Patents by Inventor Emil Ferdinand Aust

Emil Ferdinand Aust 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).

  • Electrolyte Formulations
    Patent number: 8829201
    Abstract: The present invention relates to electrolyte formulations comprising at least one imidazolium difluorodicyanoborate or pyrrolidinium difluorodicyanoborate and their use in an electrochemical and/or optoelectronic device such as a photovoltaic cell, a light emitting device, an electrochromic or photo-electrochromic device, an electrochemical sensor and/or biosensor, preferably their use in a dye or quantum dot-sensitized solar cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Kentaro Kawata, Hiroki Yoshizaki, Hiromi Shinohara, Peer Kirsch, Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, William-Robert Pitner, Emil Ferdinand Aust, Marlies Waterman
  • Bis(perfluoroalkyl)phosphinous acids and derivatives and use thereof
    Patent number: 8648202
    Abstract: The invention relates to bis(perfluoroalkyl)phosphinous acids, bis(perfluoroalkyl)thiophosphinous acids and derivatives, the synthesis thereof and the use thereof, in particular for the synthesis of air-stable metal complexes for catalytic processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Berthold Hoge, Anne Julia Bader, Boris Kurscheid, Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, Emil Ferdinand Aust
  • Use of ionic liquids containing tricyanomethide anions as solvents for the extraction of alcohols from aqueous solutions
    Patent number: 8440869
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the liquid-liquid extraction of alcohols from aqueous solutions using at least one ionic liquid containing a tricyanomethide anion as solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: William-Robert Pitner, Emil Ferdinand Aust, Michael Schulte, Uschi Schmid-Grossmann
  • Electrolyte Formulations
    Publication number: 20120318360
    Abstract: The present invention relates to electrolyte formulations comprising at least one imidazolium difluorodicyanoborate or pyrrolidinium difluorodicyanoborate and their use in an electrochemical and/or optoelectronic device such as a photovoltaic cell, a light emitting device, an electrochromic or photo-electrochromic device, an electrochemical sensor and/or biosensor, preferably their use in a dye or quantum dot-sensitized solar cell
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Kentaro KAWATA, Hiroki YOSHIZAKI, Hiromi SHINOHARA, Peer KIRSCH, Nikolai (Mykola) IGNATYEV, William-Robert PITNER, Emil Ferdinand AUST, Marlies WATERMANN
  • Bis(perfluoralkyl)phosphinous acids and derivatives and use thereof
    Publication number: 20110124873
    Abstract: The invention relates to bis(perfluoroalkyl)phosphinous acids, bis(perfluoroalkyl)thiophosphinous acids and derivatives, the synthesis thereof and the use thereof, in particular for the synthesis of air-stable metal complexes for catalytic processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Berthold Hoge, Anne Julia Bader, Boris Kurscheid, Nikolai Ignatyev, Emil Ferdinand Aust
  • Use of ionic liquids containing tricyanomethide anions as solvents for the extraction of alcohols from aqueous solutions
    Publication number: 20110112337
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the liquid-liquid extraction of alcohols from aqueous solutions using at least one ionic liquid containing a tricyanomethide anion as solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: William-Robert Pitner, Emil Ferdinand Aust, Michael Schulte, Uschi Schmid-Grossmann