Patents by Inventor Tiziana Caputo
Tiziana Caputo 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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Publication number: 20230383107Abstract: A polypropylene composition made from or containing: A) from 76 wt % to 95 wt % of a propylene homopolymer having: fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. between 2.0 wt % and 4.5 wt %; and melt flow rate ranging from 60.0 to 110.0 g/10 min; and B) from 5 wt % to 24 wt % of a copolymer of propylene and ethylene containing from 75 wt % to 90.0 wt % of ethylene derived units; wherein the polypropylene composition has content of ethylene derived units in the fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. lower than the content of ethylene derived units of component B) and ranging from 51.0 wt % to 74.0 wt %; and at least two melting points, wherein the higher melting points ranges from 156.0° C. to 166.0° C. and the lower melting point ranges from 90.0° C. to 125.0° C.; wherein the sum of the amounts of component A) and B) being 100 wt %.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2021Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.Inventors: Eleonora Ciaccia, Marco Ciarafoni, Caroline Cathelin, Alberta De Capua, Giansiro Prini, Daniele Po, Tiziana Caputo, Roberto Pantaleoni, Alessia Di Capua
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Publication number: 20230364574Abstract: An apparatus for polymerizing olefins including a polymerization reactor and a vessel system for pre-activating a solid catalyst component, wherein the vessel system is arranged upstream of the polymerization reactor. The vessel system includes a contacting vessel which includes a main portion, a base portion, a head portion, an inlet, an outlet, and a stirrer positioned within the contacting vessel, wherein the ratio (H/D) of the height (H) of the main portion to the diameter (D) of the main portion is 1.8 or greater. The stirrer is located at a position between the inlet and the outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2021Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: Basell Polyolefine GmbHInventors: Tiziana Caputo, Pietro Baita, Maria Di Diego, Lorella Marturano, Antonio Mazzucco, Gabriele Mei, Giulia Mei, Roberta Pica
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Publication number: 20230312897Abstract: A polypropylene composition made from or containing: from 70 wt % to 90 wt % of a propylene 1-hexene copolymer containing from 1.0 wt % to 5.0 wt % of 1-hexene derived units and a polydispersity index (PI) between 9.2 and 21.3; and from 10 wt % to 30 wt % of a copolymer of propylene and ethylene containing from 45.0 wt % to 65.0 wt % of ethylene derived units; the sum A)+B) being 100.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2021Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.Inventors: Gianpiero Ferraro, Claudio Cavalieri, Caroline Cathelin, Eleonora Ciaccia, Marco Ciarafoni, Ambra Montaletti, Alberta De Capua, Roberto Pantaleoni, Tiziana Caputo, Giansiro Prini, Alberto Nardin
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Patent number: 11745158Abstract: A method for monitoring and controlling the polymerization in a polymerization vessel by using a camera viewing unit to (a) detect features of the polymer particles, or the particles' environment, (b) compare the features to pre-defined acceptable values of these features or the environment, and (c) if a variation from the pre-defined values is detected, act on process parameters to reduce or eliminate the variation.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.Inventors: Tiziana Caputo, Antonio Mazzucco, Nicolo Arich De Finetti, Marco Bocchino
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Patent number: 11453767Abstract: A propylene ethylene copolymer having: (i) an ethylene derived units content (C2) ranging from 2.0 wt % to 11.0 wt %, based upon the total weight of the copolymer; (ii)) a fraction soluble in xylene (Xs) at 25° C. (Xs) ranging from 7.1 wt % to 28.5 wt %, based upon the total weight of the copolymer; (iii) an intrinsic viscosity of the fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. ranging from 3.2 dl/g to 5.6 dl/g; (iv) a melting point (Tm) higher than 140.0° C. and fulfilling the relation (I): Tm>155?1.4×C2??(I); and (v) a flexural modulus (TM) higher than 500 MPa and fulfilling the relation (II) TM>1900?285×C2+50×Xs??(II).Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2018Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.Inventors: Gabriele Mei, Antonio Mazzucco, Tiziana Caputo, Enrico Balestra, Davide Tartari, Gilberto Moscardi
