Patents by Inventor Kelly Scott Chichak

Kelly Scott Chichak 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: 20100105852
    Abstract: Metal complexes of formula I and IA and polymers derived from the complexes are useful in optoelectronic devices wherein M is Ir, Co or Rh; is a cyclometallated ligand; R1 is hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, arylalkyl, or substituted arylalkyl; R2 is hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, arylalkyl, substituted arylalkyl; and at least one of R1 and R2 is other than hydrogen; R1a is hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, arylalkyl, or substituted arylalkyl; R2a is hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, arylalkyl, substituted arylalkyl; and at least one of R1a and R2a is substituted alkyl, substituted aryl, substituted arylalkyl, and at least one substitutent of the substituted alkyl, substituted aryl, or substituted arylalkyl is a polymerizable group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Kyle Erik Litz, Kelly Scott Chichak, Donald Wayne Whisenhunt, JR.
  • Patent number: 7704610
    Abstract: The present invention provides electronic devices comprising novel polymer compositions which provide for enhanced device performance. The polymer compositions employed comprise a polymeric component and a novel organic iridium compound comprising at least one cyclometallated ligand and at least one ketopyrrole ligand. The organic iridium compounds used in the polymer compositions are referred to as Type (1) organic iridium compositions and are constituted such that no ligand of the novel organic iridium compound has a number average molecular weight of 2,000 grams per mole or greater (as measured by gel permeation chromatography). In one aspect, the polymeric component may be an electroactive polymer. In one aspect, the present invention provides optoelectronic devices, such as OLED devices and photovoltaic devices. In another aspect, the invention provides OLED devices exhibiting enhanced color properties and light output efficiencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kelly Scott Chichak, James Anthony Cella, Kyle Erik Litz, Joseph John Shiang, Qing Ye, Kevin Henry Janora, Gautam Parthasarathy
  • Publication number: 20100090586
    Abstract: The present invention provides electronic devices comprising novel polymeric organic iridium compositions which provide for enhanced device performance. The polymeric organic iridium compositions employed comprise a polymeric organic iridium compound comprising at least one cyclometallated ligand and at least one ketopyrrole ligand. The polymeric organic iridium compositions employed are referred to as Type (2) organic iridium compositions and are constituted such that at least one ligand of the polymeric organic iridium compound has a number average molecular weight of 2,000 grams per mole or greater (as measured by gel permeation chromatography). Type (2) organic iridium compositions are referred to herein as comprising “polymeric organic iridium complexes”. In one aspect, the present invention provides optoelectronic devices, such as OLED devices and photovoltaic devices. In another aspect, the invention provides OLED devices exhibiting enhanced color properties and light output efficiencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Kelly Scott Chichak, James Anthony Cella, Kyle Erik Litz, Joseph John Shiang, Qing Ye
  • Patent number: 7695640
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel polymer compositions comprising a polymeric component and a novel organic iridium compound comprising at least one cyclometallated ligand and at least one ketopyrrole ligand. The organic iridium compounds used in the polymer compositions are referred to as Type (1) organic iridium compositions and are constituted such that no ligand of the novel organic iridium compound has a number average molecular weight of 2,000 grams per mole or greater (as measured by gel permeation chromatography). Type (1) organic iridium compositions are referred to herein as comprising “organic iridium complexes”. In one aspect, the polymeric component may be an electroactive polymer. The novel polymer compositions of the invention are useful in optoelectronic electronic devices such as OLED devices and photovoltaic devices. In one aspect, the invention provides novel polymer compositions useful in the preparation of OLED devices exhibiting enhanced color properties and light output efficiencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kelly Scott Chichak, Kyle Erik Litz, James Anthony Cella, Joseph John Shiang, Qing Ye
  • Patent number: 7691494
    Abstract: The present invention provides electronic devices comprising novel organic iridium compositions which provide for enhanced device performance. The novel iridium compositions employed comprise at least one novel organic iridium compound which comprises at least one cyclometallated ligand and at least one ketopyrrole ligand. The organic iridium compositions employed are referred to as Type (1) organic iridium compositions and are constituted such that no ligand of the novel organic iridium compound has a number average molecular weight of 2,000 grams per mole or greater (as measured by gel permeation chromatography). Type (1) organic iridium compositions are referred to herein as comprising “organic iridium complexes”. In one aspect, the present invention provides optoelectronic devices, such as OLED devices and photovoltaic devices. In another aspect, the invention provides OLED devices exhibiting enhanced color properties and light output efficiencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kelly Scott Chichak, James Anthony Cella, Kyle Erik Litz, Joseph John Shiang, Qing Ye, Kevin Henry Janora, Gautam Parthasarathy
