Patents Assigned to Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter
  • PROCESS FOR PREPARING SUBSTITUTED PENTACENES
    Publication number: 20120305854
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process of preparing substituted pentacenes, to novel pentacenes prepared by this process, to the use of the novel pentacenes as semiconductors or charge transport materials in optical, electrooptical or electronic devices including field effect transistors (FETs), electroluminescent, photovoltaic and sensor devices, and to FETs and other semiconducting components or materials comprising the novel pentacenes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Steven TIERNEY, Martin HEENEY, Clare BAILEY, Weimin ZHANG
  • EFFECT PIGMENTS
    Publication number: 20120308667
    Abstract: The present invention relates to effect pigments based on uncoated or coated flake-form substrates having an outer coating comprising a) TiO2 and b) Al2O3, MgO and/or CaO and c) SiO2 and d) ZnO and/or e) at least one mixed oxide of the elements mentioned under a) to d), and to the use thereof, inter alia in paints, coatings, printing inks, plastics and cosmetic formulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Sabine Melson, Volker Wilhelm, Ulrich Schoenefeld
  • LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND LIQUID CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20120307177
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electro-optical liquid-crystal display which contains, as dielectric, a liquid-crystalline medium having negative dielectric anisotropy and includes a backlight which essentially only emits light having a wavelength of 400 nm or more or has, between the liquid-crystal layer and the backlight, a cut-off filter which essentially only allows light having a wavelength of 420 nm or more to pass through. In particular, the liquid-crystalline medium comprises a) a (first) dielectrically negative component (component A) which consists of one or more dielectrically negative compounds of the formula I in which the parameters have the meanings indicated in claim 2, and a further (second) dielectrically negative component (component B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Atsutaka Manabe, Kazuaki Tarumi, Hubert Spreitzer, Axel Jansen, Melanie Klasen-Memmer
  • ELECTROLYTE FORMULATIONS
    Publication number: 20120309982
    Abstract: The present invention relates to electrolyte formulations comprising at least one compound of formula (I) Ma+[B(Rf)(CN)x(F)y]a— (I) in which Ma+ is an inorganic or organic cation, Rf denotes straight-chain or branched perfluoroalkyl groups having 1 to 4 C atoms, C6F5, C6H5, partially fluorinated phenyl or phenyl which is monosubstituted or disubstituted by perfluoroalkyl groups having 1 to 4 C atoms, a is 1 or 2, x is 1, 2 or 3, y is 0, 1 or 2 and x+y is 3 and their use in an electrochemical and/or optoelectronic device such as a photovoltaic cell, a capacitor, a light emitting device, an electrochromic or photo-electrochromic device, an electrochemical sensor and/or biosensor, preferably their use in a dye or quantum dot sensitized solar cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Hiromi Shinohara, Kentaro Kawata, Hiroki Yoshizaki, Peer Kirsch, Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, Michael Schulte, Jan Sprenger, Maik Finze, Walter Frank
  • LIQUID CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20120305843
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises at least one compound of the formula I, and to the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PS-VA, PALC, FFS or IPS effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Melanie Klasen-memmer, Matthias Bremer, Konstantin Schneider
  • PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF PERFLUOROALKYLCYANO- OR PERFLUOROALKYLCYANOFLUOROBORATES
    Publication number: 20120309981
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of salts having perfluoroalkyltricyano- or perfluoroalkylcyanofluoroborate anions, ((per)fluoro)phenyltricyano- or ((per)fluoro)phenylcyanofluoroborate anions, phenyltricyanoborate anions which are mono- or disubstituted by perfluoroalkyl groups having 1 to 4 C atoms or phenylcyanofluoroborate anions which are mono- or disubstituted by perfluoroalkyl groups having 1 to 4 C atoms, by reaction of alkali metal trifluoroperfluoroalkylborate with trialkylsilyl cyanide and a subsequent salt-exchange reaction or by direct reaction of an organic trifluoroperfluoroalkyl borate with trialkylsilyl cyanide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, Michael Schulte, Jan Sprenger, Maik Finze, Walter Frank
  • SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS
    Publication number: 20120305853
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel polymers containing repeating units based on benzodithiophene or derivatives thereof, monomers and methods for their preparation, their use as semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, and to OE and OPV devices comprising these polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: William Mitchell, Steven Tierney, Changsheng Wang, Nicolas Blouin
  • Photocatalytically active coating
    Patent number: 8324129
    Abstract: The present invention relates to photocatalytically active coatings for surfaces of buildings, vehicles, equipment, paths and the like which comprise interference pigments as photocatalytically active material and optionally an infrared light-absorbent material, to processes for the production of such surfaces, and to objects coated therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Matthias Kuntz, André Salie
  • EFFECT PIGMENTS
    Publication number: 20120301554
    Abstract: The present invention relates to effect pigments having a substrate which has a coating comprising a complex metal oxide containing copper, iron and manganese, and to a process for the preparation of the effect pigments, to the use of the effect pigments in paints, coatings, powder coatings, printing inks, plastics, ceramic materials, glasses, in cosmetic formulations, for laser marking and for the preparation of pigment preparations and dry preparations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventor: Helge Bettina Kniess
  • DIRECTLY COMPRESSIBLE MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE CARBONATE
    Publication number: 20120301520
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a directly compressible magnesium hydroxide carbonate and to a process for the preparation thereof, and to the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Marianne Dohmen, Ralf Fielder, Heike Mueller, Jens Klatyk, Hans Kurt Peth, Guenter Moddelmog, Thorsten Wedel
