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).

  • Patent number: 8940189
    Abstract: The present invention relates to intensely colored and/or optically variable pigments which have a flake-form transparent or semitransparent electrically conductive core and at least one coloring dielectric layer surrounding the core, to a process for the preparation of such pigments, and to the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Burkhard Krietsch, Matthias Kuntz, Reinhold Rueger
  • Publication number: 20140284075
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermally conductive, self-supporting, electrically insulating, flexible sheet, which is advantageously useful for the insulation of electrical machines or devices, to a process for the manufacture as well as to the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Ryuta Suzuki, Matthias Kuntz, Reinhold Rueger
  • Patent number: 8801968
    Abstract: The invention relates to surface-modified phosphor particles based on luminescent particles which comprise at least one luminescent compound, where (Ca,Sr,Ba)2SiO4 and other silicates having one or more activator ions, such as Eu, Ce and Mn, are excluded as luminescent compounds, and where at least one inorganic layer comprising oxides/hydroxides of Si, Al, Zr, Zn, Ti and/or mixtures thereof and an organic coating of organosilanes or polyorganosiloxanes (silicones) and/or mixtures thereof are applied to the luminescent particles, and to a production process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Petry, Reinhold Rueger, Tim Vosgroene, Holger Winkler
  • Patent number: 8747708
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transparent, electrically conductive floor care composition, in particular for antistatic flooring, which is distinguished by the fact that it comprises one or more conductive pigments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhold Rueger, Matthias Kuntz, Christina Maggakis-Kelemen
  • Patent number: 8568526
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass composition comprising crystalline phases, and to glass flakes produced therefrom. These glass flakes can be used as base substrate for effect pigments. The glass flakes can furthermore be used in paints, coatings, printing inks, plastics and in cosmetic formulations. The glass flakes are converted into glass-ceramics, and are present in one of the following composition ranges I or II in % by weight: I: 40-50 SiO2, 10-20 B2O3, 10-20 Na2O, 15-30 TiO2; II: 10-60 SiO2, 5-30 B2O3, 5-40 TiO2, 2-20 Nb2O5, 2-20 Fe2O3, 5-40 Na2O+K2O+CaO+SrO+BaO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhold Rueger, Anke Geisen, Gerald Karn
  • Publication number: 20130248781
    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: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhold Rueger, Matthias Kuntz
  • Publication number: 20130244022
    Abstract: The present invention relates to dielectric coatings and articles having high, but precisely defined specific surface resistances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Reinhold Rueger, Matthias Kuntz
  • Patent number: 8519609
    Abstract: The invention relates to coated phosphor particles comprising luminescent particles and a, preferably substantially transparent, metal, transition-metal or semimetal oxide coating, and to a process for the production thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Winkler, Ralf Petry, Reinhold Rueger, Tim Vosgroene
  • Patent number: 8500901
    Abstract: The present invention relates to interference pigments based on coated flake-form substrates which are distinguished by the fact in that they comprise (A) a layer of SiO2 having a layer thickness of 5-350 nm, (B) a high-refractive-index coating having a refractive index n of >1.8 and/or (C) an interference system consisting of alternating high- and low-refractive-index layers and optionally (D) an outer protective layer, and to the use thereof in paints, coatings, automotive paints, powder coatings, printing inks, security printing inks, plastics, ceramic materials, glasses, paper, in toners for electrophotographic printing processes, in seed, in greenhouse sheeting and tent awnings, as absorbers in the laser marking of paper and plastics, in cosmetic formulations, for the preparation of pigment pastes with water, organic and/or aqueous solvents, and for the preparation of pigment preparations and dry preparations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhold Rueger, Klaus Ambrosius, Marcus Mathias, Helge Bettina Kniess
  • Patent number: 8454861
    Abstract: The present invention relates to optically variable pigments of high electrical conductivity which comprise a flake-form substrate, which essentially consists of silicon dioxide and/or silicon oxide hydrate, and an electrically conductive layer surrounding the substrate, to a process for the preparation thereof, and to the use of pigments of this type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Burkhard Krietsch, Matthias Kuntz, Reinhold Rueger
