Patents Assigned to Merck Patents GmbH
  • Lens element
    Patent number: 9612445
    Abstract: The invention provides a switchable lens element comprising an inverse lens structure formed by an isotropic material and an isotropic cover sheet wherein the resulting lens structure comprises an electrically switchable polymer stabilized blue phase LC medium having the same refractive index in its isotropic state. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of such a lens element in an electro-optical device i.e. an autostereoscopic display device operable in a 2D mode or a 3D mode, in which a lens arrangement directs the output from different pixels to different spatial positions to enable a stereoscopic image to be viewed and wherein the lens arrangement comprises a plurality of said switchable lens elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Wittek, Helmut Haensel
  • FULLERENE DERIVATIVES
    Publication number: 20170092866
    Abstract: The invention relates to fullerene derivatives of formula I, to mixtures and formulations containing them, to the use of the fullerene derivatives, mixtures and formulations as organic semiconductors in, or for the preparation of electronic devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to electronic devices comprising, or being prepared from, these fullerene derivatives, mixtures or formulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicants: Merck Patent GmbH, Nano-C, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicolas BLOUIN, Stephane BERNY, Edward A. JACKSON, Henning RICHTER
  • LIQUID CRYSTAL MEDIUM AND ELECTROOPTICAL DISPLAY CONTAINING SAME
    Publication number: 20170088776
    Abstract: The present invention relates to nematic liquid-crystal media of negative dielectric anisotropy which have a peak time (tmax.) of 0.25 ms or less, which is determined as described in the disclosure, and which preferably have a value of the quotient of the peak time and the square of the birefringence (tmax/?n2) of 22 ms or less, and to the use of these liquid-crystal media in liquid-crystal displays, and to these liquid-crystal displays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Melanie KLASEN-MEMMER, Izumi SAITO, Herbert PLACH, Kazuaki TARUMI
  • Gold pigment
    Patent number: 9605155
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a golden interference pigment which is suitable, in particular, for printing processes, to a process for the preparation of a pigment of this type, and to the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Ute Honeit, Sylke Klein
  • Process for treating sol-gel capsules
    Patent number: 9603784
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for treating sol-gel capsules comprising a cosmetic or pharmaceutical active material with an inorganic material, as well as sol-gel capsules produced by a process according to the present invention and formulations comprising such sol-gel capsules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Kaiman Shimizu, Yukitaka Watanabe, Yuichi Kubota, Fumiko Sasaki, Keisuke Kawagoe, Gabriele Witte, Frank Pfluecker
  • Liquid crystal medium and high frequency components comprising same
    Patent number: 9605204
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid crystal media and to high frequency components comprising same, especially microwave components for high-frequency devices, such as devices for shifting the phase of microwaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Atsutaka Manabe, Christian Jasper, Volker Reiffenrath, Constanze Brocke, Detlef Pauluth, Dagmar Klass
  • Photovoltaic sensor facilities in a home environment
    Patent number: 9607301
    Abstract: Photovoltaic cells, facilities, systems and methods, as well as related compositions, are disclosed. Embodiments involve providing a sensor in association with a photovoltaic facility to form a sensor-pv facility; and providing the sensor-pv facility in a kit adapted for purchase by a consumer to be deployed in a home environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Russell Gaudiana, Daniel Patrick McGahn, Charles H. Cella
  • Compounds for electronic devices
    Patent number: 9608208
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of a formula (I), (II) or (III), to the use of this compound in an electronic device, and to an electronic device comprising one or more compounds of the formula (I), (II) or (III). The invention furthermore relates to a process for the preparation of a compound of the formula (I), (II) or (III) and to a formulation comprising one or more compounds of the formula (I), (II) or (III).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Irina Martynova, Amir Hossain Parham, Christof Pflumm
  • CONVERSION PHOSPHORS
    Publication number: 20170084797
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I, MIMII3 MIII3MIV3N2O12:Eu??I wherein, MI, MII, MIII, and MIV have one of the meanings as given in claim 1, to a process of their preparation, the use of these compounds as conversion phosphors or in an emission-converting material, 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 at least one of these phosphors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Aleksander ZYCH, Holger WINKLER
  • HYDROXYSTATIN DERIVATIVES FOR THE TREATMENT OF ARTHROSIS
    Publication number: 20170081361
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) and in particular to medicaments comprising at least one compound of the formula (I) for use in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of physiological and/or pathophysiological conditions in the triggering of which cathepsin D is involved, in particular for use in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of arthrosis, traumatic cartilage injuries arthritis, pain, allodynia or hyperalgesia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Christos TSAKLAKIDIS, Markus KLEIN
