Patents by Inventor Maik Finze

Maik Finze 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: 20230348271
    Abstract: A composition for generating oxygen includes the following constituents. Potassium superoxide forming an oxygen source. An ionic liquid, which is a salt with at least one cation and at most 100 cations and with at least one anion and at most 100 anions. The composition additionally has a water-containing solution or a water-containing mixture. The water-containing solution contains such an amount of a further salt or such an amount of a further salt together with such an amount of an antifreeze or the water-containing mixture contains such an amount of an antifreeze, that the freezing point of the solution or of the mixture is lowered by at least 10° C. compared to the freezing point of the water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Christoph Kallfass, Lars Fritze, Jan A. P. Sprenger, Maik Finze
  • Publication number: 20230348270
    Abstract: A composition for generating oxygen includes, or is exclusively formed of, the following constituents: an oxygen source, the oxygen source being potassium superoxide, and a water-containing solution or a water-containing mixture. The water-containing solution contains such an amount of a salt or such an amount of a salt together with such an amount of an antifreeze or the water-containing mixture contains such an amount of an antifreeze, that the freezing point of the solution or of the mixture is lowered by at least 10° C. compared to the freezing point of the water. There is also described an oxygen generator and a method of generating oxygen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Christoph Kallfass, Lars Fritze, Maik Finze
  • Patent number: 9399650
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing alkali metal salts having monofluoro-tricyanoborate anions from alkali metal tetrafluoroborates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, Jan Arke Peter Spenger, Johannes Landmann, Maik Finze
  • Publication number: 20160130286
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing alkali metal salts having monofluoro-tricyanoborate anions from alkali metal tetrafluoroborates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Nikolai (Mykola) IGNATYEV, Jan Arke Peter SPENGER, Johannes LANDMANN, Maik FINZE
  • Publication number: 20160130285
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing alkali metal salts having monohydrido-tricyanoborate anions from alkali metal monofluorotricyanoborates, and to a method for producing alkali metal salts having dihydrido-dicyanoborate anions from alkali metal difluorodicyanoborates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Nikolai (Mykola) IGNATYEV, Jan Arke Peter SPRENGER, Johannes LANDMANN, Maik FINZE
  • Patent number: 9175021
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of salts having perfluoroalkyltricyano- or perfluoroalkylcyanofluoroborate anions, ((per)fluoro)phenyltricyano- or ((per)fluoro)phenylcyanofluoroborate anions, phenyltricyanoborate anions which are mono- or disubstituted by perfluoroalkyl groups having 1 to 4 C atoms or phenylcyanofluoroborate anions which are mono- or disubstituted by perfluoroalkyl groups having 1 to 4 C atoms, by reaction of alkali metal trifluoroperfluoroalkylborate with trialkylsilyl cyanide and a subsequent salt-exchange reaction or by direct reaction of an organic trifluoroperfluoroalkyl borate with trialkylsilyl cyanide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, Michael Schulte, Jan Sprenger, Maik Finze, Walter Frank
  • Publication number: 20150166588
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of salts having perfluoroalkyltricyano- or perfluoroalkylcyanofluoroborate anions, ((per)fluoro)phenyltricyano- or ((per)fluoro)phenylcyanofluoroborate anions, phenyltricyanoborate anions which are mono- or disubstituted by perfluoroalkyl groups having 1 to 4 C atoms or phenylcyanofluoroborate anions which are mono- or disubstituted by perfluoroalkyl groups having 1 to 4 C atoms, by reaction of alkali metal trifluoroperfluoroalkylborate with trialkylsilyl cyanide and a subsequent salt-exchange reaction or by direct reaction of an organic trifluoroperfluoroalkyl borate with trialkylsilyl cyanide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Nikolai (Mykola) IGNATYEV, Michael SCHULTE, Jan SPRENGER, Maik FINZE, Walter FRANK
  • Patent number: 9058935
