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).

  • NITROGEN-CONTAINING CONDENSED HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS FOR OLEDS
    Publication number: 20120232241
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (1), formula (2), formula (3) and formula (4) which are suitable for use in electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH Patents & Scientific Information
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Esther Breuning, Dominik Joosten, Christof Pflumm, Amir Hossain Parham
  • METAL COMPLEXES
    Publication number: 20120199794
    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 24, 2010
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Esther Breuning, Dominik Joosten
  • MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES
    Publication number: 20120126179
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 4,4?-substituted spirobifluorenes which are suitable, owing to excellent properties, as functional materials in organic electroluminescent devices. In addition, the present invention relates to a process for the preparation of 4,4?-substituted spirobifluorenes and to the use of these compounds in organic electroluminescent devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Amir Hossain Parham, Susanne Heun, Esther Breuning
  • Materials for organic electroluminescent devices
    Patent number: 8124249
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel materials which can be used in organic electronic devices, in particular electroluminescent devices, and are derivatives of fused aromatic systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Esther Breuning, Amir Hossain Parham
  • ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110297925
    Abstract: The present invention relates to organic electroluminescent devices which comprise aromatic nitrogen heterocyclic compounds, in particular in a hole-injection layer and/or in a hole-blocking layer and/or in an electron-transport layer and/or in an emitting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventor: Esther Breuning
  • METAL COMPLEXES
    Publication number: 20110284799
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal complexes and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these metal complexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Holger Heil, Dominik Joosten, Christof Pflumm, Anja Gerhard, Esther Breuning
  • Conjugated polymers and blends containing carbazole, representation and use thereof
    Patent number: 8053547
    Abstract: The present invention relates to conjugated polymers comprising specific carbazole structural units. The materials according to the invention display steeper current-voltage curves and are therefore better suited to use in organic light-emitting diodes than are comparative polymers which do not contain these units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Amir Parham, Aurelie Falcou, Susanne Heun, Heinrich Becker, Esther Breuning
  • Organic Electroluminescent Devices
    Publication number: 20110201778
    Abstract: The present invention relates to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, which comprise compounds of the formula (1), and to the corresponding compounds and to the use thereof in organic electroluminescent devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Holger Heil, Dominik Joosten, Christof Pflumm, Anja Gerhard, Esther Breuning, Amir Hossain
  • ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110144366
    Abstract: The present invention relates to organic electroluminescence devices containing metal complexes having the formula (1) and metal complexes for use in organic electroluminescence devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Dominik Joosten, Esther Breuning, Hartmut Yersin, Uwe Monkowius
  • Electronic Device Comprising Metal Complexes
    Publication number: 20110089410
    Abstract: The present invention relates to organic electroluminescent devices comprising metal complexes according to the formula (1) and metal complexes for use in organic electroluminescent devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Esther Breuning
  • Process for preparing ortho-metallated metal compounds
    Patent number: 7923521
    Abstract: The present invention describes a process for the preparation of homoleptic and heteroleptic tris-ortho-metallated metal compounds which are used as coloring components as functional materials in a number of different applications which can be ascribed to the electronics industry in the broadest sense.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Rocco Fortte, Amir Parham, Esther Breuning, Holger Heil, Horst Vestweber
  • Conjugated Polymers and Blends Containing Carbazole, Representation and Use Thereof
    Publication number: 20110068304
    Abstract: The present invention relates to conjugated polymers comprising specific carbazole structural units. The materials according to the invention display steeper current-voltage curves and are therefore better suited to use in organic light-emitting diodes than are comparative polymers which do not contain these units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Amir Parham, Aurelie Falcou, Susanne Heun, Heinrich Becker, Esther Breuning
  • Conjugated polymers containing arylamine units, the representation thereof and the use of the same
    Patent number: 7910687
    Abstract: The present invention relates to conjugated polymers which contain specific fused arylamine structural units. The inventive materials have improved efficiency at a high illumination density and are therefore suitable in particular for use in what are known as passive matrix displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Arne Büsing, Esther Breuning, Hubert Spreitzer, Heinrich Becker, Corinna Leske
  • Conjugated polymers and blends containing carbazole, representation and use thereof
    Patent number: 7834136
    Abstract: The present invention relates to conjugated polymers comprising specific carbazole structural units. The materials according to the invention display steeper current-voltage curves and are therefore better suited to use in organic light-emitting diodes than are comparative polymers which do not contain these units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Covion Organic Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Amir Parham, Aurelie Falcou, Susanne Heun, Heinrich Becker, Esther Breuning
  • Metal complexes
    Patent number: 7825249
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel metal complexes. Said compounds can be used as functional material in a series of different applications which in the broadest sense can be attributed to the electronics industry. The inventive compounds are described by the formula (1) and by compounds (1) to (52).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stössel, Esther Breuning
  • Metal complexes
    Patent number: 7816531
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel metal complexes. Said compounds can be used as functional materials in a series of different types of applications that can be attributed in the broadest sense to the electronics industry The inventive compounds are defined by formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stössel, Esther Breuning
  • Conjugated copolymers, representation and use thereof
    Patent number: 7772323
    Abstract: The present invention relates to conjugated copolymers comprising blocks which are linked by random or partly random sections. The materials of the invention display an improved efficiency, a reduced operating voltage and a longer life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Heinrich Becker, Esther Breuning, Aurélie Falcou, Amir Parham
  • Conjugated polymers containing dihydrophenanthrene units and use thereof
    Patent number: 7723455
    Abstract: The invention relates to conjugated polymers containing novel structural units according to formula (1). The inventive materials are characterized by increased efficiency and a longer service life when used in polymer organic light emitting diodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Heinrich Becker, Esther Breuning, Arne Büsing, Aurélie Ludemann, Corinna Leske, Hubert Spreitzer, Silke Türk
  • Organic electroluminescent device
    Patent number: 7683229
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel truxene and isotruxene derivatives, in particular spirotruxene and spiroisotruxene derivatives, and to the use thereof in organic electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Esther Breuning, Liliana Bagala′ Rampazzo, Giulia Fioravanti, Leonardo Mattiello
  • Method for producing iridium(III) keto ketonates
    Patent number: 7589224
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of rhodium(III) and iridium(III) ketoketonates. The present invention describes a process for the preparation of rhodium and iridium compounds which are used as starting compound for various organorhodium compounds and organoiridium compounds, in which the reaction, starting from a rhodium(III) or iridium(III) salt, is carried out in at least two steps, where different solvents or solvent mixtures are used in each.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Ingrid Bach, Amir Parham, Esther Breuning, Hubert Spreitzer