Patents by Inventor Natasha Andrievsky
Natasha Andrievsky 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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Patent number: 8956738Abstract: An OLED device including a cathode, a light emitting layer and an anode, in that order, and, having located between the cathode and the light emitting layer, a further layer containing an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salt of a 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)phenanthroline derivative, according to Formula (MC) below. Such devices exhibit reduced drive voltage while maintaining good luminance.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2009Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLCInventors: William J. Begley, Tukaram K. Hatwar, Liang-Sheng Liao, Kevin P. Klubek, Manju Rajeswaran, Natasha Andrievsky
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Patent number: 8900722Abstract: The invention provides an OLED device containing certain alkali metal cluster compounds with mixed ligands, such compounds, and methods of making them. In particular, the cluster compound is a neutrally charged mixed cluster compound comprising first and second subunits with the first subunit comprising an alkali metal salt of a nitrogen containing a heterocyclic ligand bearing a anionic hydroxy group and the second subunit consisting of an organic alkali metal salt different than the first subunit.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2007Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLCInventors: William J. Begley, Manju Rajeswaran, Tukaram K. Hatwar, Natasha Andrievsky
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Patent number: 8431242Abstract: An OLED device comprises a cathode, an anode, and has therebetween: (a) a light emitting layer containing a non-light-emitting fluoranthene compound with a 7,10-diaryl substituted fluoranthene nucleus having no aromatic rings annulated to the fluoranthene nucleus; and (b) comprising still further an additional layer, containing an organic alkali metal compound, located between the cathode and the electron transporting layer. OLED devices of the invention provide reduced drive voltage and improved color, and provide embodiments with other improved features such as operational stability and high luminance.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2007Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Global OLED Technology, LLC.Inventors: William J. Begley, Tukaram K. Hatwar, Natasha Andrievsky
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Patent number: 8420229Abstract: An OLED device comprising a cathode, an anode, and having therebetween a light emitting layer and an electron-injecting layer, where (a) the light emitting layer contains a host and up to 50 volume % of a light-emitting fluoranthene compound with a 7,10-diaryl substituted fluoranthene nucleus having no aromatic rings annulated to the fluoranthene nucleus; and (b) the electron-injecting layer being located between the cathode and the light-emitting layer contains an organic alkali metal compound. It provides reduced drive voltage, operational stability and luminance of OLED devices.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2007Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Global OLED Technologies LLCInventors: William J. Begley, Tukaram K. Hatwar, Natasha Andrievsky
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Patent number: 8216697Abstract: The present invention relates to an OLED device including a cathode, an anode, and having therebetween a light-emitting layer, further including, between the cathode and the light emitting layer, a first layer containing a fluoranthene-macrocyclic compound. The fluoranthene-macrocyclic compound includes a fluoranthene nucleus having the 7,10-positions connected by a linking group. The fluoranthene nucleus can be further substituted, provided substituents in the 8- and 9-positions cannot combine to form a five-membered ring group. The OLED device includes at least one layer, between the light-emitting layer and the cathode, containing an alkali metal material. It provides improvement in features such as efficiency and drive voltage.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2009Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: Global Oled Technology LLCInventors: William J. Begley, Natasha Andrievsky
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Patent number: 8088500Abstract: The invention provides an OLED device including a cathode, an anode, and having there between a light-emitting layer, further including, between the cathode and the light emitting layer, a first layer containing a fluoranthene compound including one and only one fluoranthene nucleus and having no aromatic rings annulated to the fluoranthene nucleus, the fluoranthene nucleus having independently selected aromatic groups in the 7,10-positions and an azine group in the 8- or 9-position, provided that the azine group is not a phenanthroline group. The OLED device desirably includes a second layer containing an alkali metal or alkali metal compound, located between the cathode and the first layer. The OLED device can also include a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compound in the first layer or in a third layer located between the first layer and the light-emitting layer. Devices of the invention provide improvement in features such as efficiency and drive voltage.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2008Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLCInventors: William J. Begley, Natasha Andrievsky, Liang-Sheng Liao
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Patent number: 8076009Abstract: The invention provides an OLED device comprising a cathode, an anode, and having there between a light-emitting layer, further comprising, between the cathode and the light emitting layer, a non-luminescent electron transporting layer containing a compound with a 7,10-diaryl substituted fluoranthene nucleus having no aromatic rings annulated to the fluoranthene nucleus and desirably comprises still further an additional layer containing an organic alkali metal compound, located between the cathode and the electron transporting layer. Devices of the invention provide improvement in features such as efficiency, drive voltage, and operational stability.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2007Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: Global OLED Technology, LLC.Inventors: William J. Begley, Liang-Sheng Liao, Natasha Andrievsky