  • POLYMERIZABLE COMPOUNDS AND LIQUID CRYSTAL MEDIA
    Publication number: 20120298916
    Abstract: The invention relates to 1,1-disubstituted cyclohexane derivatives containing one or more polymerisable groups, and to liquid-crystalline media comprising at least one compound of the formula I. At least one of the polymerisable groups is located at the geminally substituted position of the cyclohexane ring. The compounds are suitable for the stabilisation of liquid-crystalline phases. Examples of polymer-stabilised blue phases are indicated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Axel Jansen, Thorsten Kodek, Helmut Haensel, Erdal Durmaz
  • PHOSPHORS
    Publication number: 20120300155
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formula (I), A2-0.5y-?EuxSi5N8-yOy (I), where A stands for one or more elements selected from Ca, Sr, Ba, and x stands for a value from the range 0.005 to 1, and y stands for a value from the range 0.01 to 3, to mixtures thereof, to a process for the preparation of these phosphors and mixtures, and to the use thereof as conversion phosphors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Holger Winkler, Peter Barnekow, Clemens Kuehn, Ralf Petry, Tim Vosgroene, Thomas Juestel, Dominik Uhlich, Arturas Katelnikovas, Danuta Dutczak
  • LASER ADDITIVE
    Publication number: 20120292295
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a laser additive in the form of particles comprising a white core and a shell which comprises elemental carbon, to a process for the preparation thereof, and to the use of a laser additive of this type in organic polymers, in particular in plastics, coatings, automobile paints, powder coatings, printing inks, paper coatings and papermaking stocks for the production of durable pale laser markings, preferably on a dark background
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Gerhard Edler, Helge Bettina Kniess, Klaus Bernhardt
  • PYRIMIDINYL PYRIDAZINONE DERIVATIVES
    Publication number: 20120295908
    Abstract: Compounds selected from the group according to claim 1 are inhibitors of tyrosine kinases, in particular of Met kinase, and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of tumours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Oliver SCHADT, Dieter DORSCH, Frank STIEBER, Andree BLAUKAT
  • COMPOUNDS CONTAINING PERFLUOROALKYL-CYANO-ALKOXY-BORATE ANIONS OR PERFLUOROALKYL-CYANO-ALKOXY-FLUORO-BORATE ANIONS
    Publication number: 20120296096
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds containing perfluoroalkyl-cyano-alkoxy-borate anions or perfluoroalkyl-cyano-alkoxy-fluoro-borate anions, ((per)fluoro)phenyl-cyano-alkoxy-borate anions or ((per)fluoro)phenyl-cyano-alkoxy-fluoro-borate anions or phenyl-cyano-alkoxy-borate anions which are monosubstituted or disubstituted with perfluoroalkyl groups having 1 to 4 C atoms or phenyl-cyano-alkoxy-fluoro-borate anions which are monosubstituted or disubstituted with perfluoroalkyl groups having 1 to 4 C atoms, the preparation thereof and the use thereof, in particular as part of electrolyte formulations for dye sensitized solar cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Hiromi Shinohara, Kentaro Kawata, Hiroki Yoshizaki, Peer Kirsch, Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, William Robert Pitner, Michael Schulte, Jan Sprener, Maik Finze, Walter Frank
  • Liquid-crystal display
    Patent number: 8313669
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystal (LC) display of the PS (polymer stabilized) or PSA (polymer sustained alignment) type, and to polymerizable compounds and LC media for use in PS (polymer stabilized) and PSA displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit Beschränkter Haftung
    Inventors: Georg Bernatz, Andreas Taugerbeck
  • ELECTRO-OPTICAL LIGHT CONTROL ELEMENT, DISPLAY AND MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20120287354
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electro-optical light modulation element and to electro-optical displays and display systems, such as television screens and computer monitors, containing elements of this type. The light modulation elements according to the invention contain a mesogenic modulation medium which is in the isotropic phase during operation of the light modulation elements and are particularly distinguished by very short response times in addition to good contrast and low viewing-angle dependence. The mesogenic modulation media used in the electro-optical light modulation elements are likewise a subject-matter of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Michael HECKMEIER, Achim Götz
  • Benzo[f]chrome any pyrano[3,2-f]chrome derivatives for use in liquid crystal media
    Patent number: 8303844
    Abstract: The present invention relates to benzo[f]chromene and pyrano[3,2-f]-chromene derivatives of the formula I in which L1, L2, R1, R2, A1, A2, Z1, Z2, m and n are as defined in claim 1, to the preparation thereof, to the use thereof as components in liquid-crystalline media, and to electro-optical display elements which contain the liquid-crystalline media according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Axel Jansen, Melanie Klasen-Memmer
  • 2, 5-selenophene derivatives and 2, 5-tellurophene derivatives
    Patent number: 8304036
    Abstract: The invention relates to 2,5-selenophene derivatives and 2,5-tellurophene derivatives, inter alia for use as components in liquid-crystal mixtures, and to liquid-crystal mixtures which comprise the compounds, and to liquid-crystal displays based on these mixtures. The invention furthermore relates to processes for the preparation of the compounds and to Se/Te-containing intermediates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Axel Jansen, Detlef Pauluth, Melanie Klasen-Memmer
  • COMPOUNDS FOR A LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM, AND USE FOR HIGH-FREQUENCY COMPONENTS
    Publication number: 20120273724
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) where one or more of the radicals A1-5 denote a 1,4-naphthylene or 1,4-anthracenylene radical, and the other parameters are as defined in Claim 1. The invention additionally includes liquid-crystalline media which comprise the title compounds, components for high-frequency technology which comprise these media, in particular phase shifters and microwave array antennae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Christian Jasper, Elvira Montenegro, Detlef Pauluth, Volker Reiffenrath, Atsutaka Manabe