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Patent number: 11390695Abstract: Process for the preparation of heterophasic propylene copolymer compositions (RAHECO) made from or containing a random propylene copolymer (RACO) and an elastomeric propylene copolymer (BIPO), the process being carried out in a reactor having two interconnected polymerization zones, a riser and a downcomer, wherein growing polymer particles: (a) flow through the first polymerization zone, the riser, under fast fluidization conditions in the presence of propylene and of ethylene or an alpha-olefin having from 4 to 10 carbon atoms, thereby obtaining the random propylene copolymer (RACO); (b) leave the riser and enter the second polymerization zone, the downcomer, through which the growing polymer particles flow downward in a densified form in the presence of propylene and of ethylene or an alpha-olefin having from 4 to 10 carbon atoms, wherein the concentration of ethylene or of the alpha-olefin in the downcomer is higher than in the riser, thereby obtaining the elastomeric propylene copolymer (BIPO); and (c)Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2018Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.Inventors: Gabriele Mei, Antonio Mazzucco, Tiziana Caputo, Enrico Balestra, Davide Tartari, Paola Massari
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Patent number: 11376829Abstract: A multilayer film made from or containing a core layer made from or containing a polypropylene composition made from or containing: A) from 90 wt % to 50 wt %; of a propylene homopolymer; and B) from 10 wt % to 50 wt %; of a propylene ethylene copolymer having: i) xylene soluble fraction at 25° C. ranging from 14 wt % to 27 wt %; ii) intrinsic viscosity of the fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. ranging from 1.0 to 2.4 dl/g; iii) melt flow rate ranging from 1.0 g/10 min to 4.0 g/10 min; iv) an ethylene content ranging from 5.0 wt % to 12.0 wt %; v) the ethylene derived units content on the fraction insoluble in xylene at 25° C. ranging from 2.5 wt % to 6.0 wt %; vi) the ethylene derived units content on the fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. ranging from 15.2. wt % to 30.2 wt %, the sum of A) and B) being 100 wt %.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2019Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.Inventors: Paola Massari, Andrea Felisati, Marco Izzi, Claudio Cavalieri, Davide Tartari, Isabella Maria Vittoria Camurati, Tiziana Caputo
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Publication number: 20220072499Abstract: A method for monitoring and controlling the polymerization in a polymerization vessel by using a camera viewing unit to (a) detect features of the polymer particles, or the particles' environment, (b) compare the features to pre-defined acceptable values of these features or the environment, and (c) if a variation from the pre-defined values is detected, act on process parameters to reduce or eliminate the variation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2020Publication date: March 10, 2022Applicant: BASELL POLIOLEFINE ITALIA S.R.L.Inventors: TIZIANA CAPUTO, ANTONIO MAZZUCCO, NICOLO ARICH DE FINETTI, MARCO BOCCHINO
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Patent number: 11186664Abstract: A propylene ethylene copolymer having: i) xylene soluble fraction at 25° C. ranging from 14 wt % to 27 wt %; ii) intrinsic viscosity of the fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. ranging from 1.0 to 2.4 dl/g; iii) melt flow rate, MFR, ranging from 1.0 g/10 min to 50.0 g/10 min; iv) an ethylene derived units content ranging from 5.0 wt % to 12.0 wt %; v) the ethylene derived units content on the fraction insoluble in xylene at 25° C. ranging from 2.5 wt % to 6.0 wt %; vi) the ethylene derived units content on the fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. ranging from 15.2. wt % to 30.2 wt %; and vii) C13 NMR sequences PEP measured on the fraction insoluble in xylene at 25° C. ranging from 3.5 mol % to 5.5 mol % and C13 NMR sequences PEP measured on the fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. ranging from 11.0 mol % to 14.2 mol %.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2018Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.Inventors: Paola Massari, Claudio Cavalieri, Davide Tartari, Tiziana Caputo, Isabella Maria Vittoria Camurati
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Patent number: 10875945Abstract: A propylene, ethylene, 1-butene terpolymer made from or containing a) from about 1.8 wt % to about 5.9 wt % of ethylene derived units; and b) from about 2.0 wt % to about 4.5 wt % of 1 butene derived units; and having i) a ratio of C2 wt %/C4 wt % in the range from about 0.9 to about 1.3; wherein C2 wt % is the weight percent of ethylene derived units and C4 wt % is the weight percent of 1-butene derived units; ii) a Melt flow rate (determined according to ISO 1133 230° C., 2.16 kg) in the range from about 1.0 to about 30.0 g/10 min; and iii) a xylene soluble fraction at 25° C. between about 10 wt % and about 30 wt %. The weight percentages are based upon the total weight of the terpolymer.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2016Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.Inventors: Roberta Marzolla, Paola Massari, Nicoletta Martini, Marco Ciarafoni, Tiziana Caputo
