Patents Assigned to Merck Patents GmbH
  • Glucuronolactone derivatives as self-tanning substances
    Patent number: 9649268
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of specific glucuronolactone derivatives as self-tanning substances, as tanning enhancers for dihydroxyacetone or for a mixture of self-tanning substances comprising dihydroxyacetone, for modulation of the color shade achieved in the case of tanning with dihydroxyacetone or by the mixture or preparation comprising dihydroxyacetone, as contrast-reduction agents or for coloring keratin-containing fibers, and to preparations or compositions for coloring keratin-containing fibers comprising these specific glucuronolactone derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Christophe Carola, Tatjana Best
  • Particles for electrophoretic displays
    Patent number: 9651846
    Abstract: This invention relates to particles for electrophoretic displays, a process for their preparation, electrophoretic fluids comprising such particles, and electrophoretic display devices comprising such fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Louise Diane Farrand, Jonathan Henry Wilson, Simon Biggs, Olivier Cayre, Simon Lawson, Alexandre Richez, Simone Stuart-Cole
  • Liquid crystalline medium and liquid crystal device
    Patent number: 9650573
    Abstract: The present invention relates a liquid crystalline medium comprising one or more liquid crystalline compounds, one or more dichroic dyes, and one or more compounds capable of promoting or inducing homeotropic alignment to the adjacent liquid crystal medium at a given temperature selected from the group of compounds (A), having a three-dimensional structure, a molecular weight of greater than 450 Da, and one or more anchor groups, or the group of organic compounds (B) having one or more ring groups, and one or more anchor groups. The invention furthermore relates to a temperature-reactive device for the regulation of light transmission, containing such liquid crystalline medium, and a process for the temperature-dependent control of light transmission through the layer of such liquid-crystalline medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Graziano Archetti, Michael Junge, Ming-Chou Wu
  • EFFECT PIGMENTS
    Publication number: 20170130054
    Abstract: The present invention relates to silver-coloured effect pigments having a strong sparkle effect based on Al2O3 flakes and to the use thereof in paints, button pastes, automotive paints, automotive refinish paints, powder coatings, printing inks, security printing inks, plastics, ceramic materials, glasses, paper, for coating seed, in security applications, as dopant for the laser marking of plastics and papers, as additive for the laser welding of plastics, in cosmetic formulations and for the preparation of pigment preparations and dry preparations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Johann DIETZ, Cornelia FOERDERER, Nicole HAFERKORN, Gerhard PFAFF, Doreen MCFARLANE
  • LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM AND HIGH-FREQUENCY COMPONENTS COMPRISING SAME
    Publication number: 20170130129
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid-crystalline media comprising one or more compounds selected from the group of compounds of formulae I, II and III, in which the parameters R1-R3, Z21, Z31, Z32 and rings A11, A12, A13, A21, A22, A31, and A32 are as defined herein, and to components comprising these media for high-frequency technology, in particular phase shifters and microwave array antennas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Michael WITTEK, Dagmar KLASS, Atsutaka MANABE, Christian JASPER, Volker REIFFENRATH, Constanze BROCKE, Detlef PAULUTH
  • Cross-linkable and cross-linked polymers, process for the preparation thereof, and the use thereof
    Patent number: 9644070
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cross-linkable and cross-linked polymers, methods for the production thereof, the use of said cross-linked polymers in electronic devices, especially in OLEDs (OLED=Organic Light Emitting Diode), and to electronic devices, especially organic electroluminescent devices which contain the cross-linked polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Fabrice Eckes, Anja Gerhard, Anna Hayer, Holger Heil, Dominik Joosten
  • Bimesogenic compounds and mesogenic media
    Patent number: 9644144
    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: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Kevin Adlem, Owain Llyr Parri, Rachel Tuffin, Patricia Eileen Saxton, Mariam Namutebi, Benjamin Snow
  • Particles for electrophoretic displays
    Patent number: 9645416
    Abstract: This invention relates to particles comprising a core particle and a polymeric shell, a process for their preparation, electrophoretic fluids comprising such particles, and electrophoretic display devices comprising such fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Lewis Blackman, Louise Diane Farrand, Jonathan Henry Wilson, Simon Biggs, Olivier Cayre, Simon Lawson, Alexandre Richez
  • Gate insulator layer for organic electronic devices
    Patent number: 9647222
    Abstract: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention provide for the use of polycycloolefins in electronic devices and more specifically to the use of such polycycloolefins as gate insulator layers used in the fabrication of electronic devices, the electronic devices that encompass such polycycloolefin gate insulator and processes for preparing such polycycloolefin gate insulator layers and electronic devices encompassing such layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignees: Merck Patent GmbH, Promerus LLC
    Inventors: David Christoph Müller, Toby Cull, Pawel Miskiewicz, Miguel Carrasco-Orozco, Andrew Bell, Edmund Elce, Larry F. Rhodes, Kazuyoshi Fujita, Hendra Ng, Pramod Kandanarachchi, Steven Smith
  • Interlayer for electronic devices
    Patent number: 9647213
