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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8124707 | Process for the production of a polymer comprising monomeric units of ethylene, an A-olefin and a vinyl norbornene The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a polymer comprising monomeric units of ethylene, an α-olefin and a vinyl norbornene applying as a catalyst system: a. a bridged or an group 4 metal containing an unbridged catalyst having a single cyclopent... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8013093 | Articles comprising propylene-based elastomers The present invention is directed generally to the use of propylene-based elastomers in articles. The propylene-based elastomers have isotactic polypropylene crystallinity, a melting point by DSC of 110° C. or less, a heat of fusion of from 5 to 50 J/g, and compris... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7829645 | Process for the production of a polymer comprising monomeric units of ethylene, an α-oplefin and a vinyl norbornene The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a polymer comprising monomeric units of ethylene, an α-olefin and a vinyl norbornene applying as a catalyst system: a. a bridged or an group 4 metal containing an unbridged catalyst having a single cyclopent... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7605217 | High strength propylene-based elastomers and uses thereof The present invention provides a crosslinked propylene-based elastomer having an isotactic propylene triad tacticity of from 65 to 95%, a melting point by DSC equal to or less than 110° C., a heat of fusion of from 5 J/g to 50 J/g, an ultimate tensile strength of 1... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7423100 | Polymerization processes The invention provides for polymerization processes to produce polymers utilizing boiling pool reactor systems and diluents including hydrofluorocarbons. ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7390866 | Propylene-based elastomers and uses thereof The present invention provides curable and cured propylene-based elastomers, optionally including a diene, and having isotactic polypropylene crystallinity, a melting point by DSC equal to or less than 110° C., and a heat of fusion of from 5 J/g to 50 J/g. The pres... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7361303 | Medical waste treatment unit A method and apparatus for reducing organic waste. The apparatus comprises a conveyor to move waste to a first chamber for weighing waste and purging oxygen, a second chamber for treating, sterilizing and reducing waste by reverse polymerization, and a third chamber... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7354979 | Polymer production at supercritical conditions This invention relates to a process to polymerize olefins comprising contacting, in a polymerization system, olefins having three or more carbon atoms with a catalyst compound, activator, optionally comonomer, and optionally diluent or solvent, at a temperature abov... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7339018 | Diene-modified propylene copolymers Certain specific embodiments of the invention will now be discussed. For example, a process of preparing a copolymer composition that includes a diene-modified polypropylene copolymer is described, which process includes: contacting a metallocene catalyst compound w... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7332555 | Polymers with new sequence distributions The invention relates to new polymerization processes including diluents including hydrofluorocarbons and their use to produce novel polymers with new sequence distributions. In particular, the invention relates to copolymers of an isoolefin, preferably isobutylene,... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7332554 | Polymers with new sequence distributions The invention relates to new polymerization processes including diluents including hydrofluorocarbons and their use to produce novel polymers with new sequence distributions. In particular, the invention relates to copolymers of an isoolefin, preferably isobutylene,... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7319125 | Supercritical polymerization process and polymers produced therefrom This invention relates to a process to produce propylene polymers comprising contacting a metallocene catalyst compound and an activator in a reaction medium comprising propylene, from 0 to 30 volume % of one or more solvents and from 0 to 30 mole % of one or more c... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7282548 | Process for production of high-isoprene butyl rubber The present invention relates to a continuous process for producing polymers at conversions ranging from 50% to 95% having a Mooney viscosity of at least 25 Mooney-units and a gel content of less than 15 wt. % containing repeating units derived from at least one iso... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7253242 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable materials are presently disclosed. The materials have a rebound height percentage of greater than 60% and are formed from compositions comprising at least one resilient polyamine polydiene and/or ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7238819 | Process for preparing isobutylene-based polymers This invention relates to a metal organic compound, a catalytic composition comprising said metal organic compound, a process for homo- or co-polymerizing isoolefines in the presence of said metal organic compound and a method of stabilizing a compound of the genera... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7232872 | Polymerization processes The invention provides for a process to produce polymers utilizing a hydrofluorocarbon diluent. ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7230059 | Process for producing olefin copolymer A process for producing an olefin-based copolymer, which comprises copolymerizing at least one olefin selected from the group consisting of ethylene and straight chain α-olefins, and a vinyl compound (I) and a polyene (II) described below: Vinyl compound (I)... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7223828 | Branched diene-modified crystalline polypropylene terpolymers Certain specific embodiments of the invention will now be discussed. For example, a process of preparing a polymer composition that includes a branched crystalline diene-modified polypropylene random terpolymer is described, which process includes: contacting a meta... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7214741 | Peroxide curable butyl formulations The present invention relates to a peroxide curable rubber compound containing at least one elastomeric polymer comprising repeating units derived from at least one C4 to C7 isomonoolefin monomer, at least one C4 to C14 mu... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7214750 | Polymerization processes The invention relates to new processes to produce polymers utilizing bayonette cooled slurry reactor systems and diluents including hydrofluorocarbons. ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7202317 | Polymerization of i-butene in hydrocarbon media using bis(borane) co-initiators A method is provided for cationically polymerizing olefin monomer by using a novel coinitiator in the presence of water. More specifically, a method is provided for cationically polymerizing olefin monomer by using a novel coinitiator in an aqueous suspension or aqu... