Polymerization of olefins

Claim 1

A METHOD FOR POLYMERIZING AN OLEFINICALLY-UNSATURATED MONOMER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ETHYLENE, STYRENE, AND ALKYL-SUBSTITUTED STYRENES WHICH COMPRISES THE STEPS OF POLYMERIZING SAID MONOMERS AT A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN ROOM TEMPERATURE AND 150*C. IN THE PRESENCE OF A CATALYST SYSTEM COMPRISING AN AMINE, SAID AMINE BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF PYRIDINE AND SECONDARY ALPHATIC, AROMATIC, AND CYCLOALIPHATIC AMINES, AND THE REACTION PRODUCT PREPARED BY ADMIXING A TRANSITION METAL SALT AND A GRIGNARD REAGENT, SAID TRANSITION METAL OF SAID TRANSITION METAL SALT BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF TITANIUM AND ZIRCONIUM, SAID REACTION PRODUCT CONTAINING AN ORGANIC MOIETY LINKED TO SAID TRANSITION METAL BY A DIRECT METALTO-CARBON BOND, AND WHERE SAID AMINE IS PRESENT IN AMOUNT BETWEEN 0.05 AND 2 GRAM-MOLS OF AMINE FOR EACH GRAMATOM OF SAID TRANSITION METAL.

Claim 2

A METHOD FOR POLYMERIZING AN OLEFINICALLY-UNSATURATED MONOMER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ETHYLENE, STYRENE, AND ALKYL-SUBSTITUTED STYRENES WHICH COMPRISES THE STEPS OF POLYMERIZING SAID MONOMERS AT A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN ROOM TEMPERATURE AND 150*C. IN THE PRESENCE OF A CATALYST SYSTEM COMPRISING AN AMINE, SAID AMINE BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF PYRIDINE AND SECONDARY ALPHATIC, AROMATIC, AND CYCLOALIPHATIC AMINES, AND THE REACTION PRODUCT PREPARED BY ADMIXING A TRANSITION METAL SALT AND A GRIGNARD REAGENT, SAID TRANSITION METAL OF SAID TRANSITION METAL SALT BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF TITANIUM AND ZIRCONIUM, SAID REACTION PRODUCT CONTAINING AN ORGANIC MOIETY LINKED TO SAID TRANSITION METAL BY A DIRECT METALTO-CARBON BOND, AND WHERE SAID AMINE IS PRESENT IN AMOUNT BETWEEN 0.05 AND 2 GRAM-MOLS OF AMINE FOR EACH GRAMATOM OF SAID TRANSITION METAL.