Patents Assigned to Merck Patents GmbH
  • Organic semiconductors
    Patent number: 9761805
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel organic semiconducting oligomers or polymers containing dithieno[2,3-d:2?,3?-d?]-s-indaceno[1,2-b:5,6-b?]dithiophene units, methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, polymers, blends, mixtures and formulations containing them, the use of the oligomers, polymers, blends, mixtures and formulations as semiconductor in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, and to OE and OPV devices comprising these oligomers, polymers, blends, mixtures or formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Changsheng Wang, Steven Tierney, Mansoor D'Lavari, Lana Nanason
  • Eu-activated phosphors
    Patent number: 9758722
    Abstract: The invention relates to Eu2+-activated phosphors, to a process of its preparation, the use of these phosphors in electronic and electro optical devices, such as light emitting diodes (LEDs) and solar cells and especially to illumination units comprising said magnesium alumosilicate-based phosphors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Aleksander Zych, Ralf Petry, Holger Winkler, Christof Hampel, Andreas Benker, Thomas Juestel
  • Bimesogenic compounds and mesogenic media
    Patent number: 9758727
    Abstract: The invention relates to bimesogenic compounds of formula I wherein R11, R12, MG11, MG12, X11, X12 and Sp1 have the meaning given in claim 1, to the use of bimesogenic compounds of formula I in liquid crystal media and particular to flexoelectric liquid crystal devices comprising a liquid crystal medium according to the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Kevin Adlem, Owain Llyr Parri, Rachel Tuffin, Patricia Eileen Saxton
  • CONJUGATED POLYMERS
    Publication number: 20170256728
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel conjugated polymers containing one or more 5,6-difluoro-benzo[1,2,5]thiadiazole-4,7-diylunits (hereinafter referred to as “FF-BTZ” units) and two or more different bridged bithiophene units, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to polymer blends, mixtures and formulations containing them, to the use of the polymers, polymer blends, mixtures and formulations as organic semiconductors in, or for the preparation of, organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising, or being prepared from, these polymers, polymer blends, mixtures or formulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Lana NANSON, Nicolas BLOUIN, Stephane BERNY
  • LIQUID-CRYSTAL MEDIA AND LIGHT MODULATION ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20170253801
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid crystalline (LC) medium, to a method of its production and to the use of such LC media in polymer network liquid crystalline (PNLC) light modulation elements operated in the reverse mode. Furthermore, the present invention relates to such light modulation elements, as such, to the use of such light modulation elements as light shutters for transparent OLED displays, and to a method of production of such light modulation elements according to the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Hyun-Woo BAE, Dong-Mee SONG, Hoo-Yong Lee, Jung-Min LEE, Yong-Kuk Yun
  • Compounds for a liquid-crystalline medium, and the use thereof for high-frequency components
    Patent number: 9752076
    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- or 9,10-anthracenylene radical, and the other parameters are as defined in Claim 1. The invention additionally includes liquid-crystalline media which comprise the title compounds, and components for high-frequency technology which comprise these media, in particular phase shifters and microwave array antennae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Jasper, Elvira Montenegro, Detlef Pauluth, Volker Reiffenrath, Atsutaka Manabe
  • Mesogenic media and liquid crystal display
    Patent number: 9752075
    Abstract: Mesogenic media comprising a first component, component A, consisting of bimesogenic compounds optionally a second component, component B, consisting of nematogenic compounds, and optionally a second or third component, component C, consisting of one or more chiral molecules, is suitable for use in flexoelectric liquid crystal devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Rachel Tuffin, Rebecca Proctor, Simon Siemianowski, Benjamin Snow, Owain Llyr Parri, Kevin Adlem
  • Liquid-crystalline media, components for high-frequency technology, and mesogenic compounds
    Patent number: 9752077
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystal medium which comprises a component A which consists of one or more compounds of the formula I in which the parameters have the respective meanings given in the claims or in the text, and to the corresponding, novel mesogenic compounds and to the preparation thereof. The present invention likewise relates to the use of these liquid-crystal media, in particular in components for high-frequency technology, and to components of this type which contain media according to the invention, and to the production and use of these components. The components according to the invention are suitable, in particular, as phase shifters in the microwave and millimeter wave region, for microwave and millimeter wave array antennae and very particularly for so-called tuneable “reflectarrays”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Atsutaka Manabe, Christian Jasper, Volker Reiffenrath, Elvira Montenegro, Detlef Pauluth, Dagmar Klass
  • Intraarticular application of pepstatin in the case of arthrosis
    Patent number: 9750784
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical preparations and medicaments for intraarticular administration, comprising pepstatin, and to the preparation and use thereof, in particular in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of arthrosis, traumatic cartilage injuries, arthritis, pain, allodynia or hyperalgesia, particularly preferably in arthrosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Klein, Ralf Wodopia, Hans Guehring, Sven Lindemann
