Patents by Inventor Sudhakar R. PADMANABHAN

Sudhakar R. PADMANABHAN 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: 11254757
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a solid support for a procatalyst suitable for preparing a catalyst composition for olefin polymerization, said process for preparing said solid support comprising reacting a compound R4zMgX42-z with a silane compound Si(OR5)4-n(R6)n in a solvent and mixing the resulting mixture with a mixing device and at a certain mixing speed in order to give a solid support Mg(OR1)xX12-x said solid support obtained having an average particle size of at most 17 ?m, preferably at most 16 or 14 ?m, more preferably at most 12 ?m. The invention further relates to a solid support, a process for preparing a procatalyst and said procatalyst as well as polyolefins obtained using said procatalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Akhlaq Moman, Inaamul Haq Siddiqui, Sudhakar R. Padmanabhan, Abdulaziz Hamad Al-Humydi
  • Patent number: 11192962
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a procatalyst suitable for preparing a catalyst composition for olefin polymerization, said process comprising the steps of: Step A) providing or preparing a Grignard compound; Step B) contacting the Grignard compound an alkoxy- or aryloxy silane compound, to give a solid support; Step C) optionally contacting the solid support obtained with at least one activating compound; and Step D) reacting the (activated) support with a halogen-containing Ti-compound as catalytic species, an activator and at least one internal electron donor in several sub steps wherein the internal donor is added in portions during at least two of said stages to obtain a procatalyst. The invention moreover relates to a procatalyst, a catalytic system comprising said procatalyst and to a process to prepare polyolefins using said catalyst system and the polyolefins obtained therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Akhlaq Moman, Inaamul Haq Siddiqui, Sudhakar R. Padmanabhan, Osamah Al-Humaidan, Haitham Al-Enazi
  • Patent number: 11117989
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a procatalyst suitable for preparing a catalyst composition for olefin polymerization, said process comprising the steps of: Step A) providing or preparing a Grignard compound; Step B) contacting the Grignard compound with a silane compound to give a first intermediate reaction product being a solid support; Step C) activating said solid support, comprising two sub steps: Step C1) contacting the solid support obtained in step B) with at least one first activating compound and a second activating compound; and Step C2) a second activation step by contacting the activated solid support obtained in step C1) with an activating electron donor; to obtain a second intermediate reaction product; Step D) reacting the second intermediate reaction product obtained in step C) with a halogen-containing Ti-compound, optionally an activator and at least one internal electron donor in several sub steps to obtain said procatalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Akhlaq Moman, Inaamul Haq Siddiqui, Sudhakar R. Padmanabhan, Osamah Al-Humaidan, Haitham Al-Enazi
  • Patent number: 10836847
    Abstract: A procatalyst for polymerization of olefins, based on a magnesium compound of the formula MgR?R? wherein R? is an alkoxide or aryloxide group and R? is an alkoxide or aryloxide group or halogen that has been reacted with a tetravalent titanium halide, an activator being a monoester and an internal donor of formula B: as described herein. Also described is a polymerization catalyst system comprising the procatalyst, a co-catalyst and optionally an external electron donor; a process of making a polyolefin by contacting an olefin with the catalyst system; a polyolefinobtained by or obtainable by the process; and a polyolefin, preferably a polypropylene, having a molecular weight distribution of between 3 and 15, a molecular weight (Mw) of between 200,000 to 1,000,000 g/mol, a melting temperature of more than 145° C., a value for the xylene solubles of less than 4 wt. % and a shaped article therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Bandar Abdullah Almohammadi, Akhlaq Moman, Ahmad Abdullah Alshaiban, Inaamul Haq Siddiqui, Sudhakar R. Padmanabhan
  • Publication number: 20200299421
    Abstract: A procatalyst for polymerization of olefins, based on a magnesium compound of the formula MgR?R? wherein R? is an alkoxide or aryloxide group and R? is an alkoxide or aryloxide group or halogen that has been reacted with a tetravalent titanium halide, an activator being a monoester and an internal donor of formula B: as described herein. Also described is a polymerization catalyst system comprising the procatalyst, a co-catalyst and optionally an external electron donor; a process of making a polyolefin by contacting an olefin with the catalyst system; a polyolefinobtained by or obtainable by the process; and a polyolefin, preferably a polypropylene, having a molecular weight distribution of between 3 and 15, a molecular weight (Mw) of between 200,000 to 1,000,000 g/mol, a melting temperature of more than 145° C., a value for the xylene solubles of less than 4 wt. % and a shaped article therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Bandar Abdullah Almohammadi, Akhlaq Moman, Ahmad Abdullah Alshaiban, Inaamul Haq Siddiqui, Sudhakar R. Padmanabhan
