Patents by Inventor Roy W. Kreitz

Roy W. Kreitz 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: 6716936
    Abstract: The use of two or more light solvent boiling pool reactors in series allows polymerization of ethylene and comonomer(s) to cost effectively produce bimodal polyethylene copolymers having lower densities than are practically achievable with conventional stirred tank, slurry loop or gas phase reactor technologies. Introducing catalyst to only the first reactor, operating the first reactor at high hydrogen compositions, and using a plurality of series-connected flash drums to remove hydrogen from the first reactor polymer slurry product stream allows for the production of highly homogeneous high molecular weight bimodal polyethylene resins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Equistar Chemicals L.P.
    Inventors: Patrick J. McGrath, Ronald J. Morris, Roy W. Kreitz