Patents by Inventor Susan G. Brown
Susan G. Brown 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).
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Patent number: 11820111Abstract: A tile comprising the following components: A) a first film formed from a first composition comprising the following: i) a functionalized olefin-based polymer comprising one or more chemical groups selected from the following: a) a carboxylic acid, and/or b) an anhydride, and, optionally, c) an amino or an amine; and ii) a functionalized styrenic block copolymer, comprising, in polymerized form, styrene, and ethylene and/or at least one alpha-olefin, and comprising one or more chemical groups selected from the following: a) a carboxylic acid, and/or b) an anhydride; and B) a substrate comprising at least one layer formed from a second composition comprising a propylene-based polymer; and wherein the first film covers at least one surface of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2018Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Susan G. Brown, Qichun Wan, Ronald J. Weeks, Mark T. Jablonka, Rennisha R. Wickham, Colin LiPiShan, Miguel Alberto de Jesus Prieto
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Patent number: 11242422Abstract: The invention provides a process to form an olefin-based polymer, said process comprising polymerizing at least one olefin in the presence of at least one catalyst system comprising the reaction product of the following: A) at least one cocatalyst; and B) a procatalyst comprising a metal-ligand complex of Formula (I), as described herein:Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2019Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Philip P. Fontaine, Jerzy Klosin, Endre Szuromi, Carl N. Iverson, Zach T. Rickaway, Andrew J. Young, Susan G. Brown, Ruth Figueroa, Mehmet Demirors, Mridula Kapur
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Patent number: 11208503Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a catalyst system comprising metal ligand complexes and processes for polyolefin polymerization using the metal ligand complex having the following structure: Formula I.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2018Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Hien Q. Do, Philip P. Fontaine, Andrew J. Young, Susan G. Brown, Johnathan E. DeLorbe, Tulaza Vaidya, Chunming Zhang, Jerzy Klosin, Ruth Figueroa
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Patent number: 11111318Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a metal complex formed, wherein the metal complexes are used as pro-catalyst in polyolefin polymerization and comprise the following structure (Formula (I)).Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2017Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Hien Q. Do, Philip P. Fontaine, Andrew J. Young, Susan G. Brown, Johnathan E. DeLorbe, Tulaza Vaidya, Zach T. Rickaway, Amy E. Floeck (nee Duchnowski), Chunming Zhang, Ruth Figueroa, Jerzy Klosin
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Publication number: 20200316924Abstract: A tile comprising the following components: A) a first film formed from a first composition comprising the following: i) a functionalized olefin-based polymer comprising one or more chemical groups selected from the following: a) a carboxylic acid, and/or b) an anhydride, and, optionally, c) an amino or an amine; and ii) a functionalized styrenic block copolymer, comprising, in polymerized form, styrene, and ethylene and/or at least one alpha-olefin, and comprising one or more chemical groups selected from the following: a) a carboxylic acid, and/or b) an anhydride; and B) a substrate comprising at least one layer formed from a second composition comprising a propylene-based polymer; and wherein the first film covers at least one surface of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2018Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: Susan G. Brown, Qichun Wan, Ronald J. Weeks, Mark T. Jablonka, Rennisha R. Wickman, Colin LiPiShan, Miguel Alberto de Jesus Prieto
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Publication number: 20200247917Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a metal complex formed, wherein the metal complexes are used as pro-catalyst in polyolefin polymerization and comprise the following structure (Formula (I)).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2017Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Hien Q. Do, Philip P. Fontaine, Andrew J. Young, Susan G. Brown, Johnathan E. DeLorbe, Tulaza Vaidya, Zach T. Rickaway, Amy E. Floeck, Chunming Zhang, Ruth Figueroa, Jerzy Klosin
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Publication number: 20200109224Abstract: The invention provides a process to form an olefin-based polymer, said process comprising polymerizing at least one olefin in the presence of at least one catalyst system comprising the reaction product of the following: A) at least one cocatalyst; and B) a procatalyst comprising a metal-ligand complex of Formula (I), as described herein:Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventors: Philip P. Fontaine, Jerzy Klosin, Endre Szuromi, Carl N. Iverson, Zach T. Rickaway, Andrew J. Young, Susan G. Brown, Ruth Figueroa, Mehmet Demirors, Mridula Kapur
