Patents Assigned to Merck Patents GmbH
  • LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM AND LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY COMPRISING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20160298033
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium, having particular dielectric properties, in that it has: either a dielectric constant perpendicular to the director (??) in the range of 2 or more to less 8 or less and at the same time a ratio of the dielectric constant perpendicular to the director (??) to the dielectric anisotropy (??), i.e. (??/??) of 1.0 or more or or a dielectric constant perpendicular to the director (??) of 8 or more and a dielectric anisotropy (??) of 26 or less and preferably comprises one or more compounds having a high dielectric constant perpendicular to the director (??) and a high average dielectric constant (?av.). These compounds are suitable for use in an electro-optical display, particularly in an active-matrix display based on the IPS or FFS effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventor: Atsutaka MANABE
  • MESOGENIC MEDIA AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20160298031
    Abstract: The invention relates to mesogenic media comprising a first component, component A, consisting of bimesogenic compounds optionally a second component, component B, consisting of nematogenic compounds, preferably selected from the group of compounds of formulae B-I to B-III and optionally a second or third component, component C, consisting of one or more chiral molecules, wherein the parameters have the meaning given in claim 1, to the use of mesogenic media in flexoelectric liquid crystal devices and to those devices comprising a liquid crystal medium according to the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Rachel TUFFIN, Rebecca PROCTOR, Simon SIEMIANOWSKI, Benjamin SNOW, Owain Llyr PARRI, Kevin ADLEM
  • METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SINGLE CRYSTALLINE TIO2 FLAKES
    Publication number: 20160289859
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for the production of single crystalline TiO2 flakes in the rutile crystal structure, to single crystalline TiO2 flakes obtained by this method as well as to the use thereof, especially as pigments in several application media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GmbH
    Inventor: Ryuta SUZUKI
  • BIMESOGENIC COMPOUNDS AND MESOGENIC MEDIA
    Publication number: 20160289561
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein R11, R12, MG11, MG12, X11, X12 and Sp1 have the meaning given in claim 1, to the use of these compounds of formula I in liquid crystal media and to respective devices comprising a liquid crystal medium according to the present invention and in particular to flexoelectric liquid crystal devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Kevin ADLEM, Owain Llyr PARRI, Rachel TUFFIN, Patricia Eileen SAXTON, Mariam NAMUTEBI, Benjamin SNOW, Rebecca PROCTOR, Simon SIEMIANOWSKI
  • METHOD FOR STRUCTURING A TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE MATRIX COMPRISING NANO MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20160293289
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for selectively structuring of a polymer matrix comprising AgNWs (silver nano wires) or silver nano particles (Ag nano ink) or comprising mixtures of AgNWs and silver nano particles on a flexible plastic substructure or solid glass sheet. The method also includes a suitable etching composition, which allows to process the method in an industrial scale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Werner STOCKUM, Christian MATUSCHEK
  • Substituted quinones or analogues as colouring agents
    Patent number: 9458142
    Abstract: The invention relates to protein-adhesive dyes, to the preparation thereof and to preparations comprising same, and to a method for coloring keratin-containing fibers, in particular for coloring human hair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Rudolph, Rene Peter Scheurich
  • Heterocycles as modulators of kinase activity
    Patent number: 9458134
    Abstract: The invention provides novel heterocyclic amines according to Formula (I) their manufacture and use for the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases, such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Ruoxi Lan, Xiaoling Chen, Yufang Xiao, Bayard R. Huck, Andreas Goutopoulos
  • Stable crystal modifications of DOTAP chloride
    Patent number: 9457087
    Abstract: The invention relates to enantiomerically pure DOTAP chloride and stable crystal modifications of (2R,S)-, (2S)- and (2R)-DOTAP chloride, to a process for the preparation of these modifications, and to the use thereof as constituent for the preparation of medicaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Platscher, Alfred Hedinger
  • Light emitting compounds
    Patent number: 9461255
    Abstract: Claimed is a cyclometallated organometallic light emitting complex having two tridentate ligand portions sharing a central heterocycle “A” providing a binding-site for each of the two metals (formula I): Formula (I): A more illustrative embodiment is formula (XII): Characterizing for the invention is that either one of XI and X2 and either one of Y1 and Y2 is carbon. The dinuclear complexes are for use in OLEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Valery Kozhevnikov, Pierre-Henri Lanoè
  • Compounds for organic electronic devices
    Patent number: 9461249
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the improvement of organic electroluminescent devices, in particular blue-emitting devices, by using compounds of the formula (1) as dopants in the emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Horst Vestweber, Holger Heil, Philipp Stoessel, Arne Buesing, Amir Hossain Parham, Rocco Fortte
  • PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVES AS FASN INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20160280655
