Patents by Inventor Gabriele Nelles

Gabriele Nelles 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).

  • PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE COMPRISING SILICON MICROPARTICLES
    Publication number: 20120305075
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photovoltaic device comprising silicon microparticles and to a method of producing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: William FORD, Florian von WROCHEM, Gabriele NELLES
  • Memory device
    Patent number: 8325509
    Abstract: Memory device, comprising a storage material, a first electrode connected to the storage material; and a second electrode associated to the storage material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Silvia Rosselli, Tzenka Miteva, Nikolaus Knorr, Gabriele Nelles, Akio Yasuda
  • Porous semiconductor film on a substrate
    Patent number: 8319098
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing a porous semiconductor film and the film resulting from such production. It furthermore relates to an electronic device incorporating such film and to potential uses of such film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Duerr, Andreas Schmid, Gabriele Nelles, Akio Yasuda
  • Method of producing a poly (ethylene oxide) copolymerised with at least one other alkylene oxide
    Patent number: 8293866
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a poly(ethylene oxide) copolymerized with one alkylene oxide and to a poly(ethylene oxide-co-alkylene oxide) copolymer produced by such method, a photovoltaic device containing such poly(ethylene oxide-co-alkylene oxide)-copolymer, and to uses of such poly(ethylene oxide)-(alkylene oxide)-copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Gabriele Nelles, Silvia Rosselli, Tzenka Miteva, Akio Yasuda, Christo Tsvetanov, Rayna Stamenova, Iliyana Berlinova, Petar Petrov
  • BLUE PHASE LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION WITH REDUCED HYSTERESIS BEHAVIOR
    Publication number: 20120235088
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a blue phase (BP) liquid crystal composition that shows reduced hysteresis behavior, and to a method of reducing and/or eliminating the hysteresis behavior of a BP liquid crystal composition. Moreover, the present invention relates to a blue phase liquid crystal composition, wherein the hysteresis has been reduced or eliminated. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a liquid crystal cell comprising a blue phase liquid crystal composition, and to a liquid crystal display comprising a blue phase liquid crystal composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Pinar KILICKIRAN, Gabriele Nelles
  • Photovoltaic device containing carbon nanotubes and at least one organic hole conductor
    Patent number: 8258500
    Abstract: The invention relates to a photovoltaic device, uses of the photovoltaic device, combinations of this photovoltaic device with circuits and to a method of generating electricity from light using this photovoltaic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Duerr, Gabriele Nelles, Akio Yasuda
  • Sensor for thiol analytes
    Patent number: 8252606
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sensor for thiol analytes, to a sensor array and to a method of detecting thiol analytes using said sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Hulko, Ingeborg Hospach, Gabriele Nelles, Jens Ulmer
  • Composition for photon-energy up-conversion
    Patent number: 8242263
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for photon energy up-conversion, a system comprising said composition and to uses of said composition and said system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignees: Sony Deutschland GmbH, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
    Inventors: Tzenka Miteva, Gabriele Nelles, Akio Yasuda, Stanislav Balouchev, John Lupton, Panagiotis Keivanidis
  • Photovoltaic cell
    Patent number: 8193443
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photovoltaic cell, a method of manufacturing such photovoltaic cell, and to uses of such cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignees: Sony Deutschland GmbH, Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Duerr, Gabriele Nelles, Akio Yasuda, Masahiro Morooka, Yusuke Suzuki, Kazuhiro Noda
  • Method of producing an electret material
    Patent number: 8153702
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing an electret material, to a new class of electret materials and to a device comprising such electret materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Nikolaus Knorr, Silvia Rosselli, Tzenka Miteva, Gabriele Nelles
  • METHOD OF OPTIMIZING THE BAND EDGE POSITIONS OF THE CONDUCTION BAND AND THE VALENCE BAND OF A SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL FOR USE IN PHOTOACTIVE DEVICES
    Publication number: 20120034732
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a semiconductor compound having the general formula AxB1-xCy, to a method of optimizing positions of a conduction band and a valence band of a semiconductor material using said semiconductor compound, and to a photoactive device comprising said semiconductor compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Michael DUERR, Silvia ROSSELLI, Gabriele NELLES, Akio YASUDA
  • DIODE BASED ON ORGANIC MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20120025175
