Non-transition Metal To Carbon Atom Bond Compound Contains At Least Two Atoms Of Same Or Different Non-transition Metal Patents (Class 526/165)
  • Patent number: 9029284
    Abstract: A solid particulate catalyst free from an external carrier comprising: (i) a complex of formula (I): wherein M is zirconium or hafnium; each X is a sigma ligand; L is a divalent bridge selected from —R?2C—, —R?2C—CR?2—, —R?2Si—, —R?2Si—SiR?2—, —R?2Ge—, wherein each R? is independently a hydrogen atom, C1-C20-alkyl, tri(C1-C20-alkyl)silyl, C6-C20-aryl, C7-C20-arylalkyl or C7-C20-alkylaryl; each R1 independently is hydrogen or a linear or branched C1-C20 hydrocarbyl radical optionally containing one or more heteroatoms from groups 14-16 of the Periodic Table of the Elements; each R2 and R3 taken together form a 4-7 membered ring condensed to the benzene ring of the indenyl moiety, said ring optionally containing heteroatoms from groups 14-16, each atom forming said ring being optionally substituted with at least one R18 radical; each R18 is the same or different and may be a C1-C20 hydrocarbyl radical optionally containing one or more heteroatoms belonging to groups 14-16; each R4 is a hydrogen ato
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Borealis AG
    Inventors: Luigi Resconi, Pascal Castro, Lauri Huhtanen
  • Patent number: 9023959
    Abstract: Methods for the preparation of fluorided-chlorided silica-coated alumina activator-supports are disclosed. These activator-supports can be used in catalyst systems for the production of olefin-based polymers, such as polyethylene and polypropylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Max P. McDaniel, Uriah Kilgore, Qing Yang, Kathy S. Collins
  • Patent number: 9023960
    Abstract: Provided is a method of producing an ?-olefin polymer including a step of polymerizing one or more kinds of ?-olefins each having 6 to 20 carbon atoms with a catalyst obtained by using a specific transition metal compound. By the method, an ?-olefin polymer having a viscosity suitable for use in a lubricating oil can be produced on an industrial scale with ease, and further, the characteristics of the product can be widely changed through the control of reaction conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyokazu Katayama, Hideaki Noda, Hitomi Shimizu, Kiyohiko Yokota
  • Patent number: 9012347
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a preparation method of a metallocene catalyst. More particularly, the present invention relates to a preparation method of a supported hybrid metallocene catalyst, including the steps of treating a support having a water content of 4 to 7% by weight with trialkyl aluminum at a predetermined temperature; supporting alkyl aluminoxane on the support; and supporting a metallocene compound on the alkyl aluminoxane-supported support. According to the present invention, it is possible to prepare a supported hybrid metallocene catalyst which shows a high activity in the polymerization of olefins and enables the preparation of polyolefins having a high bulk density, by a simple process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyeon-Gook Kim, Ki-Soo Lee, Dae-Sik Hong, Eun-Kyoung Song, Man-Seong Jeon
  • Patent number: 8999875
    Abstract: The invention refers to a process for preparing a supported catalyst system for the polymerization of olefins comprising at least one active catalyst component on a support, the process comprising A) impregnating a dry porous support component with a mixture comprising at least one precatalyst, at least one cocatalyst, and a first solvent, such that the total volume of the mixture is from 0.8 to 2.0 times the total pore volume of the support component, and B) thereafter, adding a second solvent in an amount of more than 1.5 times the total pore volume of the support component. The invention refers further to a catalyst system made by this process and the use of this catalyst system for polymerization or copolymerization of olefins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Fabiana Fantinel, Shahram Mihan, Rainer Karer, Volker Fraaije
  • Patent number: 8993694
    Abstract: Provided is a homogeneous catalytic system for use in preparing an ethylene homopolymer or a copolymer of ethylene and ?-olefin, and more particularly a Group 4 transition metal compound in which a cyclopentadienyl derivative 3,4-positions of which are substituted with alkyls and an electron-donating substituent are crosslinked around a Group 4 transition metal. Also provided is a method of preparing an ethylene homopolymer or a copolymer of ethylene and ?-olefin, having high molecular weight, under high-temperature solution polymerization conditions using the catalytic system including such a transition metal compound and a co-catalyst composed of an aluminum compound, a boron compound or a mixture thereof. The catalyst according to present invention has high thermal stability and enables the incorporation of ?-olefin, and is thus effective in preparing an ethylene homopolymer or a copolymer of ethylene and ?-olefin, having various properties, in industrial polymerization processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: SK Innovation Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hoseong Lee, Jongsok Hahn, Dongcheol Shin, Hyosun Lee, Chunji Wu
