sameer Vijay, Kimmo Hakala, Soile Rautio, Ismo Lehtiniemi
  • Publication number: 20130253152
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of a solid catalyst system (CS) comprising the steps of preparing a liquid clathrate (LC) comprising (a) a lattice (L) being the reaction product of (i) aluminoxane (A), (ii) an organometallic compound (O) of a transition metal (M) of Group 3 to 10 of the Periodic Table (IUPAC 2007) or of an actinide or lanthanide, and (i) a compound (B) being effective to form with the aluminoxane (A) and the organometallic compound (O) the lattice (L), and (b) a guest (G) being an hydro-carbon compound (HC), and subsequently precipitating said liquid clathrate (LC) obtaining said solid catalyst system (SC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: BOREALIS AG
    Inventors: Kalle Kallio, Marja Mustonen, Pertti Elo, Peter Denifl, John Severn
  • Publication number: 20130245212
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of a solid catalyst system comprising the steps of generating an emulsion by dispersing a liquid clathrate in a solution wherein (i) the solution constitutes the continuous phase of the emulsion and (ii) the liquid clathrate constitutes in form of droplets the dispersed phase of the emulsion, solidifying said dispersed phase to convert said droplets to solid particles and optionally recovering said particles to obtain said catalyst system, wherein the liquid clathrate comprises a lattice being the reaction product of aluminoxane, an organometallic compound of a transition metal of Group 3 to 10 of the Periodic Table (IUPAC 2007) or of an actinide or lanthanide, and a further compound being effective to form with the aluminoxane and the organometallic compound the lattice, and a guest being an hydrocarbon compound, and the solution comprises a silicon fluid and a hydrocarbon solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: BOREALIS AG
    Inventors: Kalle Kallio, Marja Mustonen, Pertti Elo, John Severn, Peter Denifl
  • Patent number: 8501881
    Abstract: The present application provides a process for polymerizing at least one olefin in the presence of a polymerization catalyst, including: (A) continuously introducing a first liquid with a transition metal compound, an organometallic compound, and a solvent and a second liquid into an emulsification stage, (B) continuously withdrawing the emulsion and directing it into a solidification stage to form a slurry with a solid polymerization catalyst component, (C) continuously recovering the solid polymerization catalyst component, (D) directing the solid polymerization catalyst component into a first prepolymerization stage with a monomer and a second liquid to form a slurry, (E) recovering a prepolymerized solid polymerization catalyst component, (F) continuously introducing the prepolymerized solid polymerization catalyst component into a second prepolymerization stage with an olefin monomer to form a prepolymerized catalyst, and (G) continuously withdrawing the prepolymerized catalyst and directing it into a su
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Borealis AG
    Inventors: Jeannette Aumo, Pasi Matikainen, Michael Bartke, Tom Elovirta, Sameer Vijay, Mikko Lylykangas, Pertti Elo, Lauri Huhtanen
  • Patent number: 8420562
    Abstract: Improved process for the preparation of an unsupported, heterogeneous olefin polymerization catalyst system, comprising an organometallic compound of a transition metal of Group 3 to 10 of the Periodic Table (IUPAC) or of an actinide or lanthanide in the form of solid particles comprising the steps of a) preparing a solution of catalyst components, including an aluminoxane, a compound being effective to form stable, liquid clathrates with aluminoxane and an organometallic compound of a transition metal of Group 3 to 10 of the Periodic Table (IUPAC 2007) or of an actinide or lanthanide, in a hydrocarbon solvent, yielding a two phase system with an upper solvent layer, which is separated, b) preparing a liquid/liquid emulsion system comprising a continuous phase in which said solution of the catalyst components forms a dispersed phase in the form of droplets, c) solidifying said dispersed phase to convert said droplets to solid particles and optionally recovering said particles to obtain said catalyst system, t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Borealis AG
    Inventors: Pertti Elo, John Severn, Peter Denifl, Soile Rautio, Marja Mustonen, Anu-Leena Hongell
  • Patent number: 8394733
    Abstract: Improved process for the preparation of an unsupported, heterogeneous olefin polymerization catalyst, comprising an organometallic compound of a transition metal of Group 3 to 10 of the Periodic Table (IUPAC) or of an actinide or lanthanide in the form of solid particles comprising the steps of a) preparing a solution of an aluminoxane and an ionic complex M-X, M being an alkali or earth alkali metal and X being a halide or pseudo halide, in a molar ratio of Al of the aluminoxane to M of the ionic complex between 80:1 and 300:1, b) mixing said solution with an organometallic compound of a transition metal of Group 3 to 10 of the Periodic Table (IUPAC) or of an actinide or lanthanide in a molar ratio of M of the ionic complex to the transition metal of the organometallic compound between 1:1 and 4:1, yielding a second solution, c) dispersing said second solution obtained in step b) in a solvent immiscible therewith to form an emulsion in which said second solution of step b) forms the dispersed phase in the fo
