Patents Assigned to Merck Patents GmbH
  • Cyclohexadiene fullerene derivatives
    Patent number: 9543523
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel fullerene derivatives, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, 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, 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 fullerene derivatives, mixtures or formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignees: MERCK PATENT GMBH, NANO-C, INC.
    Inventors: Nicolas Blouin, Stephane Berny, Edward A. Jackson, Henning Richter, Feng He
  • SAMPLE PREPARATION UNIT AND SAMPLE PREPARATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170002395
    Abstract: Sample preparation unit, preferably for sterility testing: a housing body including at least two ports adapted to serve as fluid inlet and/or fluid outlet, a membrane support, and a lid part such that a membrane chamber is defined adjacent said membrane support. One of at least two ports is arranged so as to allow a fluid transfer to/from a first volume of the membrane chamber at a position upstream of a membrane to be placed on the membrane support, and the other ports arranged to allow fluid transfer to/from a second volume of said membrane chamber at a position downstream of a membrane to be placed on said membrane support. A movable part is provided on housing body such that the movable part and housing body are movable relative to each other, selectively interrupting/establishing fluid transfer between at least one of two ports and the membrane chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Anne BAUMSTUMMLER, Marie PRESSEL, Sandra LABORDE, David LEHMANN, Gael WAICHE
  • Liquid Crystal Medium
    Publication number: 20170002267
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystalline medium comprising a polymerizable compound, to a process for its preparation, to its use for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in liquid crystalline displays, especially in a liquid crystalline display of the polymer sustained alignment (PSA) type, and to a liquid crystalline display, especially a PSA display, comprising it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Eun-Kyu LEE, Hyun-Jin YOON, Ji-Won JEONG, Hye-Ryung PARK, Seung-Jai KIM, Yong-Jun JI
  • BIMESOGENIC COMPOUNDS AND MESOGENIC MEDIA
    Publication number: 20170002268
    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: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2014
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Kevin ADLEM, Owain Llyr PARRI, Rachel TUFFIN, Patricia Eileen SAXTON
  • IMIDAZOPYRAZINONE DERIVATIVES
    Publication number: 20170002010
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I in which R1 and R2 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: December 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Hans-Peter BUCHSTALLER, Dieter DORSCH
  • ELECTRO-RHEOLOGICAL FLUID AND HAPTIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170002290
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electro-rheological fluid comprising particles of at least one inorganic or organic material suspended in a polar liquid crystalline medium, the use of such electro-rheological fluid in an haptic device, an haptic device itself, a method of the production of such haptic device and the use of such haptic device in electro-optical devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Simon SIEMIANOWSKI, Rachel TUFFIN, Roger KEMP, Ian Charles SAGE
  • DYE COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20170002203
    Abstract: The present application relates to mixtures comprising at least one dye compound having a diketopyrrolopyrrole structure and at least one further liquid-crystalline compound. The application furthermore relates to the use of the mixtures in devices for regulating the entry of light into a space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Qiong TONG, Peer KIRSCH, Michael JUNGE, Ursula PATWAL, Andreas BEYER
  • LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM AND LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20170002269
    Abstract: The present invention relates to dielectrically positive liquid-crystalline media comprising one or more compounds of the formula I, and one or more compounds selected from the group of the compounds of the formulae II and III and/or IV, in which the parameters have the respective meanings indicated in the specification, and optionally one or more further dielectrically positive compounds and optionally one or more further dielectrically neutral compounds, and to liquid-crystal displays, especially active-matrix displays and in particular TN, IPS and FFS displays, containing these media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Michael JUNGE, Volker REIFFENRATH, Elvira MONTENEGRO, Michael WITTEK, Markus Czanta
  • LIGHT MODULATION ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20170003531
    Abstract: The invention provides a light modulation element comprising a flexoelectric polarisable liquid-crystalline medium, characterized in that the switching from a boundary state A to a boundary state B comprises a combination of a distinct flexoelectric switching regime and a distinct dielectric switching regime upon application of an electric field. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of such a light modulation element in an electro-optical device, i.e. an LCD display device, and electrooptical devices comprising the light modulation element according to the present invention. Moreover, the invention relates to a method of production of the light modulation element according to the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Rachel TUFFIN, Rebecca PROCTOR, Simon SIEMIANOWSKI, Karl SKJONNEMAND, Owain Llyr PARRI, Geoffrey LUCKHURST
  • Electroluminescent polymers, process for the preparation thereof, and use thereof
    Patent number: 9534077