  • Patent number: 8987398
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ethylene-based terpolymer having high elasticity and a preparation method thereof, and more particularly, to a highly elastic, ethylene-based terpolymer, which comprises a specific molar ratio of a ethylene unit, a C6-12 ?-olefin unit and at least one functional unit selected from the group consisting of divinylbenzene and para-methylstyrene and to a method of preparing the highly elastic, ethylene-based terpolymer using a metallocene catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Industrial Technology
    Inventors: Dong Hyun Kim, Joon Chul Lee, Hyun Ki Kim, Tae Wan Kim
  • Patent number: 8987393
    Abstract: The invention relates to a new catalyst component for the polymerization of olefins comprising a compound of formula CyLMZp, wherein M is a Group 4-6 metal, Z is an anionic ligand, p is the number of anionic ligands, Cy is a mono- or poly-substituted cyclopentadienyl-type ligand and L is a guanidinate ligand of the formula wherein: each A is independently selected from nitrogen or phosphorus and R, R1, R2 and R3 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydrocarbyl, silyl and germyl residues, substituted or not with one or more halogen, amido, phosphido, alkoxy, or aryloxy radicals. The invention also relates to a catalyst system for the polymerization of olefins and a process for the polymerization of at least one olefin having 2 to 20 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: LANXESS Elastomers B.V.
    Inventors: Gerardus Henricus Josephus Van Doremaele, Martin Alexander Zuideveld, Victor Fidel Quiroga Norambuena, Alexandra LeBlanc
  • Patent number: 8980781
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel metallocene catalysts of formula I, which is defined herein. The present invention also provides processes for making these catalysts and their use in olefin polymerisation reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Isis Innovation Limited
    Inventors: Dermot O'Hare, Paul Ransom, Andrew Ashley
  • Patent number: 8975209
    Abstract: Disclosed is a solid support-polymethylaluminoxane complex exhibiting a higher polymerization activity than a conventional substance and being homogeneous. Also disclosed is a method for producing an olefin-based polymer having a favorable quality using the complex and a transition metal compound. The complex comprises a coating layer containing polymethylaluminoxane and trimethylaluminum on the surface of a solid support. The coating layer comprises a solid polymethylaluminoxane composition in which (i) the content of aluminum is in a range of 36 to 41 mass % and (ii) the molar fraction of methyl groups derived from a trimethylaluminum moiety to the total number of moles of methyl groups is 12 mol % or less. Also disclosed is an olefin polymerization catalyst comprising the complex and a transition metal compound represented by general formula (III): MR5R6R7R8 as catalyst components, and a method for producing a polyolefin comprising polymerizing an olefin using the catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Tosoh Finechem Corporation
    Inventors: Eiichi Kaji, Etsuo Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 8969494
    Abstract: This invention discloses caps and closures produced by injection molding with a bimodal high density polyethylene (HDPE) resin comprising a low molecular weight, high density polyethylene fraction substantially free of comonomer and a high molecular weight, low density polyethylene fraction, having a molecular weight distribution of at least 3.5, preferably greater than 4.0, prepared in two reactors connected in series in the presence of a metallocene-containing catalyst system, wherein the metallocene comprises a bisindenyl or a bis-tetrahydrogenated-indenyl component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Total Research & Technology Feluy
    Inventors: Alain Standaert, Romain Luijkx, Martine Slawinski, Aurelien Vantomme
  • Patent number: 8962775
    Abstract: A highly active, supported phosphinimine catalyst is fed to a gas phase reactor as a slurry in a liquid hydrocarbon. Feeding the catalyst to a gas phase reactor in a viscous liquid hydrocarbon modifies catalyst initiation kinetics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Nova Chemicals (International) S.A
