Patents by Inventor Ralf Grottenmuller

Ralf Grottenmuller 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).

  • Patent number: 10421841
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing silazane-siloxa copolymers and the use of such copolymers, particularly in LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: AZ Electronic Materials (Luxembourg) S.a.r.l.
    Inventors: Ralf Grottenmüller, Abraham Casas Garcia-Minguillan, Fumio Kita, Dieter Wagner
  • Patent number: 10385234
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a hybrid material comprising a) an organopolysilazane material and b) at least one surface-modified nanoscale inorganic oxide as coating material for producing transparent layers having a thickness of less than 500 ?m in optoelectronic components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: AZ Electronics Materials (LUXEMBOURG) S.Á.R.L.
    Inventors: Ralf Grottenmüller, Rosalin Karunanandan, Fumio Kita, Helmut Lenz, Dieter Wagner, Andreas Dresel
  • Publication number: 20180312641
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing silazane-siloxa copolymers and the use of such copolymers, particularly in LEDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Ralf GROTTENMÜLLER, Abraham CASAS GARCIA-MINGUILLAN, Fumio KITA, Dieter WAGNER
  • Patent number: 10000665
    Abstract: A hybrid material for light emitting diodes, comprising a) an organopolysilazane material, comprising repeating units of formulae (I) and (II) [—SiR1R2—NR3—]x??(I) [—SiHR4—NR5—]y??(II) wherein the symbols and indices have the following meanings: R1 is C2-C6-alkenyl or C4-C6-alkadienyl; R2 is H or an organic group; R3 is H or an organic group; R4 is H or an organic group; R5 is H or an organic group; x is 0.001 to 0.2; and y is 2x to (1?x), with the proviso that x+y?1 and that y can be 0 if R2 is H, and b) inorganic nanoparticles having a mean diameter in the range of from 1 to 30 nm, which are surface modified with a capping agent comprising a C1-C18-alkyl and/or C1-C18-alkenyl group, is useful as encapsulation material for LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: AZ Electronic Materials (Luxembourg) S.a.r.l.
    Inventors: Ralf Grottenmüller, Rosalin Karunanandan, Fumio Kita, Helmut Lenz, Dieter Wagner, Andreas Dresel
  • Publication number: 20170210944
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a hybrid material comprising a) an organopolysilazane material and b) at least one surface-modified nanoscale inorganic oxide as coating material for producing transparent layers having a thickness of less than 500 ?m in optoelectronic components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Ralf Grottenmüller, Rosalin Karunanandan, Fumio Kita, Helmut Lenz, Dieter Wagner, Andreas Dresel
  • Publication number: 20160362580
    Abstract: A hybrid material for light emitting diodes, comprising a) an organopolysilazane material, comprising repeating units of formulae (I) and (II) [—SiR1R2—NR3—]x??(I) [—SiHR4—NR5—]y??(II) wherein the symbols and indices have the following meanings: R1 is C2-C6-alkenyl or C4-C6-alkadienyl; R2 is H or an organic group; R3 is H or an organic group; R4 is H or an organic group; R5 is H or an organic group; x is 0.001 to 0.2; and y is 2x to (1?x), with the proviso that x+y?1 and that y can be 0 if R2 is H, and b) inorganic nanoparticles having a mean diameter in the range of from 1 to 30 nm, which are surface modified with a capping agent comprising a C1-C18-alkyl and/or C1-C18-alkenyl group, is useful as encapsulation material for LEDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Ralf GROTTENMÜLLER, Rosalin KARUNANANDAN, Fumio KITA, Helmut LENZ, Dieter WAGNER, Andreas DRESEL
  • Patent number: 8012664
    Abstract: A compound of the formula (I) where the symbols and indices are each defined as follows: A is A?, R or O—R; where R is a straight-chain, branched or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated aliphatic radical having 1-8 carbon atoms; A? is the same or different and is B is a bond, —O—C(O)—, —C(O)—O—, —O—C(O)—, —C(O)—NH—, —NH—C(O)—, —C(O)—O—CH2—CH(OH)—CH2—O, —O—CH2—CH(OH)—CH2—O—(O)C—, —O—C(O)—O—, —O—C(O)—NH— or —NH—C(O)—O—; R1 is H or OH; m is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5; Y is n is a positive rational number ?3; E is the same or different and is —CH—CHR2—, —CHR2—CH2—, —CH2—CHR2—O—, —O—CHR2—CH2—, —(CH2)r—O— or —O—(CH2)—; R2 is H or CH3 and r is 1 or 4, is suitable as a light-sensitive component for photoresists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: AZ Electronic Materials USA Corp.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Zahn, Ralf Grottenmüller, Dieter Wagner