  • Patent number: 7691292
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions comprising at least one novel organic iridium compound which comprises at least one cyclometallated ligand and at least one ketopyrrole ligand. The organic iridium compositions of the present invention are referred to as Type (1) organic iridium compositions and are constituted such that no ligand of the novel organic iridium compound has a number average molecular weight of 2,000 grams per mole or greater (as measured by gel permeation chromatography). Type (1) organic iridium compositions are referred to herein as comprising “organic iridium complexes”. The novel organic iridium compositions are useful in optoelectronic electronic devices such as OLED devices and photovoltaic devices. In one aspect, the invention provides novel organic iridium compositions useful in the preparation of OLED devices exhibiting enhanced color properties and light output efficiencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kelly Scott Chichak, Kyle Erik Litz, James Anthony Cella, Joseph John Shiang, Qing Ye
  • Publication number: 20100051869
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions comprising at least one novel organic iridium compound which comprises at least one cyclometallated ligand and at least one ketopyrrole ligand. The organic iridium compositions of the present invention are referred to as Type (1) organic iridium compositions and are constituted such that no ligand of the novel organic iridium compound has a number average molecular weight of 2,000 grams per mole or greater (as measured by gel permeation chromatography). Type (1) organic iridium compositions are referred to herein as comprising “organic iridium complexes”. The novel organic iridium compositions are useful in optoelectronic electronic devices such as OLED devices and photovoltaic devices. In one aspect, the invention provides novel organic iridium compositions useful in the preparation of OLED devices exhibiting enhanced color properties and light output efficiencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: Kelly Scott Chichak, Kyle Erik Litz, James Anthony Cella, Joseph John Shiang, Qing Ye
  • Publication number: 20100033082
    Abstract: A method for forming multi-emissive phosphorescent layers for a phosphorescent OLED comprises coating a first phosphorescent material from a first solvent onto a first electrode and removing the first solvent to form a first emissive layer; and coating a second phosphorescent material from a second solvent onto the first emissive layer and removing the second solvent to form a second emissive layer, wherein the first and second emissive layers are not cured after coating, and wherein the first emissive layer has negligible solubility in the second solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Jie Liu, Kelly Scott Chichak, Anil Raj Duggal, Qing Ye
  • Patent number: 7652151
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel ketopyrroles having structure XXIV wherein R2 is independently at each occurrence a deuterium atom, a halogen, a nitro group, an amino group, a C3-C40 aromatic radical, a C1-C50 aliphatic radical, or a C3-C40 cyclcoaliphatic radical; “a” is an integer from 0 to 3; and X1 and X2 are independently at each occurrence a bromine atom, a hydroxy group, or the group OR10, and wherein the group R10 is independently at each occurrence a deuterium atom, a halogen, a nitro group, an amino group, a C3-C40 aromatic radical, a C1-C50 aliphatic radical, or a C3-C40 cyclcoaliphatic radical. Ketopyrroles XXIV are useful ligands for the preparation of Type (1) and Type (2) organic iridium compositions. In one aspect, the present invention provides deuterated analogs of XXIV. Organic iridium compositions are useful in the preparation optoelectronic devices, such as OLED devices and photovoltaic devices exhibiting enhanced performance characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Kelly Scott Chichak
  • Publication number: 20090289547
    Abstract: Organic compounds of formula I may be used in optoelectronic devices wherein R1 is, independently at each occurrence, a C1-C20 aliphatic radical, a C3-C20 aromatic radical, or a C3-C20 cycloaliphatic radical; R2 is, independently at each occurrence, a C1-C20 aliphatic radical, a C3-C20 aromatic radical, or a C3-C20 cycloaliphatic radical; a is, independently at each occurrence, an integer ranging from 0-4; b is, independently at each occurrence, an integer ranging from 0-3; Ar1 is a direct bond or heteroaryl, aryl, or alkyl or cycloalkyl; Ar2 is heteroaryl, aryl, or alkyl or cycloalkyl; c is 0, 1 or 2; and n is an integer ranging from 2-4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Qing Ye, Yangang Liang, Shengxia Liu, Kelly Scott Chichak, Jie Liu
  • Publication number: 20090289224
