Patents Assigned to Merck Patent GmbH
  • Patent number: 11370969
    Abstract: A liquid-crystalline medium containing one or more compounds of formula IA, and the use thereof in an active-matrix display, in particular in a VA, IPS, U-IPS, FFS, UB-FFS, SA-VA, SA-FFS, PS-VA, PS-OCB, PS-IPS, PS-FFS, PS-UB-FFS, PS-posi-VA, PS-TN, polymer stabilised SA-VA or polymer stabilised SA-FFS display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Engel, Sebastian Hofmeyer, Christoph Marten, Lars Lietzau
  • Patent number: 11370819
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to bifunctional molecules including (a) a TGF?RII or fragment thereof capable of binding TGF? and (b) an antibody, or antigen binding fragment thereof, that binds to an immune checkpoint protein, such as Programmed Death Ligand 1 (PD-L1), uses of such molecules (e.g., for treating cancer), and methods of making such molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventor: Kin-Ming Lo
  • Publication number: 20220195031
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to amino acid sequences that are directed against (as defined herein) any of IL-17A, IL-17F and/or IL-17A/F including combinations thereof, as well as to compounds or constructs, and in particular proteins and polypeptides, that comprise or essentially consist of one or more such amino acid sequences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Heidi ROMMELAERE, Joost Alexander KOLKMAN, Michael John Scott SAUNDERS, Ann UNION, Yolande CHVATCHKO, Amanda E.I. PROUDFOOT, Alain VICARI, Denis BRUNIQUEL, Laurent CHEVALET, Olivier LEGER
  • Publication number: 20220194963
    Abstract: Metal complexes including cyclopentadienyl ligands and methods of using such metal complexes to prepare metal-containing films are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Ming FANG, Joby ELDO, Charles DEZELAH, Daniel MOSER, Ravi KANJOLIA
  • Patent number: 11366392
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition consisting essentially of an alkylbenzenesulfonic acid having structure (I) (wherein n is an integer from 0 to 16); a solvent which is either selected from the group consisting of solvents having structures (II), (wherein R is selected from the group consisting of —(—O—CH2—CH2—)n—OH, —OH, —O—C(?O)—CH3, wherein n? is equal to 1, 2, 3, or 4), a solvent having structure (III), a solvent having structure (IV), and a solvent having structure (V), or a solvent mixture, of at least two solvents selected from this group. In another embodiment, the composition also consists of, additionally, a surfactant component. This invention also relates to using either of these compositions to remove a patterned photoresist from a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Hengpeng Wu, Guanyang Lin
  • Patent number: 11365199
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrazole compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, useful as positive allosteric modulators of follicle stimulating hormone receptor (FSHR).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Henry Yu, Marianne Donnelly, Ngan Nguyen, Xuliang Jiang
  • Patent number: 11366389
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resist underlayer forming composition, which is well in heat resistance and gap filling. Further, the present invention provides methods of manufacturing a resist underlayer and semiconductor device using it. [Means for Solution] A composition comprising a allyloxy derivative having a specific group and a solvent, and methods of manufacturing a resist underlayer and semiconductor device using it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Shigemasa Nakasugi, Hiroshi Yanagita, Takashi Sekito, Yusuke Hama, Yuriko Matsuura
  • Patent number: 11365167
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (1) which are suitable for use in electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, and to electronic devices which comprise these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Rouven Linge, Lara-Isabel Rodriguez, Sebastian Meyer, Holger Heil, Miriam Engel, Aaron Lackner
  • Publication number: 20220184223
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a conjugate, comprising a biological molecule, an enzymatic tag, a hydrophilic spacer, a linker and a lipophilic moiety using enzymatic coupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Steffen WOELL, Stefan SCHILLER, Simon GEISSLER
  • Publication number: 20220186113
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition and method of manufacturing such composition, the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventor: Artyom SEMYONOV
  • Patent number: 11359142
    Abstract: A liquid-crystalline medium, preferably having a nematic phase and dielectric anisotropy of 0.5 or more, which comprises one or more compounds of each of formulae T and L in which the parameters have the meanings given in the claims and in the text. The use thereof in an electro-optical display, particularly in an active-matrix display based on the IPS or FFS effect, to displays of this type which contain a liquid-crystalline medium of this type. Also, the compounds of formulae T and L and their use for the improvement of the transmission and/or response times of a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises one or more additional mesogenic compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Atsutaka Manabe, Constanze Brocke, Sebastian Hofmeyer
  • Patent number: 11358951