  • Patent number: 10717791
    Abstract: A procatalyst for polymerization of olefins, which procatalyst is based on a magnesium compound of the formula MgR?R? wherein R? is an alkoxide or aryloxide group and R? is an alkoxide or aryloxide group or halogen, an activator being a monoester and an internal donor represented by a compound according to formula A: as described herein. Also described is a polymerization catalyst system comprising the procatalyst, a co-catalyst and optionally an external electron donor; a process of making a polyolefin, by contacting an olefin with the catalyst system; a polyolefin, obtained by or obtainable by the process; and a polyolefin, having a molecular weight distribution of between 4 and 15, a molecular weight (Mw) of between 300,000 to 1,500,000 g/mol, a melting temperature of more than 150° C., a value for the xylene solubles of less than 4 wt. % and a shaped article therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Akhlaq Moman, Abdulaziz Al-Humydi, Inaamul Haq Siddiqui, Sudhakar R. Padmanabhan, Bandar Abdullah Almohammadi, Ahmad Abdullah Alshaiban
  • Patent number: 10611864
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound according to Formula (I) wherein R1 is a hydrocarbyl group selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, aralkyl, and alkylaryl groups, and one or more combinations thereof; wherein R2 is a hydrogen atom, an aryl group or an alkyl group; and wherein R3, R4, R5 and R6, are the same or different and are each independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group, an amino group, a hydrocarbyl group selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, aralkyl, and alkylaryl groups or an alkoxy group, and one or more combinations thereof as internal electron donor and to a process for the synthesis of a compound according to Formula (I), wherein R1 is a hydrocarbyl group selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkoxycarbonyl and alkylaryl groups, and one or more combinations thereof; wherein R2 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; wherein R3, R4, R5 and R6, are the same or different and are each independently sele
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Martin Alexander Zuideveld, Jaiprakash Brijlal Sainani, Osamah Al-Humaidan, Sudhakar R. Padmanabhan, Prashant Sukumar Shinge, Sharankumar G. Shetty, Abbas-Alli Ghudubhai Shaikh
  • Publication number: 20200055968
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a procatalyst suitable for preparing a catalyst composition for olefin polymerization, said process comprising the steps of: Step A) providing or preparing a Grignard compound; Step B) contacting the Grignard compound an alkoxy- or aryloxy silane compound, to give a solid support; Step C) optionally contacting the solid support obtained with at least one activating compound; and Step D) reacting the (activated) support with a halogen-containing Ti-compound as catalytic species, an activator and at least one internal electron donor in several sub steps wherein the internal donor is added in portions during at least two of said stages to obtain a procatalyst. The invention moreover relates to a procatalyst, a catalytic system comprising said procatalyst and to a process to prepare polyolefins using said catalyst system and the polyolefins obtained therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Akhlaq Moman, Inaamul Haq Siddiqui, Sudhakar R. Padmanabhan, Osamah Al-Humaidan, Haitham Al-Enazi
  • Publication number: 20200048378
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a procatalyst suitable for preparing a catalyst composition for olefin polymerization, said process comprising the steps of: Step A) providing or preparing a Grignard compound; Step B) contacting in the Grignard compound with a silane compound to give a first intermediate reaction product being a solid support; Step C) activating said solid support, comprising two sub steps: Step C1) contacting the solid support obtained in step B) with at least one first activating compound and a second activating compound; and Step C2) a second activation step by contacting the activated solid support obtained in step C1) with an activating electron donor; to obtain a second intermediate reaction product; Step D) reacting the second intermediate reaction product obtained in step C) with a halogen-containing Ti-compound, optionally an activator and at least one internal electron donor in several sub steps to obtain said procatalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Akhlaq Moman, Inaamul Haq Siddiqui, Sudhakar R. Padmanabhan, Osamah Al-Humaidan, Haitham Al-Enazi