    Inventors: Peter Phung Minh Hoang, Cliff Robert Baar, P. Scott Chisholm, Rajesh Dahyabhai Patel
  • Patent number: 8962509
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of a solid catalyst system (CS) comprising the steps of preparing a liquid clathrate (LC) comprising (a) a lattice (L) being the reaction product of (i) aluminoxane (A), (ii) an organometallic compound (O) of a transition metal (M) of Group 3 to 10 of the Periodic Table (IUPAC 2007) or of an actinide or lanthanide, and (i) a compound (B) being effective to form with the aluminoxane (A) and the organometallic compound (O) the lattice (L), and (b) a guest (G) being an hydrocarbon compound (HC), and subsequently precipitating said liquid clathrate (LC) obtaining said solid catalyst system (SC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Borealis AG
    Inventors: Kalle Kallio, Marja Mustonen, Pertti Elo, Peter Denifl, John Severn
  • Patent number: 8957168
    Abstract: Methods for controlling properties of an olefin polymer using an alcohol compound are disclosed. The MI and the HLMI of the polymer can be decreased, and the Mw and the Mz of the polymer can be increased, via the addition of the alcohol compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Qing Yang, Max P. McDaniel, Tony R. Crain, Albert P. Masino, Ted H. Cymbaluk, John D. Stewart
  • Patent number: 8957170
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst system for the polymerization of olefins comprising a metal complex of formula CyLMD and an activating cocatalyst, wherein M is titanium, Cy is a cyclopentadienyl-type ligand, D is a diene, L is an amidinate-containing ligand of formula (1), wherein the amidinate-containing ligand is covalently bonded to the titanium via the imine nitrogen atom, Sub1 is a substituent, which comprises a group 14 atom through which Sub1 is bonded to the imine carbon atom, Sub2 is a substituent, which comprises a nitrogen atom, through which Sub2 is bonded to the imine carbon atom, and Cy is a mono- or polysubstituted cyclopentadienyl-type ligand, wherein the one or more substituents of Cy are selected from the group consisting of halogen, hydrocarbyl, silyl and germyl residues, optionally substituted with one or more halogen, amido, phosphido, alkoxy, or aryloxy residues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: LANXESS Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Gerardus Henricus Josephus Van Doremaele, Martin Alexander Zuideveld, Philip Mountford, Alex Heath, Richard T. W Scott
  • Patent number: 8952111
    Abstract: Olefin polymerization is carried out with a supported phosphinimine catalyst which has been treated with a long chain substituted amine compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Nova Chemicals (International) S.A.
    Inventors: Peter Phung Minh Hoang, Benjamin Milton Shaw, Patrick Lam, Victoria Ker, Cliff Robert Baar, Lee Douglas Henderson, Charles Ashton Garret Carter, Yan Jiang
  • Patent number: 8946363
    Abstract: Solid, particulate catalysts comprising bridged bis indenyl ?-ligands are disclosed, together with methods for the preparation and use thereof, for example, in olefin polymerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Borealis AG
    Inventors: Luigi Resconi, Pascal Castro, Lauri Huhtanen
  • Patent number: 8921499
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing an ethylene-?-olefin-diene copolymer and an ethylene-?-olefin-diene copolymer prepared thereby, by using a transition metal compound based on a cyclopenta[b]fluorenyl group as a catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignees: SK Innovation Co., Ltd., SK Global Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Cheol Shin, Ho Seong Lee, Seong Kyun Kim, Sang Ick Lee, Sun Young Kim, Jong Sok Hahn, Chan Woong Jeon, Jeong Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 8921500
    Abstract: The instant invention provides an ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer suitable for use in shrinkage film applications, and articles made therefrom. The ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer according to the present invention has a CDBI of less than 60%, and comprises at least two fractions in crossfractionation of the ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer, eluting from 85° C. to 90° C. and from 90° C. to 95° C., comprising a weight fraction ratio of >0.68 and a molecular weight homogeneity index of greater than 0.65; wherein the weight fraction ratio is the ratio of the weight of polymer in each fraction divided by the weight of polymer eluting between 95° C. and 100° C. and the molecular weight homogeneity index is the ratio of the weight average molecular weight of the polymer in the fraction divided by the weight average molecular weight of the polymer eluting between 95° C. and 100° C., and wherein the ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer has a density in the range of 0.920 to 0.940 g/cm3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Teresa P. Karjala, Lawrence J. Effler, Jr., Mehmet Demirors, Cristina Serrat, Lonnie G. Hazlitt
