Patents by Inventor Satoshi Igawa

Satoshi Igawa 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: 7960041
    Abstract: There are provided a novel fused ring aromatic compound and an organic light-emitting device which has an optical output with extremely high efficiency and luminance, and also has extremely high durability. The organic light-emitting device includes an anode, a cathode, and a layer including an organic compound interposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein the layer comprises a fused ring aromatic compound represented by the general formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, R14, R15, and R16 each represent, independently of one another, a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, a substituted amino group, or a halogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Igawa, Masashi Hashimoto, Shinjiro Okada, Takao Takiguchi, Keiji Okinaka
  • Publication number: 20110127908
    Abstract: Provided is an organic light-emitting device having good durability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi Hashimoto, Satoshi Igawa, Naoki Yamada, Takayuki Horiuchi, Shinjiro Okada
  • Patent number: 7939185
    Abstract: A fused polycyclic compounds is represented by the general formula (I): wherein X1 to X18 each represent, independently of one another, a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group, a nitro group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, a substituted amino group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoki Yamada, Minako Nakasu, Satoshi Igawa, Masashi Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 7932592
    Abstract: A novel organic compound and a high-performance organic light-emitting element containing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihito Saitoh, Keiji Okinaka, Satoshi Igawa, Naoki Yamada, Chika Negishi, Takao Takiguchi, Shinjiro Okada
  • Publication number: 20110089821
    Abstract: A light emitting device comprises a pair of electrodes and an organic light emitting layer between the electrodes. The organic light emitting layer includes a host material, a first phosphorescent dopant, and a second dopant different from the first phosphorescent dopant. The amount of the second dopant is greater than the amount of the first dopant in the organic light emitting layer. The host material, the first phosphorescent dopant and the second dopant are mixed throughout the organic light emitting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Manabu Furugori, Shinjiro Okada, Akira Tsuboyama, Takao Takiguchi, Seishi Miura, Takashi Moriyama, Satoshi Igawa, Jun Kamatani, Hironobu Iwawaki
  • Patent number: 7923129
    Abstract: Provided is an organic light emitting device including: a pair of electrodes including an anode and a cathode; and at least one layer formed of an organic compound interposed between the pair of electrodes, in which the at least one layer formed of the organic compound layer contains at least one kind of the carbazole derivative represented by the following general formula (I). The organic light emitting device has an optical output with extremely high efficiency and a high luminance and has an extremely high durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Igawa, Shinjiro Okada, Takao Takiguchi, Jun Kamatani
  • Patent number: 7914907
    Abstract: The present invention provides an organic EL device utilizing phosphorescence which can be driven at a low voltage, which realizes high luminance and high efficiency, and which has a long lifetime. The organic EL device of the present invention includes an organic light-emitting layer composed of at least a host material and a dopant, wherein the dopant is a phosphorescent compound containing a halogen atom, and the host material is a linear aromatic compound having no aromatic substituent at a side thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hironobu Iwawaki, Shinjiro Okada, Takao Takiguchi, Satoshi Igawa, Masashi Hashimoto, Jun Kamatani, Kengo Kishino, Minako Nakasu, Ryota Ooishi
  • Patent number: 7910227
    Abstract: A light emitting device having an anode and a cathode provided on a substrate, and an organic light emitting layer between the anode and the cathode, where the organic light emitting layer includes a light emitting material and first and second dopants for improving the dispersability thereof. As the first dopant, there is employed a phosphorescent dopant. The amount of the second dopant is greater than the amount of the first dopant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Manabu Furugori, Shinjiro Okada, Akira Tsuboyama, Takao Takiguchi, Seishi Miura, Takashi Moriyama, Satoshi Igawa, Jun Kamatani, Hironobu Iwawaki
  • Publication number: 20110049479
    Abstract: Provided are a novel benzo[a]fluoranthene compound and an organic light emitting device having extremely good light emitting efficiency, extremely good luminance, and durability. The benzo[a]fluoranthene compound is represented by the following general formula (I): wherein: at least one of R11 to R22 represents Rm represented by the following general formula (i): Rm=—X1—Ar1??(i) wherein X1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted phenylene group, or a substituted or unsubstituted, divalent monocyclic heterocyclic group, and Ar1 represents one of the following groups (a) and (b): (a) a substituted or unsubstituted fused polycyclic group, and (b) a composite substituent formed by combining two or more of a benzene ring, a monocyclic heterocyclic ring, and a fused polycyclic ring, the composite substituent being permitted to have a substituent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoki Yamada, Satoshi Igawa, Masashi Hashimoto, Minako Nakasu, Takayuki Horiuchi, Jun Kamatani, Shinjiro Okada
  • Patent number: 7883786
    Abstract: The invention provides a novel compound used as a material for organic light-emitting elements, and an organic light-emitting element which has highly efficient and highly luminescent optical power and is superior in durability. The organic light-emitting element includes an anode and a cathode, and a layer which contains an organic compound and is held between the anode and the cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigemoto Abe, Akihiro Senoo, Jun Kamatani, Satoshi Igawa, Naoki Yamada
  • Publication number: 20110024737
