Patents by Inventor Stephanie Marie Upham

Stephanie Marie Upham 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: 6187866
    Abstract: In a process for the in situ blending of polymers comprising contacting ethylene and one or more comonomers in two or more fluidized bed reactors with a catalyst system comprising (i) a magnesium/titanium based precursor containing an electron donor and (ii) a hydrocarbyl aluminum cocatalyst, the improvement comprising (A) increasing or decreasing the melt flow ratio and/or molecular weight of the blend by, respectively, decreasing or increasing the mole ratio of a precursor activator compound to the electron donor or (B) increasing or decreasing the bulk density of the blend by, respectively, increasing or decreasing the mole ratio of a precursor activator compound to the electron donor, both (A) and (B) subject to defined provisos including partial pre-activation of the precursor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Robert James Jorgensen, Stephanie Marie Upham, James Daniel Madden, William James Michie, Jr.