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Publication number: 20200109220Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a catalyst system comprising metal ligand complexes and processes for polyolefin polymerization using the metal ligand complex having the following structure: Formula IType: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2018Publication date: April 9, 2020Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Hien Q. Do, Philip P. Fontaine, Andrew J. Young, Susan G. Brown, Johnathan E. DeLorbe, Tulaza Vaidya, Chunming Zhang, Jerzy Klosin, Ruth Figueroa
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Patent number: 10526431Abstract: The instant invention provides a procatalyst comprising a metal-ligand complex of Formula (I): (Formula I), wherein M, X, n, each Z, L, R21, R22 and R1 through R20 are each described herein.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2015Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Philip P. Fontaine, Jerzy Klosin, Endre Szuromi, Carl N. Iverson, Zach T. Rickaway, Andrew J. Young, Susan G. Brown, Ruth Figueroa
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Patent number: 10519260Abstract: The invention provides a process to form an olefin-based polymer, said process comprising polymerizing at least one olefin in the presence of at least one catalyst system comprising the reaction product of the following: A) at least one cocatalyst; and B) a procatalyst comprising a metal-ligand complex of Formula (I), as described herein: (Formula I).Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2015Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Philip P. Fontaine, Jerzy Klosin, Endre Szuromi, Carl N. Iverson, Zach T. Rickaway, Andrew J. Young, Susan G. Brown, Ruth Figueroa, Mehmet Demirors, Mridula Kapur
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Patent number: 10450394Abstract: The invention provides a process to form a polymer composition comprising at least one ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated polyene interpolymer, and wherein the polymer composition has at least the following properties: a) a Mw/V0.1 ratio greater than, or equal to, 1.80 (g/mol)/(Pa·s); said process comprising polymerizing one or more mixture(s) comprising ethylene, an ?-olefin and a non-conjugated polyene in the presence of a catalyst system comprising a metal-ligand complex of Formula (I), as described herein.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2016Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Philip P. Fontaine, Lixin Sun, Colin Li Pi Shan, Juan C. Tuberquia, Susan G. Brown, Edward O. Madenjian, Gregory J. Brennan
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Patent number: 10351646Abstract: The instant invention provides a polyolefin composition and method of producing the same. The olefin polymerization process according to the present invention comprises contacting one or more olefinic monomers with a biphenylphenolic polymerization catalyst under polymerization conditions and in the presence of one or more treated aluminum-based scavengers in a polymerization reactor, wherein said one or more treated aluminum-based scavengers comprise the reaction product of an alkylaluminum or an aluminoxane specie with a compound of the general Formula (I): wherein X is O, N, or S and R is alkyl, aryl, heteroalkyl, heteroaryl, or hydrogen, wherein n=1 if X is O or S and n=1 if X is N, and wherein at least one R is not a hydrogen; Rn—X—H (I); thereby producing a polyolefin composition which comprises less than 50% of the oligomer level of a polyolefin composition produced in an olefin polymerization process in the presence of said one or more untreated aluminum-based scavengers.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2015Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Philip P. Fontaine, Susan G. Brown, Andrew J. Young, David M. Pearson, Edmund M. Carnahan
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Patent number: 10336846Abstract: The invention provides a process to form an ethylene/a-olefin interpolymer, comprising at least the following steps A) through C): A) polymerizing, in at least one reactor, at least one reaction mixture comprising ethylene and the a-olefin, in a solution polymerization, and in the presence of at least the following components I), II) and III): I) at least one compound of Structure 1, as described herein; II) at least one co-catalyst, as described herein; III) at least one compound of Structure 2, as described herein; B) separating the final polymer solution into at least a polymer-rich solution and a polymer-free solution; and optionally, at least a portion of the polymer-free solution is recycled back to the reactor; C) maintaining the level of the at least one compound of Structure 2 in the at least one reactor, from 100 ppm to 10,000 ppm, as described herein.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2016Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Sean W. Ewart, Susan G. Brown, Daniela Ferrari, Edward O. Madenjian, Gregory J. Brennan
