Patents by Inventor Horst Vestweber

Horst Vestweber 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 devices
    Patent number: 8785001
    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 comprising these mixtures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Horst Vestweber, Philipp Stoessel, Holger Heil
  • Materials for organic electroluminescent devices
    Patent number: 8748010
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (1) and to the use thereof in organic electroluminescent devices. The compounds of the formula (1) are used as host material or dopant in the emitting layer and/or as hole-transport material and/or as electron-transport material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Heil, Arne Buesing, Philipp Stoessel, Horst Vestweber, Amir Hossain Parham
  • MIXTURES OF ORGANIC EMISSIVE SEMICONDUCTORS AND MATRIX MATERIALS, THEIR USE AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS COMPRISING SAID MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20140091295
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new types of material mixtures composed of at least two substances, one serving as a matrix material and the other being an emission material capable of emission and containing at least one element of atomic number greater than 20, and for their use in organic electronic components such as electroluminescent elements and displays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Heinrich Becker, Anja Gerhard, Philipp Stoessel, Horst Vestweber
  • Materials for organic electroluminescence devices
    Patent number: 8679645
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel materials which can be used in organic electronic devices, in particular electroluminescent devices, and are certain derivatives of fused aromatic systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Heil, Arne Buesing, Philipp Stoessel, Horst Vestweber
  • Organic electroluminescent device and boric acid and borinic acid derivatives used therein
    Patent number: 8674141
    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: April 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Esther Breuning, Arne Buesing, Amir Hossain Parham, Holger Heil, Horst Vestweber
  • Mixtures of organic emissive semiconductors and matrix materials, their use and electronic components comprising said materials
    Patent number: 8592614
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new types of material mixtures composed of at least two substances, one serving as a matrix material and the other being an emission material capable of emission and containing at least one element of atomic number greater than 20, and for their use in organic electronic components such as electroluminescent elements and displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Heinrich Becker, Anja Gerhard, Philipp Stössel, Horst Vestweber
  • ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130049579
    Abstract: The present invention relates to white-emitting organic electroluminescent devices which have a fluorescent emitter layer and a phosphorescent emitter layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Joachim Kaiser, Horst Vestweber, Simone Leu, Holger Heil
  • Carbazole derivatives for organic electroluminescent devices
    Patent number: 8343637
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (1) and to the use thereof in organic electroluminescent devices, in particular as matrix material in phosphorescent devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Amir Hossain Parham, Jonas Kroeber, Arne Buessing, Horst Vestweber
  • Compounds for organic electronic devices
    Patent number: 8334058
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Heil, Philipp Stoessel, Horst Vestweber, Rocco Fortte
  • Organic electroluminescent devices
    Patent number: 8304095
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the improvement of blue-emitting organic electroluminescent devices comprising stilbenamines, and to materials for the production of these electroluminescent devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Heil, Philipp Stoessel, Rocco Fortte, Amir Parham, Horst Vestweber
  • Metal complexes and their use as the emitting constituent in electronic components, in particular in electroluminescent display devices
    Patent number: 8304542
    Abstract: The present invention describes new metal complexes. Such compounds can be used as functional materials in a variety of different applications which can in the broadest sense be considered part of the electronics industry. The compounds of the invention have the formulae (1) and (1a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stössel, Rocco Fortte, Amir Parham, Horst Vestweber, Holger Heil
  • ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20120267617
    Abstract: The present invention relates to organic electroluminescent devices which, in addition to the emitting layer, have a further layer which comprises the same materials as the emitting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Kaiser, Horst Vestweber, Simone Leu
  • Materials for electroluminescence and the utilization thereof
    Patent number: 8173276
    Abstract: The present invention relates to organic semiconductors which contain structural units L=X and in addition structural units which emit light from the triplet state. The materials according to the invention are more soluble and easier to synthesise and are therefore more suitable for use in organic light-emitting diodes than comparative materials in accordance with the prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Susanne Heun, René Scheurich, Arne Büsing, Aurelie Falcou, Anja Gerhard, Philipp Stössel, Horst Vestweber
  • Phenanthrene derivative
    Patent number: 8129037
    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 host materials in the emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stössel, Arne Büsing, Horst Vestweber, Holger Heil
  • ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20120037896
    Abstract: The present invention relates to white-emitting organic electroluminescent devices which have at least one blue-fluorescent emitter layer and at least one phosphorescent emitter layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Kaiser, Holger Heil, Joachim Kaiser, Holger Heil, Simone Lue, Horst Vestweber
  • ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110284831
    Abstract: The present invention relates to white-emitting organic electroluminescent devices in which the dependence of the colour point on the luminance can be adjusted specifically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Joachim Kaiser, Horst Vestweber, Simone Leu
  • Organic electroluminescent element
    Patent number: 8003227
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the improvement of phosphorescent organic electroluminescent devices by using materials of the formula (1), preferably triazines, pyrimidines, pyridazines and pyrazines, in the hole-blocking layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Horst Vestweber, Anja Gerhard, Philipp Stössel
  • Organic electronic devices
    Patent number: 7989071
    Abstract: The invention relates to the improvement of organic electronic devices, especially organic electroluminescence devices, to which end inclusion compounds are used, especially as charge injection materials and/or charge transporting materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stössel, Anja Gerhard, Horst Vestweber
  • Organic electroluminescent element
    Patent number: 7981522
    Abstract: The invention relates to the improvement of phosphorescent organic electroluminescent devices, by the use of materials of formulas (1) to (4), as indicated in diagram 1, in the hole blocking layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Horst Vestweber, Anja Gerhard, Philipp Stöβel
  • ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110108821
    Abstract: The present invention relates to white emitting organic electroluminescent devices having at least one blue fluorescent emitter layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Kaiser, Horst Vestweber, Simone Leu, Arne Buesing, Holger Heil, Philipp Stoessel