  • Publication number: 20110227005
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transparent, electrically conductive floor care composition, in particular for antistatic flooring, which is distinguished by the fact that it comprises one or more conductive pigments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Reinhold Rueger, Matthias Kuntz, Christina Maggakis-Kelemen
  • Publication number: 20110129674
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass composition comprising crystalline phases, and to glass flakes produced therefrom. These glass flakes can be used as base substrate for effect pigments. The glass flakes can furthermore be used in paints, coatings, printing inks, plastics and in cosmetic formulations. The glass flakes are converted into glass-ceramics, and are present in one of the following composition ranges I or II in % by weight: I: 40-50 SiO2, 10-20 B2O3, 10-20 Na2O, 15-30 TiO2; II: 10-60 SiO2, 5-30 B2O3, 5-40 TiO2, 2-20 Nb2O5, 2-20 Fe2O3, 5-40 Na2O+K2O+CaO+SrO+BaO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Reinhold Rueger, Anke Geisen, Gerald Karn
  • Publication number: 20100283076
    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: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: Merck Patent Gesellschaft MIT Berschrankter Haftun
    Inventors: Holger Winkler, Reinhold Rueger
  • Publication number: 20100270510
    Abstract: The present invention relates to intensely coloured and/or optically variable pigments which have a flake-form transparent or semitransparent electrically conductive core and at least one colouring dielectric layer surrounding the core, to a process for the preparation of such pigments, and to the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Burkhard Krietsch, Matthias Kuntz, Reinhold Rueger
  • Publication number: 20100264809
    Abstract: The invention relates to coated phosphor particles comprising luminescent particles and a, preferably substantially transparent, metal, transition-metal or semimetal oxide coating, and to a process for the production thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2008
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Winkler, Ralf Petry, Reinhold Rueger, Tim Vosgroene
  • Publication number: 20100259156
    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: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Holger Winkler, Reinhold Rueger, Ralf Petry, Tim Vosgroene, Walter Tews
  • Publication number: 20100258769
    Abstract: The present invention relates to optically variable pigments of high electrical conductivity which comprise a flake-form substrate, which essentially consists of silicon dioxide and/or silicon oxide hydrate, and an electrically conductive layer surrounding the substrate, to a process for the preparation thereof, and to the use of pigments of this type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Burkhard Krietsch, Matthias Kuntz, Reinhold Rueger
  • Publication number: 20100175587
    Abstract: The present invention relates to interference pigments based on coated flake-form substrates which are distinguished by the fact in that they comprise (A) a layer of SiO2 having a layer thickness of 5-350 nm, (B) a high-refractive-index coating having a refractive index n of >1.8 and/or (C) an interference system consisting of alternating high- and low-refractive-index layers and optionally (D) an outer protective layer, and to the use thereof in paints, coatings, automotive paints, powder coatings, printing inks, security printing inks, plastics, ceramic materials, glasses, paper, in toners for electrophotographic printing processes, in seed, in greenhouse sheeting and tent awnings, as absorbers in the laser marking of paper and plastics, in cosmetic formulations, for the preparation of pigment pastes with water, organic and/or aqueous solvents, and for the preparation of pigment preparations and dry preparations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventors: Reinhold Rueger, Klaus Ambrosius, Marcus Mathias, Helge Bettina Kniess
  • Patent number: 7416688
    Abstract: Disclosed are transparent conductive pigments of flake-form substrates coated with a conductive layer, where the number-weighted mean particle area F50 of the transparent conductive pigments is greater than or equal to 150 ?m2, and processes for the production of the pigments, and the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Gerhard Pfaff, Reinhold Rueger, Otto Stahlecker, Frank Ott
  • Patent number: 7396401
    Abstract: Effect pigments based on a flake-form substrate that have a circular or elliptical shape or have the shape of a polygon, the preparation thereof, and the use thereof, for example, in paints or coatings, or as tracers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Jungnitz, Gerald Fuchs-Pohl, Reinhold Rueger