Patents by Inventor Ulrich Finkenzeller

Ulrich Finkenzeller 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: 6716491
    Abstract: A liquid-crystalline medium based on a mixture of polar compounds of positive dielectric anisotropy, which comprises one or more compounds of the formula I where R1, A1, A2, Z1, Z2, L1, L2 and n are as defined herein, is suitable for use in, for example, MLC, TN and STN displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Kazuaki Tarumi, Brigitte Schuler, Matthias Bremer, Ulrich Finkenzeller, Eike Poetsch, Heike Kniel
  • Patent number: 6679764
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel supply system for chemicals which permits the preparation of solid-containing suspensions, which are required, inter alia, for polishing wafers or in semiconductor production, directly at the point of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Finkenzeller, Claus Dusemund, Thomas Schwortschik
  • Publication number: 20020030180
    Abstract: A liquid-crystalline medium based on a mixture of polar compounds of positive dielectric anisotropy, which comprises one or more compounds of the formula I 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2001
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Inventors: Kazuaki Tarumi, Brigitte Schuler, Matthias Bremer, Ulrich Finkenzeller, Eike Poetsch, Heike Kniel
  • Patent number: 6326066
    Abstract: 1,4-disubstituted 2,6-difluorobenzene compound of formula I wherein R is an alkyl or alkenyl radical, A1 and A2 are independently (a) a trans-1,4-cyclohexylene radical in which a CH2 group may be replaced by -O- and/or -S, (b) a 1,4-phenylene radical in which a CH group may be replaced by N, (c) 1,4-cyclohexenylene, 1,4-bicyclo(2,2,2)octylene, piperidine-1,4-diyl, naphthalene-2,6-diyl, decahydronaphthalene-2,6-diyl or 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene-2,6-diyl, Z1 and Z2 are —CO—O—, —O—CO—, —CH2O—,—OCH2—, —CH2CH2—, —CH═CH—,—C≡C—or a single bond m and n are 0, 1, 2 or 3, (m+n) is 1, 2 or 3, X is R or F, Cl, CF3, —OCF3, or —OCHF2, —OCF5, —CN or —NCS with the provisos that at least one of the radicals A1 and A2 present in the molecule is  and at least one of Z1 or Z2 is —COO—, are suitable as components of liquid-
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit Reschankter Haftung
    Inventors: Eike Poetsch, Volker Meyer, Volker Reiffenrath, Andreas Wachtler, Ulrich Finkenzeller, Hans Adolf Kurmeier, Reinhard Hittich, Bernhard Rieger, David Coates, Simon Greenfield, Robert William Clemitson
  • Publication number: 20010006882
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel supply system for chemicals which permits the preparation of solid-containing suspensions, which are required, inter alia, for polishing wafers or in semiconductor production, directly at the point of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Publication date: July 5, 2001
    Applicant: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Ulrich Finkenzeller, Claus Dusemund
  • Patent number: 6200654
    Abstract: 1,4-disubstituted 2,6-difluorobenzene compound of formula I wherein R is an alkyl or alkenyl radical, A1 and A2, in each case independently of one another, are (a) a trans-1,4-cyclohexylene radical in which a CH2 group may be replaced by —O— and/or —S, (b) a 1,4-phenylene radical in which a CH group may be replaced by N, (c) 1,4-cyclohexenylene, 1,4-bicyclo(2,2,2)octylene, piperidine-1,4-diyl, naphthalene-2,6-diyl, decahydronaphthalene-2,6-diyl or 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene-2,6-diyl, Z1 and Z2 are —CO—O—, —O—CO—, —CH2—O—, —OCH2—, —CH2CH2—, —CH═CH—, —C≡C— or a single bond m and n are 0, 1, 2 or 3, (m+n) is 1, 2 or 3, X is R or F, Cl, CF3, —OCF3, or —OCHF2, —OCF5, —CN or —NCS with the proviso that at least one of the radicals A1 and A2 present in the molecule is are suitable as components of liquid-c
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Eike Poetsch, Volker Meyer, Volker Reiffenrath, Andreas Wachtler, Ulrich Finkenzeller, Hans Adolf Kurmeier, Reinhard Hittich, Bernhard Rieger, David Coates, Simon Greenfield, Robert William Clemitson
  • Patent number: 5958290
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrooptical liquid crystal systemwhich contains a dielectrically positive liquid crystal mixture and a further optically transparent medium between 2 electrodes which are optionally applied to substrate sheets,whose liquid crystal molecules in the switched-off state have an irregular orientation,in which one of the refractive indices of the liquid crystal mixture essentially agrees with the refractive index of the matrix n.sub.M and/or in which the quotient of the mass of the liquid crystal mixture and of the mass of the optically transparent medium is 1.5 or more and,which, independently of the polarization of the incident light, has a reduced transmission in one of the two switch states compared to the other state andwhose liquid crystal mixture contains one or more compounds of the formula I ##STR1## in which Q.sup.1 is ##STR2## are independently of one another trans-1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene, 2-fluoro-1,4-phenylene, 3-fluoro-1,4-phenylene and one of A.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: David Coates, Shirley Marden, Graham Smith, Ulrich Finkenzeller, Volker Reiffenrath, Reinhard Hittich, Stefan Wilhelm
