Patents by Inventor Soile Rautio

Soile Rautio 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: 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
  • 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
  • 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: 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
  • Publication number: 20070037939
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of an olefin homopolymer or copolymer comprising polymerising at least one C2-20-?-olefin in slurry phase in the presence of 1) a metallocene compound of formula I: (Cp) (Cp?) RnMX2 (I) wherein: Cp is an optionally substituted and/or optionally fused homo- or heterocyclopentadienyl ligand; Cp? is a cyclopentadienyl substituted by at least one C1-20-alkyl group; R is a bridge of 1-7 bridging atoms; M is a group 4 to 6 transition metal; each X is —CH2—Y, wherein Y is C6-20-aryl, C6-20 heteroaryl, C1-20-alkoxy, C6-20-aryloxy, —NR?2, —SR?, —PR?3, —SiR?3, —OSiR?3 or halogen; R?is C1-20-hydrocarbyl or in case of —NR?2, the two substituents R? can form a ring together with the nitrogen atom wherein they are attached to; and each non-cyclopentadienyl ring moiety can further be substituted; n is 0 or 1; and (11) an aluminoxane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Janne Maaranen, Jouni Hoikka, Soile Rautio
  • Patent number: 6815514
    Abstract: The invention describes ligands of formula (I), wherein LIG represents an &eegr;5-ligand substituted by a group R1 and a group (R″)m; X represents a 1 to 3 atom bridge; Y represents a nitrogen or phosphorus atom; Z represents a carbon, nitrogen or phosphorus atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Borealis Technology Oy
    Inventors: Ove Andell, Janne Maaranen, Jouni Hoikka, Tiina Vanne, Soile Rautio
  • Publication number: 20030225275
    Abstract: The invention describes ligands of formula (I), wherein LIG represents an &eegr;5-ligand substituted by a group R1 and a group (R″)m; X represents a 1 to 3 atom bridge; Y represents a nitrogen or phosphorus atom; Z represents a carbon, nitrogen or phosphorus atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Inventors: Ove Andell, Janne Maaranen, Jouni Hoikka, Tiina Vanne, Soile Rautio