    Abstract: The invention relates to new compounds containing alkyl/alkenyl-cyano-borate or alkyl/alkenyl-cyano-fluoroborate anions, their preparation and their use, in particular as part of electrolyte formulations for electrochemical or optoelectronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Merc Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, Michael Schulte, Kentaro Kawata, Tomohisa Goto, Jan Sprenger, Maik Finze, Walter Frank
  • Patent number: 8927757
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of salts having perfluoroalkyltricyano- or perfluoroalkylcyanofluoroborate anions, ((per)fluoro)phenyltricyano- or ((per)fluoro)phenylcyanofluoroborate anions, phenyltricyanoborate anions which are mono- or disubstituted by perfluoroalkyl groups having 1 to 4C atoms or phenylcyanofluoroborate anions which are mono- or disubstituted by perfluoroalkyl groups having 1 to 4C atoms, by reaction of alkali metal trifluoroperfluoroalkylborate with trialkylsilyl cyanide and a subsequent salt-exchange reaction or by direct reaction of an organic trifluoroperfluoroalkyl borate with trialkylsilyl cyanide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, Michael Schulte, Jan Sprenger, Maik Finze, Walter Frank
  • Patent number: 8901340
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds containing perfluoroalkyl-cyano-alkoxy-borate anions or perfluoroalkyl-cyano-alkoxy-fluoro-borate anions, ((per)fluoro)phenyl-cyano-alkoxy-borate anions or ((per)fluoro)phenyl-cyano-alkoxy-fluoro-borate anions or phenyl-cyano-alkoxy-borate anions which are monosubstituted or disubstituted with perfluoroalkyl groups having 1 to 4 C atoms or phenyl-cyano-alkoxy-fluoro-borate anions which are monosubstituted or disubstituted with perfluoroalkyl groups having 1 to 4 C atoms, the preparation thereof and the use thereof, in particular as part of electrolyte formulations for dye sensitized solar cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Hiromi Shinohara, Kentaro Kawata, Hiroki Yoshizaki, Peer Kirsch, Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, William Robert Pitner, Michael Schulte, Jan Sprener, Maik Finze, Walter Frank
  • Patent number: 8859800
    Abstract: The invention relates to new compounds containing alkyl-alkoxy-cyano-borate anions, their preparation and their use, in particular as part of electrolyte formulations for electrochemical or optoelectronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, Michael Schulte, Kentaro Kawata, Tomohisa Goto, Jan Sprenger, Maik Finze, Walter Frank
  • Patent number: 8835667
    Abstract: The present invention relates to electrolyte formulations comprising at least one compound of formula (I) Ma+[B(Rf)(CN)x(F)y]a— (I) in which Ma+ is an inorganic or organic cation, Rf denotes straight-chain or branched perfluoroalkyl groups having 1 to 4 C atoms, C6F5, C6H5, partially fluorinated phenyl or phenyl which is monosubstituted or disubstituted by perfluoroalkyl groups having 1 to 4 C atoms, a is 1 or 2, x is 1, 2 or 3, y is 0, 1 or 2 and x+y is 3 and their use in an electrochemical and/or optoelectronic device such as a photovoltaic cell, a capacitor, a light emitting device, an electrochromic or photo-electrochromic device, an electrochemical sensor and/or biosensor, preferably their use in a dye or quantum dot sensitized solar cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Hiromi Shinohara, Kentaro Kawata, Hiroki Yoshizaki, Peer Kirsch, Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, Michael Schulte, Jan Sprenger, Maik Finze, Walter Frank
  • Publication number: 20140171656
    Abstract: The invention relates to new compounds containing alkyl-alkoxy-cyano-borate anions, their preparation and their use, in particular as part of electrolyte formulations for electrochemical or optoelectronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, Michael Schulte, Kentaro Kawata, Tomohisa Goto, Jan Sprenger, Maik Finze, Walter Frank
  • Publication number: 20140155566
    Abstract: The invention relates to new compounds containing alkyl/alkenyl-cyano-borate or alkyl/alkenyl-cyano-fluoroborate anions, their preparation and their use, in particular as part of electrolyte formulations for electrochemical or optoelectronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyen, Michael Schulte, Kentaro Kawata, Tomohisa Goto, Jan Sprenger, Maik Finze, Walter Frank
  • Patent number: 8702815