  • Patent number: 5811029
    Abstract: Benzene derivatives of the formula I ##STR1## in which n is 1 to 7, Q is --CO or --(CH.sub.2).sub.r -- where r is 1 to 5, s is 0, 1 or 2, t is 0 or 1, where s+t.gtoreq.1, X is F, Cl, --CF.sub.3, --CN, --OCF.sub.3 or --OCHF.sub.2, and Y, L and Z are each, independently of one another, H or F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Andreas Wachtler, Reinhard Hittich, Eike Poetsch, Herbert Plach, David Coates, Ulrich Finkenzeller, Thomas Geelhaar, Volker Reiffenrath, Bernhard Rieger
  • Patent number: 5725796
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystal display based on a twisted nematic cell and havingtwo substrates provided with electrode layers and alignment layers thereon and, with a frame, forming a cell,a nematic liquid-crystal mixture having positive dielectric anisotropy present in the cell, anda twist angle of the liquid-crystal layer in the cell with a value of between 0.degree. and 600.degree. from alignment layer to alignment layer,whose liquid-crystal mixture is based on medium-polarity compounds of the SFM type which are selected so that the liquid-crystal mixture has a viscosity at 20.degree. C. of less than 30 mm.sup.2 s.sup.-1 and has a value ofK/.DELTA..di-elect cons..ltoreq.1.5for the quotient of the Frank constant K ##EQU1## and the dielectric anisotropy .DELTA..di-elect cons..DELTA..di-elect cons.=.di-elect cons..vertline.-.di-elect cons..sub..perp.when used in a TN cell (.nu.=.pi./2, d/p<<1)K/.DELTA..di-elect cons..ltoreq.1.5where .nu.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft met beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Ulrich Finkenzeller, Herbert Plach, Eike Poetsch, Volker Reiffenrath
  • Patent number: 5705095
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I ##STR1## in which R.sup.1, R.sup.2, A.sup.1, A.sup.2, Z.sup.1, Z.sup.2, L.sup.1, L.sup.2, L.sup.3, m and n are as defined herein, are suitable as component of liquid-crystalline media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Ekkehard Bartmann, Ulrich Finkenzeller
  • Patent number: 5698134
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrooptical systemwhich between 2 electrode layers contains a liquid crystal mixture and a further optically transparent polymer medium, in which one of the electrode layers is in the form of an active matrix having nonlinear addressing elements integrated with the image point, while the other electrode layer forms the counter electrode,whose liquid crystal molecules have irregular orientation in the switched-off state,in which one of the refractive indices of the liquid crystal mixture is substantially the same as the refractive index of the medium n.sub.m and/or in which the quotient from the weight of the liquid crystal mixture and the weight of the optically transparent medium is 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignees: Merck KGaA, Sharp Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond Edward Jubb, Ulrich Finkenzeller, Stefan Wilhelm, Shohei Naemura, Toshiyuki Hirai, Shuichi Kouzaki
  • Patent number: 5643495
    Abstract: 1,2,2,2-Tetrafluoroethyl ethers of the formula IR--(A.sup.1 --Z.sup.1).sub.m --A.sup.2 --Z.sup.2 A.sup.3 --O--CHF--CF.sub.3(I)are suitable as components of liquid-crystalline media whereinR is H, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or alkenyl radical having 1 to 15 carbon atoms,A.sup.1 and A.sup.2 are each, independently of one another, a(a) trans-1,4-cyclohexylene radicals and derivatives thereof in which, in addition, one or more non-adjacent CH.sub.2 groups is optionally replaced by --O-- and/or --S--,(b) 1,4-phenylene radicals and derivatives thereof in which, in addition, one or two CH groups is optionally replaced by N, or(c) radical from the group consisting of 1,4-cyclohexenylene, 1,4-bicyclo(2,2,2)octylene, piperidine-1,4-diyl, naphthalene-2,6-diyl, decahydronaphthalene-2,6-diyl and 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene-2,6-diyl,wherein radicals (a) and (b) are optionally substituted by one or two fluorine atoms,Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 are each, independently of one another, --CO--O--, --O--CO--, --CH.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1997
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Ekkehard Bartmann, Ulrich Finkenzeller
  • Patent number: 5641429
    Abstract: Fluorobenzene derivatives of formula I, ##STR1## in which R an alkenyl radical as further defined in the specification,A.sup.1 and A.sup.2 are a trans-1,4-cyclohexylene radical, 1,4-phenylene radical or other cyclic structure as further defined in the specification,Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 are a single bond or bridging group,L is H or F,m is 0, 1 or 2,Y is F or Cl, andQ is a single bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1997
