Patents by Inventor Philip P. Fontaine

Philip P. Fontaine 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: 11242422
    Abstract: The invention provides a process to form an olefin-based polymer, said process comprising polymerizing at least one olefin in the presence of at least one catalyst system comprising the reaction product of the following: A) at least one cocatalyst; and B) a procatalyst comprising a metal-ligand complex of Formula (I), as described herein:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Philip P. Fontaine, Jerzy Klosin, Endre Szuromi, Carl N. Iverson, Zach T. Rickaway, Andrew J. Young, Susan G. Brown, Ruth Figueroa, Mehmet Demirors, Mridula Kapur
  • Publication number: 20220002924
    Abstract: A nonwoven fabric comprises at least one fiber having a first component prepared from at least 75 wt. % of bimodalethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer composition, wherein the ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer composition is characterized by: a density in the range of 0.930 to 0.965 g/cm3, a melt index (I2) in the range of from 10 to 60 g/10 minutes, wherein the I2 is measured according to ASTM D1238, 190 C, 2.16 kg, a molecular weight distribution, expressed as the ratio of the weight average molecular weight to number average molecular weight (Mw(GPC)/Mn(GPC)) as determined by GPC of from 1.5 to 2.6, a tan delta at 1 radian/second of at least 45, a low temperature peak and a high temperature peak on an elution profile via improved comonomer composition distribution (ICCD) procedure, and a full width at half maximum of the high temperature peak is less than 6.0° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Mehmet DEMIRORS, Fabricio Arteaga LARIOS, Mridula KAPUR, Philip P. FONTAINE, David T. GILLESPIE, Yijian LIN, Lanhe ZHANG, Sanjib BISWAS, Eduardo ALVAREZ, Aleksandar STOILJKOVIC, Rajen M. PATEL
  • Patent number: 11208503
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a catalyst system comprising metal ligand complexes and processes for polyolefin polymerization using the metal ligand complex having the following structure: Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Hien Q. Do, Philip P. Fontaine, Andrew J. Young, Susan G. Brown, Johnathan E. DeLorbe, Tulaza Vaidya, Chunming Zhang, Jerzy Klosin, Ruth Figueroa
  • Patent number: 11155693
    Abstract: Crosslinkable polymeric compositions comprising (a) 10 to 99 weight percent of an ethylene-based interpolymer having the following properties: (i) a density of 0.93 g/cm3 or less, (ii) a high-shear viscosity (V100) at 190° C. and 10% strain of 1,200 Pa-s or less, and (iii) a shear thinning ratio (V0.1/V100) at 190° C. and 10% strain of at least 8; and (b) 0 to less than 10 weight percent of a filler, where the ethylene-based interpolymer is not prepared in a high-pressure reactor. Such crosslinkable polymeric compositions may be employed as insulation layers in flexible power cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Bharat I. Chaudhary, Juan C. Tuberquia, Rennisha Wickham, Philip P. Fontaine, Colin Li Pi Shan, Morgan M. Hughes, Jan Bazen, Edward O. Madenjian, Gregory J. Brennan
  • Patent number: 11155658
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to multimodal elastomers produced by olefin polymerization with a mixed catalyst system, specifically, a constrained geometry catalyst and a biphenyl phenol catalyst. The multimodal elastomers may be incorporated as impact modifiers in thermoplastic olefins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Edmund M. Carnahan, Philip P. Fontaine, Carl N. Iverson, Jeffrey C. Munro, David M. Pearson, Kim Walton
  • Patent number: 11111318
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a metal complex formed, wherein the metal complexes are used as pro-catalyst in polyolefin polymerization and comprise the following structure (Formula (I)).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Hien Q. Do, Philip P. Fontaine, Andrew J. Young, Susan G. Brown, Johnathan E. DeLorbe, Tulaza Vaidya, Zach T. Rickaway, Amy E. Floeck (nee Duchnowski), Chunming Zhang, Ruth Figueroa, Jerzy Klosin
  • Publication number: 20210246288
    Abstract: A bimodal ethylene-based polymer, including a high density fraction (HDF) from 3.0% to 25.0%, wherein the high density fraction is measured by crystallization elution fractionation (CEF) integration at temperatures from 93° C. to 119° C., an I10/I2 ratio from 5.5 to 7.5, wherein I2 is the melt index when measured according to ASTM D 1238 at a load of 2.16 kg and temperature of 190° C. and I10 is the melt index when measured according to ASTM D 1238 at a load of 10 kg and temperature of 190° C., and a short chain branching distribution (SCBD) less than or equal to 10° C., wherein the short chain branching distribution is measured by CEF full width at half height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Kyle E. Hart, Mehmet Demirors, Timothy W. Gambrel, Philip P. Fontaine, Pradeep Jain
  • Publication number: 20210246274
    Abstract: A blown film having a bimodal ethylene-based polymer including a high density fraction (HDF) from 3.0% to 25.0%, an I10/I2 ratio from 5.5 to 7.5, a short chain branching distribution (SCBD) less than or equal to 10 C, a zero shear viscosity ratio from 1.0 to 2.5, a density from 0.902 g/cc to 0.925 g/cc, and a melt index (I2) from 0.5 g/10 mins to 2.0 g/10 mins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Kyle E. Hart, Mehmet Demirors, Timothy W. Gambrel, Philip P. Fontaine, Vivek Kalihari, Francis O. Olajide, Jr., Rajen M. Patel
  • Publication number: 20210246241
    Abstract: A cast film inducing a bimodal ethylene-based polymer having a high density fraction (HDF) from 3.0% to 10.0%, an I10/I2 ratio from 5.5 to 7.0, a short chain branching distribution (SCBD) less than or equal to 10° C., a density from 0.910 g/cc to 0.920 g/cc, and a melt index (I2) from 1.0 g/10 mins to 8.0 g/10 mins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Kyle E. Hart, Mehmet Demirors, Timothy W. Gambrel, Philip P. Fontaine, Vivek Kalihari, Hrishikesh R. Munj, Jon W. Hobson, Rajen M. Patel
