Patents by Inventor Benoit Domercq

Benoit Domercq has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10406783
    Abstract: A laminated glazing includes (i) a first outer sheet of glass; (ii) an electrically powered functional film; (iii) an infrared reflecting means arranged between the first sheet of glass and the functional film; (iv) at least one first thermoplastic insert arranged between the infrared radiation reflecting means and the functional film; and (v) a second outer sheet of glass. The laminated glazing includes at least the first outer sheet with infrared reflection RIRV so that RIRV?1.087*TLV, where TLV is the light transmission of the sheet of glass, and the infrared reflecting means is characterized by light transmission TLC so that TLC?1.3*TIRC, where TIRC is the infrared transmission of the infrared radiation reflecting means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventors: Renaud Hubert, Yannick Sartenaer, Francois Boland, Thomas Lambricht, Benoit Domercq, Audrey Dogimont, Tanguy Timmermans
  • Publication number: 20180342638
    Abstract: The invention relates to a photovoltaic device intended to convert into electricity incident radiation ?1 of a wavelength ?1 comprised between 280 and 1000 nm, comprising (i) an assembly comprising a glass sheet having two major faces f1 and f2, the face f1 being that via which the incident radiation penetrates into said assembly and said sheet being transparent to said incident radiation ?1; and a functional layer covering the major face f2 of the sheet and comprising a matrix in which are dispersed luminescent elements capable of absorbing said incident radiation ?1 of wavelength ?1 and of re-emitting it with a wavelength ?2 longer than ?1 and comprised between 800 and 1400 nm; and (ii) at least one photovoltaic cell at which the re-emitted radiation of wavelength ?2 arrives and which is sensitive to the wavelength ?2. In this device, the glass sheet has a coefficient of absorption at the wavelength ?2 lower than 3 m?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventors: Thomas LAMBRICHT, Benoit POOT, Benoit DOMERCQ
  • Publication number: 20180170013
    Abstract: A laminated glazing includes (i) a first outer sheet of glass; (ii) an electrically powered functional film; (iii) an infrared reflecting means arranged between the first sheet of glass and the functional film; (iv) at least one first thermoplastic insert arranged between the infrared radiation reflecting means and the functional film; and (v) a second outer sheet of glass. The laminated glazing includes at least the first outer sheet with infrared reflection RIRV so that RIRV?1.087*TLV, where TLV is the light transmission of the sheet of glass, and the infrared reflecting means is characterized by light transmission TLC so that TLC?1.3*TIRC, where TIRC is the infrared transmission of the infrared radiation reflecting means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventors: Renaud HUBERT, Yannick SARTENAER, Francois BOLAND, Thomas LAMBRICHT, Benoit DOMERCQ, Audrey DOGIMONT, Tanguy TIMMERMANS
  • Patent number: 9806281
    Abstract: The invention relates to a structure comprising at least two impermeable substrates, at least one of these substrates being transparent, at least one intermediate adhesive film and at least one electronic or optoelectronic organic device between the two substrates, said device comprising a stack of organic layers comprising a photoelectroactive layer, with, on either side of the latter, additional organic layers that facilitate the transport of charge, among which layers mention may be made of a hole transport layer and an electron transport layer, said stack being inserted between two carriers, said stack of organic layers essentially containing materials the glass transition temperature (TgM) of which is such that TgM?Tgf?130° C., where Tgf is the glass transition temperature of the material from which the intermediate adhesive film is made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventors: Benoit Domercq, Marek Novotny, Sebastien Linthout, Jonathan Vivier, Nunzio Vigneri
  • Patent number: 9397304
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transparent substrate for an organic light-emitting device comprising an electrode-bearing carrier, said electrode consisting in a multilayer comprising at least, in order starting from the substrate, a first dielectric layer (D1), a first conduction metal layer (M1), a second dielectric layer (D2), a second conduction metal layer (M2), and a third dielectric layer (D3), the conduction metal layers (M) in the electrode (11) being two in number, and the third dielectric layer (D3) not comprising an indium-oxide-based layer. It is characterised in that the geometric thickness of the second dielectric layer (D2) is at least 65 nm and the geometric thickness of the first conduction metal layer (M1) is at least 8.5 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: AGC Glass Europe
    Inventors: Benoit Domercq, Philippe Roquiny
  • Patent number: 9293707
    Abstract: The invention relates to a substrate (1) comprising a medium (10), said medium (10) comprising, on at least one of its main faces, a functional layer (11) that has low-E or antisolar properties or is electrically conductive, characterized in that said functional layer (11) comprises, on its extreme surface opposite the medium (10), at least one sulphurous compound, in particular a sulphate, a sulphonate and/or a thiosulphate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignees: AGC Glass Europe, Asahi Glass Company Limited
    Inventors: Sophie Billet, Benoit Domercq, Philippe Roquiny, Yuki Aoshima
  • Patent number: 9222641