    Abstract: The present invention relates to dyes of the general formula CAT+ Y? (I), where Y? is an anion selected from the group of the cyanoborates, fluoroalkylphosphates, fluoroalkylborates or imidates and CAT+ is a cation selected from the group of the azine, xanthene, polymethine, styryl, azo, tetrazolium, pyrylium, benzopyrylium, thiopyrylium, benzothiopyrylium, thiazine, oxazine, triarylmethane, diarylmethane, methine, acridine, quinoline, isoquinoline or quaternary azafluorenone dyes, for coloring plastics and plastic fibers, for the preparation of flexographic printing inks, as ball-point pen pastes, as stamp ink, for coloring leather and paper, for use in data acquisition systems, reprography, in ink microfilters, in photogalvanics, laser technology and the photo industry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, Urs Welz-Biermann, Helge Willner, Maik Finze, Eduard Bernhardt, Andriy Kucheryna
  • Patent number: 8436199
    Abstract: The invention relates to boron-containing acids of the general formula (I) [B(RF)4-x-y(CN)xFy]?H+ (I), where x=0, 1, 2, 3 or 4, y=0, 1, 2 or 3 x+y?4, and in which the ligands RF may be identical or different and RF stands for a perfluorinated or partially fluorinated C1-12-alkyl group and where the CN group is bonded to the B atom via the C atom, and complexes thereof with a solvent, to salts comprising a cation and the anion of a selection of the acids according to the invention, and to processes for the preparation of the salts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Maik Finze, Eduard Bernhardt, Helge Willner, Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, Urs Welz-Biermann
  • Publication number: 20120309981
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of salts having perfluoroalkyltricyano- or perfluoroalkylcyanofluoroborate anions, ((per)fluoro)phenyltricyano- or ((per)fluoro)phenylcyanofluoroborate anions, phenyltricyanoborate anions which are mono- or disubstituted by perfluoroalkyl groups having 1 to 4 C atoms or phenylcyanofluoroborate anions which are mono- or disubstituted by perfluoroalkyl groups having 1 to 4 C atoms, by reaction of alkali metal trifluoroperfluoroalkylborate with trialkylsilyl cyanide and a subsequent salt-exchange reaction or by direct reaction of an organic trifluoroperfluoroalkyl borate with trialkylsilyl cyanide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, Michael Schulte, Jan Sprenger, Maik Finze, Walter Frank
  • Publication number: 20120309982
    Abstract: The present invention relates to electrolyte formulations comprising at least one compound of formula (I) Ma+[B(Rf)(CN)x(F)y]a— (I) in which Ma+ is an inorganic or organic cation, Rf denotes straight-chain or branched perfluoroalkyl groups having 1 to 4 C atoms, C6F5, C6H5, partially fluorinated phenyl or phenyl which is monosubstituted or disubstituted by perfluoroalkyl groups having 1 to 4 C atoms, a is 1 or 2, x is 1, 2 or 3, y is 0, 1 or 2 and x+y is 3 and their use in an electrochemical and/or optoelectronic device such as a photovoltaic cell, a capacitor, a light emitting device, an electrochromic or photo-electrochromic device, an electrochemical sensor and/or biosensor, preferably their use in a dye or quantum dot sensitized solar cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Hiromi Shinohara, Kentaro Kawata, Hiroki Yoshizaki, Peer Kirsch, Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, Michael Schulte, Jan Sprenger, Maik Finze, Walter Frank
  • Publication number: 20120296096
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds containing perfluoroalkyl-cyano-alkoxy-borate anions or perfluoroalkyl-cyano-alkoxy-fluoro-borate anions, ((per)fluoro)phenyl-cyano-alkoxy-borate anions or ((per)fluoro)phenyl-cyano-alkoxy-fluoro-borate anions or phenyl-cyano-alkoxy-borate anions which are monosubstituted or disubstituted with perfluoroalkyl groups having 1 to 4 C atoms or phenyl-cyano-alkoxy-fluoro-borate anions which are monosubstituted or disubstituted with perfluoroalkyl groups having 1 to 4 C atoms, the preparation thereof and the use thereof, in particular as part of electrolyte formulations for dye sensitized solar cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Hiromi Shinohara, Kentaro Kawata, Hiroki Yoshizaki, Peer Kirsch, Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, William Robert Pitner, Michael Schulte, Jan Sprener, Maik Finze, Walter Frank
  • Patent number: 8143452
    Abstract: The invention relates to salts having alkoxytris(fluoroalkyl)borate anions which on the one hand are used for the synthesis of ionic liquids, but on the other hand can be employed per se as ionic liquid, and to processes for the preparation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Nikola (Mykola) Ignatyev, Urs Welz-Biermann, Maik Finze, Eduard Bernhardt, Helge Willner