Patents by Inventor Reinhold Rüger

Reinhold Rüger 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).

  • Dielectric coatings and articles
    Patent number: 10640658
    Abstract: The present invention relates to dielectric coatings and articles having high, but precisely defined specific surface resistances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Reinhold Rueger, Matthias Kuntz
  • Laser-markable and laser-weldable polymeric materials
    Patent number: 10344145
    Abstract: The present invention relates to colored laser-markable and laser-weldable polymeric materials which are distinguished by the fact that they comprise, as absorber, at least one doped tin oxide or indium oxide having a large specific surface area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhold Rueger, Ulrich Quittmann
  • Laser-markable and laser-weldable polymeric materials
    Patent number: 10286706
    Abstract: The present invention relates to laser-markable and laser-weldable polymeric materials which are distinguished by the fact that they comprise, as laser absorber, at least one copper-doped zinc sulfide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhold Rueger, Ulrich Quittmann, Silvia Rosenberger
  • Electrically conductive, colored interference pigments
    Patent number: 10266699
    Abstract: The present invention relates to electrically conductive, colored interference pigments, in particular flake-form interference pigments, which have an outermost layer which comprises crystalline carbon in the form of graphite and/or graphene, to a process for the preparation of such pigments, and to the use of the pigments prepared in this way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Reinhold Rueger, Bjoern Kleist
  • Non-metallic pigments having metal properties
    Patent number: 10240045
    Abstract: The present invention relates to non-metallic interference pigments, in particular laminar interference pigments, which comprise a thin high-refractive layer and an outermost layer that contains crystalline carbon in the form of graphite and/or graphene. The invention also relates to a method for producing such pigments and the use of the thus produced pigments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Reinhold Rueger, Bjoern Kleist
  • Thermally conductive, plate-shaped pigment coated with aluminium oxide
    Patent number: 10214673
    Abstract: The present invention relates to thermally conductive pigments which consist of a substrate and a coating applied thereto comprising aluminum oxide and/or aluminum oxide hydrate, to a process for the preparation of these pigments, and to the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Reinhold Rueger, Matthias Kuntz
  • LASER-MARKABLE AND LASER-WELDABLE POLYMERIC MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20180273730
    Abstract: The present invention relates to coloured laser-markable and laser-weldable polymeric materials which are distinguished by the fact that they comprise, as absorber, at least one doped tin oxide or indium oxide having a large specific surface area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhold RUEGER, Ulrich QUITTMANN
  • Electrically conductive pigment
    Patent number: 10040963
    Abstract: The present invention relates to electrically conductive pigments, to a process for the preparation thereof and to the use thereof, in particular in antistatic or dissipative articles or surfaces, for example in paints, coatings, printing inks or floorcoverings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhold Rueger, Bjoern Kleist
  • Transparent, electrically semiconducting interference TiOpigments with high color strength
    Patent number: 9850384
    Abstract: The present invention relates to transparent, electrically semiconducting interference pigments having high color strength, and in particular to flake-form interference pigments which comprise an oxygen-deficient layer of TiO2-x, to a process for the preparation of such pigments, and to the use of the pigments prepared in this way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventor: Reinhold Rueger
  • LASER-MARKABLE AND LASER-WELDABLE POLYMERIC MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20170355210
    Abstract: The present invention relates to laser-markable and laser-weldable polymeric materials which are distinguished by the fact that they comprise, as laser absorber, at least one copper-doped zinc sulfide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhold RUEGER, Ulrich QUITTMANN, Silvia ROSENBERGER
  • ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE, COLORED INTERFERENCE PIGMENTS
    Publication number: 20170321058
    Abstract: The present invention relates to electrically conductive, coloured interference pigments, in particular flake-form interference pigments, which have an outermost layer which comprises crystalline carbon in the form of graphite and/or graphene, to a process for the preparation of such pigments, and to the use of the pigments prepared in this way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Reinhold RUEGER, Bjoern KLEIST
  • NON-METALLIC PIGMENTS HAVING METAL PROPERTIES
    Publication number: 20170321057
    Abstract: The present invention relates to non-metallic interference pigments, in particular laminar interference pigments, which comprise a thin high-refractive layer and an outermost layer that contains crystalline carbon in the form of graphite and/or graphene. The invention also relates to a method for producing such pigments and the use of the thus produced pigments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Reinhold RUEGER, Bjoern KLEIST
  • LASER-MARKABLE AND LASER-WELDABLE POLYMERIC MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20170101523
    Abstract: The present invention relates to laser-markable and laser-weldable polymeric materials which are distinguished by the fact that they comprise at least one fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) as absorber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhold RUEGER, Ulrich QUITTMANN
  • ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE PIGMENT
    Publication number: 20160272837
    Abstract: The present invention relates to electrically conductive pigments, to a process for the preparation thereof and to the use thereof, in particular in antistatic or dissipative articles or surfaces, for example in paints, coatings, printing inks or floorcoverings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhold RUEGER, Bjoern KLEIST
  • Pigments
    Patent number: 9403996
    Abstract: The present invention relates to semiconducting pigments based on flake-form substrates which have a doped tin dioxide layer on the surface and to the use of the pigments in paints, coatings, printing inks, plastics, security applications, floorcoverings, films, formulations, ceramic materials, glasses, paper, for laser marking, in thermal protection, in dry preparations, in pigment preparations and in particular as varistor pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhold Rueger, Matthias Kuntz
  • TRANSPARENT, OPTICALLY VARIABLE INTERFERENCE PIGMENTS HAVING ELECTRICALLY SEMICONDUCTING PROPERTIES
    Publication number: 20160137847
    Abstract: The present invention relates to transparent, optically variable, electrically semiconducting interference pigments, in particular flake-form interference pigments, which comprise an oxygen-deficient layer of Ti02-x, to a process for the preparation of such pigments, and to the use of the pigments prepared in this way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventor: Reinhold RUEGER
  • TRANSPARENT, ELECTRICALLY SEMICONDUCTING INTERFERENCE PIGMENTS WITH HIGH COLOR STRENGTH
    Publication number: 20160137846
    Abstract: The present invention relates to transparent, electrically semiconducting interference pigments having high colour strength, and in particular to flake-form interference pigments which comprise an oxygen-deficient layer of TiO2-x, to a process for the preparation of such pigments, and to the use of the pigments prepared in this way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventor: Reinhold RUEGER
  • Surface-modified phosphors
    Patent number: 9139763
    Abstract: The invention relates to surface-modified phosphor particles based on luminescent particles of (Ca,Sr,Ba)2SiO4 and/or other silicates, in each case individually or mixtures thereof with one or more activator ions, such as Eu, Mn, Ce and/or Mg and/or Zn, where at least one metal, transition-metal or semimetal oxide coating and an organic coating are applied to the luminescent particles, and to a preparation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Holger Winkler, Reinhold Rueger, Ralf Petry, Tim Vosgroene, Walter Tews
  • THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE, PLATE-SHAPED PIGMENT COATED WITH ALUMINIUM OXIDE
    Publication number: 20150069287
    Abstract: The present invention relates to thermally conductive pigments which consist of a substrate and a coating applied thereto comprising aluminium oxide and/or aluminium oxide hydrate, to a process for the preparation of these pigments, and to the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Reinhold Rueger, Matthias Kuntz
  • Coated phosphor particles with refractive index adaption
    Patent number: 8946982
    Abstract: The invention relates to coated phosphor particles comprising luminescent particles and at least one, preferably substantially transparent, metal, transition-metal or semimetal oxide coating, and to a process for the production thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Winkler, Reinhold Rueger