  • Patent number: 11066428
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a catalyst system comprising metal-ligand complexes and processes for polyolefin polymerization using the metal-ligand complex having the following structure, Formula (I), where X is selected from the group consisting of —(CH2)SiRX3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Bryan D. Stubbert, Arkady L. Krasovskiy, Tulaza Vaidya, Jerzy Klosin, Edmund M. Carnahan, Philip P. Fontaine, Mari S. Rosen, David R. Wilson
  • Patent number: 11066489
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a catalyst system comprising metal ligand complexes and processes for polyolefin polymerization using the metal ligand complex having the following structure: where each X is selected from the group consisting of —(CH2)SiRX3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Arkady L. Krasovskiy, David R. Wilson, Bryan D. Stubbert, Tulaza Vaidya, Jerzy Klosin, Edmund M. Carnahan, Philip P. Fontaine, Mari S. Rosen
  • Patent number: 11041027
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a polymerization process for producing ethylene based polymers comprising polymerizing ethylene and optionally one or more ?-olefins in the presence of a catalyst systems in a reactor system having one or more reactors, wherein the catalyst system comprises; (a) one or more procatalysts comprising a metal-ligand complex of formula (I) below:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Ruth Figueroa, Jerzy Klosin, Philip P. Fontaine
  • Publication number: 20200277412
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a catalyst system comprising metal ligand complexes and processes for polyolefin polymerization using the metal ligand complex having the following structure: where X is selected from the group consisting of —ORX or NRX2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Arkady L. Krasovskiy, David R. Wilson, Tulaza Vaidya, Edmund M. Carnahan, Philip P. Fontaine, Carl N. Iverson
  • Publication number: 20200270376
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a catalyst system comprising metal ligand complexes and processes for polyolefin polymerization using the metal ligand complex having the following structure: where each X is selected from the group consisting of —(CH2)SiRX3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Arkady L. Krasovskiy, David R. Wilson, Bryan D. Stubbert, Tulaza Vaidya, Jerzy Klosin, Edmund M. Carnahan, Philip P. Fontaine, Mari S. Rosen
  • Publication number: 20200270282
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a catalyst system comprising metal-ligand complexes and processes for polyolefin polymerization using the metal-ligand complex having the following structure, Formula (I), where X is selected from the group consisting of —(CH2)SiRX3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Bryan D. Stubbert, Arkady L. Krasovskiy, Tulaza Vaidya, Jerzy Klosin, Edmund M. Carnahan, Philip P. Fontaine, Mari S. Rosen, David R. Wilson
  • Publication number: 20200247917
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a metal complex formed, wherein the metal complexes are used as pro-catalyst in polyolefin polymerization and comprise the following structure (Formula (I)).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Hien Q. Do, Philip P. Fontaine, Andrew J. Young, Susan G. Brown, Johnathan E. DeLorbe, Tulaza Vaidya, Zach T. Rickaway, Amy E. Floeck, Chunming Zhang, Ruth Figueroa, Jerzy Klosin
  • Patent number: 10696828
    Abstract: An ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer composition having a density from 0.935 to 0.955 g/cc; a ratio of weight average molecular weight to number average molecular weight, Mw/Mn, of from 3 to 10; a z-average molecular weight, Mz, from 200 kg/mol to 500 kg/mol; and a PENT value of greater than 500 hours at 80° C. and 2.4 MPa; wherein when the composition is formed into a monolayer pipe the pipe has a pipe hydrostatic strength of greater than 100 hours at 20° C. and 12.0 MPa. Also provided is a pipe or pipe fitting comprising the ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Jian Wang, Mridula Kapur, Mehmet Demirors, Douglas S. Ginger, Philip P. Fontaine, Amaia Bastero, David Lopez
  • Patent number: 10647797
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a procatalyst for the polymerization of ethylene and optionally one or more alpha-olefins having the structure shown in formula (I) below: wherein at least two of Y1-Y3 and at least two of Y4-Y6 are fluorine atoms and when only two of Y1-Y3 and only two of Y4-Y6 are fluorine atoms, the non-fluorine Y1-Y6 are selected from the group consisting of H atom, alkyl groups, aryl groups, heteroaryl groups, and alkoxy groups. Also provided is a polymerization process using the procatalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Philip P. Fontaine, Andrew Young, Susan Brown, Hien Do, Johnathan DeLorbe, Tulaza Vaidya, Chunming Zhang, Arvind Jaganathan
  • Publication number: 20200109220
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a catalyst system comprising metal ligand complexes and processes for polyolefin polymerization using the metal ligand complex having the following structure: Formula I
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Hien Q. Do, Philip P. Fontaine, Andrew J. Young, Susan G. Brown, Johnathan E. DeLorbe, Tulaza Vaidya, Chunming Zhang, Jerzy Klosin, Ruth Figueroa
  • Publication number: 20200109224
    Abstract: The invention provides a process to form an olefin-based polymer, said process comprising polymerizing at least one olefin in the presence of at least one catalyst system comprising the reaction product of the following: A) at least one cocatalyst; and B) a procatalyst comprising a metal-ligand complex of Formula (I), as described herein:
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Philip P. Fontaine, Jerzy Klosin, Endre Szuromi, Carl N. Iverson, Zach T. Rickaway, Andrew J. Young, Susan G. Brown, Ruth Figueroa, Mehmet Demirors, Mridula Kapur