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Volker Reiffenrath, Hans Adolf Kurmeier, Eike Poetsch, Herbert Plach, Ulrich Finkenzeller, Ekkehard Bartmann, Joachim Krause, Bernhard Scheuble
  • Patent number: 5536442
    Abstract: The invention relates to liquid crystal compounds having a terminal structure in accordance with formula 1, 2, 3 or 4:--A.sup.3 --OCF.sub.3 1--A.sup.2 --Q--CHF.sub.2 2--3,5-difluoro-1,4-phenylene-X.sup.1 3--3-fluoro-1,4-phenylene-X.sup.2 4wherein A.sup.2, A.sup.3, X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 and are defined herein. The invention further relates liquid crystal phases containing the above components as well as electrooptical displays containing same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1996
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Volker Reiffenrath, Hans A. Kurmeier, Eike Poetsch, Herbert Plach, Ulrich Finkenzeller, Ekkehard Bartmann, Joachim Krause, Bernhard Scheuble, Dieter Dorsch, Georg Weber
  • Patent number: 5496499
    Abstract: Biphenylylethanes of the formula I ##STR1## in which one of the radicals R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 is X and the other radical R.sup.1 or R.sup.2 is R--Y-- whereX is H, halogen, --CF.sub.3, --OCHF.sub.2, --OCF.sub.3, --CN, --NCS or --NO.sub.2,R is alkyl, fluoroalkyl, alkenyl or oxaalkyl andY is O, S, --CO--O--, --O--CO--, --O--CO--O--, a single bond or--in the case where m=1--alternatively trans-1,4-cyclohexylene or ##STR2## m is 1 or 2, Ph is in each case identical or different radicals selected from the group comprising 1,4-phenylene, 2-fluoro-1,4-phenylene, 3-fluoro-1,4-phenylene and 3,5-difluoro-1,4-phenylene,L.sup.3 and L.sup.4 are each H, or one of these radicals is alternatively F,L.sup.1, L.sup.2and L.sup.5 are each H or F, with the proviso that in the case where X=CN or R.sup.1 =--NCS, Y is trans-1,4-cyclohexylene or ##STR3## and/or m=2 and/or one of the radicals L.sup.1, L.sup.2 and L.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Eike Poetsch, Volker Meyer, Klaus P. Stahl, Volker Reiffenrath, Ulrich Finkenzeller, Ekkehard Bartmann, Reinhard Hittich, David Coates, Simon Greenfield, Graham Smith, Hans A. Kurmeier, Dieter Dorsch
  • Patent number: 5487845
    Abstract: Fluorobenzene derivatives of the formula I, ##STR1## R, A1, A2, S1, 22, L, m, Y, Q are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1996
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Volker Reiffenrath, Hans A. Kurmeier, Eike Poetsch, Herbert Plach, Ulrich Finkenzeller, Ekkehard Bartmann, Joachim Krause, Bernhard Scheuble
  • Patent number: 5480581
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium based on a mixture of polar compounds having positive dielectric anisotropy, characterized in that it contains one or more compounds of the general formula I ##STR1## in which X is fluorine, chlorine, CF.sub.3, OCF.sub.3 or OCHF.sub.2, ring A is trans-1,4-cyclohexylene or 1,4-phenylene, and R is alkyl, oxaalkyl, fluoroalkyl or alkenyl, in each case having up to 7 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1996
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Herbert Plach, Ulrich Finkenzeller, Volker Reiffenrath, Eike Poetsch, Bernhard Rieger, Hiroshi Numata
  • Patent number: 5456860
    Abstract: The invention relates to a matrix liquid-crystal display (MLCD) containing a liquid-crystal mixture based on dielectrically positive liquid-crystal compounds which have a polar end group with a lipophilicity parameter, .pi., value of .gtoreq.0.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Eike Poetsch, Ulrich Finkenzeller, Reinhard Hittich
  • Patent number: 5445764
    Abstract: The invention relates to methylenecyclobutane benzene derivatives of the formula I ##STR1## in which R.sup.1, A.sup.1, Z.sup.1, L.sup.1, L.sup.2, m, V, W, Y and n have the meaning given in claim 1, and to their use as components of liquid-crystalline media for electrooptical displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1995
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Eike Poetsch, Werner Binder, Volker Meyer, Ulrich Finkenzeller, Bernhard Rieger
  • Patent number: 5397505
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium based on a mixture of polar compounds having positive dielectric anisotropy, characterized in that it contains one or more compounds of the general formula I ##STR1## in which r is o or 1, Q.sup.1 is --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 -- or a single bond, A is 1,4-phenylene or trans-1,4-cyclohexylene, L is H or F, R is alkyl, alkoxy, oxaalkyl, fluoroalkyl or alkenyl, in each case having up to 7 carbon atoms and X is F, CF.sub.3, or OCF.sub.2 H.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1995
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Bernhard Rieger, Hiroki Yoshitake, Thomas Jacob, Herbert Plach, Ulrich Finkenzeller, Hans A. Kurmeier