  • Patent number: 8912352
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel ligand derived from a tetrahydroquinoline derivative, and a transition metal compound prepared using the ligand, where an amido ligand is linked to an ortho-phenylene ligand to form a condensed ring and a 5-membered cyclic pi-ligand linked to the ortho-phenylene ligand is fused with a heterocyclic thiophene ligand. Compared with the catalysts not fused with a heterocyclic thiophene ligand, the transition metal compound of the present invention as activated with a co-catalyst has higher catalytic activity in olefin polymerization and provides a polymer with higher molecular weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Lotte Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Bun-Yeoul Lee, Ji-Hae Park, Seung-Hyun Do
  • Patent number: 8895466
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an active metallocene catalyst system prepared with a hafnium-based metallocene catalyst system and an activating agent comprising an aluminoxane and a sterically hindered Lewis base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Total Research & Technology Feluy
    Inventors: Vincenzo Busico, Roberta Cipullo, Roberta Pellecchia, Abbas Razavi
  • Patent number: 8895465
    Abstract: This invention provides activator precursor compositions and activator compositions. The activator precursor compositions are formed from a support material, an organoaluminum compound, and polyfunctional compounds having at least two aromatic groups in which at least two of said aromatic groups each has at least one polar moiety thereon. The activator compositions are formed from a support material, an organoaluminum compound, an aluminoxane, and a polyfunctional compound having at least two aromatic groups in which at least two of said aromatic groups each has at least one polar moiety thereon. Also provided are catalyst compositions, processes for forming catalyst compositions, and polymerization processes utilizing the catalyst compositions of this invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Albemarle Corporation
    Inventor: Lubin Luo
  • Patent number: 8877672
    Abstract: A catalyst composition comprising (i) a metal salt complex prepared from an imine phenol compound characterized by Structure 1: wherein O and N represent oxygen and nitrogen respectively; R comprises a halogen, a hydrocarbyl group, or a substituted hydrocarbyl group; R2 and R3 are each independently hydrogen, a halogen, a hydrocarbyl group, or a substituted hydrocarbyl group; and Q is a donor group; and (ii) a metallocene complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Mark L. Hlavinka, Qing Yang
  • Patent number: 8865846
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are polymerization processes for the production of olefin polymers. These polymerization processes can use a dual catalyst system containing a zirconium or hafnium based metallocene compound and a titanium based half-metallocene compound containing an indenyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Errun Ding, Qing Yang, Youlu Yu, Lloyd W. Guatney, Jim B. Askew
  • Patent number: 8865847
    Abstract: Olefin polymerization is carried out with a single site polymerization catalyst in the presence of a continuity additive. The continuity additive is a cocktail containing one or more dialkanolamide derived from a fatty acid, an oil soluble sulfonic acid and a dialkanolamine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Nova Chemicals (International) S.A
    Inventors: Peter Phung Minh Hoang, Benjamin Milton Shaw, Andy Mak
  • Patent number: 8865849
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for polymerizing olefins in which the amount of trimethylaluminum in a methylalumoxane solution is adjusted to be from 1 to 25 mol %, prior to use as an activator, where the mol % trimethylaluminum is determined by 1H NMR of the solution prior to combination with any support. This invention also relates to a process for polymerizing olefins in which the amount of an unknown species present in a methylalumoxane solution is adjusted to be from 0.10 to 0.65 integration units prior to use as an activator, where the amount of the unknown species is determined by the 1H NMR spectra of the solution performed prior to combination with any support. Preferably, the methylalumoxane solution is present in a catalyst system also comprising a metallocene transition metal compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Donna J. Crowther, David M. Fiscus
  • Patent number: 8865848
