Patents by Inventor Wolf Spaether

Wolf Spaether 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: 7893175
    Abstract: A method for making a solid catalytic component for a Ziegler-Natta catalyst includes contacting a particulate porous support with a solution of a hydrocarbon soluble organomagnesium precursor compound in a hydrocarbon solvent; and reacting said hydrocarbon soluble organo-magnesium precursor compound with an amount of aliphatic or aromatic alcohol, said amount being within an acceptable range of a molar equivalent of aliphatic or aromatic alcohol calculated according to formula (I): Equ Alkanol = 2 · [ ( mmole ? ? MgR / g ? ? support ) - 2.1 - 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Lummus Novolen Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Wolf Spaether, David Andrew Presken
  • Patent number: 7329626
    Abstract: A method for making a solid catalytic component for a Ziegler-Natta catalyst includes contacting a particulate porous support with a solution of a hydrocarbon soluble organomagnesium precursor compound in a hydrocarbon solvent; and reacting said hydrocarbon soluble organo-magnesium precursor compound with an amount of aliphatic or aromatic alcohol, said amount being within an acceptable range of a molar equivalent of aliphatic or aromatic alcohol calculated according to formula (I): Equ Alkanol = 2 ? · [ ( mmole ? ? MgR ? / ? g ? ? support ) - 2.1 - 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Lummus Novolen Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Wolf Spaether, David Andrew Presken
  • Patent number: 7232785
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new solid catalytic component, which can be used in combination with an aluminum compound as co-catalyst and optionally an external electron donor as additional co-catalyst to form a catalytic system of the Ziegler-Natta-catalyst-type. The solid catalytic system comprises titanium or vanadium compound, a compound of magnesium containing at least one halogen, a particulate porous support, and optionally an internal electron donor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: ABB Lummus Global, Inc.
    Inventors: Wolf Spaether, John Lynch, Joachim Rösch, Rainer Hemmerich
  • Patent number: 7071137
    Abstract: A method for making a Ziegler-Natta catalyst support includes the steps of contacting a fumed silica with a surface modifying agent such as a compound having the formula RMgX MgR?R? wherein R, R? and R? are each individually a moiety selected from an alkyl group, cycloalkyl, aryl or alkaryl group, and X is a halogen selected from the group consisting of chlorine, bromine and iodine, to provide a pretreated silica seeding agent. The pretreated silica seeding agent is then dispersed in a non-aqueous liquid magnesium halide/alkanol complex, and the magnesium halide is crystallized onto the silica particles to form catalyst support particles especially suitable for Ziegler-Natta catalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Novolen Technology Holdings, C.V.
    Inventors: Douglas D. Klendworth, Frank Wolf Spaether
  • Publication number: 20050202959
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new solid catalytic component, which can be used in combination with an aluminum compound as co-catalyst and optionally an external electron donor as additional co-catalyst to form a catalytic system of the Ziegler-Natta-catalyst-type. The solid catalytic system comprises titanium or vanadium compound, a compound of magnesium containing at least one halogen, a particulate porous support, and optionally an internal electron donor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2003
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Inventors: Wolf Spaether, John Lynch, Joachim Rosch, Rainer Hemmerich
  • Patent number: 6864208
    Abstract: A catalyst solid for olefin polymerization comprising A) at least one magnesium halide, B) at least one metallocene complex and C) at least one compound capable of forming metallocenium ions, is prepared by i) firstly preparing finely divided support particles consisting of the magnesium halide A) and an C1-C8-alcohol having a mean particle diameter of from 1 to 200 ?m from an adduct of the magnesium halide A) and a C1-C8-alcohol, where the adduct contains from 1.5 to 5 mol of the C1-C8-alcohol per mole of magnesium halide, ii) then depositing the compound C) capable of forming metallocenium ions on the finely divided support particles and iii) subsequently bringing the reaction product hereby obtained into contact with the metallocene complex B). This catalyst solid can be used for the polymerization or copolymerization of olefins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Süling, Wolf Spaether, Nicola Paczkowski, Joachim Rösch, Joachim Wulff-Döring, Wolfgang Bidell
  • Patent number: 6831032
    Abstract: A method for making a solid catalyst component for use in a Ziegler-Natta catalyst includes combining a porous particulate support with a magnesium source in a hydrocarbon solvent to form a mixture, the magnesium source including a hydrocarbon soluble organomagnesium compound and a hydrocarbon insoluble anhydrous inorganic magnesium-halogen compound. The organomagnesium compound is halogenated and the mixture is reacted with a titanium compound or vanadium compound to form the solid catalyst component. The solid catalyst component is then recovered and combined with an organoaluminum cocatalyst to form a Ziegler-Natta catalyst which is advantageously used for the polymerization of olefins, particularly alk-1-enes such as ethylene, propylene, 1-butene, and the like. The catalyst can optionally include internal and external electron donors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Novolen Technology Holdings C.V.
    Inventor: Wolf Spaether
  • Publication number: 20040063570
    Abstract: A catalyst solid for olefin polymerization comprising
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Carsten Suling, Wolf Spaether, Nicola Paczkowski, Joachim Rosch, Joachim Wulff-Doring, Wolfgang Bidell
  • Publication number: 20040033887
    Abstract: A method for making a solid catalyst component for use in a Ziegler-Natta catalyst includes combining a porous particulate support with a magnesium source in a hydrocarbon solvent to form a mixture, the magnesium source including a hydrocarbon soluble organomagnesium compound and a hydrocarbon insoluble anhydrous inorganic magnesium-halogen compound. The organomagnesium compound is halogenated and the mixture is reacted with a titanium compound or vanadium compound to form the solid catalyst component. The solid catalyst component is then recovered and combined with an organoaluminum cocatalyst to form a Ziegler-Natta catalyst which is advantageously used for the polymerization of olefins, particularly alk-1-enes such as ethylene, propylene, 1-butene, and the like. The catalyst can optionally include internal and external electron donors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2002
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Inventor: Wolf Spaether
  • Patent number: 6524995
    Abstract: Catalyst systems of the Ziegler-Natta type comprise as active constituents a) a solid component comprising a compound of titanium or vanadium, a compound of magnesium, a particulate inorganic oxide as support and an internal electron donor compound, and as cocatalyst b) an aluminum compound and c) if desired, a further, external electron donor compound, wherein the particulate, inorganic oxide used has a specific surface area of from 350 to 1000 m2/g and a mean particle diameter {overscore (D)} in the range from 5 to 60 &mgr;m and comprises particles which are composed of primary particles having a mean particle diameter {overscore (d)} in the range from 1 to 10 &mgr;m and contain voids or channels between the primary particles, where the macroscopic proportion of voids or channels having a diameter of greater than 1 &mgr;m in the particles of the inorganic oxides is in the range from 5 to 30% by volume and the molar ratio of the compound of magnesium to the particulate, inorganic oxide is from 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Basell Polypropylene GmbH
    Inventors: Wolf Spaether, Stephan Hüffer, John Lynch, Wolfgang Bidell, Joachim Rösch, Günther Schweier, Roland Hingmann, Alexandre Segul, Rainer Hemmerich, Ingo Treffkorn
  • Publication number: 20010020073
    Abstract: Catalyst systems of the Ziegler-Natta type comprise as active constituents
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2001
    Publication date: September 6, 2001
    Inventors: Wolf Spaether, Stephan Huffer, John Lynch, Wolfgang Bidell, Joachim Rosch, Gunther Schweier, Roland Hingmann, Alexandre Segul, Rainer Hemmerich, Ingo Treffkorn