Patents by Inventor Esther Breuning

Esther Breuning 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).

  • Metal complexes
    Patent number: 11917901
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal complexes of formula (1): M(L)n(L?)m??(1) which comprises a moiety M(L)n of formula (2): and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these metal complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: UDC Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Dominik Joosten, Esther Breuning, Joachim Kaiser
  • Binuclear metal complexes and electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices containing said metal complexes
    Patent number: 11430962
    Abstract: The present invention relates to binuclear metal complexes and electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices containing said metal complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Christian Ehrenreich, Philipp Harbach, Anna Hayer, Esther Breuning
  • MONONUCLEAR IRIDIUM COMPLEXES CONTAINING THREE ORTHO-METALLATED BIDENTATE LIGANDS AND OPTICAL ORIENTATING ANISTROPHY
    Publication number: 20220098477
    Abstract: The present invention relates to iridium complexes suitable for use in organic electroluminescent devices, especially as emitters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Falk MAY, Philipp STOESSEL, Armin AUCH, Charlotte WALTER, Jochen PFISTER, Esther BREUNING
  • Binuclear metal complexes for use as emitters in organic electroluminescent devices
    Patent number: 11136343
    Abstract: The present invention relates to binuclear metal complexes and electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices containing said metal complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Christian Ehrenreich, Philipp Harbach, Anna Hayer, Esther Breuning
  • BINUCLEAR METAL COMPLEXES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES, IN PARTICULAR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES CONTAINING SAID METAL COMPLEXES
    Publication number: 20200052213
    Abstract: The present invention relates to binuclear metal complexes and electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices containing said metal complexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Christian Ehrenreich, Philipp Harbach, Anna Hayer, Esther Breuning
  • Electronic device comprising metal complexes
    Patent number: 10538698
    Abstract: The present invention relates to organic electroluminescent devices comprising metal complexes of the formula (1), and to metal complexes for use in organic electroluminescent devices. Depending on the metal used, the metal complexes are useful as emitters, as matrix materials, as hole-blocking materials, as electron-transport materials, and in other functions in the OLED. Organic electroluminescent devices comprising the metal chelate complexes described herein result in significant improvements in the organic electroluminescent device, in particular with respect to the lifetime, the efficiency and the stability to heating, particularly in green- and blue-phosphorescent electroluminescent devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Esther Breuning
  • BINUCLEAR METAL COMPLEXES FOR USE AS EMITTERS IN ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES
    Publication number: 20190292210
    Abstract: The present invention relates to binuclear metal complexes and electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices containing said metal complexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Christian Ehrenreich, Philipp Harbach, Anna Hayer, Esther Breuning
  • Spiro dihydroacridine derivatives and the use thereof as materials for organic electroluminescence devices
    Patent number: 10305040
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formulae (1), (2) or (3) that are suitable for use in electronic devices, and to electronic device, in particular organic electroluminescence devices, containing these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Elvira Montenegro, Esther Breuning
  • Metal complexes
    Patent number: 10103340
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the formula (1), a process to prepare the compound of formula (1), a formulation containing the compound of formula (1) and an electronic device containing the compound of formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Esther Breuning
  • Metal complexes and use thereof in electronic devices
    Patent number: 10050218
    Abstract: The present invention relates metal complexes and to electronic devices, particularly organic electroluminescent devices containing said metal complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Nils Koenen, Esther Breuning
  • METAL COMPLEXES
    Publication number: 20180090694
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal complexes and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these metal complexes, in particular as emitters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Esther Breuning
  • Organic electroluminescent device
    Patent number: 9871213
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of aromatic boronic acid or borinic acid derivatives in organic electronic devices, in particular electroluminescent devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Esther Breuning, Arne Buesing, Amir Hossain Parham, Holger Heil, Horst Vestweber
  • Metal complexes
    Patent number: 9847499
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal complexes of formula (1), and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these metal complexes, in particular as emitters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Esther Breuning
  • Metal complexes
    Patent number: 9837622
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal complexes and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these metal complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Dominik Joosten, Esther Breuning, Joachim Kaiser, Christian Ehrenreich
  • Metal complexes
    Patent number: 9831446
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal complexes and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these metal complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Joachim Kaiser, Dominik Joosten, Nils Koenen, Esther Breuning
  • Metal complexes
    Patent number: 9831448
    Abstract: The invention relates to metal complexes and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescence devices, containing said metal complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Nils Koenen, Esther Breuning
  • METAL COMPLEXES
    Publication number: 20170309832
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal complexes and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these metal complexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: PHILIPP STOESSEL, Anja Jatsch, Esther Breuning
  • Platinum metal complexes with divalent groups bridging two ligands
    Patent number: 9673402
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal complexes and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these metal complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Anja Jatsch, Esther Breuning
  • Electronic device comprising metal complexes
    Patent number: 9634268
    Abstract: Electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising metal complexes of the formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Dominik Joosten, Esther Breuning
  • Compounds for organic electroluminescent devices
    Patent number: 9627626
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aromatic nitrogen heterocycles, and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, which comprise these aromatic nitrogen heterocycles, in particular in a hole-injection layer and/or in a hole-transport layer and/or in a hole-blocking layer and/or in an electron-transport layer and/or in an emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Arne Buesing, Esther Breuning, Christof Pflumm, Amir Hossain, Thomas Eberle, Teresa Mujica-Fernaud