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).

  • ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE AND BORIC ACID AND BORINIC ACID DERIVATIVES USED THEREIN
    Publication number: 20090134384
    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: April 6, 2006
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Esther Breuning, Arne Buesing, Amir Hossain Parham, Holger Heil, Horst Vestweber
  • Organic Electroluminescent Device
    Publication number: 20090072712
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the improvement of organic electronic devices, in particular electroluminescent devices, by using compounds which can have a plurality of isomers, where one of these isomers is present in excess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2005
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Esther Breuning, Horst Vestweber, Holger Heil
  • Process for Preparing Ortho-Metallated Metal Compounds
    Publication number: 20080312396
    Abstract: The present invention describes a process for the preparation of homoleptic and heteroleptic tris-ortho-metallated metal compounds which are used as colouring components as functional materials in a number of different applications which can be ascribed to the electronics industry in the broadest sense.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Rocco Fortte, Amir Parham, Esther Breuning, Holger Heil, Horst Vestweber
  • Organic Electroluminescent Devices
    Publication number: 20080303422
    Abstract: The present invention relates to mixtures of organic materials, to the use of these mixtures in organic electroluminescent devices, and to organic electroluminescent devices containing these mixtures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Horst Vestweber, Holger Heil, Esther Breuning, Amir Parham
  • Method for the Production of Polymers
    Publication number: 20080207851
    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: December 24, 2005
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Niels Schulte, Esther Breuning, Hubert Spreitzer
  • Metal Complexes
    Publication number: 20080200677
    Abstract: The present invention describes novel ionic metal complexes. Compounds of this type can be employed as functional materials in a number of different applications which can be ascribed to the electronics industry in the broadest sense. The compounds according to the invention are described by the formulae (1) and (1a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Heinrich Becker, Amir H. Parham, Esther Breuning
  • Novel Materials For Organic Electroluminescent Devices
    Publication number: 20080171225
    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: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Esther Breuning, Amir Hossain Parham
  • Method for Producing Iridium(lll)Keto Ketonates
    Publication number: 20080132720
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of rhodium(III) and iridium(II)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: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2005
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Ingrid Bach, Amir Parham, Esther Breuning, Hubert Spreitzer
  • Use of Polymers for Up-Conversion, and Devices for Up-Conversion
    Publication number: 20080103279
    Abstract: The present invention relates to systems for photoenergy up-conversion comprising polymers and sensitisers, where the triplet level of the polymer is lower than the triplet level of the sensitiser. These systems exhibit higher efficiency in up-conversion and are therefore more suitable for use in devices for up-conversion than polymers as used in accordance with the prior art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Susanne Heun, Arne Busing, Esther Breuning, Aurelie Ludemann, Chan Im, Frederic Laquai
  • Organic Electroluminescent Device
    Publication number: 20080093980
    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: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2005
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Esther Breuning, Liliana Rampazzo, Giulia Fioravanti, Leonardo Mattiello
  • Metal Complexes
    Publication number: 20080027220
    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: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stossel, Esther Breuning
  • Metal Complexes
    Publication number: 20070249834
    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: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2005
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH Patents & Scientific Information
    Inventors: Philipp Stossel, Esther Breuning
  • Compounds for organic electronic devices
    Publication number: 20070185303
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the improvement of organic electroluminescent devices, in particular blue-emitting devices, by using compounds of the formula (1) as dopants in the emitting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2005
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH Patents & Scientific Information
    Inventors: Philipp Stossel, Horst Vestweber, Holger Heil, Esther Breuning
  • Phosphorescent electroluminescent element
    Publication number: 20070122653
    Abstract: The present invention describes electroluminescent elements comprising cathode and anode and at least one emission layer, where this comprises at least one matrix material A comprising certain elements and at least one emitter layer B which emits light from the triplet state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2005
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Esther Breuning, Anja Gerhard, Horst Vestweber, Philipp Stoessel
  • Conjugated polymers containing dihydrophenanthrene units and use thereof
    Publication number: 20070060736
    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. The present invention relates to conjugated polymers which comprise novel structural units of the formula (I). The materials of the invention display improved efficiency and a longer life when used in polymeric organic light-emitting diodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2004
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Inventors: Heinrich Becker, Esther Breuning, Arne Busing, Aurelie Falcou, Corinna Haase, Hubert Speitzer, Silke Turk
  • Novel materials for electroluminescence
    Publication number: 20060284140
    Abstract: The present invention relates to mixtures and to conjugated polymers which contain bridged carbazole structural units and structural units which emit light from the triplet state. The inventive mixtures exhibit improved efficiencies and reduced operating voltages and are therefore better suited to use in organic light-emitting diodes than comparative materials which do not comprise these units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Inventors: Esther Breuning, Aurelie Falcou, Susanne Heun, Amir Parham
  • Conjugated copolymers, representation and use thereof
    Publication number: 20060229427
    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: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2004
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventors: Heinrick Becker, Esther Breuning, Aurelie Falcou, Amir Parham
  • Conjugated polymers and blends containing carbazole, representation and use thereof
    Publication number: 20060149022
    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: February 4, 2004
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    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
    Publication number: 20060058494
    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: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Applicant: Convion Organic Semiconductors GmbH Intellectual Property Group
    Inventors: Arne Busing, Esther Breuning, Hubert Spreitzer, Heinrich Becker, Corinna Leske