  • Publication number: 20090253073
    Abstract: A compound of the formula (I) where the symbols and indices are each defined as follows: A is A?, R or O—R; where R is a straight-chain, branched or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated aliphatic radical having 1-8 carbon atoms; A? is the same or different and is B is a bond, —O—C(O)—, —C(O)—O—, —O—C(O)—, —C(O)—NH—, —NH—C(O)—, —C(O)—O—CH2—CH(OH)—CH2—O, —O—CH2—CH(OH)—CH2—O—(O)C—, —O—C(O)—O—, —O—C(O)—NH— or —NH—C(O)—O—; R1 is H or OH; m is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5; Y is n is a positive rational number ?3; E is the same or different and is —CH—CHR2—, —CHR2—CH2—, —CH2—CHR2—O—, —O—CHR2—CH2—, —(CH2)r—O— or —O—(CH2)—; R2 is H or CH3 and r is 1 or 4, is suitable as a light-sensitive component for photoresists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2006
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: Wolfgang Zahn, Ralf Grottenmüller, Dieter Wagner
  • Publication number: 20050038150
    Abstract: Fluoroalkyl-modified organosilanes, processes for preparing them, and their use, particularly in coating compositions for the purpose of reducing the soiling tendency of said compositions The present invention relates to organosilanes of the general formula (I) where R is a fluorinated or partly fluorinated alkyl radical of the formula CnZ2n+1(CH2)m—, with n?1, m?1, and Z either a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom, with the proviso that at least one Z is a fluorine atom, Y is a hydrogen atom or alkyl radical having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, X is alternatively a hydrogen atom, a linear or branched alkyl radical having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a radical of the formula ROC(O)(CHY)(CH2)—, a phenyl radical or a benzyl radical, R1 is a linear or branched alkylene radical having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and R2, R3, and R4 are linear or branched alkyl radicals having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or linear or branched alkoxy radicals having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, which are attached via the oxygen atom to the silicon atom, proce
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2002
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventors: Christian Meiners, Ralf Grottenmuller, Helmut Zingerle, Ivan Cabrera
  • Publication number: 20040106821
    Abstract: Lubricating agent containing fluorinated urethanes Lubricants comprising fluorinated urethanes, prepared by reacting
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2003
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Inventors: Ralf Grottenmuller, Norbert Schmitt, Anton Probst
  • Patent number: 6515172
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of perfluorocarboxylic acids of the formula RF—COOH, salts thereof and esters thereof from perfluoroalkyl iodides of the formula RF′—I, in which RF and RF′ are cyclic, branched or linear, saturated or unsaturated perfluoroalkyl radicals, by activating the perfluoroalkyl iodides in the presence of oxygen and in organic solvents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Clariant GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Grottenmüller, Wolfgang Knaup, Anton Probst, Klaus Dullinger
  • Publication number: 20020147357
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of perfluorocarboxylic acids of the formula RF—COOH, salts thereof and esters thereof from perfluoroalkyl iodides of the formula RF′—I, in which RF and RF′ are cyclic, branched or linear, saturated or unsaturated perfluoroalkyl radicals, by activating the perfluoroalkyl iodides in the presence of oxygen and in organic solvents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Applicant: Clariant GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Grottenmuller, Wolfgang Knaup, Anton Probst, Klaus Dullinger