    Abstract: In order to provide a novel ?-conjugated compound capable of increasing the light-emission efficiency of an organic electroluminescence element, for example, this ?-conjugated compound has a structure indicated by general formula (1). (In general formula (1): Z1-Z6 each independently indicate a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, an electron-donating group D, or an electron-withdrawing group A; at least out of two among Z1-Z6 is an electron-donating group D and the other is an electron-withdrawing group A; and at least one ortho position combination Z1 and Z2, Z2 and Z3, Z3 and Z4, Z4 and Z5, Z5 and Z6, or Z6 and Z1 among Z1-Z6 is one combination out of an electron-donating group D and an electron-donating group D, an electron-withdrawing group A and an electron-withdrawing group A, or an electron-donating group D and an electron-withdrawing group A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Yasuo Miyata, Taketo Namikawa, Takayuki Iijima, Ryutaro Sugawara, Tetsuya Yamada, Takatugu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11359141
    Abstract: Polyfluorinated additives for use as components in liquid-crystal mixtures. Liquid-crystal mixtures which comprise these compounds. And liquid-crystal displays based on these liquid-crystal mixtures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Peer Kirsch, Qiong Tong, Helga Haas, Kaja Christina Deing, Christoph Marten, Andreas Pohle, Reiner Friedrich
  • Publication number: 20220177651
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel siloxane oligomer and polymers and crosslinkable compositions, which may be used for the preparation of dielectric materials having excellent barrier, passivation and/or planarization properties. There is also provided a monomer composition from which the siloxane oligomers or polymers may be obtained and a method for preparing said siloxane oligomers or polymers. Beyond that, the present invention relates to a manufacturing method for preparing a microelectronic structure, wherein a crosslinkable composition is applied to a surface of a substrate and then cured, and to an electronic device comprising a microelectronic structure which is obtained by said manufacturing method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Karsten KOPPE, Jens EICHHORN, Ben JEFFERY, Alex DAVIS, William MITCHELL, Pawel MISKIEWICZ, Toshiaki NONAKA
  • Publication number: 20220177782
    Abstract: A polymerizable LC material comprising one or more reactive mesogenic compounds, one or more chiral compounds and a block copolymer that comprises at least one polyfluorooxetane block bonded to a polyether block, said polyfluorooxetane block having a repeating unit of the formula Further, a method for its preparation, a polymer film obtainable from a corresponding polymerizable LC material, a method of preparation of such polymer film, and the use of such polymer film and said polymerizable LC material in optical, electro-optical, decorative or security devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Stephen Mulcahy, Owain Llyr Parri, Sarabjot Kaur
  • Patent number: 11352557
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a nanosized light emitting semiconductor material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Artyom Semyonov, Ehud Shaviv
  • Patent number: 11353751
    Abstract: A double layer liquid crystal device comprises a first and a second layer with orthogonal or crossed alignment of the liquid crystal phase of the two layers, in which the first and second layer have first and second alignment aids comprised of a polymerized or polymerizable molecular compound. The layers are aligned by UV photoalignment and vertical self-alignment by the aid of suitable additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Joseph Sargent, Sarabjot Kaur, Simon Siemianowski, Izumi Saito
  • Patent number: 11352560
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of formula I, wherein R11, R21, A11, A, Z, X11, X21, Y11, Y12, Sp11, Sp21, o and p have one of the meanings as given in claim 1. The invention further relates to method of production of a compound of formula I, to the use of said compounds in LC media and to LC media comprising one or more compounds of formula I. Further, the invention relates to a method of production of such LC media, to the use of such media in LC devices, and to LC device comprising a LC medium according to the present invention. The present invention further relates to a process for the fabrication such liquid crystal display and to the use of the liquid crystal mixtures according to the invention for the fabrication of such liquid crystal display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Lars Lietzau, Simon Siemianowski, Izumi Saito
  • Patent number: 11355714
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds comprising a heterocyclic group substituted with a fluoranthene group and a particular aromatic or heteroaromatic group. The compounds are suitable for use in electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these compounds. In some embodiments, the compounds are used as matrix materials for phosphorescent or fluorescent emitters as well as a hole-blocking or an electron-transport layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Amir Hossain Parham, Tobias Grossmann, Jonas Valentin Kroeber
  • Patent number: 11345687
    Abstract: The present invention describes dibenzofuran compounds substituted by carbazole compounds, especially for use as triplet matrix materials in organic electroluminescent devices. The invention further relates to a process for preparing the compounds of the invention and to electronic devices comprising these.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Amir Parham, Thomas Eberle, Anja Jatsch, Tobias Grossmann, Jonas Kroeber, Dominik Joosten, Caroline Wern