  • FORMULATIONS OF LUMINESCENT COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20170084844
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a formulation comprising organic materials for the production of organic electronic devices having a low failure rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Amir Hossain PARHAM, Philipp STOESSEL, Christof PFLUMM, Anja JATSCH, Joachim KAISER, Anna HAYER
  • ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTING COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20170084839
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel organic semiconducting compounds, which are small molecules or conjugated polymers, containing one or more isoindigo or thienoisoindigo based 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), Perovskite based solar cells, 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: February 12, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Lana NANSON, Nicolas BLOUIN, William MITCHELL
  • Phosphorus-containing metal complexes
    Patent number: 9598637
    Abstract: The present invention relates, to metal complexes having improved solubility, to processes for the preparation of the metal complexes, to devices comprising these metal complexes and to the use of the metal complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Rémi M. Anémain, Burkhard Koenig, Claire De Nonancourt
  • Enhancement of penetration and action
    Patent number: 9597527
    Abstract: Described is a dermal system which contains at least one light source and at least one pharmaceutically and/or cosmetically active ingredient. The dermal system can be employed in order to enhance the penetration and action of the pharmaceutically and/or cosmetically active ingredient. The at least one light source is a thin light source comprising at least one inorganic light emitting diode (LEDs) and/or at least one organic light emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Herwig Buchholz, Ewald Aydt, Junyou Pan
  • Reactive mesogen based polymer particles
    Patent number: 9598587
    Abstract: This invention relates to polymer particles comprising monomer units of at least one reactive mesogen, a process for their preparation, the use of these particles for the preparation of optical, electrooptical, electronic, electrochemical, electrophotographic, electrowetting and electrophoretic displays and/or devices and security, cosmetic, decorative, and diagnostic applications, and electrophoretic fluids and displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Laura Ramon-Gimenez, Jonathan Henry Wilson, Owain Llyr Parri, Mark John Goulding, Roger Kemp, Louise Diane Farrand
  • Method for the Preparation of Fibers from a Catalyst Solution, and Articles Comprising Such Fibers
    Publication number: 20170073843
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of fibers from a catalyst solution by electrospinning and further to articles comprising such fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Onur KAS, Gabriel TKACIK, Ashley MOORE, Ryan SYLVIA
  • HETEROCYCLYL-BUTANAMIDE DERIVATIVES
    Publication number: 20170073347
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I in which W, X and Y have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, are inhibitors of Tankyrase, and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, central nervous system injury and different forms of inflammation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Peter BUCHSTALLER, Dieter DORSCH
  • ROBUST ANTIBODY PURIFICATION
    Publication number: 20170073394
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for the separation of host cell proteins (HCPs), antibody fragments and low molecular weight substances from solutions containing antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Romas SKUDAS, Matthias JOEHNCK, Bianca EDELMANN, Simon BRAUN, Mikhail KOZLOV, Matthew T. STONE, Kevin GALIPEAU
  • METHOD OF DETECTING MICROBES CARRIED IN A NON-LIQUID SAMPLE
    Publication number: 20170073723
    Abstract: A method and system of preparing a sample for microbial testing by providing a sample in a sample bag, a dry sterile growth medium in a bag, and a source of pure (Type II) water heated to a temperature of about 25-50° C., homogenizing the sample, reconstituting the dry medium with the heated Type II water, mixing the medium and sample to a homogenous consistency and incubating the sample for a period of time sufficient to allow the growth of microbes. A tankless water heater or a heat exchanger can be used to heat the water to a desired temperature. The Type II water can be heated either before or after it is made. A blender can be used for the sample homogenization as well as the final mixing before incubation and may be a paddle or stationary blender. Microbes are detected by various methods well known in the art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang SCHMIDT, Tim CSER
  • ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170077418
    Abstract: The present invention relates to organic electroluminescent devices, the emitting layer thereof containing a blend of a luminescent material having a narrow singlet-triplet gap and a fluorescent emission material having high steric shielding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp STOESSEL, Amir Hossain PARHAM, Christof PFLUMM, Anja JATSCH, Joachim KAISER