Patents Assigned to Merck Patent GmbH
  • Method and system for the processing of order transactions
    Publication number: 20040254849
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for the processing of order transactions with a data memory, a recording device which is provided to record order data from a purchaser, a processing unit for the storage of recorded order data in the data memory. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for the processing of order transactions between a supplier and a purchaser, which has the steps of the recording of order data which consist of individual data fields, and transmission by the purchaser to the supplier, the creation of a file which contains data fields which represent at least some of the order data and the transmission of the file to the purchaser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2003
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventor: Manuel Brocke-Benz
  • Liquid crystalline medium
    Patent number: 6827989
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium with positive dielectric anisotropy and high optical anisotropy, characterized in that it contains one or more biphenyl derivatives comprising a terminal alkenyl group, and its use in electrooptical displays and projection systems, in particular reflective displays and displays based on a birefringence effect, such as OCB displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Atsutaka Manabe, Volker Reiffenrath
  • Liquid-crystalline medium
    Patent number: 6827990
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium based on a mixture of polar compounds of positive dielectric anisotropy, characterized in that it comprises one or more compounds of the formula I in which R1, L1 and L2 are as defined in claim 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Heckmeier, Brigitte Schuler, Izumi Saito, Volker Reiffenrath, Georg Luessem, Christian Hock
  • Process for the preparation of cyclo(Asp-DPhe-NMeVal-Arg-Gly)
    Patent number: 6822074
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of the cyclic pentapeptide cyclo(Arg-Gly-Asp-DPhe-NMeVal) by cyclization of a linear pentapeptide selected from the group consisting of H-Arg(Pbf)-Gly-Asp(OBzl)-DPhe-NMeVal-OH, H-Gly-Asp(OBzl)-DPhe-NMeVal-Arg(Pbf)-OH, H-Asp(OBzl)-DPhe-NMeVal-Arg(Pbf)-Gly-OH, H-DPhe-NMeVal-Arg(Pbf)-Gly-Asp(OBzl)-OH or H-NMeVal-Arg(Pbf)-Gly-Asp (OBzl)-DPhe-OH, subsequent protective group removal and, if appropriate, further conversion into its physiologically acceptable salts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Alfred Jonczyk, Markus Arnold
  • Liquid-crystalline mixtures
    Patent number: 6821582
    Abstract: A liquid-crystalline mixture that contains one or more compounds of each of the formulae IA, IB and IC and to the use thereof in TN, STN and IPS displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Hirschmann, Volker Reiffenrath, Marcus Reuter, Sabine Schoen, Sven Schüpfer, Clarissa Weller
  • Liquid-crystalline medium and liquid-crystal display
    Patent number: 6821580
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium of positive dielectric anisotropy, characterized in that it comprises in each case one or more compounds of the general formulae I, II and IV in which the parameters are as defined in the text, and to the use thereof as a constituent of a multibottle system and in electro-optical displays, and to multibottle systems of this type and displays which contain this medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Kazuaki Tarumi, Brigitte Schuler, Sabine Schoen
  • Thienothiophene derivatives
    Patent number: 6818260
    Abstract: The invention relates to new thienothiophene derivatives, their use as semiconductors or charge transport materials, in optical, electrooptical or electronic devices like for example organic field effect transistors (FET or OFET) for thin film transistor liquid crystal displays and integrated circuit devices such as RFID tags, electroluminescent devices in flat panel displays, and in photovoltaic and sensor devices, and to a field effect transistor, light emitting device or ID tag comprising the thienothiophene derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Louise Farrand, Marcus Thompson, Mark Giles, Martin Heeney, Steven Tierney, Maxim Shkunov, David Sparrowe, Iain McCulloch
  • Method and device for the online analysis of solvent mixtures
    Patent number: 6820013
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for the on-line analysis of liquid substance mixtures by means of NIRS. For evaluation by spectral data comparison, merely the binary mixtures of the possible components in quantitative graduations are used as calibration spectra. In order to accelerate the evaluation, all data points of a spectrum are summated, and each spectrum is characterized by only one characteristic number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Hans Frickel, Hanshelmut Itzel, Joachim Born
  • Tetrakisfluoroalkylborate salts and their use as conducting salts
    Patent number: 6815119
    Abstract: The present invention relates to tetrakisfluoroalkylborate salts, methods of producing same, and their use in electrolytes, batteries, capacitors, supercapacitors, and galvanic cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Schmidt, Andreas Kuehner, Helge Willner, Eduard Bernhardt
  • Homeotropically aligned liquid crystal layer and process for the homeotropic alignment of liquid crystals on plastic substrates
    Patent number: 6816218