    Abstract: Organic compounds of formula I may be used in optoelectronic devices wherein R1 is, independently at each occurrence, a C1-C20 aliphatic radical, a C3-C20 aromatic radical, or a C3-C20 cycloaliphatic radical; R2 is, independently at each occurrence, a C1-C20 aliphatic radical, a C3-C20 aromatic radical, or a C3-C20 cycloaliphatic radical; a is, independently at each occurrence, an integer ranging from 0-4; b is, independently at each occurrence, an integer ranging from 0-3; Ar1 is a direct bond or heteroaryl, aryl, or alkyl or cycloalkyl; Ar2 is heteroaryl, aryl, or alkyl or cycloalkyl; c is 0, 1 or 2; and n is an integer ranging from 2-4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Yangang Liang, Shengxia Liu, Kelly Scott Chichak, Qing Ye, Jie Liu
  • Patent number: 7608677
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the preparation of polymeric organic iridium complexes useful in electronic devices such as OLEDs. The method provides polymeric organic iridium compositions comprising at least one cyclometallated ligand and at least one ketopyrrole ligand. The polymeric organic iridium compositions provided are referred to as Type (2) organic iridium compositions and are constituted such that at least one ligand of the polymeric organic iridium compound has a number average molecular weight of 2,000 grams per mole or greater (as measured by gel permeation chromatography). Type (2) organic iridium compositions are referred to herein as comprising “polymeric organic iridium complexes”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: James Anthony Cella, Kelly Scott Chichak
  • Publication number: 20090156783
    Abstract: Polymers including at least one structural unit derived from a compound of formula I or including at least one pendant group of formula II may be used in optoelectronic devices wherein R1, R3, R4 and R6 are independently hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, oxaalkyl, alkylaryl, aryl, arylalkyl, heteroaryl, substituted alkyl; substituted alkoxy, substituted oxaalkyl, substituted alkylaryl, substituted aryl, substituted arylalkyl, or substituted heteroaryl; R1a is hydrogen or alkyl; R2 is alkylene, substituted alkylene, oxaalkylene, CO, or CO2; R2a is alkylene; R5 is independently at each occurrence hydrogen, alkyl, alkylaryl, aryl, arylalkyl, alkoxy, carboxy, substituted alkyl; substituted alkylaryl, substituted aryl, substituted arylalkyl, or substituted alkoxy, X is halo, triflate, —B(OR1a)2, or ?located at the 2, 5- or 2, 7-positions; and L is derived from phenylpyridine, tolylpyridine, benzothienylpyridine, phenylisoquinoline, dibenzoquinozaline, fluorenylpyridine, ketopyrrole, 2-(1-naphthyl)benzo
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Joseph John Shiang, Kelly Scott Chichak, James Anthony Cella, Larry Neil Lewis, Kevin Henry Janora
  • Publication number: 20080027028
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel ketopyrroles having structure XXIV wherein R2 is independently at each occurrence a deuterium atom, a halogen, a nitro group, an amino group, a C3-C40 aromatic radical, a C1-C50 aliphatic radical, or a C3-C40 cyclcoaliphatic radical; “a” is an integer from 0 to 3; and X1 and X2 are independently at each occurrence a bromine atom, a hydroxy group, or the group OR10, and wherein the group R10 is independently at each occurrence a deuterium atom, a halogen, a nitro group, an amino group, a C3-C40 aromatic radical, a C1-C50 aliphatic radical, or a C3-C40 cyclcoaliphatic radical. Ketopyrroles XXIV are useful ligands for the preparation of Type (1) and Type (2) organic iridium compositions. In one aspect, the present invention provides deuterated analogs of XXIV. Organic iridium compositions are useful in the preparation optoelectronic devices, such as OLED devices and photovoltaic devices exhibiting enhanced performance characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2006
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventor: Kelly Scott Chichak
  • Publication number: 20080026496
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the preparation of organic light-emitting devices comprising a bilayer structure made by forming a first film layer comprising an electroactive material and an INP precursor material, and exposing the first film layer to a radiation source under an inert atmosphere to generate an interpenetrating network polymer composition comprising the electroactive material. At least one additional layer is disposed on the reacted first film layer to complete the bilayer structure. The bilayer structure is comprised within an organic light-emitting device comprising standard features such as electrodes and optionally one or more additional layers serving as a bipolar emission layer, a hole injection layer, an electron injection layer, an electron transport layer, a hole transport layer, exciton-hole transporting layer, exciton-electron transporting layer, a hole transporting emission layer, or an electron transporting emission layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Joseph John Shiang, Kevin Henry Janora, Gautam Parthasarathy, James Anthony Cella, Kelly Scott Chichak
  • Publication number: 20080026250