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Publication number: 20200384749Abstract: A multilayer film made from or containing a core layer made from or containing a polypropylene composition made from or containing: A) from 90 wt % to 50 wt %; of a propylene homopolymer; and B) from 10 wt % to 50 wt %; of a propylene ethylene copolymer having: i) xylene soluble fraction at 25° C. ranging from 14 wt % to 27 wt %; ii) intrinsic viscosity of the fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. ranging from 1.0 to 2.4 dl/g; iii) melt flow rate ranging from 1.0 g/10 min to 4.0 g/10 min; iv) an ethylene content ranging from 5.0 wt % to 12.0 wt %; v) the ethylene derived units content on the fraction insoluble in xylene at 25° C. ranging from 2.5 wt % to 6.0 wt %; vi) the ethylene derived units content on the fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. ranging from 15.2. wt % to 30.2 wt %, the sum of A) and B) being 100 wt %.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2018Publication date: December 10, 2020Applicant: BASELL POLIOLEFINE ITALIA S.R.L.Inventors: PAOLA MASSARI, ANDREA FELISATI, MARCO IZZI, CLAUDIO CAVALIERI, DAVIDE TARTARI, ISABELLA MARIA VITTORIA CAMURATI, TIZIANA CAPUTO
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Patent number: 10792637Abstract: A fluid is fed into a polymer bed of a fluidized bed gas phase polymerization reactor by introducing the fluid into the polymer bed through a distributor protruding into the fluidized bed zone of the reactor and terminating with a discharge end positioned so that the following equation is fulfilled: d/D>0.002 wherein d is the distance of the distributor's discharge end from the wall of the reactor, and D is the diameter of the reactor in the fluidized bed zone.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2017Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.Inventors: Enrico Balestra, Tiziana Caputo, Massimo Covezzi, Maurizio Dorini, Antonio Mazzucco, Gabriele Mei, Ricardo Rinaldi
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Publication number: 20200216587Abstract: A propylene ethylene copolymer having: i) xylene soluble fraction at 25° C. ranging from 14 wt % to 27 wt %; ii) intrinsic viscosity of the fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. ranging from 1.0 to 2.4 dl/g; iii) melt flow rate, MFR, ranging from 1.0 g/10 min to 50.0 g/10 min; iv) an ethylene derived units content ranging from 5.0 wt % to 12.0 wt %; v) the ethylene derived units content on the fraction insoluble in xylene at 25° C. ranging from 2.5 wt % to 6.0 wt %; vi) the ethylene derived units content on the fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. ranging from 15.2. wt % to 30.2 wt %; and vii) C13 NMR sequences PEP measured on the fraction insoluble in xylene at 25° C. ranging from 3.5 mol % to 5.5 mol % and C13 NMR sequences PEP measured on the fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. ranging from 11.0 mol % to 14.2 mol %.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2018Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: BASELL POLIOLEFINE ITALIA S.R.L.Inventors: PAOLA MASSARI, CLAUDIO CAVALIERI, DAVIDE TARTARI, TIZIANA CAPUTO, ISABELLA MARIA VITTORIA CAMURATI
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Patent number: 10604645Abstract: A process for the preparation of polyolefins carried out in the presence of an antistatic composition made from or containing: a) a compound of formula R—OH wherein R represents hydrogen or a linear or branched, saturated alkyl group having from 1 to 15 carbon atoms; and b) an oligomeric or polymeric organic compound having one or more terminal hydroxyl groups and a viscosity at 40° C. of at least about 20 mm2/sec (DIN 51562).Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2016Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.Inventors: Antonio Mazzucco, Gabriele Mei, Tiziana Caputo, Roberto Pantaleoni, Enrico Balestra, Maria Di Diego, Mara Destro, Riccardo Rinaldi
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Patent number: 10550212Abstract: The present disclosure provides an article of manufacture made from or containing a propylene-based terpolymer, having (i) ethylene-derived units in the range from about 0.5 wt. % to about 1.8 wt. %; (ii) 1-butene-derived units in the range from about 1.5 wt. % to about 2.5 wt. %; (iii) a ratio of C2 wt %/C4 wt % in the range from about 0.40 to about 0.80, wherein C2 wt % is the weight percent of ethylene-derived units and C4 wt % is the weight percent of 1-butene-derived units; (iv) a melt flow rate in the range from about 30 g/10 min to about 80 g/10 min; (v) a xylene soluble fraction at 25° C. lower than about 5.0 wt. %; and (vi) a melting point higher than about 140° C. The article can be a container, which can be used for food applications.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2015Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.Inventors: Mara Destro, Marco Ciarafoni, Paola Massari, Tiziana Caputo, Thomas Bohm
