Patents by Inventor Sylvie Y. Desjardins

Sylvie Y. Desjardins 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: 7999039
    Abstract: A process of making a polymer is described. The process includes contacting one or more olefinic monomers in the presence of at least a high molecular weight (HMW) catalyst and at least a low molecular weight (LMW) catalyst in a polymerization reactor system; and effectuating the polymerization of the one or more olefinic monomers in the polymerization reactor system to obtain an olefin polymer, wherein the LMW catalyst has an RvL, defined as R v L = [ vinyl ] [ vinyl ] + [ vinylidene ] + [ cis ] + [ trans ] wherein [vinyl] is the concentration of vinyl groups in the olefin polymer produced by the low molecular weight catalyst expressed in vinyls/1,000 carbon atoms; [vinylidene], [cis] and [trans] are the concentration of vinylidene, cis and trans groups in the olefin polymer expressed in the number of the respective groups per 1,000 carbon atoms, of greater than 0.12, and wherein the HMW catalyst has a reactivity ratio, r1 of about 5 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Alexander W. DeGroot, James C. Stevens, Sylvie Y. Desjardins, Jeffrey Weinhold, Edmund Carnahan, David Gillespie, Daniel D. VanderLende
  • Patent number: 7300983
    Abstract: A polymer composition that has a backbone chain; and a plurality of long chain branches connected to the backbone is described. The polymer composition also has a value of 2g?LCB-1g?LCB that is less than about 0.22, where 1g?LCB is the long chain branching index for a fraction of the composition having a Mw of 100,000 and 2g?LCB is the long chain branching index for a fraction of the composition having a Mw of 500,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander W. Degroot, James C. Stevens, Sylvie Y. Desjardins, Jeffrey Weinhold, Edmund M. Carnahan, David Gillespie, Daniel D. Vanderlende
  • Patent number: 6875816
    Abstract: A polymer composition comprises: (a) a high molecular weight, branched component; and (b) a low molecular weight, branched component. Some polymer compositions are characterized by a substantial absent of amyl or methyl branches and a melt strength (MS) that satisfies the following relationship: MS ? x I 2 + y where x is greater than or equal to about 12.5 and y is greater than or equal to about 3. Some polymers are characterized by a melt strength (MS) that satisfies the following relationship: MS ? x I 2 + y where x is greater than or equal to about 3 and y is greater than or equal to about 4.5 and a molecular weight distribution of greater than 3. A process for making polymers is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander W. DeGroot, James C. Stevens, Sylvie Y. Desjardins, Jeffrey Weinhold, Edmund Carnahan, David Gillespie, Daniel D. VanderLende
  • Publication number: 20030065097
    Abstract: A polymer composition comprises: (a) a high molecular weight, branched component; and (b) a low molecular weight, branched component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Applicant: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventors: Alexander W. DeGroot, James C. Stevens, Sylvie Y. Desjardins, Jeffrey Weinhold, Edmund Carnahan, David Gillespie, Daniel D. VanderLende
  • Patent number: RE42276
    Abstract: A polymer composition comprises: (a) a high molecular weight, branched component; and (b) a low molecular weight, branched component. Some polymer compositions are characterized by a substantial absent of amyl or methyl branches and a melt strength (MS) that satisfies the following relationship: MS ? x I 2 + y where x is greater than or equal to about 12.5 and y is greater than or equal to about 3. Some polymers are characterized by a melt strength (MS) that satisfies the following relationship: MS ? x I 2 + y where x is greater than or equal to about 3 and y is greater than or equal to about 4.5 and a molecular weight distribution of greater than 3. A process for making polymers is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Alexander W. DeGroot, James C. Stevens, Sylvie Y. Desjardins, Jeffrey Weinhold, Edmund Carnahan, David Gillespie, Daniel D. VanderLende
  • Patent number: RE43004
    Abstract: A polymer composition that has a backbone chain; and a plurality of long chain branches connected to the backbone is described. The polymer composition also has a value of 2g?LCB-1g?LCB g?2LCB-g?1LCB that is less than about 0.22, where 1g?LCB g?2LCB is the long chain branching index for a fraction of the composition having a Mw of 100,000 and 2g?LCB g?1LCB is the long chain branching index for a fraction of the composition having a Mw of 500,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Alexander W. DeGroot, James C. Stevens, Sylvie Y. Desjardins, Jeffrey Weinhold, Edmund Carnahan, David Gillespie, Daniel D. VanderLende