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Patent number: 8057917Abstract: An OLED device comprising, in sequence, an anode, a light-emitting layer that comprises a phosphorescent light-emitting organometallic compound, a hole-blocking layer, and a cathode, and between the hole-blocking layer and the cathode, a further layer containing a mixture of a first compound that is a tetracene compound that has the lowest LUMO value of the compounds in the layer, in an amount greater than or equal to 10% and less than 90% and a second compound that is a low voltage electron transport material, exhibiting a higher LUMO value than the first compound in an amount less than or equal to 90% and more than 10%.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2008Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLCInventors: William J. Begley, Tukaram K. Hatwar, Joseph C. Deaton, Christopher T. Brown, Natasha Andrievsky, Marina E. Kondakova
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Patent number: 7968215Abstract: An OLED device including a cathode, an anode, and having therebetween a light-emitting layer and further comprising a first layer between the light-emitting layer and the cathode containing a cyclobutene compound comprising a cyclobutene nucleus substituted in the 1-position with a five- or six-membered heteroaromatic ring group containing at least one trivalent nitrogen atom; substituted in the 2-position with an aromatic ring group; and substituted with a first methylene group in the 3-position and a second methylene group in the 4-position, provided said first and second methylene groups are further disubstituted in the 1?,1?-positions and the 1?,1?-positions with independently selected aromatic groups.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2008Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLCInventors: William J. Begley, Natasha Andrievsky
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Patent number: 7931975Abstract: An OLED device includes a cathode, an anode, and having there between a light-emitting layer, further including, between the cathode and the light emitting layer, a first layer having a thickness of 20 nm or less and containing a fluoranthene compound including one and only one fluoranthene nucleus and having no aromatic rings annulated to the fluoranthene nucleus, the fluoranthene nucleus having independently selected aromatic groups in the 7,10-positions and a phenanthroline group in the 8-or 9-position. The OLED device desirably includes a second layer containing an alkali metal or an alkali metal compound, located between the cathode and the first layer. The OLED device can also include a polycyclic aromatic compound in the first layer or in a third layer located between the first layer and the light-emitting layer. Devices of the invention provide improvement in features such as efficiency, drive voltage, and operational stability.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2008Date of Patent: April 26, 2011Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLCInventors: William J. Begley, Natasha Andrievsky
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Publication number: 20100207513Abstract: The invention provides an OLED device including a cathode, an anode, and having therebetween a light-emitting layer, further including, between the cathode and the light emitting layer, a first layer containing a fluoranthene-macrocyclic compound. The fluoranthene-macrocyclic compound includes a fluoranthene nucleus having the 7,10-positions connected by a linking group. The fluoranthene nucleus can be further substituted, provided substituents in the 8- and 9-positions cannot combine to form a five-membered ring group. The OLED device includes at least one layer, between the light-emitting layer and the cathode, containing an alkali metal material. Desirably, the OLED device includes an organic alkali metal compound present in the first layer or in a second layer located between the cathode and the first layer. The OLED device can include an anthracene derivative that is present in the first layer, in addition to the fluoranthene-macrocyclic compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2009Publication date: August 19, 2010Inventors: William J. Begley, Natasha Andrievsky
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Patent number: 7767317Abstract: An OLED device comprises a cathode, a light emitting layer and an anode, in that order, and, having located between the cathode and the light emitting layer, a further layer containing; (a) 10 vol % or more of a carbocyclic fused ring aromatic compound, and (b) a cyclometallated complex represented by Formula (4?) wherein: Z and the dashed arc represent two or three atoms and the bonds necessary to complete a 5- or 6-membered ring with M; each A represents H or a substituent and each B represents an independently selected substituent on the Z atoms, provided that two or more substituents may combine to form a fused ring or a fused ring system; j is 0-3 and k is 1 or 2; M represents a Group IA, IIA, IIIA and IIB element of the Periodic Table; and m and n are independently selected integers selected to provide a neutral charge on the complex; and provided that the complex does not contain the 8-hydroxyquinolate ligand. Such devices exhibit reduce drive voltage while maintaining good luminance.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2005Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLCInventors: William J. Begley, Manju Rajeswaran, Tukaram K. Hatwar, Natasha Andrievsky
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Publication number: 20100141122Abstract: An OLED device including a cathode, an anode, and having therebetween a light-emitting layer and further comprising a first layer between the light-emitting layer and the cathode containing a cyclobutene compound comprising a cyclobutene nucleus substituted in the 1-position with a five- or six-membered heteroaromatic ring group containing at least one trivalent nitrogen atom; substituted in the 2-position with an aromatic ring group; and substituted with a first methylene group in the 3-position and a second methylene group in the 4-position, provided said first and second methylene groups are further disubstituted in the 1?,1?-positions and the 1?,1?-positions with independently selected aromatic groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2008Publication date: June 10, 2010Inventors: William J. Begley, Natasha Andrievsky