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of a random propylene copolymer comprising polymerizing propylene and at least one C2-10 alpha olefin (especially ethylene) in the presence of a catalyst; wherein said catalyst comprises: (i) a complex of formula (I): wherein M is zirconium or hafnium; each X is a sigma ligand; L is a divalent bridge selected from —R?2C—, —R?2C—CR?2—, —R?2Si—, —R?2Si—SiR2—, —R?2Ge—, wherein each R? is independently a hydrogen atom, C1-C20-hydrocarbyl, tri(C1-C20-alkyl)silyl, C6-C20-aryl, C7-C20-arylalkyl or C7-C20-alkylaryl; each R1 is a C4-C20 hydrocarbyl radical branched at the ?-atom to the cyclopentadienyl ring, optionally containing one or more heteroatoms belonging to groups 14-16, or is a C3-C20 hydrocarbyl radical branched at the ?-atom to the cyclopentadienyl ring where the ?-atom is an Si-atom; n is 0-3; each R18 is the same or different and may be a C1-C20 hydrocarbyl radical optionally containing one or more heteroatoms belonging to groups 14-16; each R4 is a hydrogen atom or a C1-6-h
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Borealis AG
    Inventors: Pascal Castro, Luigi Resconi, Lauri Huhtanen
  • Patent number: 8859451
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a process for the preparation of supported catalysts for the polymerization of olefins comprising at least a late transition metal complex, wherein the process comprises two steps. In the first step a catalytically active component comprising at least one late transition metal complex, optionally in the presence of one or more cocatalysts is mixed with a support; and in the second step the obtained mixture is treated at a reduced pressure under a flow of inert gas at a temperature equal to or below 40° C. to obtain a supported catalyst. The method is especially useful for the preparation of dual supported catalysts, useful in the gas-phase polymerization of olefins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Shahram Mihan, Volker Fraaije, Harald Schmitz
  • Patent number: 8841393
    Abstract: Catalyst compositions for the polymerization of olefins having improved flowability properties are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Univation Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chi-I Kuo, Agapios Kyriacos Agapiou, David M. Glowczwski, Ghanshyam Ganu H. Patel
  • Patent number: 8835587
    Abstract: Provided are catalyst systems, processes for polymerizing one or more olefins, polymers resulting therefrom, and articles prepared from such polymers. The processes comprise contacting under polymerization conditions one or more olefin monomers, preferably propylene, with a catalyst system comprising a transition metal compound and an activator of the formula (1) or (2) as described herein. The polymer compositions described herein exhibit advantageously narrow composition distributions and high melting points in comparison to conventional polymers having the same comonomer content. The polymers described herein exhibit improved properties, e.g., pellet stability, impact properties, heat seal properties, and structural integrity in film and fabricated parts applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Donna J. Crowthers, Peijun Jiang, Rainer Kolb
  • Patent number: 8835577
    Abstract: A polymerization catalyst system and polymerization processes using the catalyst systems are disclosed. The polymerization catalyst systems may include a) a first catalyst compound, and b) a second catalyst compound, wherein the first catalyst compound comprises a biphenyl phenol compound having essentially no hydrogen response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Univation Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Francis C. Rix, Sun-Chueh Kao, Rainer Kolb, Dongming Li, Cesar A. Garcia-Franco
  • Patent number: 8829128
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of a polypropylene, wherein propylene is polymerized optionally with a comonomer selected from the group consisting of ethylene, a C4-C20 ?-olefin and mixtures thereof, in the presence of a catalyst system comprising solid catalyst particles, wherein the solid catalyst particles (a) comprise a transition metal compound of formula (I) LmRnMXq (I) wherein “M” is a transition metal of anyone of the groups 3 to 10 of the periodic table (IUPAC), each “X” is independently a monovalent anionic ?-ligand, each “L” is independently an organic ligand which coordinates to the transition metal (M), each “R” is a bridging group linking two organic ligands (L), “m” is 2 or 3, preferably 2, “n” is 0, 1 or 2, preferably 1, “q” is 1, 2 or 3, preferably 2, m+q is equal to the valency of the transition metal (M), (c) comprise a cocatalyst (Co) comprising an element (E) of group 13 of the periodic table (IUPAC), preferably a cocatalyst (Co) comprising a compound of A1, wherein further the loss of activ
