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).
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Publication number: 20230348271Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Christoph Kallfass, Lars Fritze, Jan A. P. Sprenger, Maik Finze
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Publication number: 20230348270Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Christoph Kallfass, Lars Fritze, Maik Finze
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Patent number: 9399650Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing alkali metal salts having monofluoro-tricyanoborate anions from alkali metal tetrafluoroborates.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2014Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, Jan Arke Peter Spenger, Johannes Landmann, Maik Finze
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Publication number: 20160130286Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing alkali metal salts having monofluoro-tricyanoborate anions from alkali metal tetrafluoroborates.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2014Publication date: May 12, 2016Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Nikolai (Mykola) IGNATYEV, Jan Arke Peter SPENGER, Johannes LANDMANN, Maik FINZE
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Publication number: 20160130285Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2014Publication date: May 12, 2016Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Nikolai (Mykola) IGNATYEV, Jan Arke Peter SPRENGER, Johannes LANDMANN, Maik FINZE
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Patent number: 9175021Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 18, 2014Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, Michael Schulte, Jan Sprenger, Maik Finze, Walter Frank
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Publication number: 20150166588Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2014Publication date: June 18, 2015Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNGInventors: Nikolai (Mykola) IGNATYEV, Michael SCHULTE, Jan SPRENGER, Maik FINZE, Walter FRANK
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Patent number: 9058935Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 6, 2012Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: Merc Patent GmbHInventors: Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, Michael Schulte, Kentaro Kawata, Tomohisa Goto, Jan Sprenger, Maik Finze, Walter Frank
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Patent number: 8927757Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 12, 2011Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, Michael Schulte, Jan Sprenger, Maik Finze, Walter Frank
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Patent number: 8901340Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 12, 2011Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Hiromi Shinohara, Kentaro Kawata, Hiroki Yoshizaki, Peer Kirsch, Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, William Robert Pitner, Michael Schulte, Jan Sprener, Maik Finze, Walter Frank
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Patent number: 8859800Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 6, 2012Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, Michael Schulte, Kentaro Kawata, Tomohisa Goto, Jan Sprenger, Maik Finze, Walter Frank
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Patent number: 8835667Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 12, 2011Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Hiromi Shinohara, Kentaro Kawata, Hiroki Yoshizaki, Peer Kirsch, Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, Michael Schulte, Jan Sprenger, Maik Finze, Walter Frank
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Publication number: 20140171656Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2012Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, Michael Schulte, Kentaro Kawata, Tomohisa Goto, Jan Sprenger, Maik Finze, Walter Frank
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Publication number: 20140155566Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2012Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyen, Michael Schulte, Kentaro Kawata, Tomohisa Goto, Jan Sprenger, Maik Finze, Walter Frank
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Patent number: 8702815Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 11, 2011Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, Urs Welz-Biermann, Helge Willner, Maik Finze, Eduard Bernhardt, Andriy Kucheryna
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Patent number: 8436199Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 25, 2009Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Maik Finze, Eduard Bernhardt, Helge Willner, Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, Urs Welz-Biermann
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Publication number: 20120309981Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2011Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNGInventors: Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, Michael Schulte, Jan Sprenger, Maik Finze, Walter Frank
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Publication number: 20120309982Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2011Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNGInventors: Hiromi Shinohara, Kentaro Kawata, Hiroki Yoshizaki, Peer Kirsch, Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, Michael Schulte, Jan Sprenger, Maik Finze, Walter Frank
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Publication number: 20120296096Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2011Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNGInventors: Hiromi Shinohara, Kentaro Kawata, Hiroki Yoshizaki, Peer Kirsch, Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, William Robert Pitner, Michael Schulte, Jan Sprener, Maik Finze, Walter Frank
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Patent number: 8143452Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 2, 2010Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Nikola (Mykola) Ignatyev, Urs Welz-Biermann, Maik Finze, Eduard Bernhardt, Helge Willner