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Publication number: 20100117519Abstract: An OLED device includes a cathode, an anode, and having there between a light-emitting layer, further including, between the cathode and the light emitting layer, a first layer having a thickness of 20 nm or less and containing a fluoranthene compound including one and only one fluoranthene nucleus and having no aromatic rings annulated to the fluoranthene nucleus, the fluoranthene nucleus having independently selected aromatic groups in the 7,10-positions and a phenanthroline group in the 8- or 9-position. The OLED device desirably includes a second layer containing an alkali metal or an alkali metal compound, located between the cathode and the first layer. The OLED device can also include a polycyclic aromatic compound in the first layer or in a third layer located between the first layer and the light-emitting layer. Devices of the invention provide improvement in features such as efficiency, drive voltage, and operational stability.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventors: William J. Begley, Natasha Andrievsky
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Publication number: 20100117520Abstract: The invention provides an OLED device including a cathode, an anode, and having there between a light-emitting layer, further including, between the cathode and the light emitting layer, a first layer containing a fluoranthene compound including one and only one fluoranthene nucleus and having no aromatic rings annulated to the fluoranthene nucleus, the fluoranthene nucleus having independently selected aromatic groups in the 7,10-positions and an azine group in the 8- or 9-position, provided that the azine group is not a phenanthroline group. The OLED device desirably includes a second layer containing an alkali metal or alkali metal compound, located between the cathode and the first layer. The OLED device can also include a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compound in the first layer or in a third layer located between the first layer and the light-emitting layer. Devices of the invention provide improvement in features such as efficiency and drive voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventors: William J. Begley, Natasha Andrievsky, Liang-Sheng Liao
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Patent number: 7662485Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) device produces white light, includes a) an anode; b) a hole-transporting layer disposed over the anode; c) a blue light-emitting layer disposed over the hole-transporting layer; d) an electron-transporting layer disposed over the blue light-emitting layer; e) a cathode disposed over the electron-transporting layer; wherein the hole-transporting layer comprises an entire layer or a partial portion of a layer in contact with the blue light-emitting layer and contains a light-emitting naphthacene compound having a specified formula.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2004Date of Patent: February 16, 2010Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: William J. Begley, Tukaram K. Hatwar, Manju Rajeswaran, Natasha Andrievsky
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Publication number: 20100019671Abstract: An OLED device including a cathode, a light emitting layer and an anode, in that order, and, having located between the cathode and the light emitting layer, a further layer containing an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salt of a 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)phenanthroline derivative. Such devices exhibit reduced drive voltage while maintaining good luminance.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2009Publication date: January 28, 2010Inventors: William J. Begley, Tukaram K. Hatwar, Liang-Sheng Liao, Kevin P. Klubek, Manju Rajeswaran, Natasha Andrievsky
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Patent number: 7563518Abstract: An OLED device comprises a cathode, an electron-transporting layer (ETL), a light-emitting layer (LEL) containing a fluorescent light-emitting material, a hole-transporting layer (HTL), and an anode, in that order, wherein the ETL comprises a mixture of compounds, including a first compound and at least one second compound, and wherein there is present a hole blocking layer (HBL) adjacent to the LEL on the cathode side. It provides a reduced drive voltage with comparable color hue. The first compound is present in an amount of 50% to 90% by volume and is represented by Formula (2): Wherein R1 and R4 represent the substituent and neither are hydrogen; R2 and R3 represent hydrogen; Ar1 and Ar4 represent the same aromatic group; and Ar2 and Ar3 represent the same aromatic group.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2005Date of Patent: July 21, 2009Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: William J. Begley, Tukaram K. Hatwar, Natasha Andrievsky
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Publication number: 20090142618Abstract: The invention provides an OLED device containing certain alkali metal cluster compounds with mixed ligands, such compounds, and methods of making them. In particular, the cluster compound is a neutrally charged mixed cluster compound comprising first and second subunits with the first subunit comprising an alkali metal salt of a nitrogen containing a heterocyclic ligand bearing a anionic hydroxy group and the second subunit consisting of an organic alkali metal salt different than the first subunit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2007Publication date: June 4, 2009Inventors: William J. Begley, Manju Rajeswaran, Tukaram K. Hatwar, Natasha Andrievsky
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Publication number: 20090108735Abstract: The invention provides an OLED device comprising a cathode, an anode, and having there between a light-emitting layer, further comprising, between the cathode and the light emitting layer, a non-luminescent electron transporting layer containing a compound with a 7,10-diaryl substituted fluoranthene nucleus having no aromatic rings annulated to the fluoranthene nucleus and desirably comprises still further an additional layer containing an organic alkali metal compound, located between the cathode and the electron transporting layer. Devices of the invention provide improvement in features such as efficiency, drive voltage, and operational stability.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2007Publication date: April 30, 2009Inventors: William J. Begley, Liang-Sheng Liao, Natasha Andrievsky