ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,384, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to NOVA Chemicals (International) S.A. (Fribourg, Switzerland).

"Cyclopentadienyl/adamantyl phosphinimine titanium complexes" was invented by Xiaoliang Gao (Calgary, Canada), Cheng Fan (Calgary, Canada), Janelle Smiley-Wiens (Calgary, Canada), Brian Molloy (Airdrie, Canada), P. Scott Chisholm (Calgary, Canada), Charles Carter (Calgary, Canada) and James Goettel (Calgary, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided in this disclosure are titanium complexes that contain 1) a cyclopentadienyl ligand; 2) an adamantyl-phosphinimine ligand; and 3) at least one activatable ligand. The use of such a co...