Patents by Inventor Petri Lehmus

Petri Lehmus 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: 8378047
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a biaxially oriented polypropylene film. The biaxially oriented polypropylene film comprises a polypropylene material having xylene solubles of at least 0.5 percent by weight. The polypropylene also has a strain hardening index of at least 0.15 measured at a deformation rate d?/dt of 1.00 s?1 at a temperature of 180° C. In certain embodiments, the strain hardening index is defined as the slope of a logarithm to the basis 10 of a tensile stress growth function as a function of a logarithm to the basis 10 of a Hencky strain for the range of Hencky strains between 1 and 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Borealis Technology OY
    Inventors: Manfred Stadlbauer, Eberhard Ernst, Petri Lehmus, Yvo Daniels, Franck Jacobs
  • Patent number: 7915367
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a branched polypropylene, said branched polypropylene having a branching index g? of less than 1.00, the process comprising the step of polymerizing propylene and optionally one or more other comonomers under non-supercritical conditions in a reaction vessel, wherein: c. the pressure during the polymerization of propylene and optionally one or more other comonomers in said reaction vessel is at least 45.4 bar; d. the temperature during the polymerization of propylene and optionally one or more other comonomers in said reaction vessel is below 90° C.; and c. the polymerization of propylene and optionally one or more other comonomers is conducted in said reaction vessel in the presence of a catalyst system having a surface area of not more than 350 m2/g, measured according to ISO 9277, and said catalyst system comprises a metallocene catalyst having zirconium as the transition metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Borealis Technology Oy
    Inventors: Eberhard Ernst, Kimmo Hakala, Petri Lehmus
  • Publication number: 20090264606
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a branched polypropylene, said branched polypropylene having a branching index g? of less than 1.00, the process comprising the step of polymerizing propylene and optionally one or more other comonomers under non-supercritical conditions in a reaction vessel, wherein: c. the pressure during the polymerization of propylene and optionally one or more other comonomers in said reaction vessel is at least 45.4 bar; d. the temperature during the polymerization of propylene and optionally one or more other comonomers in said reaction vessel is below 90° C.; and c. the polymerization of propylene and optionally one or more other comonomers is conducted in said reaction vessel in the presence of a catalyst system having a surface area of not more than 350 m2/g, measured according to ISO 9277, and said catalyst system comprises a metallocene catalyst having zirconium as the transition metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Eberhard Ernst, Kimmo Hakala, Petri Lehmus
  • Publication number: 20090208681
    Abstract: A polypropylene with a low amount of impurities, in particular a low amount of aluminum and boron residues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventors: Eberhard Ernst, Petri Lehmus, Michael Bartke, Lauri Huhtanen
  • Publication number: 20090149612
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a biaxially oriented polypropylene film. The biaxially oriented polypropylene film comprises a polypropylene material having xylene solubles of at least 0.5 percent by weight. The polypropylene also has a strain hardening index of at least 0.15 measured at a deformation rate d?/dt of 1.00 s?1 at a temperature of 180° C. In certain embodiments, the strain hardening index is defined as the slope of a logarithm to the basis 10 of a tensile stress growth function as a function of a logarithm to the basis 10 of a Hencky strain for the range of Hencky strains between 1 and 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Manfred Stadlbauer, Eberhard Ernst, Petri Lehmus, Yvo Daniels, Franck Jacobs
  • Patent number: 7449534
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for the preparation of a propylene polymer in which proplylene and a comonomer copolymerizable therewith and of greater molecular weight than propylene are polymerized in a single site catalyst catalized polymerization reaction, characterized in that said polymerization reaction is effected at least in part at a temperature of at least 70° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Borealis Technology OY
    Inventors: Petri Lehmus, Kimmo Hakala, Päivi Pitkänen, Manfred Arnold, Andreas Meinecke, Udo Manfred Stehling
  • Publication number: 20070129513
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for the preparation of a propylene polymer in which propylene and a comonomer copolymerizable therewith and of greater molecular weight than propylene are polymerized in a single site catalyst catalized polymerization reaction, characterized in that said polymerization reaction is effected at least in part at a temperature of at least 70° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Inventors: Petri Lehmus, Kimmo Hakala, Paivi Pitkanen, Manfred Arnold, Andreas Meinecke, Udo Stehling
  • Patent number: 7157534
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for the preparation of a propylene polymer in which propylene and a comonomer copolymerizable therewith and of greater molecular weight than propylene are polymerized in a single site catalyst catalized polymerization reaction, characterised in that said polymerization reaction is effected at least in part at a temperature of at least 70° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Borealis Technology Oy
    Inventors: Petri Lehmus, Kimmo Hakala, Päivi Pitkänen, Manfred Arnold, Andreas Meinecke, Udo Manfred Stehling
  • Publication number: 20040158010
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for the preparation of a propylene polymer in which propylene and a comonomer copolymerizable therewith and of greater molecular weight than propylene are polymerized in a single site catalyst catalized polymerization reaction, characterised in that said polymerization reaction is effected at least in part at a temperature of at least 70° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2004
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: Petri Lehmus, Kimmo Hakala, Paivi Pitkanen, Manfred Arnold, Andreas Meinecke