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).

  • Publication number: 20150291713
    Abstract: The instant invention provides procatalysts and catalyst systems for olefin polymerization, olefin based polymers polymerized therewith, and process for producing the same. In one embodiment, the instant invention provides a procatalyst comprising a metal-ligand complex of formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Jerzy Klosin, Ruth Figueroa, Pulikkottil J. Thomas, Mehmet Demirors, Sylvie Desjardins, Mridula Kapur, Philip P. Fontaine
  • Patent number: 9115275
    Abstract: The instant invention provides a polyolefin composition suitable for packaging applications, films, multilayer structures and packaging devices made therefrom. The polyolefin composition according to the present invention comprises: an ethylene/?-olefin interpolymer composition comprising (a) from 50 to 75 percent by weight of a first ethylene/?-olefin copolymer fraction having a density in the range of 0.894 to 0.908 g/cm3, a melt index (I2) in the range of from 0.2 to 1 g/10 minutes, and (b) from 25 to 50 percent by weight of a second ethylene/?-olefin copolymer fraction, and wherein said ethylene/?-olefin interpolymer composition has a density in the range of 0.910 to 0.924 g/cm3, a melt index (I2) in the range of from 0.5 to 2 g/10 minutes, a zero shear viscosity ratio (ZSVR) in the range of from 1.15 to 2.5, a molecular weight distribution, expressed as the ratio of the weight average molecular weight to number average molecular weight (Mw/Mn) in the range of from 2.0 to 4.0, and tan delta at 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Mridula Kupar, Mehmet Demirors, Pradeep Jain, Philip P. Fontaine, Douglas S. Ginger, David T. Gillespie, Mustafa Bilgen
  • Patent number: 9102819
    Abstract: The instant invention provides a polyolefin composition suitable for injection molding applications, and method of making such injection molded articles. The polyolefin composition suitable for injection molding applications comprises: an ethylene/?-olefin interpolymer composition comprising: (a) from 25 to 50 percent by weight of a first ethylene/?-olefin copolymer fraction having a density in the range of from 0.924 to 0.937 g/cm3, a melt index (I2) in the range of from 0.03 to 0.3 g/10 min, (b) from 50 to 75 percent by weight of a second ethylene homopolymer fraction having a density in the range of from greater than 0.960 g/cm3, a melt index (I2) in the range of from 100 to 180 g/10 minutes, wherein said ethylene/?-olefin interpolymer composition has a density in the range of from 0.950 to 0.958 g/cm3, a melt index (I2) in the range of from 1.0 g/10 min to 3.5 g/10 min, a zero shear viscosity ratio (ZSVR) in the range of from 1.01 to 2.5, a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) in the range of from 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Mridula Kapur, Mehmet Demirors, Philip P. Fontaine, Douglas S. Ginger, David T. Gillespie
  • Publication number: 20150148491
    Abstract: The instant invention provides a polyolefin composition suitable for injection molding applications, and method of making such injection molded articles. The polyolefin composition suitable for injection molding applications comprises: an ethylene/?-olefin interpolymer composition comprising: (a) from 25 to 50 percent by weight of a first ethylene/?-olefin copolymer fraction having a density in the range of from 0.924 to 0.937 g/cm3, a melt index (I2) in the range of from 0.03 to 0.3 g/10 min, (b) from 50 to 75 percent by weight of a second ethylene homopolymer fraction having a density in the range of from greater than 0.960 g/cm3, a melt index (I2) in the range of from 100 to 180 g/10 minutes, wherein said ethylene/?-olefin interpolymer composition has a density in the range of from 0.950 to 0.958 g/cm3, a melt index (I2) in the range of from 1.0 g/10 min to 3.5 g/10 min, a zero shear viscosity ratio (ZSVR) in the range of from 1.01 to 2.5, a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) in the range of from 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Mridula Kapur, Mehmet Demirors, Philip P. Fontaine, Douglas S. Ginger, David T. Gillespie
  • Publication number: 20150148490
    Abstract: The instant invention provides a polyolefin composition suitable for packaging applications, films, multilayer structures and packaging devices made therefrom. The polyolefin composition according to the present invention comprises: an ethylene/?-olefin interpolymer composition comprising (a) from 50 to 75 percent by weight of a first ethylene/?-olefin copolymer fraction having a density in the range of 0.894 to 0.908 g/cm3, a melt index (I2) in the range of from 0.2 to 1 g/10 minutes, and (b) from 25 to 50 percent by weight of a second ethylene/?-olefin copolymer fraction, and wherein said ethylene/?-olefin interpolymer composition has a density in the range of 0.910 to 0.924 g/cm3, a melt index (I2) in the range of from 0.5 to 2 g/10 minutes, a zero shear viscosity ratio (ZSVR) in the range of from 1.15 to 2.5, a molecular weight distribution, expressed as the ratio of the weight average molecular weight to number average molecular weight (Mw/Mn) in the range of from 2.0 to 4.0, and tan delta at 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Mridula Kapur, Mehmet Demirors, Pradeep Jain, Philip P. Fontaine, Douglas S. Ginger, David T. Gillespie, Mustafa Bilgen
  • Patent number: 8729201
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a process that polymerizes an olefin monomer, and a precatalyst and catalyst useful in such process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Philip P. Fontaine, Roger L. Kuhlman
  • Patent number: 8202954
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to metal-ligand complexes, catalysts comprising or prepared from the metal-ligand complexes, processes of catalyzing olefin polymerization reactions with the catalysts to prepare polyolefins, polyolefins prepared thereby, processes of making the metal-ligand complexes and catalysts, and intermediate compounds useful therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Inventors: Jerzy Klosin, Ruth Figueroa, Philip P. Fontaine
  • Publication number: 20110207903
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a process that polymerizes an olefin monomer, and a precatalyst and catalyst useful in such process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Philip P. Fontaine, Roger L. Kuhlman
  • Publication number: 20110207902
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to metal-ligand complexes, catalysts comprising or prepared from the metal-ligand complexes, processes of catalyzing olefin polymerization reactions with the catalysts to prepare polyolefins, polyolefins prepared thereby, processes of making the metal-ligand complexes and catalysts, and intermediate compounds useful therefor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Jerzy Klosin, Ruth Figueroa, Philip P. Fontaine