    Abstract: The present invention provides electronic devices comprising novel polymer compositions which provide for enhanced device performance. The polymer compositions employed comprise a polymeric component and a novel organic iridium compound comprising at least one cyclometallated ligand and at least one ketopyrrole ligand. The organic iridium compounds used in the polymer compositions are referred to as Type (1) organic iridium compositions and are constituted such that no ligand of the novel organic iridium compound has a number average molecular weight of 2,000 grams per mole or greater (as measured by gel permeation chromatography). In one aspect, the polymeric component may be an electroactive polymer. In one aspect, the present invention provides optoelectronic devices, such as OLED devices and photovoltaic devices. In another aspect, the invention provides OLED devices exhibiting enhanced color properties and light output efficiencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventors: Kelly Scott Chichak, James Anthony Cella, Kyle Erik Litz, Joseph John Shiang, Qing Ye, Kevin Henry Janora, Gautam Parthasarathy
  • Publication number: 20080023672
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel polymer compositions comprising a polymeric component and a novel organic iridium compound comprising at least one cyclometallated ligand and at least one ketopyrrole ligand. The organic iridium compounds used in the polymer compositions are referred to as Type (1) organic iridium compositions and are constituted such that no ligand of the novel organic iridium compound has a number average molecular weight of 2,000 grams per mole or greater (as measured by gel permeation chromatography). Type (1) organic iridium compositions are referred to herein as comprising “organic iridium complexes”. In one aspect, the polymeric component may be an electroactive polymer. The novel polymer compositions of the invention are useful in optoelectronic electronic devices such as OLED devices and photovoltaic devices. In one aspect, the invention provides novel polymer compositions useful in the preparation of OLED devices exhibiting enhanced color properties and light output efficiencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventors: Kelly Scott Chichak, Kyle Erik Litz, James Anthony Cella, Joseph John Shiang, Qing Ye
  • Publication number: 20080026249
    Abstract: The present invention provides electronic devices comprising novel organic iridium compositions which provide for enhanced device performance. The novel iridium compositions employed comprise at least one novel organic iridium compound which comprises at least one cyclometallated ligand and at least one ketopyrrole ligand. The organic iridium compositions employed are referred to as Type (1) organic iridium compositions and are constituted such that no ligand of the novel organic iridium compound has a number average molecular weight of 2,000 grams per mole or greater (as measured by gel permeation chromatography). Type (1) organic iridium compositions are referred to herein as comprising “organic iridium complexes”. In one aspect, the present invention provides optoelectronic devices, such as OLED devices and photovoltaic devices. In another aspect, the invention provides OLED devices exhibiting enhanced color properties and light output efficiencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventors: Kelly Scott Chichak, James Anthony Cella, Kyle Erik Litz, Joseph John Shiang, Qing Ye, Kevin Henry Janora, Gautam Parthasarathy
  • Publication number: 20080023671
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions comprising at least one novel polymeric organic iridium compound which comprises at least one cyclometallated ligand and at least one ketopyrrole ligand. The polymeric organic iridium compositions of the present invention are referred to as Type (2) organic iridium compositions and are constituted such that at least one ligand of the novel organic iridium compound has a number average molecular weight of 2,000 grams per mole or greater (as measured by gel permeation chromatography). Type (2) organic iridium compositions are referred to herein as comprising “polymeric organic iridium complexes”. The novel organic iridium compositions are useful in optoelectronic electronic devices such as OLED devices and photovoltaic devices. In one aspect, the invention provides novel organic iridium compositions useful in the preparation of OLED devices exhibiting enhanced color properties and light output efficiencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2006
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventors: Kelly Scott Chichak, James Anthony Cella, Kyle Erik Litz, Joseph John Shiang, Qing Ye
  • Publication number: 20080026477
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the preparation of polymeric organic iridium complexes useful in electronic devices such as OLEDs. The method provides polymeric organic iridium compositions comprising at least one cyclometallated ligand and at least one ketopyrrole ligand. The polymeric organic iridium compositions provided are referred to as Type (2) organic iridium compositions and are constituted such that at least one ligand of the polymeric organic iridium compound has a number average molecular weight of 2,000 grams per mole or greater (as measured by gel permeation chromatography). Type (2) organic iridium compositions are referred to herein as comprising “polymeric organic iridium complexes”.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: James Anthony Cella, Kelly Scott Chichak