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Borealis AG
    Inventors: Lauri Huhtanen, Kalle Kallio, Pascal Castro
  • Patent number: 8828901
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of a solid catalyst system comprising the steps of generating an emulsion by dispersing a liquid clathrate in a solution wherein (i) the solution constitutes the continuous phase of the emulsion and (ii) the liquid clathrate constitutes in form of droplets the dispersed phase of the emulsion, solidifying said dispersed phase to convert said droplets to solid particles and optionally recovering said particles to obtain said catalyst system, wherein the liquid clathrate comprises a lattice being the reaction product of aluminoxane, an organometallic compound of a transition metal of Group 3 to 10 of the Periodic Table (IUPAC 2007) or of an actinide or lanthanide, and a further compound being effective to form with the aluminoxane and the organometallic compound the lattice, and a guest being an hydrocarbon compound, and the solution comprises a silicon fluid and a hydrocarbon solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Borealis AG
    Inventors: Kalle Kallio, Marja Mustonen, Pertti Elo, John Severn, Peter Denifl
  • Patent number: 8822365
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of a solid olefin polymerization catalyst system, comprising an organometallic compound of a transition metal of Group 3 to 10 of the Periodic Table (IUPAC 2007) in the form of solid particles comprising the steps of I) generating an emulsion by dispersing a liquid clathrate in a solvent (S) wherein (i) the solvent (S) constitutes the continuous phase of the emulsion and comprises a nonreactive fluorinated synthetic oil having a viscosity at 20° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Borealis AG
    Inventors: Jenni Valonen, Marja Mustonen
  • Patent number: 8822611
    Abstract: Rotomoulded articles and methods of forming the same are described herein. The rotomoulded articles generally have a permeability of less than 1 g/day. The rotomoulded articles generally include polyethylene obtained by injecting into a reactor a catalyst system including a metallocene catalyst component of specific formula and an activating agent; injecting into the reactor ethylene monomer at a concentration of at least 6.5 wt %; injecting an amount of hydrogen such that a ratio of hydrogen to ethylene (H2/C2) in the feed is less than 85 g/106 g; maintaining the reactor under polymerisation conditions at a temperature of less than 90° C.; and retrieving polyethylene exhibiting a melt index (MI2) of at least 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Total Research & Technology Feluy
    Inventor: Eric Maziers
  • Patent number: 8816027
    Abstract: This invention relates to a homogenous process for making a vinyl terminated propylene polymer, wherein the process comprises: contacting, propylene, under polymerization conditions, with a catalyst system comprising an activator and at least one metallocene compound, where the metallocene compound is represented by the formula: where: M is hafnium or zirconium; each X is a group bound to M as described herein; each R1 and R2 is, independently, a C1 to C10 alkyl group; each R3 is, independently, hydrogen; each R4, R5, and R6, is, independently, hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl group, a heteroatom or heteroatom containing group; T is a bridging group as described herein; and further provided that any of adjacent R4, R5, and R6 groups may form a fused ring or multicenter fused ring system where the rings may be aromatic, partially saturated or saturated, wherein the activator comprises a non-coordinating anion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Donna J. Crowther, Patrick Brant, Carlos U. De Garcia, Jacqueline A. Lovell
  • Patent number: 8796409
    Abstract: The invention describes the preparation of long chain branching in high density polyethylene by using metallocene catalysts in the presence of ethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Mosha H. Zhao, Cesar A. Garcia-Franco, Patrick Brant
  • Patent number: 8791042
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of an unsupported, heterogeneous olefin polymerization catalyst system, comprising an organometallic compound of a transition metal of Group 3 to 10 of the Periodic Table (IUPAC 2007) in the form of solid particles comprising the steps of a) preparing a solution (A) comprising ai) an organometallic compound of a transition metal of Group 3 to 10 of the Periodic Table (IUPAC 2007) or of an actinide or lanthanide, a2) a cocatalyst comprising an element of group 13 of the Periodic Table (IUPAC 2007) and a3) a solvent (A-1), b) preparing a liquid/liquid emulsion system by dispersing the solution (A) in a solvent (B) essentially immiscible with said solution (A) in the presence of a polystyrene-b-fluoro polystyrene copolymer of the formula (I) in which n is a number from 10 to 100, m is a number from 1 to 40, x is a number from 5 to 16, y is a number from 11 to 33, provided that m, n, x and y are selected in a way that the block copolymer is soluble in the solvent B or the solution A in