    Abstract: Homeotropically oriented layers and films of liquid crystals especially on polymeric substrates. The layers and films, which also can be multi-layered films comprising a homeotropically aligned anisotropic film, are preparable by application of an orientation layer to the substrate. The orientation layer can be either an organic surfactant which is fixed in a matrix of a polymeric material or an inorganic thin layer such as aluminum or Al2O3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: David Coates, Owain Llyr Parri, Jeremy Lewis Ward, David Joicey, Keith Wilbourn, Colum Dickson, John Scott
  • Supported fluorous biphasic catalyst system
    Patent number: 6815390
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new catalyst system for fluorous biphasic catalysis processes which comprises functionalized polymeric beads, monodisperse SiO2 or SiO2 flakes associated with the catalyst. These functionalized particles are used as a support for catalysts in fluorous biphasic catalysis (FBC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Julian F. S. Vaughan, Martin G. Pellatt, James Sherrington, Eric George Hope
  • Electrooptical liquid crystal display
    Patent number: 6815017
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrooptical liquid crystal display comprising a reorientation layer for reorientation of the liquid crystals. The field of said reorientation layer has a component parallel to the liquid crystal layer, said component being crucial for the reorientation. Said component comprises a liquid-crystalline medium having a positive dielectric anisotropy and contains at least one mesogenic compound of the formula (I), wherein R1 and L are delined as in claim 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Heckmeier, Eike Poetsch
  • Liquid-crystalline medium
    Patent number: 6808763
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium which is characterized in that it comprises one or more compounds of the formula A and one more compounds of the formula B in which Ra, Rb, Rbb, x and L1 are as defined in claim 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Hirschmann, Sven Schüpfer, Martina Weidner, Renate Graulich
  • Liquid-crystalline medium having a high birefringence and improved UV stability
    Patent number: 6808764
    Abstract: A liquid-crystalline medium comprises the compound of the formula (I): generally in amounts from 1 to 30% by weight, preferably from 2 to 20% by weight, particularly preferably from 3 to 10% by weight, and further liquid-crystalline compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Heckmeier, Volker Reiffenrath
  • Oxabicyclooctanes
    Patent number: 6808762
    Abstract: The present invention relates to oxabicyclooctanes of the general formula I. in which R1, R2, A1, A2, A3, A4, L1, L2, n1, n2 and n3 have the meanings specified in claim 1, and to their use in liquid-crystalline media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Bremer, Michael Heckmeier, Melanie Klasen-Memmer, Harald Lannert
  • Mono-, oligo-and polyalkylidenefluorenes and their use as charge transport materials
    Patent number: 6805922
    Abstract: Conjugated mono-, oligo- and polyalkylidenefluorenes are suitable for use as semiconductors or charge transport materials in optical, electrooptical or electronic devices including field effect transistors, electroluminescent, photovoltaic and sensor devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Heeney, Steven Tierney, Mark Giles, Louise Diane Farrand, Maxim Shkunov, David Sparrowe, Iain McCulloch
  • Mono-, oligo- and poly-3-(1,1-difluoroalkyl)thiophenes and their use as charge transport materials
    Patent number: 6806374
    Abstract: Mono-, oligo- and polymers comprising one or more identical or different recurring units of formula I —[(Y)a—(D)b—(Z)c]—  I wherein D is a 3-(1,1-difluoroalkyl)thiophene group of formula II, wherein Y, Z, R1, R2, a, b and c have the meanings defined herein, are useful as semiconductors and charge transport materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Heeney, Louise Farrand, Mark Giles, Marcus Thompson, Steven Tierney, Maxim Shkunov, David Sparrowe, Iain McCulloch
  • Connecting system for plastic columns
    Patent number: 6797174
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plastic cartridge system including a cartridge having a plastic-covered column, said column including a monolithic sorbent and at least one closing cap which is applied to the ends of the column. The cartridge also includes a connecting system having at least one divided supporting screw which is held in position by a closing cap or a spacer ring, and at least one end piece which can be screwed onto a supporting screw in order to connect an elution agent inlet and an elution agent outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Willi Neuroth, Günter Sättler, Klaus Kreher
  • Method for producing high-purity hydrochloric acid
    Patent number: 6793905
    Abstract: This invention relates to a novel method, which can be carried out according to industrial standards, for producing high-purity hydrochloric acid with a very low particle content, for use in the production of semiconductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Werner Büttner, Martin Hostalek, Ching-Jung Kan, Chih-Peng Lu
  • Liquid crystal medium
    Patent number: 6793983
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium based on a mixture of polar compounds of positive dielectric anisotropy, characterized in that it comprises one or more compounds of the general formula I and at least one compound of the formula in which the substituents are as defined in claim 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Heckmeier, Brigitte Schuler, Kazuaki Tarumi, Peer Kirsch, Volker Reiffenrath