    Abstract: A translucent conductive substrate (1) for Organic Light Emitting Device comprising, a transparent support (10), a scattering layer (11) formed over the transparent support (10) and comprising a glass which contains a base material (110) having a first refractive index for at least one wavelength of light to be transmitted and a plurality of scattering materials (111) dispersed in the base material (110) and having a second refractive index different from that of the base material and a transparent electrode (12) formed over the scattering layer (11), said electrode (12) comprising at least one metal conduction layer (122) and at least one coating (120) having properties for improving the light transmission through said electrode, said coating (120) comprises at least one layer for improving light transmission (1201) and is located between the metal conduction layer (122) and the scattering layer (11), on which said electrode (12) is deposited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignees: AGC Glass Europe, Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Benoit Domercq, Philippe Roquiny, Daniel Decroupet, Nobuhiro Nakamura, Naoya Wada, Nao Ishibashi
  • Publication number: 20150303404
    Abstract: The invention relates to a structure comprising at least two impermeable substrates, at least one of these substrates being transparent, at least one intermediate adhesive film and at least one electronic or optoelectronic organic device between the two substrates, said device comprising a stack of organic layers comprising a photoelectroactive layer, with, on either side of the latter, additional organic layers that facilitate the transport of charge, among which layers mention may be made of a hole transport layer and an electron transport layer, said stack being inserted between two carriers, said stack of organic layers essentially containing materials the glass transition temperature (TgM) of which is such that TgM?Tgf?130° C., where Tgf is the glass transition temperature of the material from which the intermediate adhesive film is made.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventors: Benoit DOMERCQ, Marek NOVOTNY, Sebastien LINTHOUT, Jonathan VIVIER, Nunzio VIGNERI
  • Publication number: 20150115246
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transparent substrate for an organic light-emitting device comprising an electrode-bearing carrier, said electrode consisting in a multilayer comprising at least, in order starting from the substrate, a first dielectric layer (D1), a first conduction metal layer (M1), a second dielectric layer (D2), a second conduction metal layer (M2), and a third dielectric layer (D3), the conduction metal layers (M) in the electrode (11) being two in number, and the third dielectric layer (D3) not comprising an indium-oxide-based layer. It is characterised in that the geometric thickness of the second dielectric layer (D2) is at least 65 nm and the geometric thickness of the first conduction metal layer (M1) is at least 8.5 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventors: Benoit Domercq, Philippe Roquiny
  • Publication number: 20150083468
    Abstract: The invention relates to a glass substrate having enhanced optical properties for optoelectronic devices, wherein said substrate is totally or partially textured, by means of a chemical attack, on at least one of the surfaces thereof with a set of geometric patterns such that the arctangent of the ratio of the mean height of the patterns, Rz, to half the mean distance between the peaks of two contiguous patterns, RSm, is at least equal to an angle of 35° and at most equal to an angle of 80°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventors: Benoit Domercq, Fabrice Sinapi
  • Patent number: 8945670
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of a transparent support covered with a deposit of inorganic nanoparticles, said deposit having micro gaps, comprising the following steps: application of a solution of polyelectrolyte having ionized functional groups to a transparent support, followed by at least one washing and drying step to form a charged polyelectrolyte deposit on said support; application of a solution of polymer microparticles having ionized groups with charges opposed to those of the polyelectrolyte deposit to said polyelectrolyte deposit, followed by at least one washing step for the formation of a deposit of charged polymer microparticles on the polyelectrolyte deposit; covering the deposit of charged polymer microparticles with a solution of polyelectrolyte having ionized functional groups with charges opposed to those of the charged polymer microparticles of step (b), followed by at least one washing and drying step to form a charged polyelectrolyte deposit; application of a s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: AGC Glass Europe
    Inventors: Benoit Domercq, Ingrid Marenne, Samuel Martinquet, Guillaume Lamblin, Christine Dupont
  • Publication number: 20140319687
    Abstract: The invention relates to a substrate (1) comprising a medium (10), said medium (10) comprising, on at least one of its main faces, a functional layer (11) that has low-E or antisolar properties or is electrically conductive, characterized in that said functional layer (11) comprises, on its extreme surface opposite the medium (10), at least one sulphurous compound, in particular a sulphate, a sulphonate and/or a thiosulphate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicants: AGC Glass Europe, Asahi Glass Company Limited
    Inventors: Sophie Billet, Benoit Domercq, Philippe Roquiny, Yuki Aoshima
  • Publication number: 20140021460
    Abstract: An organic LED element includes a transparent substrate; a light scattering layer formed on the transparent substrate; a transparent first electrode formed on the light scattering layer; an organic light emitting layer formed on the first electrode; and a second electrode formed on the organic light emitting layer, wherein the light scattering layer includes a base material made of glass, and a plurality of scattering substances dispersed in the base material, and wherein a coating layer, which is not a molten glass, is provided between the light scattering layer and the first electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicants: AGC Glass Europe SA, ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masamichi TANIDA, Nobuhiro Nakamura, Naoya Wada, Yumiko Aoki, Benoit Domercq