  • Publication number: 20190225715
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a solid support for a procatalyst suitable for preparing a catalyst composition for olefin polymerization, said process for preparing said solid support comprising reacting a compound R42MgX42-z with a silane compound Si(OR5)4-n(R6)n in a solvent and mixing the resulting mixture with a mixing device and at a certain mixing speed in order to give a solid support Mg(OR1)xX12-x said solid support obtained having an average particle size of at most 17 ?m, preferably at most 16 or 14 ?m, more preferably at most 12 ?m. The invention further relates to a solid support, a process for preparing a procatalyst and said procatalyst as well as polyolefins obtained using said procatalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Akhlaq Moman, Inaamul Haq Siddiqui, Sudhakar R. Padmanabhan, Abdulaziz Hamad Al-Humydi
  • Patent number: 10246529
    Abstract: The invention relates to a procatalyst for polymerization of olefins. The invention also relates to a process for preparing said procatalyst. Furthermore, the invention is directed to a catalyst system for polymerization of olefins comprising the said procatalyst, a co-catalyst and optionally an external electron donor; a process of preparing polyolefins by contacting an olefin with said catalyst system and to polyolefins obtained or obtainable by said process. The invention also relates to the use of said procatalyst in the polymerization of olefins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Sudhakar R. Padmanabhan, Khalid Abdullah Al-Bahily
  • Publication number: 20180362680
    Abstract: A procatalyst for polymerization of olefins, which procatalyst is based on a magnesium compound of the formula MgR?R? wherein R? is an alkoxide or aryloxide group and R? is an alkoxide or aryloxide group or halogen, an activator being a monoester and an internal donor represented by a compound according to formula A: as described herein. Also described is a polymerization catalyst system comprising the procatalyst, a co-catalyst and optionally an external electron donor; a process of making a polyolefin, by contacting an olefin with the catalyst system; a polyolefin, obtained by or obtainable by the process; and a polyolefin, having a molecular weight distribution of between 4 and 15, a molecular weight (Mw) of between 300,000 to 1,500,000 g/mol, a melting temperature of more than 150° C., a value for the xylene solubles of less than 4 wt. % and a shaped article therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Akhlaq Moman, Abdulaziz Al-Humydi, Inaamul Haq Siddiqui, Sudhakar R. Padmanabhan, Bandar Abdullah Almohammadi, Ahmad Abdullah Alshaiban
  • Publication number: 20180273661
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound according to Formula (I) wherein R1 is a hydrocarbyl group selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, aralkyl, and alkylaryl groups, and one or more combinations thereof; wherein R2 is a hydrogen atom, an aryl group or an alkyl group; and wherein R3, R4, R5 and R6, are the same or different and are each independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group, an amino group, a hydrocarbyl group selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, aralkyl, and alkylaryl groups or an alkoxy group, and one or more combinations thereof as internal electron donor and to a process for the synthesis of a compound according to Formula (I), wherein R1 is a hydrocarbyl group selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkoxycarbonyl and alkylaryl groups, and one or more combinations thereof; wherein R2 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; wherein R3, R4, R5 and R6, are the same or different and are each independently sele
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Martin Alexander Zuideveld, Jaiprakash Brijlal Sainani, Osamah Al-Humaidan, Sudhakar R. Padmanabhan, Prashant Sukumar Shinge, Sharankumar G. Shetty, Abbas-Alli Ghudubhai Shaikh
  • Publication number: 20180002462
    Abstract: The invention relates to a procatalyst for polymerization of olefins. The invention also relates to a process for preparing said procatalyst. Furthermore, the invention is directed to a catalyst system for polymerization of olefins comprising the said procatalyst, a co-catalyst and optionally an external electron donor; a process of preparing polyolefins by contacting an olefin with said catalyst system and to polyolefins obtained or obtainable by said process. The invention also relates to the use of said procatalyst in the polymerization of olefins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Sudhakar R. PADMANABHAN, Khalid Abdullah AL-BAHILY