    Abstract: The present invention relates to electroluminescent polymers which comprise indenofluorenarylamine derivatives as recurring units, to a process for the preparation thereof, to blends and formulations comprising these polymers, and to the use of these polymers or blends in electronic devices, in particular in organic light-emitting diodes, so-called OLEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Rémi Manouk Anémian, Aurélie Ludemann, Junyou Pan
  • Materials for organic electroluminescent devices
    Patent number: 9537105
    Abstract: The present invention describes indenocarbazole derivatives having electron- and hole-transporting properties, in particular for use in the emission and/or charge-transport layer of electroluminescent devices or as matrix material. The invention furthermore relates to a process for the preparation of the compounds according to the invention and to electronic devices comprising same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Christof Pflumm, Arne Buesing, Amir Hossain Parham, Teresa Mujica-Fernaud, Holger Heil, Philipp Stoessel
  • Device for regulating the passage of energy
    Patent number: 9535271
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for regulating the passage of energy through a light-transmitting area, comprising a first polarization layer, a second polarization layer and a switching layer which is arranged between the two polarization layers and changes the polarization properties of polarized light as a function of temperature, where the two polarization layers are characterized by a suitable choice of their transmission in the transmission direction and their degree of polarization. The invention furthermore relates to a process for the production of the device according to the invention and to the use of the device for influencing light transmission and/or the passage of energy into an interior as a function of temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Junge, Andreas Beyer
  • PROCESS FOR PRODUCING INORGANIC PARTICULATE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20160374943
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing inorganic particulate material, the material obtainable by such process, a modified release delivery system comprising the material and the use of the material for the administration of a bioactive agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Shawn KUCERA, Dieter LUBDA, Lars FRIEDRICH, Vanessa WITT
  • Benzyl piperidine compounds as lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) receptor antagonist
    Patent number: 9527850
    Abstract: The invention provides novel substituted benzyl piperidine compounds according to Formula (I) as lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) receptor antagonists, their manufacture and use for the treatment of proliferative or inflammatory diseases, such as cancer, fibrosis or arthritis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Kai Schiemann, Wolfgang Staehle, Michael Busch, Dirk Wienke, Oliver Poeschke, Christa Burger
  • Liquid-crystalline media, components for high-frequency technology, and mesogenic compounds
    Patent number: 9523037
    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: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Atsutaka Manabe, Christian Jasper, Volker Reiffenrath, Elvira Montenegro, Detlef Pauluth, Dagmar Klass
  • Phl p 5a derivatives having reduced allergeneity and retained T-cell reactivity
    Patent number: 9522938
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the preparation and use of variants of the group 5 allergen of the Pooideae which are characterised by reduced IgE reactivity compared with the known wild-type allergens and at the same time by substantially retained reactivity with T lymphocytes. These hypoallergenic allergen variants can be employed for the specific immunotherapy (hyposensitisation) of patients having grass pollen allergy or for the preventative immunotherapy of grass pollen allergies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Wald, Oliver Cromwell, Andreas Nandy, Helga Kahlert, Bernhard Weber, Helmut Fiebig
  • METAL COMPLEXES
    Publication number: 20160365520
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal complexes and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these metal complexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Nils Koenen
  • POLYMERIZABLE COMPOUNDS AND THE USE THEREOF IN LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAYS
    Publication number: 20160362606
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymerizable compounds, to processes and intermediates for the preparation thereof, to liquid-crystal media comprising them, and to the use of the polymerizable compounds and liquid crystalline media for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in liquid crystalline displays, especially in liquid crystalline displays of the polymer sustained alignment type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Qiong TONG, Nico SCHWEBEL, Constanze BROCKE, Kaja Christina DEING, Julian VOGT, Elisabeth MEYER
  • Compounds containing hydrido-tricyano-borate anions
    Patent number: 9518068
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds containing hydrido-tricyano-borate anions, their preparation and their use, in particular as part of electrolyte formulations for electrochemical or optoelectronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, Michael Schulte, Kentaro Kawata, Tomohisa Goto, Eduard Bernhardt, Vera Bernhardt-Pitchougina, Helge Willner
  • Process for producing inorganic particulate material
    Patent number: 9517268
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for producing inorganic particulate material, the material obtainable by such process, a modified release delivery system comprising the material and the use of the material for the administration of a bioactive agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Mario Maio, Eugenia Breininger, Karin Cabrera Perez, Ulrich Lang, Benjamin Peters, Thomas Puchert, Christoph Saal, Michael Schulz