Patents by Inventor Wilfried TOELTSCH

Wilfried TOELTSCH 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: 20160280899
    Abstract: Polypropylene composition comprising comonomer units derived from ethylene in an amount of from 9.0 to 52.0 mol-% and comonomer units derived from a higher a-olefin in an amount of from 0.4 to 3.0 mol-%, wherein said polypropylene composition has an amount of xylene cold solubles of at least 30 wt.-%, wherein further the xylene cold soluble fraction has an ethylene content of from 20.0 to 80.0 mol-% and a higher a-olefin content from 0.1 to 1.5 mol-%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: BOREALIS AG
    Inventors: Wilfried TÖLTSCH, Luigi RESCONI, Kristin REICHELT
  • Publication number: 20160176997
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of a propylene copolymer, preferably a heterophasic propylene copolymer, in a multistage polymerisation process in the presence of a single site catalyst, said process comprising: (I) in a slurry polymerisation step, polymerising propylene and optionally at least one C2-10 alpha olefin comonomer; and subsequently (II) in a gas polymerisation step polymerising propylene and optionally at least one C2-10 alpha olefin comonomer, in the presence of catalyst and polymer from step (I); (III) in a second gas polymerisation step, polymerising propylene and at least one C2-10 alpha olefin comonomer in the presence of the catalyst and polymer from step (II); wherein said catalyst comprises (i) a metallocene complex of a group (IV) metal, said metallocene comprising at least two cyclopentadienyl type ligands; (ii) a boron based cocatalyst; and (iii) an aluminoxane cocatalyst; said catalyst being in solid form, preferably in solid particulate form, and being free from an external carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: BOREALIS AG
    Inventors: Luigi Resconi, Wilfried Töltsch, Wang Jingbo
  • Publication number: 20160168285
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of a propylene homopolymer in a multistage polymerisation process in the presence of a single site catalyst, said process comprising: (I) in a slurry polymerisation step, polymerising propylene in the presence of said single site catalyst; and subsequently (II) in a gas polymerisation step polymerising propylene in the presence of catalyst and polymer from step (I) so as to form a propylene homopolymer; wherein said catalyst comprises (i) a metallocene complex of a Group 4 metal, said metallocene comprising at least two cyclopentadienyl type ligands; (ii) a boron based cocatalyst; and (iii) an aluminoxane cocatalyst; said catalyst being in solid form, preferably in solid particulate form, and being free from an external carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: BOREALIS AG
    Inventors: Luigi Resconi, Wilfried Töltsch, Noureddine Ajellal, Ville Virkkunen, Ismo Lehtiniemi
  • Publication number: 20140079899
    Abstract: Propylene copolymer a. comprising at least 1-hexene as a comonomer, b. having a comonomer content in the range of 1.0 to 3.0 wt.-%, c. having a xylene soluble fraction equal or below 2.5 wt.-%, and d. being partially crystallized in the ?-modification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Borealis AG
    Inventors: Klaus Bernreitner, Manfred Stadlbauer, Norbert Hafner, Wilfried Töltsch, Pirjo Jääskeläinen
  • Patent number: 8637625
    Abstract: Propylene copolymer (a) comprising at least 1-butene as a comonomer, (b) having a comonomer content in the range of 1.0 to 3.0 wt.-%, (c) having a xylene soluble fraction equal or below 2.5 wt.-%, and (d) being partially crystallized in the ?-modification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Borealis AG
    Inventors: Klaus Bernreitner, Manfred Stadlbauer, Norbert Hafner, Wilfried Töltsch
  • Patent number: 8367174
    Abstract: Propylene copolymer a. comprising at least 1-hexene as a comonomer, b. having a comonomer content in the range of 1.0 to 3.0 wt.-%, c. having a xylene soluble fraction equal or below 2.5 wt.-%, d. having a polydispersity index (PI) of equal or below 4.0 Pa?1, and e. being partially crystallized in the ?-modification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Borealis AG
    Inventors: Klaus Bernreitner, Manfred Stadlbauer, Norbert Hafner, Wilfried Töltsch
  • Publication number: 20110315264
    Abstract: Propylene copolymer a. comprising at least 1-hexene as a comonomer, b. having a comonomer content in the range of 1.0 to 3.0 wt.-%, c. having a xylene soluble fraction equal or below 2.5 wt.-%, d. having a polydispersity index (PI) of equal or below 4.0 Pa?1, and e. being partially crystallized in the ?-modification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventors: Klaus Bernreitner, Manfred Stadlbauer, Norbert Hafner, Wilfried Töltsch
  • Publication number: 20110293867
    Abstract: Propylene copolymer (a) comprising at least 1-butene as a comonomer, (b) having a comonomer content in the range of 1.0 to 3.0 wt.-%, (c) having a xylene soluble fraction equal or below 2.5 wt.-%, and (d) being partially crystallized in the ?-modification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: Borealis AG
    Inventors: Klaus Bernreitner, Manfred Stadlbauer, Norbert Hafner, Wilfried Töltsch
  • Publication number: 20110104416
    Abstract: Propylene copolymer a. comprising at least 1-hexene as a comonomer, b. having a comonomer content in the range of 1.0 to 3.0 wt.-%, c. having a xylene soluble fraction equal or below 2.5 wt.-%, and d. being partially crystallized in the ?-modification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: Borealis AG
    Inventors: Klaus Bernreitner, Manfred Stadlbauer, Norbert Hafner, Wilfried Töltsch, Pirjo Jääskeläinen
  • Patent number: 7470756
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing a propylene random copolymer comprising polymerisation of propylene with a comonomer, said comonomer being ethylene or an ?-olefin comprising at least four carbon atoms, in the presence of a catalyst in a muiltistage process comprising polymerisation of propylene with a comonomer in a first reaction zone including at least one slurry reactor to give a first polymerisation product, transferring said first product to a second reaction zone including at least one gas phase reactor and polymerisations of propylene with a comonomer in said gas phase reactor in the presence of said first polymerisation product, wherein the temperature in the gas phase reactor is at least 10° C. higher than in the slurry reactor and to a polymer obtainable by this process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Borealis Technology Oy
    Inventors: Pirjo Jääskeläinen, Norbert Hafner, Päivi Pitkänen, Markus Gahleitner, Olli Tuominen, Wilfried Töltsch
  • Patent number: 7452953
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing a propylene random copolymer comprising polymerization of propylene with a comonomer, said comonomer being ethylene or an ?-olefin comprising at least four carbon atoms, in the presence of a catalyst in a multistage process comprising polymerization of propylene with a comonomer in a first reaction zone including at least one slurry reactor to give a first polymerization product, transferring said first product to a second reaction zone including at least one gas phase reactor and polymerizations of propylene with a comonomer in said gas phase reactor in the presence of said first polymerization product, wherein the temperature in the gas phase reactor is at least 10° C. higher than in the slurry reactor and to a polymer obtainable by this process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Borealis Technology Oy
    Inventors: Pirjo Jääskeläinen, Norbert Hafner, Päivi Pitkänen, Markus Gahleitner, Olli Tuominen, Wilfried Töltsch