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Publication number: 20200032041Abstract: A propylene ethylene copolymer having: (i) an ethylene derived units content (C2) ranging from 2.0 wt % to 11.0 wt %, based upon the total weight of the copolymer; (ii)) a fraction soluble in xylene (Xs) at 25° C. (Xs) ranging from 7.1 wt % to 28.5 wt %, based upon the total weight of the copolymer; (iii) an intrinsic viscosity of the fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. ranging from 3.2 dl/g to 5.6 dl/g; (iv) a melting point (Tm) higher than 140.0° C. and fulfilling the relation (I): Tm>155?1.4×C2 ??(I); and (v) a flexural modulus (TM) higher than 500 MPa and fulfilling the relation (II) TM>1900?285×C2+50×Xs ??(II).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: BASELL POLIOLEFINE ITALIA S.R.L.Inventors: GABRIELE MEI, ANTONIO MAZZUCCO, TIZIANA CAPUTO, ENRICO BALESTRA, DAVIDE TARTARI, GILBERTO MOSCARDI
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Publication number: 20200031957Abstract: Process for the preparation of heterophasic propylene copolymer compositions (RAHECO) made from or containing a random propylene copolymer (RACO) and an elastomeric propylene copolymer (BIPO), the process being carried out in a reactor having two interconnected polymerization zones, a riser and a downcomer, wherein growing polymer particles: (a) flow through the first polymerization zone, the riser, under fast fluidization conditions in the presence of propylene and of ethylene or an alpha-olefin having from 4 to 10 carbon atoms, thereby obtaining the random propylene copolymer (RACO); (b) leave the riser and enter the second polymerization zone, the downcomer, through which the growing polymer particles flow downward in a densified form in the presence of propylene and of ethylene or an alpha-olefin having from 4 to 10 carbon atoms, wherein the concentration of ethylene or of the alpha-olefin in the downcomer is higher than in the riser, thereby obtaining the elastomeric propylene copolymer (BIPO); and (c)Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: BASELL POLIOLEFINE ITALIA S.R.L.Inventors: GABRIELE MEI, ANTONIO MAZZUCCO, TIZIANA CAPUTO, ENRICO BALESTRA, DAVIDE TARTARI, PAOLA MASSARI
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Publication number: 20190336930Abstract: A fluid is fed into a polymer bed of a fluidized bed gas phase polymerization reactor by introducing the fluid into the polymer bed through a distributor protruding into the fluidized bed zone of the reactor and terminating with a discharge end positioned so that the following equation is fulfilled: d/D>0.002 wherein d is the distance of the distributor's discharge end from the wall of the reactor, and D is the diameter of the reactor in the fluidized bed zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2017Publication date: November 7, 2019Applicant: BASELL POLIOLEFINE ITALIA S.R.L.Inventors: ENRICO BALESTRA, TIZIANA CAPUTO, MASSIMO COVEZZI, MAURIZIO DORINI, ANTONIO MAZZUCCO, GABRIELE MEI, RICARDO RINALDI
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Publication number: 20190023885Abstract: A process for the preparation of polyolefins carried out in the presence of an antistatic composition made from or containing: a) a compound of formula R—OH wherein R represents hydrogen or a linear or branched, saturated alkyl group having from 1 to 15 carbon atoms; and b) an oligomeric or polymeric organic compound having one or more terminal hydroxyl groups and a viscosity at 40° C. of at least about 20 mm2/sec (DIN 51562).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2016Publication date: January 24, 2019Applicant: BASELL POLIOLEFINE ITALIA S.R.L.Inventors: ANTONIO MAZZUCCO, GABRIELE MEI, TIZIANA CAPUTO, ROBERTO PANTALEONI, ENRICO BALESTRA, MARIA DI DIEGO, MARA DESTRO, RICCARDO RINALDI
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Patent number: 10155827Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a propylene ethylene copolymer comprising: an ethylene content of between 1.8 and 10.0% by weight; a molecular weight distribution (MWD), expressed in terms of Mw/Mn, greater than 4.0; a content of xylene soluble fraction (XS) and ethylene content (C2) that fulfills the following relationship: XS<(C2×2.1)?2.4 where: XS=% by weight of the fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C.; and C2=% by weight of ethylene units in the copolymer as determined via NMR.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2015Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.Inventors: Paola Massari, Fabrizio Piemontesi, Gianni Vitale, Caroline Cathelin, Giampiero Morini, Marco Ciarafoni, Claudio Cavalieri, Tiziana Caputo