    Abstract: Provided are a fused polycyclic compound obtained by expanding the conjugated system of a chrysene skeleton, and an organic light emitting device using the compound. The organic light emitting device has an optical output with high efficiency and high luminance, and is extremely durable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki Horiuchi, Jun Kamatani, Satoshi Igawa, Naoki Yamada, Masashi Hashimoto, Tetsuya Kosuge
  • Patent number: 7858210
    Abstract: A layer is spaced between an anode and a cathode and is composed of an organic compound represented by the following general formula [1]. wherein R1 to R10 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a substituted amino group, an alkyl group, an aryl group, and a heterocyclic group; and X represents (a) an alkylene group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, wherein in the alkylene group, one or separate two methylene groups may be substituted by —O—, —CO—, —CO—O—, —S—, or —NRa1—, and a hydrogen atom may be substituted by a linear, branched, or cyclic alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, (b) an aryl group which may be substituted, or (c) a heterocyclic group which may be substituted, or (d) a fluorine atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masashi Hashimoto, Satoshi Igawa, Takao Takiguchi
  • Publication number: 20100237328
    Abstract: There is provided a benzo[a]fluoranthene compound represented by the formula (I): wherein: at least one R11 to R22 represents Rm represented by the formula (i): Rm=—Ar1—X1??(i) wherein: Ar1 represents any one of the following groups (i-a) to (i-c): (i-a) a substituted or unsubstituted phenylene group, (i-b) a substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic heterocyclic group, and (i-c) a composite substituent formed of two substituents selected from substituents corresponding to the groups (i-a) and (i-b); and X1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 2 or more carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl group; and R11 to R22 none of which is represented by Rm each represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or the like, and R11 to R22 none of which is represented by Rm may be identical to or different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki Horiuchi, Naoki Yamada, Satoshi Igawa, Masashi Hashimoto, Minako Nakasu, Jun Kamatani, Shinjiro Okada
  • Patent number: 7799442
    Abstract: A full-color organic electroluminescent panel has red (R), green (G), and blue (B) color pixels that independently emit light. The organic electroluminescent panel includes a hole-injecting layer common to the red (R), green (G), and blue (B) color pixels and a plurality of hole-transporting layers. The hole-transporting layer in at least one of the red (R), green (G), or blue (B) color pixels differs from a corresponding hole-transporting layer in the remaining pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hironobu Iwawaki, Shinjiro Okada, Takao Takiguchi, Satoshi Igawa
  • Patent number: 7790299
    Abstract: A light emitting device having an anode and a cathode provided on a substrate, and an organic light emitting layer between the anode and the cathode, where the organic light emitting layer includes a light emitting material and first and second dopants for improving the dispersability thereof. The first and second dopants are metal organic complex compounds having the same central metal, and the second dopant transmitting energy to the first dopant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Manabu Furugori, Shinjiro Okada, Akira Tsuboyama, Takao Takiguchi, Seishi Miura, Takashi Moriyama, Satoshi Igawa, Jun Kamatani, Hironobu Iwawaki
  • Publication number: 20100219407
    Abstract: Provided is an organic metal complex having a structure represented by the following general formula (1): MLmL?n??(1) where: M represents a metal atom selected from Ir, Pt, Rh, Os, and Zn; L and L?, which are different from each other, each represent a bidentate ligand; m represents an integer of 1 to 3 and n represents an integer of 0 to 2, provided that m+n is 3; a partial structure MLm represents a structure represented by the following general formula (2): and a partial structure ML?n represents a structure including a monovalent bidentate ligand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun Kamatani, Masashi Hashimoto, Satoshi Igawa, Shinjiro Okada
  • Publication number: 20100176716
    Abstract: A novel mono(benzo[k]fluoranthene) compound having a molecular structure containing at least one condensed ring aromatic group which is tricyclic or more at any of 7- to 9-positions of benzo[k]fluoranthene. Also an organic light emitting device including at least a pair of electrodes formed of an anode and a cathode, and a layer formed of an organic compound, the layer being interposed between the pair of electrodes, in which the layer formed of an organic compound contains a compound represented by the following structural formula. An organic light emitting device in which the layer is a light emitting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Igawa, Shinjiro Okada, Jun Kamatani, Naoki Yamada, Masashi Hashimoto, Keiji Okinaka, Chika Negishi, Akihito Saitoh, Takao Takiguchi
  • Publication number: 20100157131
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a light-emitting layer disposed between the first and second electrodes. The light-emitting layer contains an organic compound emitting photoluminescent light with a peak wavelength of 430 to 480 nm. The organic compound has a profile factor of 0.02 or less at a wave number of 1,300 to 1,680 cm?1 as calculated from Huang-Rhys factors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun Kamatani, Isao Kawata, Naoki Yamada, Akihito Saitoh, Hiroyuki Tomono, Kengo Kishino, Masashi Hashimoto, Satoshi Igawa, Keiji Okinaka
  • Patent number: 7736758
    Abstract: A light emitting device having an anode and a cathode provided on a substrate, and an organic light emitting layer between the anode and the cathode, where the organic light emitting layer includes a light emitting material and first and second dopants for improving the dispersability thereof. The first and second dopants are metal organic complex compounds having the same ligand skeletal structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Manabu Furugori, Shinjiro Okada, Akira Tsuboyama, Takao Takiguchi, Seishi Miura, Takashi Moriyama, Satoshi Igawa, Jun Kamatani, Hironobu Iwawaki
  • Patent number: 7709832
    Abstract: A fluoranthene compound has 6 fused rings. An organic light-emitting element uses the fluoranthene compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Chika Negishi, Takao Takiguchi, Satoshi Igawa, Jun Kamatani, Naoki Yamada