Patents by Inventor Tae Kwalk

Tae Kwalk 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).

  • Publication number: 20080064817
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are various processes, including a process for producing a film, comprising (including) forming a film from a blended polyolefin composition at a line speed of at least 170 feet per minute, wherein the blended polyolefin composition comprises: (a) a bimodal polyethylene component that includes a high molecular weight polyethylene component having a high average molecular weight (MWHMW) and a low molecular weight polyethylene component having a low average molecular weight (MWLMW), wherein the ratio of the high average molecular weight to the low average molecular weight (MWHMW:MWLMW) is 20 or more wherein the high and low molecular weight polyethylene components of the bimodal polyethylene component are formed in a single reactor; and (b) a unimodal polyethylene component that occupies more than 15 wt % of the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Applicant: UNIVATION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Tae Kwalk
  • Publication number: 20070049711
    Abstract: A catalyst composition that includes a support material having an improved particle-size distribution is provided. Processes for producing polyolefin composition also are provided. Polymers and films also are provided. An example of a catalyst composition is a supported multi-transition-metal catalyst composition that includes: (a) at least two catalyst components selected from the group consisting of: a nonmetallocene catalyst component and a metallocene catalyst component; (b) a support material that has a D50 of less than about 30 microns and a particle size distribution having a D90/D10 ratio of less than about 6; and (c) an activator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2005
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Inventors: Chi-I Kuo, Tae Kwalk, Dongming Li, Porter Shannon
  • Publication number: 20060178482
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are various compositions, including a high density polyethylene composition, comprising: (a) a bimodal polyethylene component that includes a high molecular weight polyethylene component having a high average molecular weight (MWHMW) and a low molecular weight polyethylene component having a low average molecular weight (MWLMW), wherein the ratio of the high average molecular weight to the low average molecular weight (MWHMW:MWLMW) is 20 or more; and (b) a unimodal polyethylene component that occupies more than 15 wt % of the composition; wherein: (c) the composition has a density of 0.935 g/cc or more, and a Maximum Line Speed of 170 feet per minute or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2005
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Inventor: Tae Kwalk
  • Publication number: 20060036041
    Abstract: Disclosed are various compositions, including but not limited to a high strength bimodal polyethylene composition having a density of 0.940 g/cc or more, the composition comprising a high molecular weight polyethylene component having a higher weight average molecular weight (HwHMW) and a low molecular weight polyethylene component having a lower weight average molecular weight (HwLMW), wherein: the ratio of the higher weight average molecular weight to the lower weight average molecular weight (MwHMW:MwLMW) is 30 or more; and the composition qualifies as a PE 100 material such that in accordance with ISO 1167 a pipe formed from the composition that is subjected to internal pipe resistance has an extrapolated stress of 10 MPa or more when the internal pipe resistance curve is extrapolated to 50 or 100 years in accordance with ISO 9080:2003(E).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Inventor: Tae Kwalk
  • Publication number: 20050154167
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process to polymerize olefin(s) comprising combining a solution, slurry or solid comprising one or more bulky ligand metallocene catalyst compounds, an optional support, and or one or more activator(s) with a solution comprising one or more phenoxide catalyst compounds, and thereafter, introducing one or more olefin(s) and the combination into a polymerization reactor. This invention also relates to a polymer of ethylene wherein the polymer has a density of 0.910 to 0.930 g/cc, a melt index of 0.3 to 2.0 dg/min, and a 15 to 35 ?m thick film of the polymer has a 45° gloss of 60 or more, a haze of 7% or less, and a dart impact of 600 g or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Inventors: John Szul, Tae Kwalk, David Schreck, Simon Mawson, Matthew McKee, Kersten Terry, Mark Goode, Gregory Whiteker, Eric Lucas
  • Publication number: 20050054790
    Abstract: The invention provides for polymerization catalyst compositions, and for methods for introducing the catalyst compositions into a polymerization reactor. More particularly, the method combines a catalyst component containing slurry and a catalyst component containing solution to form the completed catalyst composition for introduction into the polymerization reactor. The invention is also directed to methods of preparing the catalyst component slurry, the catalyst component solution and the catalyst compositions, to methods of controlling the properties of polymer products utilizing the catalyst compositions, and to polymers produced therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2004
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventors: Simon Mawson, Sun-Chueh Kao, Tae Kwalk, Timothy Lynn, David McConville, Matthew McKee, John Szul, Kersten Terry, Timothy Wenzel, Mark Goode, John Oskam, Robert Jorgensen, Robert Vogel