  • Patent number: 8586208
    Abstract: A device including an electrode, the electrode having a surface; a molecule bound to the surface of the electrode through a binding group; an organic electronic material in electrical contact with the electrode, wherein the molecule comprises at least one fluorinated aryl group, wherein the electrode contains a transparent conductive metal oxide, a carbon nanotube, or graphene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Asha Sharma, Peter Hotchkiss, Benoit Domercq, Seth Marder, Bernard Kippelen
  • Publication number: 20130114269
    Abstract: A translucent conductive substrate (1) for Organic Light Emitting Device comprising, a transparent support (10), a scattering layer (11) formed over the transparent support (10) and comprising a glass which contains a base material (110) having a first refractive index for at least one wavelength of light to be transmitted and a plurality of scattering materials (111) dispersed in the base material (110) and having a second refractive index different from that of the base material and a transparent electrode (12) formed over the scattering layer (11), said electrode (12) comprising at least one metal conduction layer (122) and at least one coating (120) having properties for improving the light transmission through said electrode, said coating (120) comprises at least one layer for improving light transmission (1201) and is located between the metal conduction layer (122) and the scattering layer (11), on which said electrode (12) is deposited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicants: Asahi Glass Company, Limited, AGC Glass Europe
    Inventors: Benoit Domercq, Philippe Roquiny, Daniel Decroupet, Nobuhiro Nakamura, Naoya Wada, Nao Ishibashi
  • Publication number: 20130108832
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of a transparent support covered with a deposit of inorganic nanoparticles, said deposit having micro gaps, comprising the following steps: application of a solution of polyelectrolyte having ionised functional groups to a transparent support, followed by at least one washing and drying step to form a charged polyelectrolyte deposit on said support; application of a solution of polymer microparticles having ionised groups with charges opposed to those of the polyelectrolyte deposit to said polyelectrolyte deposit, followed by at least one washing step for the formation of a deposit of charged polymer microparticles on the polyelectrolyte deposit; covering the deposit of charged polymer microparticles with a solution of polyelectrolyte having ionised functional groups with charges opposed to those of the charged polymer microparticles of step (b), followed by at least one washing and drying step to form a charged polyelectrolyte deposit; application of a s
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: AGC Glass Europe
    Inventors: Benoit Domercq, Ingrid Marenne, Samuel Martinquet, Guillaume Lamblin, Christine Dupont
  • Patent number: 8405069
    Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of organic thin-film transistors (OTFT) with a gate insulator layer comprised of nanocomposites incorporating metal oxide nanoparticles coated by organic ligands and methods of fabricating such OTFTs. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Bernard Kippelen, Joseph Perry, Seth Marder, Philoseok Kim, Simon Jones, Joshua N. Haddock, Xiaohong Zhang, Benoit Domercq, Peter Hotchkiss
  • Publication number: 20110297988
    Abstract: Transparent substrate (1) for photonic devices comprising a support (10) and an electrode (11), said electrode (11) comprising a lamination structure comprising a single metal conduction layer (112) and at least one coating (110) having properties for improving the light transmission through said electrode, wherein said coating (110) has a geometric thickness at least more than 3.0 nm and at most less than or equal to 200 nm, and said coating (110) comprises at least one layer for improving light transmission (1101) and is located between the metal conduction layer (112) and the support (10), on which said electrode (11) is deposited, said transparent substrate (1) is such in that the optical thickness of the coating having properties for improving the light transmission (110), TD1, and the geometric thickness of the metal conduction layer (112), TME, are linked by the equation: TME=TME—o+[B*sin(?*TD1/TD1—o)]/(nsupport)3 where TMEo, B and TD1—o are constants with TME—o having a value in the range of 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: AGC Glass Europe
    Inventors: Benoit Domercq, Philippe Roquiny, Daniel Decroupet
  • Publication number: 20110196104
    Abstract: The present invention describes compounds with iridium complexes and poly(norbornene)s made therefrom. Methods of making the compounds and the poly(norbornene)s are also described. Further disclosed herein are light-emitting diodes employing such poly(norbornene)s which are covalently attached to a hole transport material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2008
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alpay Kimyonok, Benoit Domercq, Andreas Haldi, Jian-Yang Cho, Joseph R. Carlise, Xian-Yong Wang, Lauren E. Hayden, Simon C. Jones, Stephen Barlow, Seth R. Marder, Bernard Kippelen, Marcus Weck
  • Patent number: 7994423
    Abstract: Briefly described, embodiments of this disclosure include charge-transport materials, methods of forming charge-transport materials, and methods of using the charge-transport materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Seth Marder, Bilal Kaafarani, Steve Barlow, Bernhard Kippelen, Benoit Domercq, Qing Zhang, Takeshi Kondo