    Abstract: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention provide for the use of polycycloolefins in electronic devices and more specifically to the use of such polycycloolefins as interlayers applied to fluoropolymer layers used in the fabrication of electronic devices, the electronic devices that encompass such polycycloolefin interlayers and processes for preparing such polycycloolefin interlayers and electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignees: Merck Patent GmbH, Promerus LLC
    Inventors: David Christoph Müller, Pawel Miskiewicz, Toby Cull, Piotr Wierzchowiec, Andrew Bell, Edmund Elce, Larry F. Rhodes, Kazuyoshi Fujita, Hendra Ng, Pramod Kandanarachchi, Steven Smith
  • Birefringent RM lens
    Patent number: 9644145
    Abstract: The invention relates to a birefringent RM lens obtainable from a polymerizable liquid crystalline medium consisting of a polymerizable liquid crystalline component A, consisting of one or more polymerizable mesogenic compounds, and a non-polymerizable component B, consisting of one or more non-polymerizable compounds and to the use of such birefringent RM lenses in electro optical devices, such as liquid crystal displays (LCDs) or other optical or electrooptical devices, for decorative or security applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventor: Joseph Sargent
  • Materials for Electronic Devices
    Publication number: 20170125686
    Abstract: The present application relates to a substituted benzanthracene compound of a formula (I) or (II). The application furthermore relates to an electronic device which comprises the said benzanthracene compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Heil, Lara-Isabel Rodriguez, Beate Burkhart, Sebastian Meyer
  • FLUORINATED TENSIDES
    Publication number: 20170121260
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds containing fluorinated end groups, to the use thereof as surface-active substances, and to compositions comprising these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Reiner FRIEDRICH, Julian OSTHOFF
  • MIXTURE, NANO FIBER, AND POLARIZED LIGHT EMISSIVE FILM
    Publication number: 20170123127
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polarized light emissive films, and to a preparation thereof. The invention also relates to use of the polarized light emissive film in an optical device. The invention further relates to an optical device and to a preparation thereof. The invention further relates to a mixture comprising a plural of inorganic fluorescent semiconductor quantum rods, and to use of the mixture for preparing the polarized light emissive film. The present invention furthermore relates to a polarized light emissive nanofiber, to use and to a preparation thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Masaki HASEGAWA, Stephan DERTINGER
  • ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTING COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20170117477
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel organic semiconducting compounds, which are small molecules or conjugated polymers, containing one or more fluorinated polycyclic units, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to compositions, polymer blends and formulations containing them, to the use of the compounds, compositions and polymer blends as organic semiconductors in, or for the preparation of, organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, organic photodetectors (OPD), organic field effect transistors (OFET) and organic light emitting diodes (OLED), and to OE, OPV, OPD, OFET and OLED devices comprising these compounds, compositions or polymer blends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Mansoor D'LAVARI, William MITCHELL, Changsheng WANG, David SPARROWE
  • A POLARIZED LIGHT EMISSIVE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170115439
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polarized light emissive device comprising a plural of fluorescent semiconductor quantum rods, and to a preparation thereof. The invention further relates to a use of the polarized light emissive device in optical devices, and to an optical device comprising the polarized light emissive device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventor: Masaki HASEGAWA
  • Electronic device comprising metal complexes
    Patent number: 9634268
    Abstract: Electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising metal complexes of the formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Dominik Joosten, Esther Breuning
  • EUROPIUM- OR SAMARIUM-DOPED TERBIUM MOLYBDATES
    Publication number: 20170107426
    Abstract: The invention relates to europium or samarium-doped terbium molybdates, to a method for producing said compounds, and to the use of the claimed europium or samarium-doped terbium molybdates as conversion lumiophores. The invention also relates to a light-emitting device containing a claimed europium or samarium-doped terbium molybdate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf PETRY, Thomas JUESTEL, Florian BAUR
  • ALPHA-AL2O3 FLAKES
    Publication number: 20170105915
    Abstract: The present invention relates to ?-Al2O3 flakes prepared by a process comprising (1) preparation of an aqueous solution of at least one water-soluble and/or insoluble aluminum salt which optionally contains at least one sulfate compound, (2) adding a basic solution and optionally at least one dopant to the aluminum salt solution (1), (3) drying of the obtained gel, followed by calcination to obtain Al2 03 flakes and alkali salts in a molten salt, and (4) removal of the water soluble parts of the calcined molten salt obtained in step (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Ryuta SUZUKI, Yukitaka WATANABE, Sabine SCHOEN, Noriyuki MATSUDA
  • PYRIDYL PIPERIDINES
    Publication number: 20170107222
    Abstract: The invention provides novel substituted pyridyl piperidine compounds according to Formula (I) which are Wnt pathway inhibitors, their manufacture and use for the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases such as cancer, inflammatory or degenerative diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicants: MERCK PATENT GMBH, Cancer Research Technology Limited
    Inventors: Kai SCHIEMANN, Frank STIEBER, Michel CALDERINI, Julian BLAGG, Aurelie MALLINGER, Dennis WAALBOER, Christian RINK, Simon Ross CRUMPLER