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Borealis AG
    Inventors: Nicolas Ronan, Peter Denifl
  • Patent number: 8785574
    Abstract: According to the invention, a single or plural kinds of bridged metallocene compounds having differing cyclopentadienyl-derived groups afford macromonomers that are a source of long-chain branches and simultaneously catalyze the repolymerization of the macromonomers into olefin polymers having a large number of long-chain branches, small neck-in in the T-die extrusion, small take-up surge and superior mechanical strength. The olefin polymerization catalysts and the polymerization processes can efficiently produce the olefin polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignees: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., Prime Polymer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Bando, Yasuo Satoh, Takashi Yukita, Yasuyuki Harada, Yoshiho Sonobe, Yasushi Tohi, Yusuke Sekioka, Masao Suzuki, Daisuke Tanifuji
  • Patent number: 8785575
    Abstract: A polymerization process comprising contacting under polymerization conditions ethylene and at least propylene to obtain a copolymer containing from 96% by mol to 71% by mol of ethylene derived units, in the presence of a catalyst system obtainable by contacting: b) at least a metallocene compound of formula (I), b) alumoxane or a compound capable of forming an alkyl metallocene cation; and optionally c) an organo aluminum compound; wherein the groups R1-R4, L, M and W are described in the text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Luigi Resconi, Francesca Focante
  • Patent number: 8759243
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention generally include multi-component catalyst systems, polymerization processes and heterophasic copolymers formed by the processes. The multi-component catalyst system generally includes a first catalyst component selected from Ziegler-Natta catalyst systems including a diether internal electron donor and a metallocene catalyst represented by the general formula XCpACpBMAn, wherein X is a structural bridge, CpA and CpB each denote a cyclopentadienyl group or derivatives thereof, each being the same or different and which may be either substituted or unsubstituted, M is a transition metal and A is an alkyl, hydrocarbyl or halogen group and n is an integer between 0 and 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Fina Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Tim Coffy, Michel Daumerie, Kenneth Blackmon, William J. Gauthier, Jun Tian, Joseph L. Thorman
  • Patent number: 8754177
    Abstract: The invention relates to a polymerization process, the polymerization process includes contacting a cyclic bridged metallocene catalyst represented by the following formula: LA(A)LBMQn wherein A is a divalent group bound to each of LA and LB; each of LA and LB are bound to M, and each Q is bound to M; LA and LB are independently selected from the group consisting of cyclopentadienyl ligands and substituted cyclopentadienyl ligands; A is a divalent bridging group comprising a heterocyclic ring comprising from 3 to 6 carbon atoms and one silyl, thus forming a 4 to 7 member divalent ring; M is a Group 4, 5, or 6 transition metal; Q is independently a halogen, a hydride, or a hydrocarbyl radical having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms; wherein n is 1 or 2; with an activator, and optionally a support, to form an activated catalyst and, subsequently, contacting the activated catalyst with ethylene and optionally, at least one C3-C8 alpha olefin comonomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Univation Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Donna J. Crowther, John F. Szul
  • Patent number: 8748546
    Abstract: The present invention provides dual catalyst systems and polymerization processes employing these dual catalyst systems. The disclosed polymerization processes can produce olefin polymers at higher production rates, and these olefin polymers may have a higher molecular weight and/or a lower melt index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Albert P. Masino, Rex E. Murray, Qing Yang, Steve J. Secora, Kumudini C. Jayaratne, William B. Beaulieu, Errun Ding, Gary L. Glass, Alan L. Solenberger, Ted H. Cymbaluk
  • Patent number: 8742041