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I in which R, X1, X2, X3, X4, R1, R2 and q have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, are inhibitors of fatty acid synthase, 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: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang STAEHLE, Christos TSAKLAKIDIS, Manja FRIESE-HAMIM, Birgitta LEUTHNER, Dirk WIENKE
  • Variants of the major allergen Phl P 1 from timothy grass
    Patent number: 9453058
    Abstract: The invention relates to pharmaceutically important variants of the major allergen Phl p 1 from timothy grass, characterized in that a preparation, hitherto not possible, of monomeric molecules which are soluble and stable in physiological media can be carried out with the aid of prokaryotic expression systems and subsequent purification thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Roland Suck, Helmut Fiebig, Oliver Cromwell
  • Piperidine and piperazine derivatives as autotaxin inhibitors
    Patent number: 9452997
    Abstract: The present invention relates to piperidine and pyrazine derivatives according to formulae (Ia), (Ib) and (II) as autotaxin inhibitors and the use of such compounds for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of physiological and/or pathophysiological conditions, which are caused, mediated and/or propagated by increased lysophosphatic acid levels and/or the activation of autotaxin, in particular of different cancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Kai Schiemann, Melanie Schultz, Wolfgang Staehle
  • CONJUGATED POLYMERS
    Publication number: 20160276591
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel conjugated polymers containing one or more diindeno-thieno[3,2-b]thiophene based polycyclic repeating 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 organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising these polymers, polymer blends, mixtures or formulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: William MITCHELL, Mansoor D'LAVARI, Changsheng WANG, David SPARROWE
  • CONJUGATED POLYMERS
    Publication number: 20160272753
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel conjugated polymers containing one or more 3,4-dithia-7-sila-cyclopenta[a]pentalene based units and one or more pyrazino[2,3-g]quinoxaline based units, methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, polymer blends, mixtures and formulations containing them, the use of the polymers, polymer blends, mixtures and formulations as organic semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices containing these polymers, polymer blends, mixtures or formulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Lana NANSON, Nicolas BLOUIN, Steven TIERNEY
  • FILLING DEVICE AND USE THEREOF FOR DISPENSING A FLUID
    Publication number: 20160272346
    Abstract: The invention relates to a filling device (1) for dispensing a fluid into at least one container, where the filling device (1) has a weighing system (2) and a filling-needle system (3). The weighing system (2) has a positioning device (4) which can be adapted to a container diameter and which may have an annular design. The weighing system (2) is arranged on an accommodation platform (7) which can be moved vertically by means of a linear unit. The filling-needle system (3) is arranged on a displacement unit in a position at a distance in the axial direction above the positioning device (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Guenter HAUKE, Holger JOST, Leticia GARCIA DIEZ, Michael UKELIS, Guenter BRENNER
  • ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE PIGMENT
    Publication number: 20160272837
    Abstract: The present invention relates to electrically conductive pigments, to a process for the preparation thereof and to the use thereof, in particular in antistatic or dissipative articles or surfaces, for example in paints, coatings, printing inks or floorcoverings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhold RUEGER, Bjoern KLEIST
  • Nucleic acids encoding a house dust mite allergen, III, and uses thereof
    Patent number: 9447154
    Abstract: Isolated nucleic acids encoding an allergen of Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, Der p III, are disclosed. A cDNA encoding a peptide having a Der p III activity and a predicted molecular weight of about 24,985 daltons is also described. The nucleic acids can be used as probes to detect the presence of Der p III nucleic acid in a sample or for the recombinant production of peptides having an activity of Der p III. Peptides having an activity of Der p III can be used in compositions suitable for pharmaceutical administration or methods of diagnosing sensitivity to house dust mites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Wayne R. Thomas, Kaw-Yan Chua, Bruce L. Rogers, Mei-chang Kuo
  • Composition for forming fine resist pattern and pattern forming method using same
    Patent number: 9448485
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a composition enabling to form a fine negative photoresist pattern free from troubles, such as, surface roughness, bridge defects, and resolution failure; and also to provide a pattern formation method using that composition. [Means to Solve the Problem] A fine pattern-forming composition is used for miniaturizing a resist pattern by fattening said pattern in a process of formation of a negative resist pattern using a chemically amplified resist composition. The fine pattern-forming composition comprises a polymer comprising a repeating unit having a structure of the following formula (A), (B) or (C): and a solvent. This composition is cast on a negative resist pattern obtained by development with an organic solvent developer, and then heated to form a fine pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Tetsuo Okayasu, Takashi Sekito, Masahiro Ishii
  • Process of surface modification of dielectric structures in organic electronic devices to increase surface energy
    Patent number: 9450187
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process of modifying the surface energy of dielectric structures, like for example dielectric layers or bank structures, in organic electronic (OE) devices, more specifically in organic field effect transistors (OFETs).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Tomas Backlund, Philip Edward May