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Patent number: 10239974Abstract: The invention provides an ethylene-based polymer comprising the following properties: a) a ZSVR value from 1.2 to 2.6, b) a MWD from 1.5 to 2.8, and c) a tan delta (0.1 rad/s; 190 C) from 5.0 to 50.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2015Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Mridula Kapur, Mehmet Demirors, Philip P. Fontaine, Jerzy Klosin, Endre Szuromi, Carl N. Iverson, Zach T. Rickaway, Andrew J. Young, Susan G. Brown, Ruth Figueroa
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Publication number: 20180148526Abstract: The invention provides a process to form an ethylene/?-olefin interpolymer, comprising at least the following steps A) through C): A) polymerizing, in at least one reactor, at least one reaction mixture comprising ethylene and the ?-olefin, in a solution polymerization, and in the presence of at least the following components I), II) and III): I) at least one compound of Structure 1, as described herein; II) at least one co-catalyst, as described herein; III) at least one compound of Structure 2, as described herein; B) separating the final polymer solution into at least a polymer-rich solution and a polymer-free solution; and optionally, at least a portion of the polymer-free solution is recycled back to the reactor; C) maintaining the level of the at least one compound of Structure 2 in the at least one reactor, from 100 ppm to 10,000 ppm, as described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2016Publication date: May 31, 2018Inventors: Sean W. Ewart, Susan G. Brown, Daniela Ferrari, Edward O. Madenjian, Gregory J. Brennan
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Publication number: 20180105626Abstract: The invention provides a process to form a polymer composition comprising at least one ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated polyene interpolymer, and wherein the polymer composition has at least the following properties: a) a Mw/V0.1 ratio greater than, or equal to, 1.80 (g/mol)/(Pa·s); said process comprising polymerizing one or more mixture(s) comprising ethylene, an ?-olefin and a non-conjugated polyene in the presence of a catalyst system comprising a metal-ligand complex of Formula (I), as described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Philip P. Fontaine, Lixin Sun, Colin Li Pi Shan, Juan C. Tuberquia, Susan G. Brown, Edward O. Madenjian, Gregory J. Brennan
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Publication number: 20180002464Abstract: The instant invention provides a polyolefin composition and method of producing the same. The olefin polymerization process according to the present invention comprises contacting one or more olefinic monomers with a biphenylphenolic polymerization catalyst under polymerization conditions and in the presence of one or more treated aluminum-based scavengers in a polymerization reactor, wherein said one or more treated aluminum-based scavengers comprise the reaction product of an alkylaluminum or an aluminoxane specie with a compound of the general Formula (I): wherein X is O, N, or S and R is alkyl, aryl, heteroalkyl, heteroaryl, or hydrogen, wherein n=1 if X is O or S and n=1 if X is N, and wherein at least one R is not a hydrogen; Rn—X—H (I); thereby producing a polyolefin composition which comprises less than 50% of the oligomer level of a polyolefin composition produced in an olefin polymerization process in the presence of said one or more untreated aluminum-based scavengers.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2015Publication date: January 4, 2018Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Philip P. Fontaine, Susan G. Brown, Andrew J. Young, David M. Pearson, Edmund M. Carnahan
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Publication number: 20170101493Abstract: The instant invention provides a procatalyst comprising a metal-ligand complex of Formula (I): (Formula I), wherein M, X, n, each Z, L, R21, R22 and R1 through R20 are each described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2015Publication date: April 13, 2017Inventors: Philip P. Fontaine, Jerzy Klosin, Endre Szuromi, Carl N. Iverson, Zach T. Rickaway, Andrew J. Young, Susan G. Brown, Ruth Figueroa
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Publication number: 20170101494Abstract: The invention provides a process to form an olefin-based polymer, said process comprising polymerizing at least one olefin in the presence of at least one catalyst system comprising the reaction product of the following: A) at least one cocatalyst; and B) a procatalyst comprising a metal-ligand complex of Formula (I), as described herein: (Formula I).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2015Publication date: April 13, 2017Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Philip P. Fontaine, Jerzy Klosin, Endre Szuromi, Carl N. Iverson, Zach T. Rickaway, Andrew J. Young, Susan G. Brown, Ruth Figueroa, Mehmet Demirors, Mridula Babli Kapur
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Publication number: 20170101495Abstract: The invention provides an ethylene-based polymer comprising the following properties: a) a ZSVR value from 1.2 to 2.6, b) a MWD from 1.5 to 2.8, and c) a tan delta (0.1 rad/s; 190 C) from 5.0 to 50.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2015Publication date: April 13, 2017Inventors: Mridula Babli Kapur, Mehmet Demirors, Philip P. Fontaine, Jerzy Klosin, Endre Szuromi, Carl N. Iverson, Zach T. Rickaway, Andrew J. Young, Susan G. Brown, Ruth Figueroa