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).

  • Materials for organic electroluminescent devices
    Patent number: 9593087
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (1) which are suitable for use in electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, and to electronic devices which comprise these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Esther Breuning, Heinrich Becker, Junyou Pan, Herwig Buchholz, Teresa Mujica-Fernaud, Irina Martynova
  • ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160322570
    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: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Philipp STOESSEL, Esther BREUNING, Arne BUESING, Amir PARHAM, Holger HEIL, Horst VESTWEBER
  • Electronic device comprising metal complexes
    Patent number: 9481826
    Abstract: Organic electroluminescent devices comprising metal complexes according to the formula (1) and metal complexes for use in organic electroluminescent devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Esther Breuning
  • Metal Complexes and Use Thereof in Electronic Devices
    Publication number: 20160308149
    Abstract: The present invention relates metal complexes and to electronic devices, particularly organic electroluminescent devices containing said metal complexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Nils Koenen, Esther Breuning
  • METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF POLYMERS
    Publication number: 20160264720
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing polymers by polycondensation catalysed by transition metals. These polymers are of great importance in, in particular, the fast-growing field of organic semiconductors. The polymers obtained by the process of the invention can be prepared with greater reproducibility and in higher purity than polymers obtained according to the prior art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Niels SCHULTE, Esther BREUNING, Hubert SPREITZER
  • Method for the production of polymers
    Patent number: 9415370
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing polymers by polycondensation catalyzed by transition metals. These polymers are of great importance in, in particular, the fast-growing field of organic semiconductors. The polymers obtained by the process of the invention can be prepared with greater reproducibility and in higher purity than polymers obtained according to the prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Niels Schulte, Esther Breuning, Hubert Spreitzer
  • Metal Complexes
    Publication number: 20160233443
    Abstract: The invention relates to metal complexes and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescence devices, containing said metal complexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Nils Koenen, Esther Breuning
  • Organic electroluminescent device and boric acid and borinic acid derivatives used therein
    Patent number: 9403849
    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: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Esther Breuning, Arne Buesing, Amir Hossain Parham, Holger Heil, Horst Vestweber
  • Metal complexes
    Patent number: 9382253
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal complexes which contain polymerizable groups and to the polymers obtained using these metal complexes and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these polymers. The metal complexes are compounds of the formula (1), containing a moiety M(L)n of the formula (2) or formula (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Dominik Joosten, Anja Gerhard, Esther Breuning, Niels Schulte
  • Metal complexes
    Patent number: 9331290
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal complexes and to electronic devices, in particular organic electro-luminescent devices, comprising these metal complexes. M(L)n(L?)m formula (1), where the compound contains a moiety M(L)n of the formula (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Dominik Joosten, Anja Gerhard, Esther Breuning
  • Metal complexes
    Patent number: 9273080
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal complexes and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, containing these metal complexes. M(L)n(L?)m (formula 1), where the compound of the general formula (1) contains a moiety M(L)n of the formula (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Merek Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Holger Heil, Dominik Joosten, Christof Pflumm, Anja Gerhard, Esther Breuning
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING METAL COMPLEXES
    Publication number: 20160024119
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Philipp STOSSEL, Esther BREUNING
  • METAL COMPLEXES
    Publication number: 20150349277
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal complexes and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these metal complexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Nils Koenen, Esther Breuning, Christian Ehrenreich
  • Metal Complexes
    Publication number: 20150333280
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal complexes and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these metal complexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Nils Koenen, Esther Breuning, Christian Ehrenreich
  • ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE AND BORIC ACID AND BORINIC ACID DERIVATIVES USED THEREIN
    Publication number: 20150322091
    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: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Esther Breuning, Arne Buesing, Amir Hossain Parham, Holger Heil, Horst Vestweber
  • Metal complexes
    Patent number: 9181289
    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 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Esther Breuning, Dominik Joosten
  • Metal Complexes
    Publication number: 20150318498
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal complexes and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these metal complexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Esther Breuning, Joachim Kaiser
  • Metal complexes
    Patent number: 9169282
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal complexes and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these metal complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Holger Heil, Dominik Joosten, Christof Pflumm, Anja Gerhard, Esther Breuning
  • METAL COMPLEXES
    Publication number: 20150270500
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal complexes and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these metal complexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Joachim Kaiser, Dominik Joosten, Nils Koenen, Esther Breuning
  • Organic electroluminescent device
    Patent number: 9139765
    Abstract: The present invention relates to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, which comprise compounds of the formula (1) or (2), and to the corresponding compounds and to the use thereof in organic electroluminescent devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Esther Breuning, Dominik Joosten