US Patent Issued to Chevron Phillips Chemical on July 8 for "Modifications of sulfated bentonites and uses thereof in metallocene catalyst systems for olefin polymerization" (Oklahoma, Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,670, issued on July 8, was assigned to Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP (The Woodlands, Texas).

"Modifications of sulfated bentonites and uses thereof in metallocene catalyst systems for olefin polymerization" was invented by Max P. McDaniel (Bartlesville, Okla.), Qing Yang (Bartlesville, Okla.), Ryan N. Rose (Caney, Kan.), Kathy S. Clear (Bartlesville, Okla.), Graham R. Lief (Bartlesville, Okla.), Eric D. Schwerdtfeger (Bartlesville, Okla.), Anand Ramanathan (Bartlesville, Okla.), Jeremy M. Praetorius (Bartlesville, Okla.) and Connor D. Boxell (Bartlesville, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Sulfated bentonite compositions are cha...