Patents by Inventor Kazumasa Nagao

Kazumasa Nagao 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).

  • Publication number: 20120001161
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element which has achieved both high luminous efficiency and low driving voltage by containing a light-emitting element material, which comprises a specific pyrene compound, in one of the layers that constitute the light-emitting element, preferably in a light-emitting layer or in an electron-transporting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yohei Nakano, Kazunori Sugimoto, Kazumasa Nagao, Daisaku Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Tominaga
  • Patent number: 8084146
    Abstract: The present invention is a light emitting device material characterized by containing an anthracene compound represented by the following general formula (1), and the present invention allows a light emitting device having high luminous efficiency and excellent durability. (R1 to R10 are a hydrogen atom, alkyl group, cycloalkyl group, heterocyclic group or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Seiichiro Murase, Daisuke Kitazawa, Kazumasa Nagao, Kazunori Sugimoto, Tsuyoshi Tominaga
  • Patent number: 7989802
    Abstract: A light emitting device material comprises a pyrene compound represented by formula (1) below. Also disclosed is a light emitting device using such a material. (R1 to R17 may be the same or different and are each selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a heterocyclic group, an alkoxy group, an alkylthio group, an aryl ether group, an aryl thioether group, an aryl group, a heteroaryl group, an amino group, a silyl group, —P(?O)R18R19, and a ring structure formed together with an adjacent substituent; R18 and R19 are each selected from an aryl group and a heteroaryl group; n is an integer of 1 to 2; and X is selected from the group consisting of a single bond, an arylene group and a heteroarylene group, provided that at least one of R10 to R17 is used to link to X.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazumasa Nagao, Tsuyoshi Tominaga
  • Publication number: 20110121268
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic thin-film light emitting device containing an organic compound represented by formula (1) and a donor compound. the light emitting device ca achieve both of the low-voltage driving operation and high luminance efficiency. Y?A1-Ar)n1??(1) (Y represents either substituted or unsubstituted pyrene, or substituted or unsubstituted anthracene. A1 is selected from the group consisting of a single bond, an arylene group, and a hetero arylene group. Ar is selected from the group consisting of a carbazolyl group, a dibenzofuranyl group, and a dibenzothiophenyl group. These groups may be substituted or unsubstituted, and n1 is an integer of 1 to 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Kazumasa Nagao, Takeshi Arai, Takeshi Ikeda, Tsuyoshi Tominaga, Daisaku Tanaka, Yasunori Ichihashi, Koji Ueoka
  • Patent number: 7901794
    Abstract: The present invention is a light-emitting device material characterized by containing a pyrene compound represented by the following general formula (1): wherein R1 to R10 are specific functional groups, provided that at least one of the R1 to R10 is a substituent represented by the following general formula (2): wherein R11 to R14 are specific functional groups, provided that any one of the R11 to R14 is used for a single bond with a pyrene skeleton; X1 is a group represented by the following general formula (3): wherein R15 is a specific functional group; and Y1 to Y4 is selected from among a nitrogen atom and a carbon atom, provided that at least one of the Y1 to Y4 is a nitrogen atom and at least one thereof is a carbon atom, and no substituents exist on the nitrogen atom in the case of the nitrogen atom. This material provides a light-emitting device having high luminous efficiency and excellent durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazunori Sugimoto, Seiichiro Murase, Daisuke Kitazawa, Kazumasa Nagao, Takafumi Ogawa, Tsuyoshi Tominaga
  • Publication number: 20100264406
    Abstract: A light emitting device material containing a pyrromethene compound represented by the general formula (1). It realized a luminescent element having a high luminescent efficiency and excellent color purity. Also provided is a luminescent element employing the materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kazumasa Nagao, Tsuyoshi Tominaga
  • Publication number: 20100163852
    Abstract: The present invention provides a light emitting device material which enables a light emitting device having high efficiency and excellent chromatic purity and durability using a light emitting device material containing a pyrene compound represented by formula (1), wherein any one of R1 to R10 is a group represented by formula (2), or 1 to 4 substituents is/are group(s) represented by formula (3), and a light emitting device using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Kazumasa Nagao, Seiichiro Murase
  • Publication number: 20100108992
    Abstract: The present invention provides a light emitting device comprising at least an emissive layer existing between an anode and a cathode, which emits light by means of electric energy. The light emitting device contains a compound having a pyrromethene skeletal structure with a specific structure or a metal complex thereof and a naphthacene derivative, and thus the light emitting device has high luminance efficiency and excellent durability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2007
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Takeshi Ikeda, Tsuyoshi Tominaga, Kazunori Sugimoto, Kazumasa Nagao
  • Publication number: 20100038634
    Abstract: A light emitting device material comprises a pyrene compound represented by formula (1) below. Also disclosed is a light emitting device using such a material. (R1 to R17 may be the same or different and are each selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a heterocyclic group, an alkoxy group, an alkylthio group, an aryl ether group, an aryl thioether group, an aryl group, a heteroaryl group, an amino group, a silyl group, —P(?O)R18R19, and a ring structure formed together with an adjacent substituent; R18 and R19 are each selected from an aryl group and a heteroaryl group; n is an integer of 1 to 2; and X is selected from the group consisting of a single bond, an arylene group and a heteroarylene group, provided that at least one of R10 to R17 is used to link to X.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazumasa Nagao, Tsuyoshi Tominaga
  • Publication number: 20090096356
    Abstract: A light emitting device material containing a pyrene compound of formula (1) and a light emitting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventors: Seiichiro Murase, Kazumasa Nagao, Kazunori Sugimoto, Takeshi Ishigaki, Takafumi Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20090066245
    Abstract: The present invention is a light-emitting device material characterized by containing a pyrene compound represented by the following general formula (1): wherein R1 to R10 are specific functional groups, provided that at least one of the R1 to R10 is a substituent represented by the following general formula (2): wherein R11 to R14 are specific functional groups, provided that any one of the R11 to R14 is used for a single bond with a pyrene skeleton; X1 is a group represented by the following general formula (3): wherein R15 is a specific functional group; and Y1 to Y4 is selected from among a nitrogen atom and a carbon atom, provided that at least one of the Y1 to Y4 is a nitrogen atom and at least one thereof is a carbon atom, and no substituents exist on the nitrogen atom in the case of the nitrogen atom. This material provides a light-emitting device having high luminous efficiency and excellent durability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kazunori Sugimoto, Seiichiro Murase, Daisuke Kitazawa, Kazumasa Nagao, Takafumi Ogawa, Tsuyoshi Tominaga
  • Publication number: 20070247063
    Abstract: The present invention is a light emitting device material characterized by containing an anthracene compound represented by the following general formula (1) or general formula (3), and the present invention allows a light emitting device having high luminous efficiency and excellent durability. (R1 to R10 are a hydrogen atom, alkyl group, cycloalkyl group, heterocyclic group or the like. At least one of the R1 to R10 is a substituent represented by the following general formula (2).) (R11 to R18 are a hydrogen atom, alkyl group and cycloalkyl group. X is an oxygen atom or sulfur atom, and Y is a single bond; arylene group or heteroarylene group. Any one of the R11 to R18 is used for linking with Y, and ? is used for linking with the anthracene skeleton.) (R19 to R37 are a hydrogen atom, alkyl group, cycloalkyl group, heterocyclic group or the like. n is 1 or 2. A is a heteroarylene group or arylene group. Any one of the R19 to R27 and any one of the R28 to R37 are used for linking with A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES INC.
    Inventors: Seiichiro Murase, Daisuke Kitazawa, Kazumasa Nagao, Kazunori Gusimoto, Tsuyoshi Tominaga