  • N1-(3,3,3-trifluoro-2-hydroxo-2-methylpropionyl)-piperidine derivatives as inhibitors of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase
    Patent number: 9751861
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) in which R, R1 and R3 have the meanings indicated in claim 1, are inhibitors of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (PDHK), and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of diseases such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventor: Hans-Peter Buchstaller
  • METAL COMPLEXES
    Publication number: 20170250353
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal complexes and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these metal complexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2015
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Nils Koenen, Philipp Stoessel, Anna Hayer, Holger Heil, Philipp Harbach
  • DNA SEQUENCE, AND RECOMBINANT PREPARATION OF GROUP 4 MAJOR ALLERGENS FROM CEREALS
    Publication number: 20170246317
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the provision of DNA sequences of group 4 mayor allergens from cereals. The invention also encompasses fragments, new combinations of partial sequences and point mutants having a hypoallergenic action. The recombinant DNA molecules and the derived polypeptides, fragments, new combinations of partial sequences and variants can be utilised for the therapy of pollen-allergic diseases. The proteins prepared by recombinant methods can be employed for in vitro and in vivo diagnosis of pollen allergies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas NANDY, Helmut FIEBIG, Oliver CROMWELL
  • Polymers containing substituted oligo-triarylamine units and electroluminescence devices containing such polymers
    Patent number: 9745420
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers containing oligo-triarylamine repetition units that are substituted in the ortho position, a method for the production thereof, and use thereof in electronic devices, particularly in organic electroluminescence devices, known as OLEDs (OLED=organic light emitting diodes). The present invention further relates to organic electroluminescence devices containing these polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Heil, Fabrice Eckes, Dominik Joosten, Anna Hayer, Katja Stegmaier
  • Organic metal complexes
    Patent number: 9748502
    Abstract: The present invention relates inter alia to novel organic metal complexes comprising, e.g., platinum and specific side groups, their preparation and their use in electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Rèmi Manouk Anémian, Noriyuki Matsuda
  • Phosphors
    Patent number: 9745511
    Abstract: The present invention relates to europium-doped phosphors, to a process for the preparation thereof, and to the use of these compounds as conversion phosphors. The present invention furthermore relates to light-emitting devices which comprise the phosphor according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Holger Winkler, Thomas Juestel, Arturas Katelnikovas, Tobias Dierkes
  • ALKENYL (PERFLUOROALKYL) PHOSPHINIC ACIDS
    Publication number: 20170240574
    Abstract: The invention relates to alkenyl(perfluoroalkyl)phosphinic acids, to the preparation and intermediates thereof, to the use thereof as monomers for the preparation of oligomers and/or polymers, to the corresponding oligomers/polymers, to the corresponding support materials comprising the oligomers/polymers, and to the use thereof as ion exchangers, as catalysts or extraction medium and corresponding salts thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Nikolai (Mykola) IGNATYEV, Michael SCHULTE, Karsten KOPPE, Vural BILIR, Walter FRANK
  • EFFECT PIGMENTS
    Publication number: 20170240745
    Abstract: Effect pigments based on Al2O3 flakes with high weather resistance and less photoactivity and to their use thereof in paints, industrial coatings, automotive coatings, printing inks, cosmetic formulations. The effect pigments have a ratio of the amount by weight of Al2O3 of the Al2O3 flake and the amount by weight of the metal oxide(s) of the coating layer(s) in the range of from 27:73 to 83:17 based on the total weight of the effect pigment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Sabine SCHOEN, Michael JUNGNITZ, Stefan SCHLUETER, Kirsten FRITSCHE, Carsten PLUEG, Stephanie ANDES, Ulrich SCHOENEFELD
  • SUBSTITUTED POLYPHENYLS
    Publication number: 20170240812
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted quinquephenyls of the formulae indicated in the claims and description. They are particularly suitable as UV-stabilising component in liquid-crystalline media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Christian JASPER, Timo UEBEL, Detlef PAULUTH, Michael JUNGE
  • Pyridines, pyrimidines, and pyrazines, as BTK inhibitors and uses thereof
    Patent number: 9738648
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyridine, pyrimidine, and pyrazine compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, useful as BTK inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Lesley Liu-Bujalski, Ngan Nguyen, Hui Qiu, Reinaldo Jones, Igor Mochalkin, Richard D. Caldwell
  • Materials for organic electroluminescent devices
    Patent number: 9741944
    Abstract: The present invention relates to coordination compounds which are used in an electron-transport layer in electronic devices, to ligands, and to the use thereof for the preparation of metal complexes, to a layer, and to an electronic device which comprise the compounds according to the invention, and to a process for the preparation of the compounds according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Arne Buesing, Holger Heil, Teresa Mujica-Fernaud, Irina Martynova