    Abstract: Semiconductor device, comprising a substrate with a first electrode and having a layer of organic material deposited over the substrate and the first electrode; and a second electrode deposited over the layer of organic material, wherein the second electrode comprises a dielectric layer that is separated from the layer of organic material by the material of the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Rene Wirtz, Nikolaus Knorr, Silvia Rosselli, Gabriele Nelles
  • MEMORY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110286263
    Abstract: Memory device, comprising a storage material, a first electrode connected to the storage material; and a second electrode associated to the storage material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Silvia Rosselli, Tzenka Miteva, Nikolaus Knorr, Gabriele Nelles, Akio Yasuda
  • DYE COMPRISING A CHROMOPHORE TO WHICH AN ACYLOIN GROUP IS ATTACHED
    Publication number: 20110265878
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dye comprising a chromophore to which an acyloin group as anchoring group is attached, to a method of synthesis of such dye, to an electronic device comprising such dye and to the use of such dye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Gerda Fuhrmann, Gabriele Nelles, Ameneh Bamedi Zilai, Markus Obermaier
  • Zeeman-slower, coil for a Zeeman-slower device and a method for cooling an atom beam
    Patent number: 8049162
    Abstract: A Zeeman-slower device, a coil for such a Zeeman-slower device, and a method for cooling an atom beam. The Zeeman-slower includes a cooling section including an inner passage extending along a longitudinal axis, the inner passage having a cross-section perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, wherein the area of the cross-section of the inner passage increases monotonously along the longitudinal axis at least in a part of the cooling section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Tzenka Miteva, Gabriele Nelles, Akio Yasuda, Stanislav Balouchev
  • Composition comprising at least one type of liquid crystal
    Patent number: 8038902
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising at least one type of liquid crystal, to a liquid crystal cell and liquid crystal display device comprising such composition and to a method of preparing such a composition and/or such a liquid crystal cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Pinar Kilickiran, Akira Masutani, Anthony Roberts, Gabriele Nelles, Akio Yasuda, Andrzej Tadeusiak, Graham Sandford
  • BLUE PHASE LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20110240920
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a blue phase liquid crystal composition and to a method of stabilizing a blue phase state of a liquid crystal material. Moreover, the present invention also relates to a method of lowering the operating voltage of a liquid crystal material. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a blue phase liquid crystal material stabilized by the method according to the present invention or having an operating voltage that is lowered by the method according to the present invention. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a liquid crystal cell comprising a blue phase liquid crystal material and to a liquid crystal display comprising a blue phase liquid crystal material. The present invention also relates to a method of broadening the stability temperature range of a liquid crystal material in its blue phase state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Pinar KILICKIRAN, David Danner, Zakir Hussain, Nadine Hollfelder, Gabriele Nelles
  • BLUE PHASE LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20110240917
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a blue phase (BP) liquid crystal composition and to a method of stabilizing a blue phase state of a liquid crystal material. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method of lowering the operating voltage of a liquid crystal material. Moreover, the present invention relates to a blue phase crystal material stabilized by the method according to the present invention or having an operating voltage that is lowered by the method according to the present invention. Also, the present invention relates to a liquid crystal cell comprising a blue phase liquid crystal material and to a liquid crystal display comprising a blue phase liquid crystal material. The present invention furthermore relates to a method of broadening that stability temperature range of a liquid crystal material in its blue phase state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Pinar KILICKIRAN, David DANNER, Zakir HUSSAIN, Nadine HOLLFELDER, Gabriele NELLES
  • Photovoltaic device and method for preparing the same
    Patent number: 8003884
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photovoltaic device, especially hybrid solar cells, comprising at least one layer comprising evaporated fluoride and/or acetate; and to a method for preparing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Tzenka Miteva, Gabriele Nelles, Akio Yasuda
  • POROUS SEMICONDUCTOR FILM ON A SUBSTRATE
    Publication number: 20110168242
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing a porous semiconductor film and the film resulting from such production. It furthermore relates to an electronic device incorporating such film and to potential uses of such film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Michael DUERR, Andreas Schmid, Gabriele Nelles, Akio Yasuda