    Abstract: Processes for the polymerization of olefins with extracted metal carboxylate salts are provided. The polymerization processes have increased productivity and/or increased resin bulk density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Univation Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: R. Eric Pequeno, Fathi David Hussein, Kevin Joseph Cann, Chi-I Kuo, Bruce Jon Savatsky, Eric J. Markel, Daniel Paul Zilker, Jr., Agapios Kyriacos Agapiou, David M. Glowczwski
  • Patent number: 8742042
    Abstract: A polymerization process comprising contacting under polymerization conditions ethylene and at least one alpha olefin of formula CH2=CHA wherein A is a C2-C20 alkyl radical to obtain a copolymer containing from 95% by mol to 50% by mol of ethylene derived units in the presence of a catalyst system obtainable by contacting: b) at least a metallocene compound of formula (I) b) alumoxane or a compound capable of forming an alkyl metallocene cation; and optionally c) an organo aluminum compound; wherein the groups R1-R4, L, M and W are described in the text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Francesca Focante, Luigi Resconi
  • Patent number: 8742043
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a group IV transition metal catalyst for producing an ethylene homopolymer or an ethylene-olefin copolymers, having high catalytic activity, which includes a cyclopentadiene derivative and one or more anionic ligands having an aryl group substituted with an aryl derivative at an ortho-position thereof around a transition metal, the ligands not being crosslinked to each other, a catalyst system including the group IV transition metal catalyst and an aluminoxane cocatalyst or a boron compound cocatalyst, and a method of producing ethylene homopolymers or ethylene-olefin copolymers using the catalyst system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: SK Innovation Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myung Ahn Ok, Dae Ho Shin, Jong Sok Hahn, Ho Seong Lee, Sang Ook Kang, Sung Kwan Kim
  • Patent number: 8735312
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst composition and a process for preparing an olefin polymer using the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to a novel catalyst composition comprising at least two types of catalysts and a process for preparing an olefin polymer having excellent heat resistance using the same. The present invention can provide an olefin polymer having excellent activity and high heat resistance, and also can control the values of density, heat resistance and melt index (MI) of the olefin polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung-Seop Noh, Hoon Chae, Cheon-Il Park, Won-Hee Kim, Sang-Jin Jeon, Eun-Jung Lee, Choong-Hoon Lee, Jong-Joo Ha
  • Patent number: 8729206
    Abstract: A polypropylene homopolymer with a melting point of less than 147° C., a percentage of 2.1 errors of at least 1% and a xylene soluble fraction of less than 0.5 wt %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Borealis AG
    Inventors: Luigi Resconi, Pascal Castro, Lauri Huhtanen, Norbert Hafner
  • Patent number: 8716415
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparing a supported metallocene catalyst, a supported metallocene catalyst prepared by the method, and a method for preparing a polyolefin using the supported metallocene catalyst. The supported metallocene catalyst according to the present invention contains catalyst components uniformly distributed deep into the whole porous carrier particles to secure a high catalytic activity and facilitates polymerization of polyolefins with high bulk density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyeon-Gook Kim, Ki-Soo Lee, Eun-Kyoung Song, Yong-Ho Lee, Dae-Sik Hong
  • Patent number: 8716418
    Abstract: A process for producing a syndiotactic ?-olefin polymer having high racemic diad fraction and high molecular weight with excellent polymerization activity through a method permitting high-temperature polymerization. The production process comprises polymerizing a monomer that comprises at least one C3-10 ?-olefin and a small amount of ethylene, in the presence of an olefin polymerization catalyst comprising a transition metal compound (A) represented by the general formula [1], at least one compound (B) selected from an organoaluminum oxy-compound (b-1), a compound (b-2) that reacts with the transition metal compound (A) to form an ion pair and an organoaluminum compound (b-3), which process for producing a syndiotactic ?-olefin polymer satisfies the relationship: 0.001?PE/PO?0.030, provided that the molar amounts of ethylene and an ?-olefin having 3 to 10 carbon atoms that are fed into a polymerization reactor under a polymerization temperature of not lower than 25° C. are PE and PO, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Yamamoto, Takashi Yukita, Masahiro Yamashita, Hiromu Kaneyoshi