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Borealis AG
    Inventors: John Severn, Pertti Elo, Sameer Vijay, Marja Mustonen
  • Publication number: 20120264896
    Abstract: The present application aims to provide a process for producing a solid polymerization catalyst component, including the steps of (A) producing a solution with a transition metal compound and a solvent; (B) solidifying a component with the transition metal compound to produce the solid polymerization catalyst component in a solidification stage; (C) recovering from the solidification stage a liquid stream containing a minor amount of the transition metal compound dissolved therein and a solid catalyst stream; and (D) recovering the transition metal component from the liquid stream, characterized in that step (D) may include concentrating the solution to produce a first product stream including the solvent and being essentially free of the transition metal compound and a second product stream including the solvent and the transition metal compound, characterized in that the concentration is conducted within a temperature range of from 0 to 100 degrees Celsius.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: BOREALIS AG
    Inventors: Pertti Elo, Sameer Vijay, Kimmo Hakala, Soile Rautio, Ismo Lehtiniemi
  • Publication number: 20120259076
    Abstract: The present application provides a process for polymerizing at least one olefin in the presence of a polymerization catalyst, including: (A) continuously introducing a first liquid with a transition metal compound, an organometallic compound, and a solvent and a second liquid into an emulsification stage, (B) continuously withdrawing the emulsion and directing it into a solidification stage to form a slurry with a solid polymerization catalyst component, (C) continuously recovering the solid polymerization catalyst component, (D) directing the solid polymerization catalyst component into a first prepolymerization stage with a monomer and a second liquid to form a slurry, (E) recovering a prepolymerized solid polymerization catalyst component, (F) continuously introducing the prepolymerized solid polymerization catalyst component into a second prepolymerization stage with an olefin monomer to form a prepolymerized catalyst, and (G) continuously withdrawing the prepolymerized catalyst and directing it into a su
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: BOREALIS AG
    Inventors: Jeannette Aumo, Pasi Matikainen, Michael Bartke, Tom Elovirta, Sameer Vijay, Mikko Lylykangas, Pertti Elo, Lauri Huhtanen
  • Publication number: 20110218310
    Abstract: Improved process for the preparation of an unsupported, heterogeneous olefin polymerisation catalyst, comprising an organometallic compound of a transition metal of Group 3 to 10 of the Periodic Table (IUPAC) or of an actinide or lanthanide in the form of solid particles comprising the steps of a) preparing a solution of an aluminoxane and an ionic complex M-X, M being an alkali or earth alkali metal and X being a halide or pseudo halide, in a molar ratio of Al of the aluminoxane to M of the ionic complex between 80:1 and 300:1, b) mixing said solution with an organometallic compound of a transition metal of Group 3 to 10 of the Periodic Table (IUPAC) or of an actinide or lanthanide in a molar ratio of M of the ionic complex to the transition metal of the organometallic compound between 1:1 and 4:1, yielding a second solution, c) dispersing said second solution obtained in step b) in a solvent immiscible therewith to form an emulsion in which said second solution of step b) forms the dispersed phase in the fo
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: BOREALIS AG
    Inventors: John Severn, Pertti Elo, Sameer Vijay, Marja Mustonen
  • Publication number: 20110213108
    Abstract: Improved process for the preparation of an unsupported, heterogeneous olefin polymerization catalyst system, comprising an organometallic compound of a transition metal of Group 3 to 10 of the Periodic Table (IUPAC) or of an actinide or lanthanide in the form of solid particles comprising the steps of a) preparing a solution of catalyst components, including an aluminoxane, a compound being effective to form stable, liquid clathrates with aluminoxane and an organometallic compound of a transition metal of Group 3 to 10 of the Periodic Table (IUPAC 2007) or of an actinide or lanthanide, in a hydrocarbon solvent, yielding a two phase system with an upper solvent layer, which is separated, b) preparing a liquid/liquid emulsion system comprising a continuous phase in which said solution of the catalyst components forms a dispersed phase in the form of droplets, c) solidifying said dispersed phase to convert said droplets to solid particles and optionally recovering said particles to obtain said catalyst system, t
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: Borealis AG
    Inventors: Pertti Elo, John Severn, Peter Denifl, Soile Rautio, Marja Mustonen, Anu-Leena Hongell