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7196149 | Polymerization of i-butane in hydrocarbon media using bis(borane) co-initiators A method is provided for cationically polymerizing olefin monomer by employing the step of using a novel coinitiator in an organic phase or a neat monomer reaction phase. More specifically, a method is provided for cationically polymerizing olefin monomer by employi... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7196031 | Catalyst composition A catalyst composition for polymerization of a conjugated diene or copolymerization of a conjugated diene and an aromatic vinyl compound, which comprises the following components: (A) a metallocene-type complex of a rare earth metal compound (samarium complex etc.),... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7193024 | Alpha-Olefin based branched polymer A polymer comprising units (1) derived from an alpha-olefin having at least 3 carbon atoms (1′), units (2) derived from divinylbenzene or C1-10hydrocarbyl substituted derivatives thereof (2′), and units (3) derived f... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7183364 | Process for preparation of polyolefins via degenerative transfer polymerization Disclosed is a method of producing a polyolefin composition comprising contacting a metallocene pre-catalyst with a substoichiometric amount of a co-catalyst; adding a first olefin monomer; and polymerizing the first monomer for a time sufficient to form the polyole... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7169870 | Method for preparing butadiene/isoprene copolymers and resulting copolymers The present invention relates to a process for the preparation random copolymers of butadiene and isoprene, essentially consisting of reacting a catalytic system in the presence of butadiene and isoprene and using, as catalytic system, a system based on at least:—... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7163993 | Electrical devices from polymer resins prepared with ionic catalysts This invention relates to olefin polymers particularly suited to satisfying the dielectric properties required in electrical device use. The olefin polymers can be prepared by contacting polymerizable olefin monomers with catalyst complexes of Group 3–11 metal cat... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7141690 | Transition metal complexes, ligands, polymerization catalysts for olefins, and process for production of olefin polymers A transition metal complex represented by the formula (1): wherein M is a Group 4 transition metal, A is a Group 16 element, B is a Group 14 element, n is an integer of 0 or 1, R1, R2, R | 11/28/2006 |
| 7135533 | Ethylene, higher alpha-olefin comonomer and dienes, especially vinyl norbornene and polymers made using such processes This invention relates to olefin polymerization processes for polymerizing ethylene, higher alpha-olefin comonomer and dienes, especially vinyl norbornene, and especially process for producing amorphous or semi-crystalline polymers such as EPDM. The invention also r... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7119157 | Methods of preparing EP(D)M elastomer, of controlling yield thereof, and of recovering the same Disclosed herein is a method of preparing an EP(D)M elastomer, which includes pre-cooling a reactive solvent to −80 to −100° C.; and polymerizing ethylene, at least one higher α-olefin having 3 to 18 carbons, and selectively, at least one conjugated or non-con... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7115693 | Method for preparing butadiene/isoprene copolymers and resulting copolymers The present invention relates to a process for the preparation random copolymers of butadiene and isoprene, essentially consisting of reacting a catalytic system in the presence of butadiene and isoprene and using, as catalytic system, a system based on at least:—... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7101936 | Olefin polymerization process to produce branched polymer compositions A method of lowering MFR response of a high-melt-flow-rate-polymer-producing metallocene catalyst is provided. The method includes contacting the metallocene catalyst with a sufficient quantity of α,ω-diene monomer such that when the catalyst composition is contac... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7094854 | Ethylene/butadiene copolymers, catalytic system and process for the synthesis thereof Disclosed are ethylene and butadiene copolymers and a catalytic system usable for the synthesis of these copolymers. The copolymers have a molar content of units resulting from butadiene of ≧8%, said units comprising trans-1,2 cyclohexane linkages, and a number-av... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7067594 | Functionalized isobutylene-polyene copolymers and derivatives thereof A carboxylic derivative composition derived from a carboxylated isobutylene-polyene copolymer having n ranging from about 200 to about 10,000, said copolymer having thereon from about 0.8 to about 7 moles per mole of copolymer of groups derived from at least one α,... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7041760 | Process for production of butyl rubber The present invention relates to a process for producing polymers containing repeating units derived from at least one isoolefin monomer, optionally repeating units derived from at least one multiolefin monomer and optionally further copolymerizable monomers in the ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7022793 | Process for the treatment of polymer compositions A process for the preparation of heterophasic elastomeric polymer comprising the step of polymerizing ethylene, an alpha-olefin CH2═CHL, where L is an alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl radical with 1–10 carbon atoms and a non-conjugated diene in the presence of a cataly... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7022789 | Telechelic alkadiene polymers with crosslinkable end groups and methods for making the same The present invention relates to telechelic polymers having crosslinkable end groups of the formula and methods for preparing the same wherein n is an integer; is an alkadi... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7005491 | Propylene diene copolymerized polymers A method of lowering MFR response of a high melt flow rate polymer producing metallocene catalyst is provided. The method includes contacting the metallocene catalyst with a sufficient quantity of α,ω-diene monomer such that when the catalyst composition is contac... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6995228 | Copolymer of conjugated cyclodiene A cyclic conjugated diene copolymer comprising a main chain comprised of (A) cyclic conjugated diene monomer units, (B) monomer units obtained from vinyl aromatic monomers each having a hydrogen atom at the α-position thereof, and optionally (C) monomer units obtai... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6977287 | Propylene diene copolymers The co-polymerization reaction of one or more olefin monomers, such as propylene, with α,ω-diene units and the resulting copolymers are provided. More specifically, the copolymer may have from 90 to 99.999 weight percent of olefins and from 0.001 to 2.000 weight p... | 12/20/2005 |